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Red Bull Arena becomes Sports Illustrated Stadium in 13-year naming rights deal with MLS team
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Red Bull Arena has become Sports Illustrated Stadium in a 13-year partnership agreement announced Wednesday by the Major League Soccer runner-up. The 25,000-seat soccer specific stadium had been called Red Bull Arena since it opened in 2010. It is the home of...
Inter Miami's Diego Gomez on his way to the Premier League with Brighton
BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Brighton has agreed to sign 21-year-old Diego Gomez from Inter Miami, the Premier League club said Tuesday with the Paraguay midfielder set to complete his move on Jan. 1. Brighton did not disclose the fee or length of contract for Gomez joined, who joined...
LA Galaxy strike early, hold off New York Red Bulls 2-1 to win their record 6th MLS Cup championship
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy finished 26th in the 29-team Major League Soccer standings just one season ago, and their biggest supporters boycotted certain matches to protest a decade of poor performance. The most successful club in league history seemed light years away from its luminous...
In his third straight MLS Cup final, goalkeeper John McCarthy delivers a title for LA Galaxy
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Only one team ended up expressing interest in John McCarthy during the offseason last year. It ended up paying off for both. McCarthy helped deliver an MLS Cup title to the LA Galaxy on Saturday, making four saves in a 2-1 victory over the New...
LA Galaxy beat New York Red Bulls 2-1 for their record 6th MLS Cup championship
FIFA gives Club World Cup new opening day for Messi, Inter Miami. MetLife also gets both semifinals
ZURICH (AP) — The 2025 Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament on June 14, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium near New York. FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for the first...
MLS commissioner looks ahead to a busy next 2 years as the league concludes its 29th season
As Major League Soccer prepares for its championship game on Saturday, the league is also looking at how to best position itself for growth as high-profile events descend on the United States over the next two years. The United States will host the FIFA Club World Cup next year...
Original MLS clubs LA Galaxy, NY Red Bulls cap their amazing turnarounds with showdown for MLS Cup
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls have been Major League Soccer mainstays since the league's inaugural season in 1996, signing glamorous players and regularly competing for championships through years of success and setbacks in a league that's perpetually improving...
Lionel Messi wins MLS MVP award, the latest trophy on a long list of honors for the Inter Miami star
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It was a rare instance of Lionel Messi stepping on a soccer field and having no idea what was happening. There they were, more than 250 Inter Miami academy players, a slew of kids lined up at midfield in a formation that spelled out three letters: MVP....