The star’s return to MLS is a great story but what does it say about the strength of the league that he has been able to slot back in so easily?As far as first touches following a near two-year hiatus from soccer go, Landon Donovan’s was pretty good. He’d made a three-minute substitute cameo coming off the bench for the LA Galaxy away to Sporting KC, but this was his first meaningful involvement since unexpectedly coming out of retirement 10 days previously. It took him just 60 seconds, and one touch, to strike home a crucial equaliser. That’s how to make a comeback.Nobody knew quite what to expect from Donovan in the final throes of the 2016 season. Once the...
NYC FC have thrived in the face of adversity and much of that success can be traced directly back to their coachForeign coaches can’t win in MLS, right?Wrong. Continue reading...
If results go their way, NYC FC could secure a postseason spot for the first time. Plus, DC and Orlando go at it, and Seattle are desperate for a win in LAIn 2002, the New York Yankees outbid the Boston Red Sox for star Cuban pitcher Jose Contreras, forcing Red Sox president Larry Lucchino (who retired last year) to vent his frustration. “The evil empire extends its tentacles even into Latin America,” he told the New York Times, and from that precise moment the Yankees had a new nickname. How fitting then, that 14 years later the evil empire could see their soccer club clinch their first ever playoff spot on Star Wars night in the Bronx tonight. Related: 'We're...