My Sounders are at three; where’s your team?

How to watch Lionel Messi and Co. in 2024

The MLS side has entered into a naming rights partnership with JPMorgan Chase

The Union travel to Costa Rica for the first leg of a last-32 clash

• MLS set to begin with stand-in refs as CBA dispute goes on- Lionel Messi’s Miami could open with replacement officials Major League Soccer will lock out referees after its union rejected a tentative contract, putting Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on track to open the season next week with replacement officials.The Professional Soccer Referees Association said Saturday that 95.8% voted against a tentative agreement with the Professional Referee Organization, which supplies match officials to MLS, the NWSL and some lower-tier leagues. The union said 97.8% of approximately 260 eligible members voted. Continue reading...

MLS will start the 2024 season with replacement referees

So you want to build an MLS champion? No mean feat given the league’s notoriously byzantine roster regulations. But take heed of these four rules and you’ll be on your waySo you, dear reader, want to build a great MLS roster.You want to catapult your team to the top of the league, winning Supporters’ Shields and MLS Cups along the way. Maybe you’ll even contend for a US Open Cup or two – if MLS will let you play in it, that is. Continue reading...

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All the info on what will be a very busy preseason schedule for the Herons

Things may get a little awkward in Orlando

Miami's preseason concludes with a special match for Lionel Messi and Tata Martino

The two Inter Miami stars look to be nearing full fitness ahead of the MLS season

At 14, the wonderkid became the highest paid player in MLS and youngest-ever USMNT player. His career was ultimately defined by hype and disappointmentIn the summer of 2007, Freddy Adu had reached a crossroads.He was on his way back from the 2007 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Canada, at which he’d played the best football of his career – a career now almost four years old, despite the fact he’d turned 18 just a month earlier, and one comprised first of immeasurable hype and latterly of disappointment. Continue reading...

The Inter Miami star could miss a big chunk of the Leagues Cup this summer

We'll be tracking all of the new looks right here

I was inspired by https://bossportsnation.com/2024/02/07/where-are-mls-fans-gathering-online/ so I did some analysis of where MLS fans are hanging out in the fediverse. You can find the data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bh70eldw1Xf04sUjVFx0KIhWy97UF_HZTYwSSspEwD0/

Chinese state media is now openly questioning Messi and Inter Miami's integrity

Fans and players hope for the best at the start of any season. But there are always factors holding back even the best teamsA new season brings hope — when the game is played on paper, it always seems easier to win.It also brings doubt. What if we missed on our offseason signings? What if a European suitor snags our best player in the summer window? What if we, uh, forgot to hire a coach? Continue reading...

Do the fediverse next!

USWNT co-captain criticized supporters’ knowledge of the game. But her words ignored the role the women’s team has played in building a soccer cultureLast Thursday, The Athletic dropped an interview with Lindsey Horan that probably didn’t have fans flocking to buy her replica shirt.Apparently, the co-captain of the trailblazing US women’s national team thinks that “American soccer fans, most of them aren’t smart … They don’t know the game. They don’t understand.” She did, admittedly, throw them a bone, adding: “[But] it’s getting better and better.” Continue reading...

Inter Miami is going to be very happy to return home

All the info on what will be a very busy preseason schedule for the Herons

• USMNT striker due to join the Championship club on loan- Blackburn incorrectly submitted documents to transfer system Orlando City and USMNT forward Duncan McGuire’s transfer to Blackburn Rovers broke down due to an “administrative error”, the English club said in a statement on Wednesday.McGuire was due to join the Championship club on an initial loan until the summer with an option to buy. The two clubs had initially agreed to a $4m permanent deal in the waning days of the January transfer window, but the transfer was cancelled with McGuire mid-flight from Orlando’s training camp in Mexico. Continue reading...

After a bizarre exit from Montreal, the midfielder has resurfaced in Argentina