Soccer Page mls - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Union captain, USMNT mainstay Alejandro Bedoya announces retirement
Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya announced Monday that he will retire at the end of the 2026 season, bringing his 17-year professional career to an end.,Bedoya, 39, joined Philadelphia in 2016 and took the armband in 2017, leading the Union to a pair of Supporters' Shields in 2020 and 202...
Lionel Messi lifts Inter Miami past Revs, into second in East
Lionel Messi scored his MLS-leading 26th goal in the 83rd minute to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday night that has major playoff seeding implications.,Messi also assisted German Berterame's 69th-minute equalizer for Inter Miami (16-6-11, 59 points...
Atlanta United dash Toronto FC's playoff hopes with win
Miguel Almiron and Cooper Sanchez scored first-half goals as host Atlanta United defeated Toronto FC 3-1 on Sunday, eliminating the visitors from MLS Cup playoff contention.,Alexey Miranchuk scored Atlanta's (9-18-6, 33 points) other goal, snapping a three-match skid and helping the team earn points...
Timbers take down Dynamo, enter finale with shot at playoffs
David Da Costa, Kristoffer Velde and Vincent Janssen scored goals as the Portland Timbers recorded a big result with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.,Janssen assisted on Portland's first two goals, and Da Costa set up Janssen on the third with a corner kick as the Timb...
Minnesota keeps playoff hopes alive with 3-1 win over LAFC
Joaquin Pereyra scored a brace Sunday night, and Cherrion Valerius added a goal as visiting Minnesota United continued their late-season surge with a 3-1 defeat of LAFC.,Minnesota (10-12-11, 41 points) improved to 3-0-3 in its last six matches and heads into Decision Day on Saturday two points behin...
Lionel Messi lifts Inter Miami past Revolution to move into second place in East
Lionel Messi scored his MLS-leading 26th goal in the 83rd minute to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday night that has major playoff seeding implications.,Messi also assisted German Berterame's 69th-minute equalizer for Inter Miami (16-6-11, 59 points...
Nashville rallies to tie MLS points record, oust Red Bulls from contention
Sam Surridge headed in his team-leading 19th goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time from Cristian Espinoza's menacing corner kick, and Nashville SC rallied to a historic 3-2 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls on Sunday.,Surridge's header to complete a comeback from two goals...
Whitecaps drub Sounders 5-1 for Cascadia Cup sweep
Brian White tallied twice and Ryan Gauld had a goal and two assists as the host Vancouver Whitecaps celebrated their second consecutive Western Conference title with a 5-1 rout of the Cascadia Cup rival Seattle Sounders on Sunday afternoon.,Mathias Laborda and Aleksa Cvetkovic also scored and Edier ...
Quakes' win lifts them to third, drops Real Salt Lake to 10th
Ousseni Bouda and Benji Kikanovic scored in the opening 17 minutes as the host San Jose Earthquakes recorded a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday afternoon.,San Jose (14-9-10, 52 points) moved one point ahead of fifth-place Houston, which plays Sunday, into third place in the Western Confer...
San Diego FC snap winless streak, blank St. Louis City 1-0
Anders Dreyer scored his team-leading 15th goal and visiting San Diego FC defeated the suddenly struggling St. Louis City 1-0 on Saturday.,Dreyer's goal shortly before halftime helped San Diego (9-13-11, 38 points) -- eliminated from playoff contention in Wednesday's loss at Vancouver -- snap a 10-m...
FC Dallas draw with Sporting KC, eliminated from winning West
FC Dallas was held scoreless in the second half in a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Kan., a result that eliminated the club from winning the Western Conference with one regular-season match remaining.,Goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland of Kansas City stopped Petar ...
Montreal's stoppage-time goal in draw helps eliminate NYCFC
Daniel Rios scored the tying goal two minutes into second-half stoppage time as visiting CF Montreal damaged New York City Football Club's playoff hopes by rallying for a 1-1 draw on Saturday afternoon.,NYCFC (9-12-12, 39 points) conceded its seventh goal in second-half stoppage time and was elimina...
FC Cincinnati clinch playoff berth with victory over Union
Ayoub Jabbari tapped in a rebound in the 70th minute, and that was all FC Cincinnati needed to clinch a playoff berth with a 1-0 home win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.,Cincinnati (12-11-10, 46 points) became the seventh team to lock up a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after the si...
Patrick Schulte, Crew blank D.C. United for fifth straight win
Patrick Schulte made four saves for his second consecutive shutout and Dylan Chambost had two assists when the streaking Columbus Crew moved closer to a playoff berth with a 3-0 win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday afternoon.,The Crew (13-15-5, 44 points), last in the 15-team Eastern Conference...
Robert Lewandowski, Fire put damper on Rapids' playoff chase
Second-half substitute Robert Lewandowski scored the tiebreaking goal in the 74th minute to lead the Chicago Fire to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in Commerce City, Colo.,Lewandowski, who added an assist on the Fire's fourth goal, eluded three defenders before scoring his first ...
Playoff-bound Dynamo aim to spoil Timbers' postseason hopes
Back-to-back victories have reignited the Portland Timbers' bid for a playoff spot, and they will look for another pivotal result when they host the Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.,Portland (11-14-7, 40 points) was mired in a seven-match winless streak (0-4-3) before posting consecutive 3-2 victorie...
Toronto FC tries to keep playoff hopes alive on trip to Atlanta
With just two matches remaining in the MLS regular season, Toronto FC travels to Atlanta on Sunday looking to keep their playoff hopes alive.,The Reds (9-11-12, 39 points) sit 12th in the MLS Eastern Conference standings, four points back of the playoff cutline.,"(The team) knows where we are," Toro...
With No. 1 seed clinched, Whitecaps seek Cascadia sweep vs. Sounders
A day before their Cascadia Cup clash with the Seattle Sounders on Sunday, the Vancouver Whitecaps had the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference clinched for them with FC Dallas' 1-1 draw at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.,It's the first time the Whitecaps (17-8-7, 58 points) have finished atop the...
Minnesota United tries to stay alive at playoff-bound LAFC
While playoff-bound Los Angeles FC can improve its standing in the Western Conference, Minnesota United will be out to keep its playoff hopes alive when the teams meet Sunday at Los Angeles.,LAFC (12-9-11, 47 points) secured a playoff spot with a 2-2 draw against the rival Los Angeles Galaxy last Su...
Revolution host Messi, Inter Miami as they try to seal second place in East
The second-place New England Revolution and Lionel Messi's third-place Inter Miami will play for playoff positioning when they meet Sunday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass.,New England (18-10-4, 58 points) could clinch second in the Eastern Conference with a victory in both teams' penultimate match and...