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Yahoo Sports One stat you need to for every team in Week 14 + TNF preview It’s another edition of ‘Stat Nerd Thursday’ with Dalton Del Don and Matt Harmon. The two provide one stat you need to know for every team in the NFL heading into Week 14. Del Don and Harmon also preview

Photograph: Simon Bruty/Getty Images As Columbus Crew and LAFC prepare to meet in the 28th edition of the MLS Cup Saturday, US soccer’s crown-jewel showdown has come a long way since its inaugural final back in 1996, played between DC United and LA Galaxy on a rain-soaked pitch in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Yet despite the unquestionable

Yahoo Sports One stat you need to for every team in Week 14 + TNF preview It’s another edition of ‘Stat Nerd Thursday’ with Dalton Del Don and Matt Harmon. The two provide one stat you need to know for every team in the NFL heading into Week 14. Del Don and Harmon also preview

Yahoo Sports The real NFL MVP, AFC playoff race predictions with Tony Calatayud | The Exempt List Charles McDonald is joined by Tony Calatayud of the Dan LeBetard Show to dive into their takeaways from Week 13 and attempt to get to the bottom of the some of the biggest questions around the NFL this

The Galaxy have shaken up their front office for the third time in eight months, announcing Tuesday that Will Kuntz has been elevated from senior vice president for player personnel to general manager, essentially leapfrogging coach Greg Vanney to take charge of all soccer operations, from the first team through the academy. Last May, a

Major League Soccer has a pair of three seeds playing for the MLS Cup on Saturday, when Eastern Conference winner Columbus Crew tangles with the West’s victor in Ohio. Columbus scored multiple goals in all five of its MLS Cup Playoffs games, winning four and losing the second game of its three-match Round One series

Head coach Wilfried Nancy has led the Columbus Crew to the MLS Cup final after just one year at the helm. The Frenchman’s revolution began at his inaugural team meeting, with a declaration both utopian and rebellious. The Columbus Crew had poached him for the same primary reason any coach gets hired. But when Wilfried

Yahoo Sports 49ers are top dog, Packers are scary, first overall pick race | Sunday Night Blitz Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab react to every game from the Week 13 NFL Sunday slate as they attempt to get ahead of the biggest storylines of the week and give their instant analysis to every game. Fitz

LAFC midfielder Ryan Hollingshead, center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the first half of the MLS Western Conference final on Saturday at BMO Stadium. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) Minutes after LAFC won its second MLS Western Conference title in as many years, a stage was hastily erected on the field at BMO

LAFC forward Carlos Vela, center, holds the MLS Western Conference trophy after LAFC’s 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at BMO Stadium on Saturday night. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) The longest season in MLS history will continue one more week for LAFC. With Saturday’s 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo in the MLS

Denis Bouanga has led LAFC back to the Western Conference final. (Photo by Jeff Halstead/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) LAFC has two matches to go in its bid to become the first repeat MLS champions in more than a decade. The defending champions are hosting the Houston Dynamo on Saturday in the MLS Cup Playoffs

LAFC forward Denis Bouanga (99) celebrates with teammates after scoring during a conference semifinal victory over the Seattle Sounders on Nov. 26. LAFC is looking to return to the MLS Cup final with a win over Houston on Saturday. (Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press) Saturday’s Western Conference final will be the 52nd game of the

Yahoo Sports Week 13 fantasy viewer guide: Games to binge, stream, skip 49ers-Eagles is set up to be an instant classic but it’s not the only game on the Week 13 slate with juicy storylines. CBS Sports Jacob Gibbs joins Matt Harmon for another edition of the fantasy viewer guide and helps identify which games

Yahoo Sports Grading quarterback/head coach combos with Nate Tice | Zero Blitz Jason Fitz is joined by quarterback expert and host of the Athletic Football Show Nate Tice to give a unique perspective on how we rank and grade quarterbacks by adding their head coach/playcaller into the equation. Fitz and Nate go through the current

Yahoo Sports Steven Ruiz defends his quarterback rankings | The Exempt List Charles McDonald is joined by the Ringer’s Steven Ruiz to react to the firing of Panthers Head Coach Frank Reich, their takeaways from Week 12 of the NFL and Steven’s infamous quarterback rankings. The duo start off with the Frank Reich firing as

Yahoo Sports Eagles are clutch, Texans doink it, is Justin Herbert elite? | Sunday Night Blitz Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab recap Week 12 of NFL action game by game as they dive into the biggest storylines and takeaways to come out of Sunday’s games. The duo start by highlighting the Eagles’ big win over

LAFC striker Denis Bouanga‘s goal Saturday helped lift LAFC over Seattle and into the Western Conference final. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Four MLS quarterfinals went over 400 combined minutes this weekend and produced a grand total of five goals. They brimmed with tension and tenacity, with tough tackles and tight tactics. They were high on drama and

FC Cincinnati’s Yerson Mosquera brought a drab MLS playoff game to sudden life after 93-plus minutes of grinding. He lit up TQL Stadium and beat the Philadelphia Union with one emphatic swing of his right foot Saturday night. And then he waited. He waited, and waited, while video assistant referees (VARs) checked his stoppage-time winner,