#mls-playoffs

#mls-playoffs

It was a huge upset, right? Right? Whether you find it maddening or irresistible, MLS's fine margins remain a key part of the league. Even against the best of the best, like last year's Miami team that set a single-season points record, struggling teams still have a chance to win thanks to closely controlled roster rules designed to maintain parity.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Alonso Martínez scored in the 34th minute to end a three-match scoreless run and New York City FC beat Charlotte FC 1-0 on Tuesday night to begin a best-of-three series. New York City became the first away team to win in the 2025 MLS playoffs after the first eight squads lost. NYCFC will host Charlotte on Saturday in Game 2.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni on Friday named Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul to his 28-player squad for the friendlies this month against Venezuela and Puerto Rico in Miami and Chicago, respectively. The participation of Messi and De Paul in the match against Venezuela on Oct. 10 remains in doubt as Inter Miami plays Atlanta United in a key MLS regular-season match at Chase Stadium one day later.

We're really excited for the weekend. A home game, with three games to go, but it's one at a time. They're [Minnesota] a team we know well. They're playing for something big in positioning. We're excited that this time of year, we're in a good spot to make the playoffs. Things are in our control or at least on our terms. We're ready to wrap it up in front of our own fans.

"I'm hungry for goals," "The team also help me a lot and I love football so much. I'm very happy to get the [match] ball. I'm very happy to tie Carlos [record]. Carlos is a legend at LAFC and I appreciate [the opportunity] to tie Carlos. It is too easy to play on the pitch with Sonny. You can see he is an amazing player and off the field he is a good person. Everyone who knows Sonny, knows this."

All the men and women that work for this club are just good people and genuine people, in that they are genuine in their approach to their work and that we are all aware that we are in the same boat. Whether the ship is sailing smoothly or taking on some water, we are in that boat together and all we can do is try to bail water out and help each other.

Damiani headed in from Milan Iloski's centre shortly after the restart, finding the back of the net despite not getting a great deal of purchase on the effort. Tai Baribo almost doubled Union's lead with a point-blank header, while at the other end teenage goalkeeper Andrew Rick, who impressed all game for the visitors, saved well from Evander.