MLS Soccer – Worldwide Sports News

June 1, 2021

MLS notebook: Inter Miami’s mess, Nashville unbeaten

The current turmoil off the pitch and the lack of results on it can't be what David Beckham had in mind for his dream Miami project. Plus, a 19-year-old homegrown is crushing it in K.C.

May 28, 2021

Beckham’s Inter Miami hit with MLS-record $2m fine in Blaise Matuidi probe

Inter Miami hit with record fine and other sanctions over signing
League found club violated roster designation rules for players
MLS finds no wrongdoing on part of Beckham, team’s co-owner

Major League Soccer has fined Inter Miami $2 million and imposed other sanctions following its investigation into the 2020 signing of French international Blaise Matuidi.

The league’s investigation determined Miami violated roster designation rules for Matuidi and Andres Reyes. It also found the team didn’t disclose agreements that led to underreported salaries for Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Nicolas Figal and Julian Carranza.

May 25, 2021

From Pirlo to no-go: what happened to New York’s era of foreign MLS megastars?

The Big Apple was once a natural stop for players like Frank Lampard and Thierry Henry. But Red Bulls and NYC FC have changed tactics

New York has always been Major League Soccer’s toughest nut to crack. Many have believed the USA’s most culturally diverse city could, with the right cultivation, become a hotbed for the sport. Yet a quarter of a century, and two franchises, later it’s impossible to avoid the sense MLS still hasn’t grasped the chance to take a big bite out the Big Apple.

For years, the strategy appeared to be a simple one – attract the biggest names to draw the biggest crowds, and the most attention, possible. Thierry Henry’s arrival at the New York Red Bulls in 2010 was considered the most significant MLS signing since David Beckham. The club’s signing of Tim Cahill two years later didn’t catch the imagination in quite the same way, but still underlined an ambition to lure big names from European leagues.