LOS ANGELES — The Galaxy are the worst team in Major League Soccer. That's not subjective opinion, it's objective fact. Just look at the MLS standings, where the Galaxy are dead last after Sunday's 4-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders, a game that wasn't nearly as close as the score would indicate.

But the Galaxy are also one of the four best ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The pay is nonexistent, but the perk could be viewing games in the U.S., Mexico and Canada for free during the FIFA World Cup next summer.

FIFA launched the application process for the World Cup volunteers Monday. How many are needed? A staggering 65,000 across the 16 cities that will host the expanded 48-team format over 39 ...Read more

MIAMI — Inter Miami rode the Brightline train to its Sunday game against rival Orlando City, so it was only fitting that Yannick Bright scored the team’s lone goal in the early minutes.

But things got dark after that as the men in pink, playing without captain Lionel Messi, were trounced 4-1 in an important Eastern Conference game. And, it...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — I got to thinking about this the other day and I wanted to present the question to you:

Who do you think is the greatest professional athlete in Orlando sports history?

Before you answer, here are the ground rules:

The athlete has to have spent at least a portion of his/her competitive career playing for an Orlando team or (...Read more

MIAMI — Asked and answered! Today we solve the biggest questions in Miami sports. Some of these are timeless, passed from generation to generation and seemingly eternal — like, ”Will the Dolphins win another Super Bowl in my lifetime?” Others are more pinned to the present.

First, a disclaimer. I’m no Nostradamus. I have a tough ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Already the home of Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles is now also the home of South Korea's Shohei Ohtani.

Like Ohtani, Son Heung-min has been the most popular athlete in his home country by a wide margin for close to a decade. Like Ohtani, Son has a pleasant disposition that has endeared him to people from a wide range of backgrounds....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shaun Ilten had a problem. The senior director of turf and grounds for the Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park had 26 full-size practice fields, two game fields and a warm-up pitch to line ahead of last winter's Coachella Valley soccer tournament. And he had less than five days to do it.

Since it takes three people nearly two ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LAFC's signing of South Korean national team captain Son Heung-min appears to be one of those rare acquisitions that checks every box and helps everybody. Not only is it one of the most significant signings in MLS history, but it instantly makes LAFC better while boosting the World Cup hopes of the Korean national team and the ...Read more

Lionel Messi sustained “a minor muscle injury in his right leg” during Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup penalty shootout win over Necaxa on Saturday, according to a club statement on Sunday night.

He underwent medical exams to determine the extent of the injury and the timetable for his return is undetermined. “His medical clearance will ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami overcame the loss of Lionel Messi, the ejection of Maxi Falcon and sweltering heat to beat Mexican club Necaxa in penalty kicks in a dramatic Leagues Cup game at Chase Stadium on Saturday night.

Jordi Alba, standing only 5-7, leaped and scored the equalizer on a header for Miami in added time off a free ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami faced two huge hurdles early in its Leagues Cup home game against Mexican club Necaxa on a sweltering Saturday evening at Chase Stadium.

In the span of six minutes, Miami lost its captain, Lionel Messi, and one of its defensive leaders, Maxi Falcon.

Messi left the field with an apparent right upper thigh ...Read more

MIAMI — Rodrigo De Paul, Inter Miami’s latest high-profile signing, explained what lured him away from Spanish club Atletico Madrid as he met with the media for the first time on Friday, on the eve of Miami’s second Leagues Cup game against Mexican club Necaxa.

The decision came after many conversations with Lionel Messi, who is his close...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami knew it would have Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba back in its lineup on Wednesday.

What wasn’t clear prior to the club’s Leagues Cup opener against Liga MX side Atlas was whether recently-acquired Argentine superstar Rodrigo De Paul would join them on the field.

He did.

Messi didn’t get the chance to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant will always be remembered as a Lakers legend and one of basketball's all-time greats.

But in February 2009 — in the middle of his 13th NBA season — Bryant appeared on the cover of ESPN the Magazine wearing another team's uniform and playing an entirely different sport.

The cover shot showed Bryant in full FC ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Landon Donovan can't be sure he would have played international soccer had the World Cup not come to Pasadena in 1994, but he can say with certainty he wasn't aware what international soccer was until then.

"I went to one game," said Donovan, who was a 12-year-old prodigy the first time the World Cup was played in the U.S. "And ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi will have another close friend and longtime teammate by his side for the remainder of this Inter Miami season and beyond.

As the Miami Herald and other outlets reported last week, Rodrigo De Paul, Messi’s midfield mate on Argentina’s national team, is headed to Inter Miami from Spanish club Atletico Madrid on a four-...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba are “extremely upset” after being suspended for Inter Miami’s home match against FC Cincinnati on Saturday due to their absence from this week’s MLS All-Star Game, according to Miami managing owner Jorge Mas.

Per league rules, any player who does not participate in the All-Star Game without prior ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There are more important things than the results of a soccer game. Even when that soccer game is between bitter rivals whose supporters would rather bust one another’s heads than shake hands.

The El Tráfico match between LAFC and the Galaxy is one of those proper rivalries. In just eight seasons, it has blossomed into the ...Read more

With Lionel Messi leading the way, Inter Miami turned the page quickly on Saturday.

Just three days after a rough 3-0 defeat at FC Cincinnati, Messi was himself again and Inter Miami picked up three valuable points in the MLS standings following a 5-1 rout of the host New York Red Bulls at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J.

Messi, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Galaxy have banned a fan from the Angel City Brigade support group following the July 4 match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. The team has also restricted access for other fans accused of harassing the MLS team's management.

Bruce Martin, a 12-year Angel City Brigade member, was banned indefinitely for using a press...Read more