WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a cold, rainy Sunday night at Audi Field, Major League Soccer’s past, present, and future collided in D.C. United’s 2-0 victory over Atlanta United.
The home team represented the past. D.C. United dominated MLS’s inaugural half-decade, winning three MLS Cups in the league’s first four years and another in 2004. But it suffered through a poor stretch of late, capped by a dismal 9-20-5 showing in 2017.
Atlanta United is the present. The current MLS Cup holders created the big-spending,…
MLS Commissioner Don Garber sits down with ESPN’s Taylor Twellman to detail the plans for a 28-team league and shares his three things to watch for in 2019.
MLS commissioner Don Garber says MLS are monitoring the situation involving New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft.
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber is ready to embrace legalized sports gambling.
“I’ve been to a lot of games in England,” Garber said in a short Q&A before D.C. United hosted Atlanta United on Sunday evening. “I’ve never really objected to the fact that somebody would come into the owner’s box and take a bet on a game.
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The 2018 season might have been the best yet for Major League Soccer’s designated players. Zlatan Ibrahimovic walked onto the field, scored a goal from darn near Malmo, and didn’t stop until the final whistle on the final day. Wayne Rooney joined D.C. United midway through the year and helped turn Ben Olsen’s boys around. Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi produced magic for LAFC. Josef Martinez and Miguel Almiron led Atlanta’s fun, high-powered attack straight to MLS Cup. Albert Rusnak was quietly a…
With MLS stars grabbing the attention of clubs overseas, the ESPN FC panel assess how the league is viewed in Europe.
The 2018 season might have been the best yet for Major League Soccer’s designated players. Zlatan Ibrahimovic walked onto the field, scored a goal from darn near Malmo, and didn’t stop until the final whistle on the final day. Wayne Rooney joined D.C. United midway through the year and helped turn Ben Olsen’s boys around. Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi produced magic for LAFC. Josef Martinez and Miguel Almiron led Atlanta’s fun, high-powered attack straight to MLS Cup. Albert Rusnak was quietly a…
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On Friday afternoon, Siad Haji achieved his dream of becoming a professional soccer player when the San Jose Earthquakes took the 19-year-old Generation Adidas attacker with the second pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
Haji took a winding road to reach this point. He’s a refugee who grew up playing soccer on the streets in northern New England, nobody’s idea of a soccer hotbed. He was never tipped for stardom, spending his freshman year of college in Division III before landing on a D-I team….
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Alejandro Moreno breaks down what makes Atlanta United the favorites in MLS Cup, from their undeniable talent to their unique home advantage.
At MLS Cup on Saturday evening, upwards of 70,000 screaming fans will support home team Atlanta United, a second-year club in its quest for a first league championship. The Five Stripes’ red, black and gold color scheme will dominate the sight lines at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
But the visiting Portland Timbers will have their own support. They’ll have Timbers Army, the raucous supporters’ section that traditionally spreads out from section 107 at their Providence Park home. At least 1,300 members…
Despite a late consolation for the Red Bulls, Atlanta United were crowned Eastern Conference champions and advance to the MLS Cup final following a 3-1 aggregate.
HARRISON, N.J. — A little more than two years ago, Tata Martino signed on as coa…
Despite a late consolation for the Red Bulls, Atlanta United were crowned Eastern Conference champions and advance to the MLS Cup final following a 3-1 aggregate.
HARRISON, N.J. — This was supposed to be the team that ended the New York Red Bulls’ MLS Cup futility. Lucky Year 23 for one of Major League Soccer’s original franchises (née the New York/New Jersey MetroStars) that reached the playoffs 18 times in their first 22 seasons but never hoisted the trophy.
In 2018, the team won the Supporters’ Shield with a league record 71 points. It was a squad that mixed the youth of Tyler Adams and the emergence of MLS Defender of the Year Aaron Long with…
Goals from Josef Martinez, Franco Escobar and Hector Villalba saw Atlanta United take a commanding first-leg lead back to New York in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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ESPN FC’s Sebastian Salazar speaks with goalscorer Josef Martinez following Atlanta United’s big win over the New York Red Bulls.
ATLANTA — More than 70,000 fans packed into Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday night to watch their hometown Atlanta United in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship.
The collected masses wouldn’t have been wrong to expect a frenetic, up-tempo game featuring a high press designed to unsettle and create turnovers that lead to goal-scoring chances. Pressure, after all, is what the New York Red Bulls do. The style is the team’s trademark, the thing that earned them the Supporters’ Shield…