MLS announced on Tuesday that it has awarded an expansion team to the city of St. Louis, swelling the league’s ranks to 28 clubs.
St. Louis’ ownership group includes Enterprise Holdings Foundation president Carolyn Kindle Betz and other female members of the Taylor family, making it the first female-majority-owned team in MLS history. The investor group is rounded out by World Wide Technology CEO Jim Kavanaugh and Enterprise Holdings executive chairman Andy Taylor. The team will begin play in 2022,…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice after LA Galaxy went down to 10 men, but a wild gaffe helped Seattle earn a draw. To watch MLS sign up to ESPN+.
LA Galaxy manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto said that “for sure” he will rotate some of his squad for Tuesday’s Leagues Cup semifinal against Cruz Azul (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2), making it unlikely that attackers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristian Pavon will participate in the contest.
Both Ibrahimovic and Pavon were left off the initial roster announcement for the match, but their names were included on a revised list that was issued later on Monday. Midfielder Jonathan dos Santos was not listed on…
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U.S. youth international and Hannover 96 forward Sebastian Soto has been contacted by Chile manager Reinaldo Rueda, with an eye towards the striker playing for La Roja, according to a source with knowledge of the approach.
Soto, 19, is eligible to represent three countries — Chile through his father, Mexico through his mother, and the U.S. because it’s the country of his birth. He has represented the U.S. at U19 and U20 level, and scored four goals for the Americans at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup…
The end of the summer doldrums — and the closing of the secondary transfer window for international players — is upon us, and with it, the start of the MLS stretch run can commence. Per usual, no team is really out of the playoff hunt until the math says so, and with seven teams from each conference making the postseason — c’mon MLS, that’s too many! — the math is even more forgiving than usual.
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Major League Soccer will award an expansion franchise to St. Louis, a source close to the prospective ownership group has confirmed to ESPN. The deal is expected to be announced as soon as next Tuesday.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch was first to report that St. Louis will be MLS’s 28th team.
The ownership group, MLS4TheLou, declined to directly comment on the reports, issuing the following statement: “Major League Soccer is responsible for the timing of any announcements around League expansion, but…
ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno explains why Freddy Adu was unable to turn his promise into an illustrious professional career.
Jacobs made the decision with close support and input from his family, who will manage his schooling with his increasing focus on soccer.
The comparisons are inevitable.
In November 2003, 14-year-old Freddy Adu signed his first professional contract with MLS and D.C. United. In the years since, Adu’s career has been held up as a cautionary tale of too much too soon, showing how being the face of a league set the stage for a career that never lived up to the hype. Now another 14-year-old is slated to turn pro and is doing so a few months younger than Adu was when he became a professional.
Late last month, Francis Jacobs signed…
D.C. United moved up to third in the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win over Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy. To watch more MLS sign up to ESPN+.
D.C. United is in discussions with former Liverpool and England forward Daniel Sturridge, though there are concerns about the player’s injury history, a league source confirmed to ESPN FC.
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The Houston Dynamo fired manager Wilmer Cabrera on Tuesday, naming assistant coach Davy Arnaud as manager on an interim basis for the rest of the season.
The Dynamo started off the 2019 campaign in scintillating fashion, bursting out of the gate…
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The U.S. Soccer Federation announced a pair of appointments on Monday, naming Kate Markgraf to be the first general manager of the U.S. women’s national team, while also promoting Earnie Stewart to be the Federation’s first sporting director.
“This is a great day for the Federation and for soccer in America,” said U.S. Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro in a statement. “In Earnie Stewart and Kate Markgraf, we’re keeping our commitment to ensure that soccer operations are run by soccer experts….