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Union M Jeremy Rafanello agrees to extension
Philadelphia Union midfielder Jeremy Rafanello on Wednesday agreed to terms on a contract through the 2026 season. ,Financial terms were not disclosed by the Union, who hold options on Rafanello's deal for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.,Rafanello, 24, has made 10 appearances (four starts) for Philadelph...
LAFC edges Vancouver on goal in 2nd half stoppage time
Substitute Ilie Sanchez scored from the edge of the penalty area in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to lift LAFC to a 2-1 victory over the host Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday night.,Sanchez's first goal of the season came long after Mateusz Bogusz scored his 15th goal in the first minut...
Crew get hat trick from Alexandru Irinel Matan, blast Revs
Alexandru Irinel Matan recorded his first career MLS hat trick and the host Columbus Crew romped to a 4-0 victory over the struggling New England Revolution on Saturday night in a match between short-handed sides. ,Matan had only two goals in 91 MLS matches entering Saturday. His three-goal performa...
Whitecaps' goal vs. LAFC: Avoid wild-card game
For the Vancouver Whitecaps, the stakes of Sunday's match against visiting LAFC are pretty straightforward.,"It's very important," manager Vanni Sartini said. "Unfortunately we didn't do well in the last couple of games. So now this game became a game that can make us get back in the top seven and a...
Crew locked into playoff position, but aim to grow vs. Revs
The Columbus Crew will try to build momentum toward another potential MLS Cup run on Saturday night when they host the New England Revolution.,Both teams will be without key contributors in one of only two MLS matches played during the October international window, a match rescheduled from late May ...
Former USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter hired to lead Fire
The Chicago Fire announced the hiring of former U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter as the club's new director of football and head coach on Tuesday.,Berhalter, 51, becomes the MLS club's 10th full-time manager and will oversee all of the Fire's sporting operations, reporting directly to ...
MLS breaks attendance record with more than 11M fans
Major League Soccer has surpassed 11 million fans to break the league's regular season attendance record.,With 16 regular-season matches remaining, MLS already has eclipsed the mark of 10,900,804 set last season.,Announcing the record on Monday, the league credited the recent arrivals of such intern...
Timbers settle for scoreless tie vs. FC Dallas
The Portland Timbers missed a chance to improve their playoff positioning after they had to settle for a scoreless draw against visiting FC Dallas on Sunday., ,James Pantemis, making his first start since July 20, stopped six shots to earn his sixth clean sheet of the season for Portland. Dallas' Ji...
Early onslaught propels NYCFC past Nashville
Santiago Rodriguez scored twice early in the first half as New York City FC sped out to a three-goal lead in the opening 21 minutes, survived some defensive struggles and recorded a 3-1 victory over visiting Nashville SC on Sunday in Harrison, N.J.,Playing at Red Bull arena for its second straight h...
Austin FC fire coach Josh Wolff
Josh Wolff was relieved of his dutires on Sunday after missing the MLS Cup Playoffs for the third time in his four seasons as Austin FC coach.,Wolff, 47, compiled a record of 45-60-30 as the first coach of Austin FC. This season, Austin FC have a 10-14-9 record heading into their season finale. ,"As...
With sights set on future, Nashville SC set to face playoff-bound NYCFC
While New York City FC know they will reach the playoffs, Nashville SC are simply hoping to start building some momentum for 2025 when the teams convene on Sunday in Harrison, N.J.,NYCFC (13-11-8, 47 points) enter the match sitting at sixth in the East, one point behind fifth-place Charlotte FC and ...
Galaxy edge Austin FC, continue to pull away in West
Dejan Joveljic scored in the 76th minute to snap a tie and the LA Galaxy extended their advantage atop the Western Conference with a 2-1 win over Austin FC on Saturday night in Carson, Calif. ,Given service from Gaston Brugman and Riqui Puig, Joveljic tallied his 15th goal of the season via a rocket...
Diego Luna scores in 2nd half to lead RSL past Earthquakes
Diego Luna's second-half goal led Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over the host San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,With the victory, Real Salt Lake (15-7-11, 56 points) secured a top-four spot in the Western Conference and extended their unbeaten streak to five matches. Salt Lake has nine poi...
Surging Sounders shut out struggling Rapids
Albert Rusnak scored his 10th goal of the season and the visiting Seattle Sounders continued their second-half surge with a 1-0 victory over the struggling Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.,Rusnak joined Jordan Morris as the only double-digit goal scorers for Seattle this season and reached the mar...
LAFC spoil Sporting Kansas City's home finale
Denis Bouanga played a key role in both of his club's first-half goals on Saturday night as Los Angeles FC defeated host Sporting Kansas City 3-0. ,Bouanga, who won the 2023 Golden Boot, is tied for second in MLS in scoring with 19 goals on the season. But he didn't need to find the back of the net ...
Simon Becher scores twice to help St. Louis City top Dynamo
Simon Becher scored two goals and Marcel Hartel provided two assists in St. Louis City's 3-0 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday night., ,Becher scored once in each half and Jake Nerwinski added the gut punch two minutes into second-half stoppage time when Houston was playing with 1...
Second-half goals fuel Atlanta United past Red Bulls
Alexey Miranchuk scored on a second-half penalty kick and added an assist, leading Atlanta United to a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls on Saturday night., ,Tyler Wolff scored the other goal for Atlanta (9-14-10, 37 points), which snapped a five-match winless skid at home across all ...
Ramiro Enrique powers Orlando City past FC Cincinnati
Ramiro Enrique scored a brace and had an assist, and visiting Orlando City punished FC Cincinnati for multiple mistakes in a 3-1 victory on Saturday night.,Ivan Angulo also scored in Orlando's third straight MLS victory, its sixth out of seven and 10th out of 13 during a second-half surge up the Eas...
Minnesota United record fourth straight shutout in 1-0 victory over Whitecaps
Dayne St. Clair recorded his fourth consecutive clean sheet and Hassani Dotson converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute, lifting visiting Minnesota United to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.,St. Clair made two saves to preserve his seventh shutout of the season. He ha...
Karol Swiderski keeps rolling as Charlotte FC blank CF Montreal
Karol Swiderski maintained his impressive late-season form by scoring in the first half and host Charlotte FC extended their unbeaten run, topping CF Montreal 2-0 on Saturday night.,Patrick Agyemang also scored for Charlotte (13-11-9, 48 points), which has not lost in its past four matches (3-0-1). ...