MLS power rankings: Columbus Crew continue to make history
City Football Group’s New York branch is up and running, Orlando City are floundering and Wilfried Nancy has built a continental juggernaut
February 2024
‘It’s a luxury to have him’: how Messi is building on Beckham’s legacy
Inter Miami’s trip to LA represented a passing of the torch from the MLS’s old glamor franchise to its new one
Lionel Messi rescues draw for Inter Miami with injury-time stunner at LA Galaxy
Lionel Messi scored in the second minute of second-half injury time off a pass from Jordi Alba, and Inter Miami salvaged a 1-1 draw with the LA Galaxy on Sunday night
Overpaid stars and transfer flops: Why each MLS team should worry in 2024
Fans and players hope for the best at the start of any season. But there are always factors holding back even the best teams
January 2024
Super-glued sliders and 70-yard screamers: the highs and lows of David Beckham’s MLS legacy
The LA Galaxy players who suddenly became team-mates of world’s most recognizable athlete remember a ‘regular dude’ who helped a fledgling league to then-unthinkable heights
October 2023
MLS has attracted a new generation of stars. But will they stay?
The league was once made up of would-bes and has-beens. Now there’s a burgeoning middle class: talented players looking to kickstart stalled careers
Three highest-spending MLS teams eliminated from playoff race
The Major League Soccer Players Association published its annual salary data on Wednesday. Miami, Toronto and LA Galaxy top the salary charts, but will miss the playoffs
‘I’m doing the best job in the world’: Billy Sharp finds a new dawn in LA
The former Sheffield United forward has made an instant impact in MLS. He’s still scoring goals, and leading a late-season revival for LA Galaxy
July 2023
El Tráfico: LA Galaxy see off LAFC before MLS-record crowd of 82,110 at Rose Bowl
Riqui Puig had a goal and an assist as the LA Galaxy defeated LAFC 2-1 on Tuesday night before an MLS-record crowd of 82,110 at the Rose Bowl
February 2023
LA Galaxy fans fear club’s glory days are far gone as new season approaches
The five-time MLS champions were once seen as a model for success in US soccer. But they have been overtaken in their own city
October 2022
MLS playoffs: LAFC stun LA Galaxy on Chicho Arango’s 93rd-minute winner
Los Angeles FC and the Philadelphia Union each won their conference semi-final matches on Thursday to inch closer to the MLS Cup final
Manufactured rivalries don’t work: LA’s El Tráfico is an exception
The two Los Angeles teams meet on Thursday night in the MLS playoffs. And the passion and excitement around the game is a highlight of the league
MLS 2022 playoffs: ranking the teams from best to worst
New York City FC are looking to defend their title but they will face tough competition from opponents on both coasts
September 2022
El Tráfico: LAFC and LA Galaxy eye MLS attendance mark at Rose Bowl in 2023
LAFC and LA Galaxy will open next year’s MLS season in the first ever match between the city rivals to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena
August 2022
Riqui Puig to LA Galaxy: the biggest summer in MLS history just got bigger
LA Galaxy’s signing of Riqui Puig, the 23-year-old recently seen as Barca’s next big thing, is the latest stroke in a talent influx that’s included Bale, Bernardeschi and Insigne
June 2021
Before Christian Pulisic there was Jovan Kirovski
The first American to win the Champions League did so at a time when US soccer players were seen as little more than novelties
April 2021
Neville and Beckham feel the heat as another United old boy hands Miami defeat
The former England women’s head coach made his debut in charge of Inter Miami on Sunday. But a familiar name came back to haunt him
March 2021
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Robbie Keane: 'I led as a player. Now I want to be the best coach I can be'
I became my country’s youngest ever captain at 25 and have been planning to coach for years. Let’s see where it takes me
October 2020
Javier Hernández is reaching Steven Gerrard levels of disappointment at Galaxy
The Mexico star may well expand MLS’s fanbase but LA Galaxy are winless in games he has started this season
June 2020
Aleksandar Katai cut by LA Galaxy over wife's 'racist and violent' Instagram posts
Aleksandar Katai has been released by the LA Galaxy after a series of alarming social media posts by his wife on Instagram
