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Q&A: MLS commissioner Don Garber talks San Diego FC, stadium, (more) expansion
SAN DIEGO — When Don Garber was named Major League Soccer’s commissioner in 1999, the league consisted of 12 teams. The Mutiny, MetroStars, Fusion, Burn and Clash, among others, settled ties with 35-yard shootouts. The clock counted down from 90 minutes to zero instead of the other way around. Players wore uniforms made by Nike and Adidas �...Read more

Messi expected to play Inter Miami game at Houston on Sunday; Callender questionable
MIAMI — Memo to all the Lionel Messi fans who have been fretting about their beloved Argentine hero since he exited the field at the 69-minute mark of Inter Miami’s 3-1 home win over Sporting KC on Tuesday night:
Coach Javier Mascherano said Messi is fine and he trained with the team Friday morning ahead of the road game Sunday against the ...Read more
Inter Miami beats Sporting KC, 3-1, advances in Champions Cup with goals by Messi, Allende, Suarez
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The weather in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday night — clear skies and 69 degrees — was entirely different from the frigid, subzero conditions in Kansas City a week earlier, but the result was the same, another win for Inter Miami against Sporting KC in Round 1 of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
This one was more decisive.
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Messi fined by MLS for post-match incident with NYCFC assistant coach; Suarez also fined
MIAMI — Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were fined an undisclosed amount by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for touching the necks of a New York City FC player and coach during separate heated arguments during their season opener on Saturday night at Chase Stadium.
The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced on Tuesday that both players violated the...Read more

Kevin Baxter: The MLS Cup Curse is real, and the Galaxy are determined to beat it
LOS ANGELES — Before joining the Galaxy two years ago, Christian Ramírez spent two seasons with the Columbus Crew, winning an MLS Cup one year and then failing to get out of the first round of the playoffs the next.
The lesson, Ramírez said, is it’s far easier to climb to the top of the league than it is to stay there. And if the Galaxy, ...Read more

Tom Krasovic: San Diego FC makes bold first impression as MLS franchise
SAN DIEGO — As first impressions go, this was close to perfection.
San Diego FC introduced itself to Major League Soccer Sunday night with a 2-0 road victory over the league’s most prestigious franchise, and nothing about the performance screamed fluke.
Before the match, the Los Angeles Galaxy celebrated its league-record sixth MLS Cup ...Read more

Defending champion Galaxy lose in season-opening stunner to San Diego FC
It was just 11 weeks ago that the Galaxy raised the MLS Cup for a record sixth time, an occasion the team celebrated Sunday with a relay of supporters and first responders carrying the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy back to midfield at Dignity Health Sports Park.
A triumphant video played on the stadium's huge video screens, fireworks filled the air...Read more
Greg Cote: Must-win MLS season a long climb for Messi, Inter Miami as opening 2-2 home draw shows
MIAMI — Lionel Messi in his first full season in Major League Soccer last year led Inter Miami to the best record in league history and won the MLS MVP trophy.
The imperative in the 2025 soccer season that began Saturday night?
Be better. Do more.
This is Messi, after all. He is like none other, so the expectations are thus: Unreasonable, ...Read more

Messi's two assists secure Inter Miami 2-2 tie vs. NYCFC in dramatic MLS season opener
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi, wearing a longer haircut and Inter Miami’s new pink striped jersey, looked like the same old Messi as the 2025 MLS season got underway Saturday night, battling for 105 minutes and playing a major role in both Miami goals in a 2-2 tie against NYCFC.
The second came at the 100-minute mark, when some fans ...Read more
Jeremy Ebobisse scores in his LAFC debut in season-opening win over Minnesota
LOS ANGELES — LAFC headed into its eighth MLS season Saturday with more questions than answers, few of which were solved in its 1-0 victory over Minnesota United in front of a crowd of 22,310 at BMO Stadium.
The game's only goal came from newcomer Jeremy Ebobisse in the 78th minute. On the other end, goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was called on to ...Read more

