Column: MLS Cup final lacks star power but sheds light on shift in league
Major League Soccer was unable to showcase its most prized jewels at its championship game.Lionel Messi didn’t toy with defenders in the MLS Cup final.…
How coach Greg Vanney got Galaxy back to MLS Cup final
When Mark Delgado made his MLS debut, he was just 17 and even he acknowledges his approach to soccer was unsophisticated.“Just being a young kid…
Galaxy GM Will Kuntz honed championship traits with the Yankees
Will Kuntz’s life changed with a letter.He was a small-college basketball player at Williams College, an even smaller liberal arts college in Massachusetts, when he…
LAFC roster overhaul hasn’t derailed MLS Cup title aspirations
Ilie Sánchez played the full 120 minutes, then converted the game-winning penalty kick, to give LAFC its only MLS Cup championship.That was just two years…
MLS playoffs: Vancouver stuns LAFC to set up decisive third game
VANCOUVER, Canada — Vancouver got an early goal from a red-hot Ryan Gauld and two own goals from Western Conference top seed LAFC, Yohei Takaoka posted…
LAFC, Galaxy playoff showdown would be a dream come true for MLS
What MLS commissioner Don Garber envisioned when he insisted on having two teams in Southern California was seeing both of them enter the final stretch…
Eduard Atuesta is chasing wins, history after returning to LAFC
INDIAN WELLS — Eduard Atuesta is the only player on the LAFC roster who was there for the franchise’s first game in 2018. But he hasn’t…