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Reports: Rapids hiring Chris Armas as next head coach
The Colorado Rapids have hired Chris Armas as their next head coach, multiple outlets reported....

Philadelphia Union sign Danish teen Sanders Ngabo
The Philadelphia Union announced the signing Thursday of 19-year-old Danish midfielder Sanders Ngabo....

SKC's Alan Pulido named Comeback Player of Year
Sporting Kansas City striker Alan Pulido was named the 2023 MLS Comeback Player of the Year on Wednesday....

USWNT names Emma Hayes next head coach
U.S. Soccer has finalized an agreement to make Emma Hayes the next full-time head coach of the U.S. women's national team....

Red Bulls won't bring back sporting director, head coach
The New York Red Bulls cleaned house on Tuesday, parting ways with head coach Troy Lesesne, sporting director Denis Hamlett and assistant coach Zach Prince....

Fire sign sporting director Georg Heitz to contract extension
Chicago Fire FC signed sporting director Georg Heitz and technical director Sebastian Pelzer to contract extensions on Tuesday....

Oh, look, the right is screaming about Megan Rapinoe again
Death, taxes, and the right screeching about Megan Rapinoe....

Liverpool can't afford to lose Mo Salah
We’re almost a quarter of the way through the Premier League season. Thanks to 38 not being divisible by four, there really isn’t a quarter-mark in the season. After the next round of fixtures after Thanksgiving, we’ll have passed it. ...

FC Cincinnati's Matt Miazga is MLS Defender of Year
FC Cincinnati's Matt Miazga was named the 2023 MLS Defender of the Year on Monday....

Crew outscore Atlanta United to clinch series
Alex Matan and Diego Rossi each scored and had an assist as the host Columbus Crew scored a wild 4-2 win over Atlanta United in the deciding third match of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday....

Megan Rapinoe goes out on her shield, with a joke and a smile like always
Going to penalties, taking the last one, scoring, lifting the trophy. That’s probably the perfect ending that most had designed for Megan Rapinoe and OL Reign in last night’s NWSL Final against Gotham FC. A chance to makeup, a little bit, for her penalty miss at the World Cup. Maybe even erase, just...

Atlanta United attempt to overcome Crew's home-field advantage
Atlanta United feels they have the momentum. The Columbus Crew will rely on their home-field advantage....

Griffin Dorsey lifts Real Salt Lake past Houston into semifinals
Griffin Dorsey converted the final kick of the tiebreak to lift the Houston Dynamo into the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 win on penalties following a 1-1 draw with visiting Real Salt Lake in their Round One series decider on Saturday night....

Sounders silence FC Dallas to advance to semifinals
Albert Rusnak scored in the 36th minute and the Seattle Sounders made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over visiting FC Dallas on Friday night to earn a spot in the Western Conference semifinals....

Dynamo M Artur signs contract extension
Houston Dynamo FC midfielder Artur signed a contract extension through the 2025 season on Thursday....

USMNT gets to tussle with some real teams…kinda
Ah, the fresh hell of yet another international break. Club seasons are put on pause for a raft of qualifiers, be they Euro, or World Cup, that are pretty much foregone conclusions robbed of any real urgency, especially thanks to the expanded field for 2026. If not those, we get a helping of interna...

FC Cincinnati GM Chris Albright signs long-term contract
FC Cincinnati general manager Chris Albright agreed to a long-term contract extension with the MLS club on Thursday....

Revolution sign D Henry Kessler to 2-year extension
The New England Revolution signed defender Henry Kessler to a two-year contract extension through 2025....

Report: Inter Miami won't loan out Lionel Messi
Inter Miami reportedly will not loan out captain Lionel Messi after the Major League Soccer season ends....

Here’s why Cristiano Ronaldo is back in court over 2009 sexual assault claim
The next time someone tells you that sexual assault allegations “ruin a man’s career,” you only have to point to Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s been nearly five years since the German outlet Der Spiegel published what it purported were leaked documents between Ronaldo’s attorneys regarding an alleged sexua...