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The newest stadium in MLS opened on Sunday and it is just so pretty and filled with celebrities and hawks and a fan led rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. All that aside, it is fairly incredible that MLS went from a team in LA folding in 2014 to an expansion team in LA joining the league in 2018 and building the second soccer specific stadium in the city. LAFC might be a season away from really being relevant in MLS, but with the resources that the owners have and the following that the team has, they should be a relevant team in MLS year in and year out.
History in Los Angeles.#LAFCComesHome | #LAFCvSEA pic.twitter.com/Lx9lK7A6SJ
— LAFC (@LAFC) April 30, 2018
The game was not good. The homophobic chants were worse. In the end, Xbox lost to Youtube 0-1 thanks to a Stefan Frei howler on a Laurent Ciman free kick.
Anyway, onto the dirt...
Domestic
In local news, Josef Martinez got a new puppy. I think someone just wanted to see him smile.
This might be cuteness overload. Josef got a new puppy to hang out with Hachi. ❤️ #DogLantaUnited gains another member! #ATLUTD @MLSFemale pic.twitter.com/z5Et43soZn
— Robyn ♀️❤️ ❤️ ❤️ (@robynsaghini) April 30, 2018
Reached for comment, Alpharetta Dad said, “Maybe the dog can teach him to stay on the right side of the defense and not play offsides and stop coming over to do his business on my lawn” before posting about someone in a ‘so-called’ repair truck on Nextdoor.com.
We had the recap of the NC Courage continuing their undefeated season on Saturday, but catch up with the rest of the league from Equalizer Soccer.
International
Over in Italy, Napoli followed their 1-0 miracle win at Juventus by losing 3-0 to Fiorentina. The result all but ensures that the team who will lose 5-0 to the MLS All-Stars in July will win the league this year.
As is well known, Promotion and Relegation will solve all the problems in the world. Which is why soccer is Mexico has no problems, none. Not one problem.
So Lobos BUAP might not be relegated after all, there's a chance that only 17 teams play in the first division next season, and neither of the second division finalists can be promoted. What a #pro/rel mess. #LigaMXeng https://t.co/lOqGHpprd2
— Cesar Hernandez (@cesarhfutbol) April 29, 2018
Goal
In case you missed it...
Pick that one out!
— ATLUTD Academy (@AcademyATLUTD) April 29, 2018
U-13 Luke Brennan adds to the @atlutd wonder goal weekend #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/kmlZkNa7gp
You should binge...
We Came to Win - it’s a podcast about great World Cup runs and their greater impact beyond the games themselves. It is for me what military history is to Alpharetta Dad, I couldn’t get enough and they released three episodes in their first week.