The Los Angeles Football Club, Minnesota United and Atlanta United made their MLS debuts within the past 15 months, marking the most ambitious wave of expansion in the league's 23-year history. But though the clubs share similar birthdates -- and two of them are officially United, at least in name -- there's really not much all three have in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Late in the first half of Saturday's game with the Los Angeles Football Club, Dallas keeper Jimmy Maurer gathered the ball in his hands, swung his right leg forward and ...

Silence.

A week earlier, in LAFC's first game at Banc of California Stadium, many in the crowd accented each of the opponent's goal kicks with an offensive ...Read more

When Bruce Arena was asked to rescue a struggling U.S. national team in the fall of 2016, he was also asked to write a book about how he did it.

He said yes to both requests. Neither one worked out quite the way he had hoped.

"The book," Arena said, "was going to be that we qualified for the World Cup and getting ready for the World Cup."

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- America's best young soccer star is coming to Charlotte this summer.

And there's a reason the visit will be particularly special for him.

Christian Pulisic, the 19-year-old face of American soccer, will be one of a number of stars coming to Charlotte and Bank of America Stadium as part of the International Champions Cup. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A pack of more than two dozen reporters from almost as many countries stood outside the Galaxy locker room Saturday, shivering each time a cold blast of air shot up the narrow, concrete corridor.

It wasn't long ago that Major League Soccer wouldn't have garnered this kind of attention had it staged a game on a beach in Hawaii. ...Read more

CARSON, Calif. -- When President Donald Trump arrived in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, he was welcomed at LAX by a light rain and a small group of protesters. When soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived late Thursday, he was greeted by clear skies and a raucous crowd of about 250 fans.

But then as Ibrahimovic himself will tell you, he's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The first signs of a burgeoning Southern California sports rivalry came from a splat of paint.

Last month, hours after Jiovanny Lopez and Diego Mendoza finished a mural on a brick building in the Pico-Union neighborhood, one welcoming Mexican national team star Carlos Vela to the fledgling Los Angeles Football Club, the artwork ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles' bid for a part in World Cup 2026 moved forward Tuesday after the City Council moved to allow a private group to seek the international sporting event on behalf of several Southern California cities.

Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee, LLC, a group that includes the Los Angeles Football Club, will bid on behalf...Read more