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LAFC is pushing to defy history, win CONCACAF Champions League
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LAFC is pushing to defy history, win CONCACAF Champions League

A year ago, Brian Schmetzer solved the riddle that had bewildered MLS managers for more than two decades by leading Seattle to a CONCACAF Champions League title. The Sounders’ one-sided win over Pumas marked the first time this century an MLS team won the region’s most prestigious club competition — and the first time a […]
Motherhood has given Julie Ertz new appreciation of soccer
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Motherhood has given Julie Ertz new appreciation of soccer

When Julie Ertz walked off the field after collecting her bronze medal for the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics, it was as if she stepped into the witness protection program: She immediately disappeared. Traded by her club team four months later to Angel City FC, she failed to show up to the team’s first training […]
Why Christian Pulisic supports Gregg Berhalter as USMNT coach
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Why Christian Pulisic supports Gregg Berhalter as USMNT coach

Gregg Berhalter coached his last game for the national team at the World Cup in December. Since then, the United States has played five games for an interim coach, Anthony Hudson, and will play at least five more for another interim, B.J. Callaghan, over the next month. All that seems unnecessary to Christian Pulisic, the […]
LAFC’s El Tráfico win over Galaxy could jump start its
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LAFC’s El Tráfico win over Galaxy could jump start its season

It’s a cliché to say records mean little in a rivalry game. But it’s a cliché that endures because it’s true. Consider the LAFC-Galaxy rivalry, which, in seven short seasons, has already become the premier grudge match in MLS despite the fact that the teams have spent much of that time heading in opposite directions. […]
Carlos Vela looked uninspired, slow and finished in LAFC loss
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Carlos Vela looked uninspired, slow and finished in LAFC loss

The visitors connected a series of passes in the midfield, inspiring cries from the corner of BMO Stadium occupied by their supporters. “Olé! Olé!” Carlos Vela gave chase. Kind of. Vela’s faint effort to dispossess León of the ball was in vain. About 10 minutes later, the fourth official on the sideline held up an […]
Diversity at the center of Angel City’s 2024 NWSL roster
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Diversity at the center of Angel City’s 2024 NWSL roster

Becki Tweed can think of a lot of ways diversity helps a soccer team. It introduces different playing styles, highlights different skill sets and brings different ways of solving problems. Then there are the Highland dance lessons, although they’re more of an added bonus that came with Angel City FC’s acquisition of Scottish attacker Claire […]
Galaxy defeat LAFC to advance to U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals
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Galaxy defeat LAFC to advance to U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals

In rivalry games, records are supposed to be meaningless. The competition isn’t supposed to matter either. It’s just two teams, going toe to toe, for pride and bragging rights. But all that is based on the assumption both teams show up. That wasn’t necessarily the case Tuesday night when LAFC and the Galaxy renewed their […]
Humanitarian groups using soccer to help children at the border
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Humanitarian groups using soccer to help children at the border

REYNOSA, Mexico —  Felicia Rangel-Samponaro never learned the little girl’s name, but she remembers everything else about her. Each time Rangel-Samponaro crossed the U.S. border to work with migrant children on the Mexican side, the 10-year-old would greet her with a hug and a smile, enthusiasm Rangel-Samponaro rewarded with books. But that didn’t last. “It wasn’t […]