Tag: Los Angeles

LAFC has a compelling case for being the best American football team it has ever seen

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Dynasties and Major League Soccer don’t mix often. Since the league’s inception in 1996, there have been three dynastic championships: D.C. United won three MLS Cups between 1996 and 1999; The Houston Dynamo won back-to-back MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007 before winning back-to-back Supporters’ Shield in 2008 and 2009 and the LA Galaxy’s success streak between 2011 and 2014, lifting three MLS Cups and two Supporters’ Shields. In a league where the rules favor parity over dominance, it’s extremely rare to create a Bayern Munich or Manchester City-like dominance…

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Watch Wrexham with Will Ferrell (yes, you read that right)

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The afternoon felt surreal enough as Will Ferrell joined Wrexham supporters for a pre-match pint and then watched the Welsh club briefly return to the top of National League Fanarama. But when the Anchorman star jokingly suggests that a comic book superhero would be happy with the outcome at the racetrack, that seems off scale even for the club that’s gotten real at the box office in the past couple of years. “Let’s hope Deadpool is happy,” Ferrell tells a group of close friends from the USA who have joined…

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MLS and Apple tout new broadcast partnership: ‘An MLS fan deserves to be treated with respect’

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A hallmark of any Major League Soccer preseason, the MLS “Media and Marketing Tour” is an opportunity for the league to profile its top players and coaches and make them available to the media before the season begins. For hours, dozens of players who appeared in full groups marched around the convention center and were interviewed, videotaped, and nauseatingly photographed. It’s a bit like an assembly line. This year’s event in San Jose, California was a little different. At times, the suits outnumbered the kits, as much of the focus…

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MLS and Apple announce the details of the new deal: What to do with pricing, and kick-off times later

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On Wednesday, Major League Soccer and Apple Inc Gave more details about a new broadcast agreement that will kick off with the 2023 season. The league and technology giant announced a 10-year deal this summer, with Apple paying $2.5 million for the rights to show every MLS game. Here’s what you need to know about today’s update: Starting February 1, fans can sign up for the MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app for $14.99 per month during the season or $99 per season, and Apple TV+ subscribers can…

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MLS decision day under review, qualification predictions and what’s next for Caleb Porter

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With Decision Day wrapping up what was already a fairly tidy playoff picture, we’re finally ready for the MLS main event. While half of the league’s teams are now in off-season status, the other 14 teams have made their spot on the Philip F Anschutz Trophy. There’s a good chance we’ll get the MLS Cup champion for the first time, as only three of the 14 playoffs have won in the past (New York City in 2021, Real Salt Lake in 2009, and LA Galaxy five times). In a new…

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Golf commentary: How Gareth Bale returns to his LAFC fitness match

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When LAFC signed Gareth Bale on June 27, they had no illusion that he would make it to 90 minutes. how to? The Wales international had a strong overseas outlook during his final year with Real Madrid, only playing when coach Carlo Ancelotti faced a selection crisis. His contract ran out, younger players gaining extra minutes and a nagging back injury prevented the winger from making a major impact, as the Spanish giants won La Liga and the Champions League last season. LAFC couldn’t throw caution to the wind to…

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Gareth Bale insists he will be fully fit for the World Cup in Qatar

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Wales captain Gareth Bale said he is on his way to being fully fit for the World Cup in Qatar in November. The 33-year-old has made 11 appearances since signing with the Los Angeles club this summer and scored two goals during that time. Although he has only started two games during those games with the MLS club, he insists he will be ready for Wales’ first game of the tournament against USMNT on November 21, with the striker following a specific fitness program to help him along the way.…

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Local MLS player rules will be relaxed, with fewer regional restrictions

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Multiple sources said that the Major League Soccer is intent on relaxing its rules governing the movement of youth players and the academy the athlete. The new system will be based on a protected list of young players. MLS teams will be allowed to place up to 54 players on their protected youth player rosters: 45 of them play at their academy and nine do not belong to their academy but live in their “homeland”. These players will not be able to sign a professional deal with another MLS club…

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Doubts over Gareth Bale deal highlight complex MLS rules problems

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It’s not very infrequent for MLS executives to talk about their competition – they usually keep their flamboyant comments off the records. Ernest Tanner, Philadelphia Union’s athletic director, broke free from that conference last week, when he announced a very exciting tip about LAFC’s latest signing of star winger Gareth Bale. LAFC signed the soon-to-be 33-year-old to a one-year Targeted Fund Allocation (TAM) contract earlier this month; His exact salary is unknown, but the fact that he was signed with a TAM means that his salary will be set at…

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Robert Durst’s murder conviction was posthumously overturned

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Robert Durst once again escaped conviction – but this time from beyond the grave. A Los Angeles judge on Friday overturned a late real estate scion’s conviction in the murder of his longtime girlfriend Susan Berman. During a brief hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Catherine Solorzano read an order stating that all proceedings in the Durst case have been “permanently extinguished” since the 78-year-old’s death on January 10. In California and other states, a conviction on appeal is voided if the appellant dies because the Supreme Court did not…

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