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
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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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11:10 AM ET Seattle Sounders FC is contesting their fourth MLS Cup in five years, searching for a third championship in that span of time. Would a win mark them as the greatest dynasty in Major League Soccer history? Five years ago Columbus Crew SC manager Caleb Porter lifted MLS Cup at Mapfre Stadium. The
Dec 5, 2020 For Minnesota United‘s Osvaldo Alonso, a postseason showdown with Seattle (Dec. 7, 9:30 p.m. ET) seemed inevitable. The four-time All-Star spent 10 seasons with the Sounders, captaining the team to its first MLS Cup in 2016, and seemed destined to finish his career there. But prior to the 2019 season, the two
3:54 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. MLS is making contingency plans for the MLS Cup final that include the possibility of holding the
11:53 PM ET In the wake of an emotionally and physically demanding win against Mexico in the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League final on Sunday, the job wasn’t completely done for the United States men’s national team. A final test against Costa Rica loomed to complete the scheduling exercise designed to mimic the compact World Cup
5:25 PM ET Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas is “optimistic” about bringing Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to play in Major League Soccer. Messi, 33, is out of contract with Barca at the end of June and has previously expressed a desire to play in the United States in the final years of his career. Barca