Chris Wondolowski scored four times to pass Landon Donovan for the most career MLS goals, leading the Earthquakes to a 4-1 rout of the Fire on Saturday. Wondolowski tied Donovan's record at 145 with his first goal in the 21st minute. Shea Salinas sent in a curling pass that Wondolowski punched...
The Blast have extended the contracts of forward Jamie Thomas, Juan Galvis and defender Jereme Raley. Terms of the agreements for the Major Arena Soccer League team were not released. Thomas, in his third season with the Blast, set career-highs in assists (five), points (12) and shots (29) during...
Educators and coaches have the unique opportunity of making an impact on a young student-athlete that can last a lifetime. In many cases, that impact is paid forward when the young man or woman becomes a teacher and/or coach themselves. This is exactly the case for Pat Carey, a 2011 North County...
Eastern Tech soccer star Isaac Ngobu was part of a championship team in his junior year when the Mavericks captured the program’s first Class 2A state crown. The All-Metro senior midfielder is joining another one, committing to reigning NCAA Division I College Cup champion Maryland this week. Ngobu...
River Hill boys soccer coach Matt Shagogue recalls one of his first conversations with then-newcomer Justin Harris. The midfielder skipped his freshman high school season to play for his academy team but decided before his sophomore year that the time was right to represent his school and start...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's Player of the Year, co-Coaches of the Year and first- and second-team All-Metro selections for the 2018 high school girls soccer season.
Facing a three-goal deficit at halftime, Tottenham pulled off another Champions League comeback for the ages. Lucas Moura completed a hat trick in the sixth minute of injury time as Tottenham rallied to beat Ajax 3-2 on Wednesday and reach its first Champions League final, ending a remarkable run...
The expansion MLS team owned in part by David Beckham plans to start signing players this summer and will select its first coach later this year. Inter Miami CF, which says it will begin play in March 2020 and that an 18,000-seat stadium in Fort Lauderdale will be ready by then, has narrowed its...
Liverpool delivered the greatest in a long line of famous comebacks to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi's Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield to overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg. Divock Origi scored twice, either side of goals by halftime substitute Georginio...
The U.S. Soccer Federation has formally denied allegations of gender discrimination made by players of the U.S. women's national team. Twenty-eight members of the current women's player pool filed the lawsuit March 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of...
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, the Times’ soccer writer. And we’ll start where we often do, with MLS, since Southern California is home to the league’s two best teams. It was a tough weekend for the Galaxy and LAFC, with the former...
Liverpool must turn to unlikely heroes to overturn a 3-0 Champions League semi-final, first leg deficit against Barcelona on Tuesday according to defender Trent Alexander-Arnold after top scorer Mohamed Salah was ruled out with concussion. Roberto Firmino will also be absent against the Spanish...
For Jill Ellis, the last week has been both the most difficult and most enjoyable of the four years leading up to next month’s Women’s World Cup in France. Over the last several days Ellis, coach of the U.S. women’s national team, has had to call more than 30 players, telling some they have a seat...
Atlético Madrid is looking forward to making its debut in the 2019 MLS All-Star Game at Orlando City Stadium. The storied Spanish La Liga side will face top MLS players July 31 in Orlando. MLS plans to officially announce the matchup Thursday morning. Atlético Madrid's lineup features stars Antoine...
Lionel Messi hit the 600-goal mark for Barcelona after scoring twice to lead the Spanish club to a 3-0 victory over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. Luis Suarez opened the scoring against his former club in the 26th minute against a Liverpool side that...
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, the Times’ soccer writer, and today we start with the gathering storm clouds over MLS and the union representing its players. The collective bargaining agreement between the league and the union expires...