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MLS to align schedule with world's top leagues in 2027
MLS will follow the lead of the top soccer leagues in the world and move to a summer-to-spring schedule starting in 2027.,Since making its debut in 1996, MLS has contained its seasons within a single calendar year by operating a spring-to-fall schedule. The 2025 MLS season is currently in the playof...
Report: MLS, Apple doing away with Season Pass for '26
Apple TV is set to ditch its additional fee to watch MLS games on the platform, ESPN reported Thursday, although watching a majority of the league's games still will require a subscription.,MLS Season Pass will be no more in 2026. A $99 fee was necessary to watch the package of games on Apple TV, al...
Orlando City sign M Wilder Cartagena to new contract
Orlando City signed midfielder Wilder Cartagena to a new contract Wednesday through 2026 with an option for 2027.,The 31-year-old from Peru has three goals and three assists in 80 matches across all competitions since joining the club in 2022.,"Wilder is one of those players who brings so much more ...
Charlotte FC extend M Brandt Bronico's contract
Charlotte FC extended midfielder Brandt Bronico's contract through 2027 with an option for 2028, the club announced Wednesday.,The 30-year-old veteran is the club's longest-tenured player, recording five goals and 13 assists in 122 MLS matches (109 starts) since the inaugural season in 2022.,"Brandt...
NYCFC M Andres Perea (leg) recovering from surgery
New York City FC midfielder Andres Perea underwent surgery Sunday for a right lower leg fracture and will begin the rehabilitation process, the club announced Monday.,Perea, who turns 25 on Friday, scored three goals and added an assist in 24 appearances this season, his third with NYCFC. In the clu...
San Diego FC rout Timbers, advance to Western Conference semifinals
Amahl Pellegrino and Anders Dreyer each scored twice and San Diego FC eased into their first-ever Western Conference semifinal appearance with a 4-0 victory over the visiting Portland Timbers to clinch their first-round series on Sunday night.,Dreyer also picked up an assist on Pellegrino's second g...
Lionel Messi scores twice, Inter Miami advances past Nashville
Lionel Messi scored two goals and assisted two more and Inter Miami advanced in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in club history with a 4-0 victory over visiting Nashville SC in Game 3 of their first-round series on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Messi finished the best-of-three seri...
Against all odds, Minnesota United knocks out Sounders in shootout
Goaltender Dayne St. Clair made five saves then delivered the game-winner in the 10th round of a shootout as 10-man Minnesota United rallied to defeat the Seattle Sounders on penalty kicks following a 3-3 tie in a first-round playoff clincher Saturday at St. Paul. Minn.,Minnesota United finished wit...
Brenner's 2 goals push FC Cincinnati past Crew in first round
Brenner's second goal of the match in the 86th minute rallied host FC Cincinnati to a 2-1 victory against the Columbus Crew in the deciding match of the Eastern Conference first-round best-of-3 series on Saturday.,Brenner took a lay-off from Samuel Gidi at the top of the box and drilled a shot to th...
Against odds, Minnesota United knocks out Sounders in shootout
Goaltender Dayne St. Clair made five saves and then delivered the game-winner in the 10th round of a shootout as 10-man Minnesota United rallied to defeat the Seattle Sounders on penalty kicks following a 3-3 tie in a first-round playoff clincher Saturday at Saint Paul. Minn.,Minnesota United finish...
Nicolas Fernandez tallies twice as NYCFC knock out Charlotte FC
New York City FC scored a pair of breakaway goals just before and shortly after halftime, then held off a late rally from host Charlotte FC to advance in the MLS Cup playoffs with a 3-1 decision on Friday.,Nicolas Fernandez scored twice for New York City in the decisive third game of a best-of-three...
San Diego FC put season on line in clincher vs. Timbers
San Diego FC face their first potential elimination match in club history when they host the Portland Timbers in Game 3 of their first-round MLS Cup playoff series on Sunday night.,San Diego FC were minutes away from sweeping the best-of-three set in two matches last weekend, before Portland's Gage ...
Fire acquire midfielders Anton Saletros, Andre Franco
The Chicago Fire acquired veteran midfielder Anton Saletros from Swedish top-flight side AIK on Friday.,Later Friday, the club announced another midfielder acquisition, after it landed Andre Franco on a permanent transfer from FC Porto.,Saletros, a 29-year-old Swede, tallied 19 goals and 23 assists ...
No Luis Suarez as Inter Miami try to avoid playoff exit vs. Nashville SC
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will try to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals without the help of suspended striker Luis Suarez when they host the decisive game of their first-round playoff series against Nashville SC on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,The league suspended Suarez for...
Game 3 to decide 'Hell Is Real' playoff series between Crew, Cincy
A playoff series requires a short memory, leaving no time to dwell on a defeat or revel in a victory.,That's why the Columbus Crew will have a proverbial blank slate when they travel two hours down I-71 on Saturday to face FC Cincinnati in the decisive match of their first-round best-of-three series...
Loons out to overcome hurdle, top Sounders in decisive Game 3
Minnesota United must try to figure a way to get past an old nemesis when they host the Seattle Sounders in the decisive match of the best-of-three Western Conference First Round series Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn., ,The Sounders, who won the MLS Cup in 2016 and 2019, are 15-3-3 all-time ...
Fire acquire M Anton Saletros from Sweden's AIK
The Chicago Fire acquired veteran midfielder Anton Saletros from Swedish top-flight side AIK on Friday.,The 29-year-old Swede tallied 19 goals and 23 assists in 225 matches with the Stockholm-based club.,Saletros has more than 350 career professional appearances including stops in Norway, Russia and...
Marko Mitrovic appointed head coach of Revolution
The New England Revolution named Marko Mitrovic their head coach on Friday.,The 47-year-old becomes the 10th head coach in club history. This is his first Major League Soccer head coaching job after more than 15 years at the international and pro levels.,"During the interview process, Marko's tactic...
Argentina calls up Lionel Messi with Miami still in playoffs
Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi and teammate Rodrigo De Paul, whose club is in the first round of the MLS playoffs, have been selected for their home country Argentina's friendly match against Angola next week.,Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni named the forward and midfielder to the 2...
Union's Bradley Carnell named MLS Coach of the Year
Bradley Carnell of the Philadelphia Union was named the 2025 Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year on Thursday.,Hired in January, Carnell oversaw a rise from 23rd place in the 2024 standings to the Supporters' Shield in 2025.,Philadelphia improved year-over-year by a whopping 29 points to lead the leagu...