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First Touch started covering the MLS from it’s launch in the early 1990s. Enjoy some great historic articles from the legendary Tim Hall and others.

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St. Louis City SC Joins Major League Soccer

MLS Commissioner Don Garber officially announced today that MLS has awarded an expansion team to the city of St. Louis beginning in 2022.

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Major League Soccer Has A Racism Problem

Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to talk about the racism problem in Major league Soccer. So if you want to just tap out right now, I get it. I’m sorry.

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MLS & Liga MX Announce New Tournament

MLS today announced the creation of Leagues Cup, an annual competition between the two top soccer leagues in North America to be played starting this July.

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Atlanta United Win 2018 MLS Cup

Atlanta United capped their astonishing first two years of existence with a confident 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers in the 2018 MLS Cup

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New York Red Bulls Win Supporters Shield

The shield is coming home, proclaimed the supporters in section 101. Tim Hall rejoices as New York Red Bulls win another Supporters Shield.

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New York Red Bulls Win Supporters Shield With Record Points

The New York Red Bulls refused to fade away from the Supporters’ Shield race and have outlasted Atlanta United, setting an MLS record for points in the process.

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Do We Finally Have A Great New York Red Bulls Team?

At some point you have to start to feel like there’s something special happening with this New York Red Bulls team. re

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Everyone’s A Winner..Even Spurs!

If we told you Tottenham won the ICC tournament, you’d think it was the setup for a joke. But Spurs actually did win on goal differential.

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Houston Dynamo Win US Open Cup

 Thanks to Mauro Manotas, the Houston Dynamo are US Open Cup kings for the first time ever.

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The MLS ‘Worst Front Office’ Awards

Front offices around MLS are in a mad dash to see who can treat their most ardent supporters – and most frequent paying customers – the worst. 

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