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Byline: Steven Goff CARSON, Calif. - Taking into account the weird playoff parameters, the Los Angeles Galaxy and New York Red Bulls are worthy MLS Cup finalists. The Galaxy, the [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga They danced through the shadows, the sun streaming through the stands of their home stadium as it pulsed around them. Hal Hershfelt, who scored the equalizing goal [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Upon his arrival last offseason, D.C. United General Manager Ally Mackay began the process of reconstructing the roster by bidding farewell to more than a dozen players. [...]

Byline: Steven Goff One day before opening his first training camp, U.S. men's national soccer team coach Mauricio Pochettino on Sunday made three roster changes because of injuries. Mexico-based forwards [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Manchester City won its fourth straight Premier League title in 2023-24, the first time any team in the top flight of English soccer has accomplished such a [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga It doesn't take a soccer aficionado to understand that a coach should not only be in the moment but should be encouraging his team to do the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Matt Crocker knows he has to get it right this time. The U.S. Soccer Federation's sporting director was barely a month into the job last summer when [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor The Donbas Arena, a once-gleaming symbol of Ukraine's rise, is a parable of the country's ongoing tragedy. The 52,000-seat stadium in the eastern city of Donetsk opened [...]

Byline: Steven Goff FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The U.S. women's national soccer team, a model of excellence and consistency across decades, arrived in South Florida this week in a state [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Manchester City and Inter Milan will square off Saturday in the UEFA Champions League final, one of the most-watched sporting events in the world. Here's what you [...]

Byline: Steven Goff In the effort to retain two regional titles this summer, the U.S. men's national soccer team has planned all along to use a similar strategy that succeeded [...]

Byline: Steven Goff ST. LOUIS - If there is a national women's soccer team well-positioned to adapt to the loss of a premier player before a major tournament, it is [...]

Byline: Noah Davis Before there were the movie stars - before actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney offered up their Hollywood riches to transform a flailing Welsh soccer club - [...]

Byline: Steven Goff LOS ANGELES - The U.S. World Cup adventure in Qatar ended almost eight weeks ago. Since then, there's been enough controversy and sideshows to fill eight years. [...]

Byline: Noah Davis The English Premier League has a top two problem. At the start of the 2022-23 season on Aug. 5, Caesars Sportsbook listed defending champion Manchester City as [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The U.S. women's national soccer team will finally make its Audi Field debut Sept. 6 for a friendly against Nigeria, organizers confirmed this week. The U.S. Soccer [...]

Byline: Steven Goff MONTERREY, Mexico - The U.S. women's national soccer team, a mix of ages and experiences but missing several eminent figures, has come to this mountain-draped metropolis carrying [...]

Byline: Glynn A. Hill Three times in the past eight years, the Premier League title race has come down to a final sprint between Liverpool and Manchester City on the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff ORLANDO, Fla. - The call went out to Shaq Moore in Spain on Wednesday: Stand by, U.S. men's national soccer team Coach Gregg Berhalter said, we might [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Hernán Losada will begin his second season as D.C. United's coach Saturday evening, but in many ways, it's his first. The roster is more contoured to his [...]

Byline: Steven Goff CARSON, Calif. - In his team's final preseason test Saturday, D.C. United Coach Hernán Losada used a lineup that, with probably one exception, will start again next [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The U.S. men's national soccer team on Sunday afternoon will play an away match against the undefeated leader in CONCACAF's World Cup qualifying. The venue, though, is [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Has any team ever had a season such as the Washington Spirit soccer team's 2021 campaign? The Spirit beat the OL Reign, 2-1, on Sunday to advance [...]

Byline: Candace Buckner A cloud has hovered over the Washington Spirit's season, but the supporters showed up Sunday, banged their drums and chanted in unison anyway. Despite the bro culture [...]

Byline: Steven Goff NASHVILLE - This was supposed to be a different U.S. men's national soccer team, stuffed with rising stars from overseas and fresh ideas that would extinguish unpleasant [...]

Byline: Steven Goff SAN SALVADOR - On Wednesday afternoon, a charter carrying the U.S. men's national soccer team landed at El Salvador's international airport, some 30 hours before a 2022 [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The U.S. women's national soccer team on Tuesday qualified for the knockout stage of a major tournament, hardly newsworthy amid the rush of medals, upsets and complications [...]

Byline: Steven Goff DENVER - Judging by club affiliation and youthful wow factor, Coach Gregg Berhalter could make a solid case his U.S. men's national soccer team roster for the [...]

Byline: Thomas Floyd Three weeks after the Washington Spirit left Orlando, Fla., with nothing to show for a promising performance in the NWSL Challenge Cup, Coach Richie Burke's team returned [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The Georgetown men's soccer team's only loss of the season came in Saturday's Big East final, but it was enough to drop the reigning national champions to [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - How will D.C. United do this year? Check back in July. A new coach has brought fresh ideas and inherited a largely unchanged roster that [...]

Byline: Steven Goff With a bounty of resources and players, the United States should qualify for every men's global soccer tournament. No exceptions, no excuses. No one is demanding world [...]

Byline: Steven Goff U.S. soccer's greatest embarrassment in recent times was the men's national team failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, snapping a string of seven successive appearances. [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Under normal circumstances, D.C. United would have abandoned hope of advancing to the playoffs weeks ago and closed the regular season Sunday at Audi Field with thoughts [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United's season has been spoiled by waves of misfortune, and as time melted away on a precarious lead Saturday in Atlanta, the campaign appeared to receive [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - D.C. United's miserable season bears out in MLS's team statistics. Ben Olsen's wayward bunch is tied for 24th out of 26 teams in goals and [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - Amid a fractured season and badly unbalanced schedule, MLS has set a low bar to qualify for the playoffs. Eighteen of 26 teams, four more [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - With an odd number of matches in a fragmented season, D.C. United will hit the midway point of the MLS campaign when the halftime whistle [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - D.C. United's ruinous season took another devastating turn Wednesday, when the ailing club announced that starting midfielder Felipe Martins had torn his right ACL in [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United Coach Ben Olsen refers to the past few weeks as a 'third preseason,' one that followed the pre-pandemic training camp in the winter and the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Brian Wiese knew what was coming. And so in each of his recent video conferences with his Georgetown men's soccer team, he prepared the players for the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The National Women's Soccer League tournament transpiring in suburban Salt Lake City has taken a physical toll on the Washington Spirit, permanently sidelining captain Andi Sullivan and [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The MLS season began last weekend, but for D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper and many of his counterparts on the 26-team circuit, initial roster construction continued [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, D.C. United will climb the stairs behind Audi Field's south goal ahead of the 2020 season opener against the Colorado Rapids. Familiar [...]

Byline: Steven Goff We have witnessed, in devastating detail, what happens when the U.S. women's national soccer team engages with badly overmatched opponents in meaningful competition. Think back to the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, D.C. United will climb the stairs behind Audi Field's south goal ahead of the 2020 season opener against the Colorado Rapids. Familiar [...]

Byline: Steven Goff CARSON, Calif. -- A few moments after the U.S. women's national soccer team completed a 4-0 victory over Mexico on Friday, five players used their arms to [...]

Byline: Steven Goff TORONTO - If MLS needs a theme for its latest attempt to finally get the playoff format right, D.C. United Coach Ben Olsen might have stumbled upon [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Around 6:25 p.m. Sunday, referee Dave Gantar will sound his whistle for the last time and mark the end of D.C. United's regular season finale against FC [...]

Byline: Steven Goff For years, Sergiño Dest played for U.S. junior national teams, and last month, the 18-year-old defender made his senior debut. But because he is a dual national, [...]