Category: MLS Soccer

• MLS runners-up sign 13-year deal for naming rights
• Stadium will be training site for 2026 World Cup

Red Bull Arena has become Sports Illustrated Stadium in a 13-year partnership agreement announced Wednesday by the Major League Soccer runners-up.

The 25,000-seat soccer specific stadium had been called Red Bull Arena since it opened in 2010. It is the home of the MLS team owned since 2006 by Red Bull GmbH, which also controls RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga and Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.

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Sports Illustrated owner Authentic has facilitated a 13-year naming rights agreement that will rebrand the New York Red Bulls’ home into Sports Illustrated Stadium, as the licensing company leverages the brand’s recognition beyond print and online publishing. The contract values the rights for the Harrison, N.J., venue in the nine figures (more than $100 million), …

MLS roster rules gave the Galaxy little time to celebrate their MLS Cup win before parting ways with some players who aided their championship run.

Christian and Alexis react to the LA Galaxy winning the MLS Cup Final. . Then, Christian and Alexis bring on Kely Nascimento, daughter of Pelé & human rights activist, to chat about her father and the work she’s doing in the soccer world. Later, Christian and Alexis break down the latest results in the premier league including Chelsea’s win against Tottenham.

It seems that the league just isn't prepared to expend anywhere near enough to reach the upper echelons of the sport anytime soon.

Miguel Ibarra will add a little of homegrown star power to AV Alta, the new USL League One soccer team set to kick off in Lancaster in March.

Original glamour club fell on lean times before it decided to adapt to a league that has changed beyond recognition

You can tell MLS has been around a while because on Saturday it held a nostalgia-soaked tribute event featuring two classic clubs.

The Los Angeles Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls? What is this, 2014? It seemed that way as Dejan Joveljić scored what proved to be the goal that won MLS Cup and celebrated with a wobbly Robbie: an unsteady homage to the cartwheeling Galaxy legend Robbie Keane. The Irish striker scored the decisive goal against the New England Revolution 10 years ago, the last time the Galaxy reached the final.

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While the Galaxy and Red Bulls lacked the starpower of Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, the MLS Cup finalists are emblematic of model franchises.

Exactly 10 years to the day after their last MLS Cup win on the same field, the Galaxy became the first team in 23 years to go from eight or fewer wins to a title.

• Galaxy beat NYRB 2-1 for record sixth MLS Cup title
• Early goals from Paintsil, Joveljić hold up in victory
• LA Galaxy 2-1 New York Red Bulls – as it happened

Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic each scored early to lift the LA Galaxy to their record sixth MLS Cup title and first since 2014 in a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls in Saturday’s final in Carson, Calif.

Paintsil’s fourth goal of the playoffs and Joveljic’s sixth helped the Galaxy prevail despite missing attacking midfield star Riqui Puig, who suffered a torn ACL helping LA to a Western Conference final victory over Seattle last Saturday.

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Follow live as the LA Galaxy's star power meets the New York Red Bulls' gritty Cinderella run.

While the MLS broadcasting deal with Apple TV could be good for the league's bottom line, it might be a bad move when it comes to tapping fan interest.

Messi recorded 36 goal contributions in only 19 games for Inter Miami during the 2024 MLS season.

Greg Vanney has harnessed the potential of his talented lineup through a calm coaching approach that has Galaxy one win away from a sixth MLS Cup title.

The club of David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robbie Keane has been through a downturn. A sixth title would restore some shine

As Major League Soccer moved into a new age with Inter Miami’s signing of Lionel Messi last year, the LA Galaxy had seemingly been left behind as a relic of different era. The club of David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robbie Keane failed to make the playoffs for the fifth time in seven seasons. Supporters protested against the Galaxy’s leadership and boycotted matches. MLS’s original glamour club had lost its shine.

Now, though, the Galaxy are just one game from a record sixth MLS Cup title with Greg Vanney’s team hosting the New York Red Bulls in Saturday’s championship decider. Ten years after they last lifted the trophy, the Galaxy have the opportunity to reassert their standing as the league’s marquee franchise while Messi and Co watch from home.

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