Lionel Messi continues brilliant run through MLS with goal, 2 assists versus Nashville SC (video)

Lionel Messi is really good. So is Luis Suarez. And Sergio Busquets. And they’re all on the same team carrying perhaps the three best resumes in an entire league (We’re not even... Read more »

MLS power rankings: new rules hand an edge to Messi and Miami

MLS will introduce rule changes this season allowing teams to spend more money.Photograph: Amy Kontras/AFP/Getty Images Welcome back to the Guardian’s MLS Power Rankings, where I have a beef with your specific... Read more »

Three new football rules to clamp down on time-wasting this weekend

MLS referees will be given new powers in an attempt to wipe out time-wasting – USA Today/Troy Babbitt A crackdown on footballers time-wasting – including by feigning injury – is to make... Read more »

MLS has failed Lionel Messi and Inter Miami with its glacial pace of change

Lionel Messi and Co. fell to Liga MX’s Monterrey on Wednesday in Mexico and Major League Soccer’s structural inefficiencies were a key contributor. (Photo by Azael Rodriguez/Getty Images) Major League Soccer has... Read more »

The wildest Lionel Messi-Inter Miami dream ends with a whimper in Monterrey

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup after losing 3-1 to Monterrey on Wednesday night. (Photo by Azael Rodriguez/Getty Images) Inter Miami’s wildest dreams would climax in... Read more »

Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil called racial slur on social media after El Tráfico match with LAFC

Galaxy forward Joseph Paintsil has spoken with Major League Soccer and is practicing with his team after a racist incident on social media over the weekend. (Shaun Clark / Getty Images) Galaxy... Read more »

A relegation push and CBS: USL’s quest to become America’s go-to league

Photograph: Detroit Sports Org Not for the first time, American soccer is approaching a crossroads, and given the landscape in which this latest rumble in soccer’s turbulent history in the US will... Read more »

LAFC’s El Tráfico victory might be exactly what it needs to jump start its season

LAFC forward Denis Bouanga smiles during a playoff match against the Houston Dynamo in December. LAFC’s El Tráfico win over the Galaxy comes at an important time for the club. (Marcio Jose... Read more »

New York Red Bulls withdraw teams from youth tournament due to alleged racial abuse

HARRISON, NJ – MARCH 04: The corner flag at Red Bull Arena with the New York Red Bull logo before the Major League Soccer match between New York Red Bulls and Nashville... Read more »

Former LAFC keeper John McCarthy braces for El Trafico boos after joining surging Galaxy

Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy crouches in front of the goal during a match against Inter Miami CF at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on Feb. 25. (Michael Janosz / ISI Photos... Read more »