MLS Leverages $25 Million Loan to Promote Economic Justice
March 17, 2022
Major League Soccer will leverage a $25 million loan from a coalition of Black-owned banks in an effort to promote economic equity and justice.
Breaking News
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Major League Soccer
Chevron Soccer Academy to host on-field clinic at Cal State Los Angeles on March 23 and 24
March 21, 2019
Chevron teams up with Open Goal Project and LAFC to offer local youth free soccer training and STEM learning
Potent LAFC Attack Dismantles Portland
March 14, 2019
It seems the boys in Black and Gold have found a rhythm early on in the season. This past Sunday, March 10, LAFC hosted the Portland Timbers at Banc of California Stadium. Portland, while not as strong as they were a few years ago, are still considered a formidable opponent in Major League Soccer, with their frontman Diego Valeri as the Timbers main attacking outlet and threat. But, it was LAFC’s creative talisman Carlos Vela that stole the show in this occasion with an impressive outing, racking up three assists and one goal, having a hand in all four goals
LAFC Battle Real Salt Lake for Semi-Final Spot but Falter in Closing Stages
November 8, 2018
If there was ever a season defining match for a club, it would be the one played between LAFC and Real Salt Lake this past Thursday Nov. 1.
LAFC and LA Galaxy Stump Each Other in Third Rendition of El Tráfico
August 30, 2018
With the MLS playoffs are right around the corner and with the regular season coming to a close, there is little time to lose focus.
LAFC Unable to Find Form Against Portland Amidst Wilting Heat
July 19, 2018
The Black and Gold were back in action at home on Sunday, July 15th against the Portland Timbers.
LAFC Fall in Frisco
June 7, 2018
They were also without the defensive prowess of Laurent Ciman, who has since been placed on the Belgium National Teams stand-by list should one of the Belgians on the final 23 roster pick up an injury. It would be a test proven too difficult on this occasion, as they fell to FC Dallas 2-1.
LAFC Tasked with Two Games in the Week
May 17, 2018
The Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) was tasked with playing two games this week, a situation in which both players and coaches must exercise extreme caution and discretion regarding recovery time and rest.
LAFC Charmed by the City of Angels in Inaugural Home Match
May 3, 2018
The game itself was hard fought, yet nothing in the action was particularly noteworthy, as even the players themselves acknowledged the choppy pace of play, largely due in part to Seattle’s strategy in quelling the play of LAFC star Carlos Vela, the talisman and creative outlet of the team.
LAFC Hopes to Replicate the Success of Atlanta United and Identify with a Dormant Black Soccer Culture in Mid-city
April 19, 2018
In the United States, there is a common misconception that Black people don’t play or even pay attention to soccer, and if you were to look through a generic lens of the American perspective on the sport, it would be easy to fall prey to this notion.
1,000 New Jobs Coming to South Los Angeles
February 8, 2018
The hiring spree comes ahead of the LAFC’s first MLS game against the Seattle Sounders on April 29 at Banc of California Stadium in Expo Park.