Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play New York City FC to start the 2025 MLS season this weekend.
World Cup winner Olivier Giroud victim of reported $500,000 burglary in LA
- LAFC striker was not at home during break-in
- Athletes in US have been targeted by burglars
Los Angeles FC striker Olivier Giroud’s home was the target of a burglary earlier this month, police said.
Los Angeles police said they responded on 5 February to a report that a window had been smashed at a home in west LA. Giroud and his family were not home when the incident occurred. Burglars entered the residence through the window, and when Giroud’s wife came home to find items – including 10 luxury watches – missing, she called police, according to reports by ESPN and TMZ Sports. The burglars are reported to have taken valuables worth $500,000 during the break-in.
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Could a new rule finally give MLS much-needed transfer gossip?
Complex rules have stopped splashy moves between the league’s clubs. But the ‘cash-for-player’ mechanism could change all that
In any other Major League Soccer offseason, Jack McGlynn probably would have gone to Europe. Ready to take the next step in his career as one of the best young American midfielders in the league, he wouldn’t have had any other realistic option. This offseason, though, the landscape shifted; McGlynn ended up in Houston instead.
The Dynamo utilised a new mechanism introduced by the league last month to sign McGlynn for an initial $2.1m in what is now called a ‘cash-for-player’ trade. This same mechanism was used for FC Cincinnati’s $5m deal sending former MVP Luciano Acosta to FC Dallas, and also Sporting KC’s capture of striker Dejan Joveljić from the LA Galaxy for $4m. “Without the new mechanism it’s very, very, very unlikely that Dejan would have been with us,” said SKC sporting director Mike Burns.
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