LAFC forward Denis Bouanga smiles during the second half of the team’s win over Houston in the 2023 MLS Western Conference final. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) LAFC will meet the... Read more »

LAFC goalkeeper Maxim Crepeau, right, and defender Giorgio Chiellini embrace after a 1-0 playoff victory over the Sounders on Sunday in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press) Denis Bouanga was one of... Read more »

LAFC striker Denis Bouanga’s goal Saturday helped lift LAFC over Seattle and into the Western Conference final. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Four MLS quarterfinals went over 400 combined minutes this weekend and produced a... Read more »

There was a lot of history on the line in Sunday’s MLS Western Conference semifinal at Lumen Field. For the Seattle Sounders, who hadn’t lost a playoff game at home in a... Read more »

FC Cincinnati’s Yerson Mosquera brought a drab MLS playoff game to sudden life after 93-plus minutes of grinding. He lit up TQL Stadium and beat the Philadelphia Union with one emphatic swing... Read more »

Sounders fans cheer before a game earlier this season against LAFC at Lumen Field, where the two teams will meet in a conference semifinal on Sunday. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images) Lumen... Read more »

Atlanta United FC (13-9-12, sixth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Columbus Crew (16-9-9, third in the Conference during the regular season) Columbus, Ohio; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL... Read more »

Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA Nothing ever stays still in Major League Soccer for long. The allocation order, for example, was used for years to determine which clubs have priority to sign a... Read more »

Phil Neville has previously been in charge of Inter Miami and England’s Lionesses (Getty Images) Phil Neville has described his role with Portland Timbers as a “dream” after being appointed manager of... Read more »