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Inter Miami star Lionel Messi crowned 2024 MLS MVP
Inter Miami CF superstar Lionel Messi was named the 2024 Landon Donovan MLS MVP on Friday.,Messi, 37, captained the Herons to their first Supporters' Shield and a league-record 74 points.,The Argentine icon led the MLS with 36 goal contributions (20 goals, 16 assists) in just 19 matches.,Messi recei...
MLS commissioner Don Garber signs 4-year extension
MLS commissioner Don Garber recently signed a four-year contract extension through the 2027 season.,A league representative confirmed to Sportico on Wednesday that owners voted in July to extend Garber.,Garber, 67, has held the position since 1999 and his previous contract expired after the 2023 cam...
Toronto FC searching for coach after John Herdman resigns
Toronto FC are the latest MLS team searching for a head coach following the resignation of John Herdman.,The club announced Friday afternoon that Herdman, 49, was stepping down following 15 months as head coach. He was hired in August 2023.,"Personally, I have made the difficult decision that it's t...
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...
Wednesday October 2nd Best Sports Betting Picks for MLB Playoffs & MLS Prediction
It's put up or shut up time for teams in the Wild Card round of the MLB Playoffs, so these are our top sports betting picks for October 2, 2024....
Whitecaps host Sounders in tussle for playoff position
The Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders have already clinched MLS playoff berths.,But there's always something on the line when the Cascadia Cup rivals meet, as they will on Wednesday night in Vancouver. ,Not only can the Whitecaps (13-9-8, 47 points) secure a record eighth Cascadia Cup title i...
Crew to mark MLS Cup victory at White House
The Columbus Crew will be honored for their 2023 MLS Cup championship at the White House on Friday.,Their visit coincides with their road match Saturday at D.C. United.,Columbus also won the MLS Cup in 2020 but could not visit the White House because of the COVID-19 pandemic.,The Crew celebrated the...
MLS announces multiple changes to roster rules
Major League Soccer announced three "substantial" changes to its roster rules on Thursday.,The modifications go into effect during the current secondary transfer window.,"The new roster rules open the door for clubs to sign additional world-class players and more emerging stars, while also providing...
RSL star Cristian 'Chicho' Arango suspended 4 matches for harassment
Real Salt Lake star forward Cristian "Chicho" Arango was suspended Monday for four matches for violating the MLS Anti-Harassment Policy.,Neither the MLS nor Real Salt Lake divulged what led to the disciplinary action.,"The club has fully cooperated with Major League Soccer's investigation and accept...
Lionel Messi anchors 2024 MLS All-Star team
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi anchors the 2024 MLS All-Star team announced Monday.,The 30-man roster will represent MLS against the best of Mexico's Liga MX on July 24 in Columbus, Ohio.,The roster includes 12 players voted on by the fans, media and players, plus 16 players chosen by All-Star coa...
French striker Olivier Giroud officially signs with LAFC
Los Angeles FC announced the signing of French star Olivier Giroud to a designated player deal on Tuesday.,The 37-year-old striker's contract runs through 2025 and includes an option for 2026.,Giroud will join LAFC this summer after departing AC Milan in Italy's Serie A. The MLS secondary transfer w...
French star Olivier Giroud confirms plans to join MLS
French striker Olivier Giroud confirmed Monday that he will depart AC Milan to join MLS when his contract expires this summer.,There have been previous reports that the 37-year-old former World Cup champion plans to join countryman Hugo Lloris at LAFC.,"The next two games will be my last for Milan,"...
Black coaches must recognize when they are Rooney Rule pawns
Are you helping yourself or are you helping them? That’s what every Black man in the NFL must ask themselves before accepting an interview for a head coaching position. The answer to the question is a personal one that affects many — just look at David Shaw....
Your 2022 World Cup safe bets
While every World Cup is unique in its own way, and this one especially, there are certain happenings you can count on. They come about every tournament. The pressure, the coverage, the overall oeuvre of the whole thing just drives people into the same patterns. Over the next month, you can look for...
MLS is back, and I’m really going to try this time
MLS returns this weekend, and unlike most of the big soccer leagues in the world, it can do so in front of some fans. We won’t hear the sheer wall of noise we would usually get in Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, and Orlando, or in more and more places these days, just yet. But it will be a relief to hea...
If nothing else, the MLS Cup final is full circle for Crew fans
It’s dishonest to say that any sporting event can have a feel-good event right now. While sports can be a healthy distraction or unifying force for a community, these days they basically act as a perfect sketch of just about everything wrong with the country’s handling and response to the pandemic, ...
You’ll say you were there when the NHLPA finally owned the owners
Every so often, a blind squirrel finds a nut. And there’s been no blinder squirrel than the NHL players’ union over the years. This is a side that got locked out for an entire season and still got a salary cap with no exceptions enforced on it. Eight years later it got locked out again and got an ev...
NHL still silent as greedy owners proving they can never have enough
As is always the case, every so often you look up and wonder, “Hey, how come I haven’t heard from the NHL in a while?” And the answer always comes back, “Oh right, because they’re galactically stupid.” And then you go on about your life. It’s good to have solid things to hold onto at this point in t...
In preview of what could lie ahead for MLS and the NFL, USL cancels championship as squad faces COVID outbreak
The USL, the country’s second-division soccer league, canceled its championship game yesterday between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising, due to multiple players and staff on Tampa Bay testing positive for COVID-19. The decision was made because of the amount of time and the amount of players...
Can MLS fill your weekday sporting void? A guide to giving it a shot
In the oddest year for every possible reason and facet, American sports fans are facing something they haven’t seen since the first part of the 20th Century. There aren’t any of the four major sports going other than the NFL. The middle of the week is a barren wasteland. In fandom terms, we run from...