VELA, OTHERS LEADING GOLDEN BOOT CHASE

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Mexican forward Carlos Vela has had an injury-hit season over the past two seasons, but it looks like the Los Angeles FC (LAFC) star is finally back to his best after an injury-free start to the 2022 MLS season. His status as one of the best players in MLS football is not in doubt, but he has not been able to stay away from injuries over a long period of time over the course of the last two years. Vela had earlier taken MLS football by storm as he broke and set records until injury struck on a regular basis. MLS football has not been able to witness the best of Carlos Vela for some time until the start of the 2022 MLS season. LAFC fans would be hoping their star player can stay fit throughout the campaign as they have a better chance of achieving great things with him on the pitch rather than in the treatment room.


Vela and two others are presently leading the Golden Boot race for the 2022 MLS season with all three players on four goals apiece. The other two players on four goals in the MLS this season are FC Cincinnati star Brandon Vazquez and Columbus Crew player Lucas Zelarayan. Four other players are on three goals each and they are Sebastian Driussi of Austin FC, Jesus Ferreira of FC Dallas, Daniel Gazdagof Philadelphia Union and Lewis Morgan of New York Red Bulls. Continue reading “VELA, OTHERS LEADING GOLDEN BOOT CHASE”

LA GALAXY EYEING DOUGLAS COSTA DEAL

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MLS football giants LA Galaxy are keen to sign Brazilian winger Douglas Costa who has been on loan at Gremio in his native Brazil. The 31-year-old is on loan at Gremio from Italian Serie A side Juventus.

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Douglas Costa could be available for a transfer this month after Gremio suffered relegation from the Brazilian Serie A to Serie B. Gremio were relegated to the Brazilian Serie B in December 2020 and this means a significant cut to their finances thus affecting Brazil international Douglas Costa. It has been reported that the winger is close to terminating his loan deal at Gremiothus paving the way for him to join a new club with MLS Football side LA Galaxy interested in his services.
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MLS: UNION TO LEARN SEMI-FINAL OPPONENTS

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Philadelphia Union will know their semi-final opponents in the Eastern Conference when Nashville SC play hosts to Orlando City SC later on Tuesday as far MLS football is concerned.

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MLS football for this year is gradually coming to an end as teams battle to secure a final berth by winning their Conference. The winner of the Eastern Conference will face the Western Conference winner in the MLS Cup playoffs final. Columbus Crews are the defending champions after they thrashed Seattle Sounders 3-0 in last year’s MLS Cup playoffs final.
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DONOVAN OUT OF RSL JOB RUNNING

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MLS football legend Landon Donovan has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant Real Salt Lake (RSL) managerial job. This is according to sources close to popular media outlet ESPN. It was revealed that the United States of America international has made the decision to withdraw his name from the running for the managerial job at MLS football side Real Salt Lake.


39-year-old Donovan is currently the manager at San Diego Loyal in the second tier of club football in the United States. The ex-Everton and Bayern Munich attacker has been the managing the San Diego Loyal first team squad since the start of last season. Donovan has been able to lead San Diego Loyal to second spot as far as the Pacific Division of the Western Conference is concerned. There are eight teams in the Pacific Division. Continue reading “DONOVAN OUT OF RSL JOB RUNNING”

WILL RONALDO FINISH HIS CAREER IN THE MLS?

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Cristiano Ronaldo, fans and everyone else associated with Manchester United, and neutral football fans may still be just getting used to the fact that the Portugal international superstar made a sensational return to Old Trafford this summer, but there is more to talk about than him coming back to the Theater of Dreams. In his career, Ronaldo has played for Portuguese League side Sporting Lisbon before making his first move to English Premier League giants Manchester United back in 2003 and then followed up by sealing a world-record (then) transfer to Spanish La Liga giants Real Madrid. Before returning to United, he had a stint with Italian Serie A giants Juventus and his second chapter as a Red Devil is only set to begin this weekend.

Before Ronaldo left Juventus for United some weeks ago, right after the news broke out that he would be leaving Juventus, reports started making the rounds that he could be set for a shocking move to the United States Major League Soccer. Indeed, here were a couple of clubs in the United States that were clamoring for his signature but it looks as though those clubs were basically trying to sign him mostly for commercial reasons. Continue reading “WILL RONALDO FINISH HIS CAREER IN THE MLS?”