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Why the U.S.-Canada Gold Cup semifinal shouldn’t have been played

SAN DIEGO —  A light rain was falling when the U.S. and Canadian national teams headed to their locker rooms before Wednesday’s CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal at Snapdragon Stadium. When they returned to start the game 15 minutes later, the drizzle had become a deluge and the field was under water. Lots and lots of […]

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March 7, 2024

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Real Madrid and AC Milan among European teams touring the U.S.

Champions League semifinalists Real Madrid and AC Milan will face off July 23 at the Rose Bowl in the first of three Southern California summer friendlies featuring five of Europe’s biggest soccer clubs. The second game will see La Liga leader Barcelona play Arsenal at SoFi Stadium on July 26 while Italian rivals Juventus and […]

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May 12, 2023

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Olympic soccer draw: U.S. women to face Germany, Australia

The U.S. women’s national team will face Germany, Australia and either Zambia or Morocco in the group stage of this summer’s Olympic soccer tournament in France, where the Americans hope to return to the top of the podium for the first time in 12 years. The U.S., winner of a record four Olympic titles and […]

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March 20, 2024

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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 […]

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May 30, 2023

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Chicharito suffers injury in Galaxy’s U.S. Open Cup loss to Real Salt Lake

What has already been a bad season for the Galaxy got markedly worse Wednesday when team captain Javier “Chicharito” Hernández was stretchered off the field because of a right knee injury midway through the first half of the team’s U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake won the game 3-2, getting two […]

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June 8, 2023

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MLS embarrassing itself with how it has handled referee lockout

Major League Soccer deserves a straight red card for its handling of the officials’ lockout, which will enter its second month this weekend. At a time when Lionel Messi’s presence means more of the world will be sampling MLS than ever before, the league has put its games in the hands of referees who are […]

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March 19, 2024

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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 […]

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May 30, 2023

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Lionel Messi’s move to Inter Miami gives MLS a priceless boost

Lionel Messi is coming to the U.S. To play soccer. I know that reads like a mistake, but it’s true: The most decorated player in the sport’s history is taking his talents to South Beach, agreeing to a multiyear deal with Inter Miami of MLS. Messi even confirmed it himself. “I made the decision that […]

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June 7, 2023

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Angel City falls in season-opening loss to NWSL newcomers Bay FC

One play that encapsulated Angel City‘s season-opening loss came in the 90th minute when the ball finally got past Bay FC goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx and rolled slowly toward the net, only for Caprice Dedasco to clear it out just before it crossed line, preserving a 1-0 victory for the NWSL newcomers. “It was a tough, […]

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March 18, 2024

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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 […]

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May 30, 2023

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Is Bayer Leverkusen’s season a fluke or part of growing trend?

Bayer Leverkusen’s long-suffering fans had waited 120 years for their team to win a league title. On Sunday, with their first Bundesliga crown just seven minutes away, their patience finally ran out. When Florian Wirtz’s second goal gave Leverkusen a 4-0 lead over Werder Bremen in the 83rd minute of a game it had to […]

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April 16, 2024

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How a former Galaxy player became a soccer training tech innovator

Eddie Lewis played his final soccer game at the age of 36, old for a midfielder but young for just about everybody else. So with more than half a lifetime ahead of him, he had plenty of time to build a new career. Yet like many former players, all he really knew was soccer. “A […]

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April 23, 2024

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