5:42 PM ET Atlanta United FC has had some of the world’s biggest music acts attend games in the past, with Wocka Flock and Outkast’s Big Boi among those professing their love for the Five Stripes. But Saturday’s contest against the Columbus Crew went to a different level, with none other than Kanye West taking
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8:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said the league is “really intrigued” by Las Vegas as a possible expansion market, and will continue to focus on the city as it looks to determine MLS’s 30th team. Garber spoke to ESPN at the MLS Works Community Day at Charles R.
2:00 PM ET Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it was unable to corroborate an allegation that a Minnesota United FC player directed racially abusive and offensive language at a Portland Timbers player during a match on June 26, and thus no sanctions will be forthcoming. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed
1:21 PM ET Putting together a roster for a national team tournament is full of innumerable moving parts. There’s the form and health of the players, as well as the willingness of clubs to have their performers take part. Timing is also an issue. The CONCACAF Gold Cup would at first glance appear to be
10:00 AM ET U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has named a young, MLS-heavy roster to contest the Gold Cup beginning on July 10. With players such as Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie being given time off following grueling club seasons — they were not even named to the U.S. Gold Cup provisional roster
6:01 PM ET Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew SC will unveil a rebrand that will see the defending MLS Cup champions drop their “Crew” nickname, sources have told ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle. Multiple reports emerged late Friday that club will go simply as Columbus SC. The team will inform staff of the decision on Monday
10:05 PM ET Houston Dynamo FC kicked off the start of the Major League Soccer season with a win over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes at BBVA Stadium on Friday night. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The Dynamo had the better
10:00 AM ET The 26th season of Major League Soccer kicks off on Friday as Houston Dynamo host San Jose at BBVA Stadium (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+) and after a wild season in 2020, it’s a clean slate and a reset in 2021 with a full schedule, another new team (welcome, Austin FC) and plenty
4:45 PM ET D.C. United has hired Lucy Ruston to be the team’s new general manager, sources confirmed to ESPN. Ruston becomes the second female to hold that position at an Major League Soccer club. Lynn Meterparel served GM for the San Jose Clash in 1999. – Carlisle: Where does expansion stand after Sacramento drama?–
1:12 PM ET Sebastian Lletget said he ‘messed up’ for using an anti-gay slur in a deleted Instagram video. Michael Janosz/ISI Photos/Getty Images Major League Soccer said it will investigate the use of an anti-gay slur by LA Galaxy and United States men’s national team player Sebastian Lletget. Lletget posted a video on his Instagram account
10:26 AM ET The 26th season of Major League Soccer kicks off on Friday, April 16 (catch MLS all season long on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+). With fresh faces, returning stars and a new team in Austin, there will plenty of talking points throughout the season. ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, Jeff Carlisle, Gus Elvin, and Danny Guerra bring you
10:00 AM ET Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it will be among several U.S. leagues that will take part in a pilot program to implement concussion substitutions, starting with the 2021 regular season. The protocols involved in the program have been approved by FIFA and the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which oversees
4:00 PM ET Major League Soccer unveiled its 2021 regular season schedule, including an Aug. 21 rematch between MLS Cup finalists Columbus Crew SC and Seattle Sounders FC, as well as opening dates for the league’s three newest stadiums. – MLS-MX merger could produce world’s best league – Infantino– Stream LIVE games and replays on
12:02 PM ET The connection between Major League Soccer and South America continues to grow by leaps and bounds. MLS has has consistently sent its scouts to the continent, notably Argentina, where they have found good deals. Players like Mauro Diaz, once seen as a big prospect at River Plate, spent the best five years
3:00 PM ET Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday that the start of its 2021 regular season has been pushed back from April 3 to April 17. The announcement comes two days after the league and the MLS Players Association ratified a Collective Bargaining Agreement, which will run through the 2027 season. 2021 – Carlisle:
2:23 PM ET Jeff CarlisleU.S. soccer correspondent Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Expansion club Austin FC selected Daniel Pereira, a midfielder from Virginia Tech, first in the MLS SuperDraft, with Wake Forest forward Calvin Harris taken second by FC Cincinnati. –
12:16 PM ET The 2020 MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew got right back to work, acquiring veteran goalkeeper Evan Bush in a trade with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Whitecaps will receive $125,000 in general allocation money in exchange, the Crew announced Monday. The deal was completed during Sunday’s half-day trade window. – Carlisle: Crew deliver
1:49 AM ET Caleb Porter couldn’t hold it in any longer. When the final whistle blew, making official the Columbus Crew‘s 3-0 MLS Cup final win over the Seattle Sounders, he sprinted over to the Nordecke — the corner of MAPFRE Stadium where, even amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Crew’s hardcore fans congregate — and
11:43 PM ET Columbus Crew midfielder Lucas Zelarayan was named the 2020 MLS Cup’s Most Valuable Player after scoring twice and providing an assist as his side thumped defending champions Seattle Sounders 3-0 on Saturday. The Argentine playmaker, who arrived from Tigres in the offseason in a deal worth a reported $7 million, opened the
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