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The Best MLS Games of 2019! | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS LIVESTREAM - YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Jorge Vergara, former owner of Chivas USA, dies at 64 | Pro Soccer USA
Jorge Vergara, who owned Mexican club CD Guadalajara and now-defunct MLS club Chivas USA, died in New York of a heart attack at 64.

Sources: MLS to do away with the SuperDraft in its current form starting in 2020 – The Athletic ($)
Major changes are coming to the league's biggest offseason event as its value has diminished in recent years

Veljko Paunovic's exit raises questions as Chicago Fire faces big changes | Pro Soccer USA
Veljko Paunovic was fired as Chicago Fire coach in an offseason with significant change already happening on and off the field.

MLS Cup Ratings: Move from primetime impacts viewing numbers - Sounder At Heart
Depending on how you crunch the numbers, they were either quite bad or just fine.

Shortlisting the likeliest Inter Miami managers – The Athletic ($)
According to club officials, they are closing in on someone who has played and coached at the highest levels, and is likely not an American

Revisiting MLS 2019 season predictions - which pundit did the best? | MLSsoccer.com
With the 2019 MLS season in the books, we look back at the predictions several MLSsoccer.com pundits made in the preseason

Ten Suggestions for the Next MLS CBA - The Blue Testament
MLS and the MLSPA are negotiating a new CBA but we’d like to help with a few suggestions.

Inter Miami trades for Grant Lillard, Jay Chapman | Miami Herald
Inter Miami traded for Grant Lillard from the Chicago Fire and Jay Chapman from Toronto FC. Two high-profile Designated Players are expected to be signed before the end of the year.

Toronto FC and Michael Bradley: The finances must win out
Michael Bradley will be a free agent in 2020. In the debate of whether Toronto FC should bring back their club captain, the finances must win out.

Ben Olsen is likely to return as D.C. United coach - The Washington Post
Olsen, the club's coach since late 2010, has not won a playoff game since 2015.