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Angel City signs French star Amandine Henry
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Angel City signs French star Amandine Henry

Angel City has signed highly decorated midfielder Amandine Henry to a three-year contract. Henry, who captained France to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, is expected to join the team later this month. “Amandine is a player who has competed at the highest and most competitive levels,” ACFC general manager Angela Hucles Mangano […]
U.S. Soccer’s Nations League roster includes Folarin Balogun
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U.S. Soccer’s Nations League roster includes Folarin Balogun

A week ago B.J. Callaghan, an assistant coach with the men’s national soccer team, was packing to take his daughter from Chicago to North Carolina for a lacrosse tournament when he got a phone call telling him he was being promoted. Anthony Hudson, the team’s interim manager, was leaving for another job and Callaghan would […]
Commentary: Galaxy President Chris Klein’s exit was inevitable
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Commentary: Galaxy President Chris Klein’s exit was inevitable

When Bruce Arena left the Galaxy for the U.S. national team after the 2016 season, club President Chris Klein and Dan Beckerman, CEO of the team’s parent company AEG, vowed to take the team in a new direction. They succeeded, with the last seven years marking the worst stretch in franchise history. So Tuesday, Beckerman […]
B.J. Callaghan named new interim U.S. men’s soccer coach
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B.J. Callaghan named new interim U.S. men’s soccer coach

B.J. Callaghan will coach the men’s national team during this summer’s CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup tournaments, replacing Anthony Hudson, who has served as the team’s interim manager since January. Callaghan has served with the USMNT since 2019, joining the program as the strategy analyst before being elevated to an assistant coach. He is […]
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 […]
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 […]
LAFC-Galaxy meet again in U.S. Open Cup rivalry match
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LAFC-Galaxy meet again in U.S. Open Cup rivalry match

Kellyn Acosta was still on the practice field when U.S. Soccer held the random draw for the next round of Open Cup games. The LAFC midfielder wasn’t surprised when he learned who his team would play. “We drew Galaxy?” he said. “Of course, we drew Galaxy. I don’t think that was random.” (Note to U.S. […]
How Denis Bouanga’s scoring impact fueled LAFC’s winning ways
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How Denis Bouanga’s scoring impact fueled LAFC’s winning ways

LAFC was 45 minutes away from kicking off its fourth game of the MLS regular season when Denis Bouanga, the team’s leading scorer, walked into the dressing room. “We were shocked,” teammate Kellyn Acosta remembered. Not because Bouanga was late, but because he was there at all. Twenty-four hours earlier, he had boarded a flight […]