With new Apple docuseries, Major League Soccer takes a page out of Formula One's playbook
LOS ANGELES — As a British expat living in Los Angeles, Paul Martin found the thing he missed most about home was soccer.
"If I'm walking across a park and I see two people playing, I'll stop and watch it," the documentary film producer said.
So the idea of making a documentary about a soccer league wasn't a hard sell. The challenge was ...Read more

Kevin Baxter: Galaxy and LAFC are paying a price for success. Are they still MLS Cup contenders?
LOS ANGELES — Will Kuntz knew something few others did when the MLS Cup final kicked off in December: The Galaxy team Kuntz had so carefully rebuilt, the one that would win the league title that day, would begin to be dismantled shortly after the game.
"We knew well in advance that change was coming," said Kuntz, the Galaxy's second-year ...Read more

Dave Hyde: New season, new coach and same old questions for stacked Inter Miami
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At the start of Inter Miami’s new MLS season, the question of last season lingers.
Not how they lost to bottom-seed Atlanta in the playoffs’ opening round.
Not if they win any of the trophies they missed out on last year in this season’s four competitions.
Not even if Messi’s presence can set more attendance ...Read more

Messi, Inter Miami set to kick off pressure-filled 2025 season under new coach Javier Mascherano
MIAMI — Finally, after more than two months at his new job as Inter Miami coach, Javier Mascherano’s heart and refrigerator are full.
The Argentine former FC Barcelona star sheepishly admitted that until his wife, Fernanda, and three children arrived for an extended February visit, he had little food in his kitchen since replacing Tata ...Read more

Messi scores as Inter Miami beats Sporting KC, 1-0, in frigid Champions Cup match
Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates disembarked from their team plane in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday bundled up in ski hats and parkas. A few hours later, the Argentine captain scored in frigid conditions to give the visitors a 1-0 victory over Sporting KC in their Concacaf Champions Cup opener at Children’s Mercy Park.
The game was...Read more
Why Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei might be MLS' most underrated player
RENTON, Wash. — Perhaps this is the season it all falls apart. Stefan Frei becomes more porous than a rain garden, allowing every shot imaginable past his goal line.
At least then, it would be understandable how, despite his consistent dominance in goal for the Seattle Sounders, Frei is consistently left out of the conversation for MLS ...Read more

Here is everything you need to know about Lionel Messi's new Inter Miami teammates
MIAMI — Lionel Messi has a half-dozen new Inter Miami teammates this season, and they will play their first game that counts Wednesday night on the road against Sporting KC in the Concacaf Champions Cup opener, which was postponed from Tuesday due to a snowstorm.
Those newcomers, who will be bundled up in ski caps and gloves for the sub-zero ...Read more

San Diego FC counts on Mexican star Chucky Lozano to be a spark in its debut season
INDIO, Calif. — San Diego FC had yet to play an MLS opponent when the team's players filed onto one of the manicured fields at the Empire Polo Club earlier this month to take on New York City in a preseason exhibition. Spotting one player in particular, a small army of kids rushed the white picket fence guarding the field and broke into a ...Read more

John Romano: No goals for Lionel Messi, but the memory of a lifetime for Tampa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. — Officially, it was a soccer friendly. A random, meaningless exhibition game between two teams with neither roots nor rationale for spending a Friday night in Tampa Bay.
And yet, standing above the tunnel leading from the locker room to the field in Section 118, it felt more like a religious experience. A pilgrimage in pink.
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Crowd of 42,000 in Tampa show Messi love on Valentine's Day as Inter Miami ties Orlando
A crowd of 42,000 showed up at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Friday night for Inter Miami’s final preseason game against Orlando City and based on the sea of pink No. 10 shirts, many of the fans were there to show love for Lionel Messi on Valentine’s Day.
They saw an entertaining game that ended in a 2-2 tie. The Miami equalizer was...Read more
Popular Stories
- Q&A: MLS commissioner Don Garber talks San Diego FC, stadium, (more) expansion
- Messi expected to play Inter Miami game at Houston on Sunday; Callender questionable
- Kevin Baxter: The MLS Cup Curse is real, and the Galaxy are determined to beat it
- Defending champion Galaxy lose in season-opening stunner to San Diego FC
- Messi fined by MLS for post-match incident with NYCFC assistant coach; Suarez also fined