Category: MLS Soccer

Major League Soccer sent three teams to the Club World Cup. Only Messi's Miami made it count.

• Argentine’s 68th free-kick goal secures three points for Miami

• Win is MLS’s first in expanded Club World Cup

• Palmeiras tops Al Ahly in other Group A match

Lionel Messi connected on a free kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon.

After Porto struck first on Samu Aghehowa’s penalty kick in the eighth minute, Marcelo Weigandt assisted on Telasco Segovia’s game-tying goal in the 47th.

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San Jose Earthquakes owner John Fisher has hired an investment bank to sell his MLS club, according to multiple people familiar with the billionaire’s plans. An official announcement is expected sometime on Wednesday. Fisher, who owns and recently relocated MLB’s Athletics from Oakland, has retained Moelis & Co. to run the process. The move comes …

The boys react to Mauricio Pochettino’s fiery words for the players missing from his roster. Is there officially a rift between Pulisic and Pochettino? They also recap the USMNT’s 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago and what the major takeaways are from their Gold Cup win. Christian and Alexis then recap the opening weekend of the Club World Cup. Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders both failed to win their opening matches, are MLS salary cap rules holding them back? Later, Christian and Alexis react to the major transfer news and rumors.

The league will relish the long-awaited chance to go toe-to-toe with the world, but they may not love the result

• Tell us what you’re looking forward to (or not) at the Club World Cup

The beach clubs of Dubai and Ibiza may be a little quieter this summer, at least when it comes to their headcount of European soccer stars. The off-season has been intruded upon by the Club World Cup with the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Inter in the United States for this summer’s expanded tournament, which kicks off this weekend. Wayne Lineker and Salt Bae may get lonely.

European enthusiasm for Gianni Infantino’s latest harebrained scheme is low. The $131m bounty for winning the tournament has incentivised clubs at boardroom level (see Real Madrid spending many millions extra to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in time to play), but players may not be as driven on the pitch. European fans may not even watch – the tournament is being broadcast in the UK on Channel 5, a network known more for daytime reality TV repeats than live soccer. It’s being streamed worldwide on DAZN, a platform with wildly varying adoption levels across the globe.

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Would you blame the kid if he thought he could help the D.C. United this year?

Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros give us their MLS midseason awards including team of the season, MVP, Newcomer of the Year and more! Does Messi deserve MLS MVP so far? Christian and Alexis finish up their MLS midseason awards. Who is their Young Player of the Year? Have the LA Galaxy or Atlanta United been the bigger disappointment so far? Later, Christian and Alexis react to the latest USMNT roster change that sees Sergiño Dest join a group of USMNT stars that will be missing this Gold Cup.

Sounders players are protesting a policy that prevents them from making more than $1 million, to split, from the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup.

• The $650m project will anchor an incoming development

• Stadium would be the 22nd soccer-specific venue in MLS

This Chicago Fire on Tuesday announced plans to build a $650m, soccer-specific stadium in the South Loop of Chicago – a venue that will be part of a large development project called “The 78.”

The club aims to open the stadium in the spring of 2028, with the building of the venue itself requiring no public money, according to an announcement by the team’s owner, Joe Mansueto. It is planned to hold 22,000 spectators.

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Sounders players wore 'Club World Cash Grab' on t-shirts on Sunday amid demands for their share of the nearly $10 million promised per MLS team.

• A 115th-minute winner from Denis Bouanga sealed it

• LAFC opens the Club World Cup v Chelsea on 16 June

Denis Bouanga scored an extra-time winner to lift Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over Club América in a Club World Cup qualifying playoff match at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The winger, who had orchestrated much of LAFC’s attacking output in the match, scored the winner in the 115th minute after unleashing a shot that took a wicked deflection on its way into the net.

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LAFC is headed to the Club World Cup. And Club América is going home.

• 33 fans banned after upper-deck brawl at Snapdragon

• San Diego FC vow safer matchdays after violent fight

• Club cites ‘no place for violence’ as probe continues

San Diego FC have issued indefinite bans to 33 people who apparently participated in a violent brawl after the club’s match against the LA Galaxy at Snapdragon Stadium last weekend.

The expansion San Diego club announced Friday that the fans are prohibited from attending home and away matches. The club will work with law enforcement and Major League Soccer to enforce the bans, and further action could be taken.

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Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros preview the Champions League Final between Inter Milan and PSG this Saturday. Who has the advantage? Who do the boys think will come out on top? Christian and Alexis then give team perspectives for all 20 premier league teams ahead of next season. Are we seeing the fall of Manchester United’s empire? Later, Christian and Alexis recap the midweek MLS games. Also, the Galaxy lose again and make history in a bad way, tying the record for a winless streak in Major League Soccer.

Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan will be back at Dignity Health Sports Park for the first time Wednesday when the San José Earthquakes take on the Galaxy.