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MLS teams adjust to a summer of soccer without some of the league's biggest names
Lionel Messi could miss as many as six games with Inter Miami if Argentina wins its way to the Copa America final. With 12 goals and a league-leading 13 assists, Messi has helped push Miami to the top of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference. Questions loom about whether Miami can...
'Chucky Mania' hits San Diego as Lozano expresses desire to win titles for MLS expansion team
SAN DIEGO (AP) — On a typically brilliant San Diego day, Mexican soccer star Hirving “Chucky” Lozano said he'd like to do something that's generally atypical around here — win championships. Lozano was introduced Thursday as the first designated player of the Major League...
FC Dallas dismisses coach Nico Estevez after 3-8-5 start to the MLS season
FC Dallas on Sunday dismissed coach Nico Estevez, who was in his third season with the team. Dallas has gone 3-8-5 this season and sits in second-to-last in Major League Soccer's Western Conference. Dallas, winless in its last five matches, was coming off a 1-1 draw on the road with...
Mexican winger Chucky Lozano signs with MLS expansion team San Diego FC
Major League Soccer expansion team San Diego FC has signed winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano as the club's first designated player. Lozano signed a four-year deal through the 2028 season, the team said Thursday. Financial terms were not released. San Diego FC will...
Mired in disappointing season, Atlanta United fires coach Gonzalo Pineda
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United fired coach Gonzalo Pineda on Monday, less than 24 hours after another loss dropped the team farther from playoff contention in Major League Soccer. The team announced the change coming off a 3-2 home setback to Charlotte before more than 61,000 fans...
Messi scores 12th goal of season, MLS-leading Inter Miami comes back to tie St. Louis 3-3
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi scored his 12th goal of the season in his last Major League Soccer match before the Copa America, and MLS-leading Inter Miami came from behind to tie St. Louis City 3-3 on Saturday night. Miami (10-3-5, 35 points) took a two-point lead atop...
Messi scores, but Inter Miami's 10-match MLS unbeaten streak ends in 3-1 loss to Atlanta United
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi scored yet again. It was the lone real highlight for Inter Miami, as its 10-match Major League Soccer winning streak was ended by an Atlanta United side that got its first league win in nearly two months. Saba Lobjanidze scored once in each...
Messi, Suarez and Busquets to miss Inter Miami's MLS game against Whitecaps
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lionel Messi will not play in Inter Miami's match in Vancouver against the Whitecaps on Saturday, a move coach Gerardo Martino said was based on the team's crowded upcoming schedule. Messi and teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets will not...
Messi's $20.4 million compensation with Miami exceeds all but 3 other MLS teams
NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi’s annualized pay from his Major League Soccer contract with Inter Miami is just over $20.4 million in his first full season, exceeding the payrolls of all but three other teams in the league. Messi joined Inter Miami last summer and has a base salary...
American Jesse Marsch hired as coach of Canada's men's national soccer team through 2026 World Cup
TORONTO (AP) — American Jesse Marsch was hired Monday as coach of Canada's men's national soccer team and signed to a contract through the 2026 World Cup. The 50-year-old takes over Canada ahead of the Copa América, where Canada plays defending champion Argentina in the tournament...
