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ASN’s Brian Sciaretta walks you through his thoughts on the MLS wildcard games and the Americans abroad midweek, including the Champions League. BY Brian Sciaretta Posted October 26, 2023 9:10 AM SHARE THIS STORY THE MIDWEEK has seen a number of Americans play in the Champions League, the MLS playoffs get underway. It’s a busy time and we’ll break it all down for you. Here are some thoughts on everything.   Red Bulls cruises past Charlotte The New York Red Bulls continued their strong run of play into the playoffs with a commanding 5-2 win over FC Charlotte. With the…

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF is a finalist for Major League Soccer’s newcomer of the year.The league announced those up for its year-end awards Thursday with the winners being named throughout the MLS Cup Playoffs.Leo Messi sings Ed Sheeran with his sons Mateo and CiroParker JohnsonIt is no surprise that Messi, Argentina’s great who joined Inter Miami this summer, would be up for the honor. The global great has created a sensation since coming to play in the United States’ top soccer league. He has posted 11 goals and eight assists since joining Miami for the MLS Leagues Cup…

Read all of our 2023 offseason guides for each MLS team as they are eliminated from the postseason here.A funky season for Minnesota ended with Decision Day disappointment and their first season without a playoff game since 2018.Emanuel Reynoso’s absence for the first few months of the season marred the campaign, as did injuries. Then, with two games left, the club let go of head coach Adrian Heath, the only manager this club has known in their MLS days.The short version: Heath meant so much to this club. Where does it go now?GO DEEPERMinnesota United has its first chance at…

ASN’s Brian Sciaretta offers up thoughts on Messi’s arrival and Inter Miami along with other top performers including Duncan McGuire and Diego Luna – two young American players in breakout seasons. BY Brian Sciaretta Posted July 17, 2023 12:40 PM SHARE THIS STORY THE WEEKEND OF GAMES in MLS was overshadowed, understandably, by Sunday’s unveiling of Lionel Messi in South Florida. That brought the attention of the soccer world to Inter Miami and the party is on. But on the field, there were a bunch of takeaways from many of the games.   Messi, Busquets, Martino in Miami   It’s…

One of the most surprising moves from two summers ago was the departure of Riqui Puig from Barcelona to Los Angeles Galaxy. The midfielder left at just 21 years of age for a league where players arriving from Europe were closer to retirement than in the prime of their careers. The player was one of the pearls of La Masia and had already accumulated more than 50 games with the first team, but his role was becoming residual. For that reason, he decided to move the United States to feel important again. And with LA Galaxy he has found his…

Former USMNT international Michael Bradley has joined his father Bob Bradley’s coaching staff at Norwegian side Stabaek.The 36-year-old former midfielder announced his retirement this month and played the final match of his professional career on Saturday as his Toronto side were beaten by Orlando in their last fixture of the 2023 MLS season.Bradley played under his father at Toronto between 2021 and 2023. They also were together when Bradley Snr was coach of the USMNT from 2006 to 2011.A Stabaek statement read: “We welcome Michael, and really anyone named Bradley, to Nadderud!“We look forward to getting to know Bob’s son…

ASN’s Brian Sciaretta goes through Europe and writes up his thoughts on the past few days of preseason – where many Americans featured. Also, some transfer news continues to trickle in.  BY Brian Sciaretta Posted July 18, 2023 10:50 AM SHARE THIS STORY THE EUROPEAN preseason is in full force, but it is still a little early and it is unwise to read too much into the results or even the performances. But there are a few items that are well worth watching, along with several American players still looking to make moves. Some of the results are silly. Yes,…

It is true that the Inter Miami jerseys with the name of Leo Messi on the back are the most sought after in the MLS and international soccer market. However, there is a player who sells more jerseys than the Argentine and he is the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback.When Messi announced his arrival in Miami, everything related to the team suddenly skyrocketed in value. Both match tickets and Tata Martino’s merchandise reached record sales and in the first 48 hours of the launching of the apparel in question, 700,000 units were sold.Jalen Hurts, however, has sold more than that, at least…

Read all of our 2023 offseason guides for each MLS team as they are eliminated from the postseason here.For the first time since their 2015 expansion season, NYCFC failed to qualify for the playoffs.It was a stop-start, frustrating season for the Pigeons dating back to preseason. Their winter transfer business came late, with James Sands and Santi Rodriguez returning after NYCFC had already played their first league game. The squad didn’t have a senior center forward until the summer. They seemed to be scrambling all season long and couldn’t quite recover to reach the playoff line.Six of the starters at…

ASN’s Brian Sciaretta walks you through the weekend for Americans abroad with his thoughts and analysis. Most notable this weekend was the performances from players you wouldn’t normally expect.  BY Brian Sciaretta Posted October 23, 2023 9:05 AM SHARE THIS STORY WHILE MOST of the attention among Americans abroad on a weekly basis is on the top USMNT players at big clubs, this weekend was about the players in the smalling leagues who had big surprises. Sure, Milan and Juventus saw four Americans start in a high profile game, but most of the best performances were outside of the Big…