Mancienne: European's shouldn't underestimate MLS

Ahead of the 2019 MLS Cup on Sunday (3 pm ET on ABC, Univision, TUDN in US; TSN, TVAS in Canada), The Guardian has touched based with a handful of European-based players to discuss their decision to jump across the pond.

Join our FPL League before the Deadline

There’s not long left to go before the first Fantasy Football deadline of the season slams shut – so you need to make sure you have joined all of our leagues.

We’ve got mini-leagues with various different Fantasy games this season and you can see for yourself the codes you need to join them below:

• Fantasy Premier League 
• League Code: usslim

Scout Report - Adam Lallana

Our series of articles analysing the chief protagonists from the possible players from European coming to the MLS brings us the first Scout Report of the Winter on Adam Lallana, under the spotlight. 

Why I support the Team, that I support?

This thought came to my mind recently of why exactly I support Los Angeles FC. The reason why I support Los Angeles FC, hereby known as the abbreviation LAFC is because, I wanted to be part of an MLS franchise from day one and also, the sleek nature of LA and the black and gold of their colours, spoke to me.

Also, I watched this video below:

So, I decided to setup a tweet and ask the wider Twitter MLS Community why they are fans of both the Major League Soccer as a whole and their respective teams. Here are their responses.

Is it time to Revamp Bonus Points?

As someone who likes to play Fantasy games where each individual player is scored differently based on their own performance (using Opta stats) I do find the Bonus Point System (BPS) which is used to allocate bonus points disappointing in the Major League Soccer Fantasy  (MLS Fantasy) game. Let me explain…

Pre-Season Quizzes

Hello all. With the season ending and us Fantasy Football managers having little to talk about over the next two months, I’d like to take the opportunity to the announce the start of a winter of quizzing.

For the months ahead of the launch of the next season I’ll be hosting my first pre-season quiz competition.

How MLS Fantasy Community can help with "Eye Test" videos in 2020

Major League Soccer Scout are looking to increase our video output for the 2020 campaign – and are searching for those who can help us.

Fantasy Managers Wintertime Blues

The winter is a challenging time for the MLS Fantasy Football addict. The heady days of March to October have passed and the nine months of the Major League Soccer Fantasy (MLSFantasy), analysis, statistics, tables, fixtures, planning and transfers are over. Almost a year of battling for a mini-league, to grab a high rank or, for the select few, to win a Fantasy Football competition, have turned to dust in a second. The final whistle was blown on an autumn's Sunday afternoon in mid-October and, as Major League teams across the country collectively exhaled, so did us Fantasy managers.

Who to support in MLS?

There are three different kinds of Major League Soccer franchises that you can choose from to support and follow for the upcoming 2020 MLS campaign and beyond. The three different kinds are as follows:

Which Fantasy Football Manager Are You?

The end of each season is always a killer. Normally we’d be spending Friday afternoon rinsing our brains for Scout Picks but today we’re left hanging, having to ponder another weekend without the ride on the round rollercoaster.

Want to work for MLS Scout

As another frantic Fantasy season draws to a close, our eyes are already looking beyond the cup finals and towards the prospect of doing it all again in the 2020 season.

MLS Fantasy Question Time

Major League Scout are giving you the opportunity to ask questions of our esteemed panel of MLS personalities ahead of the 2019 season.

Moving Target : Michael Boxall

Minnesota United completed the first major signing of the close season, acquiring Michael Boxall on a three year contract from the upcoming 2020 campaign.

Having signed a long-term contract with the Loons, the New Zealand international reckons that his style of play will only help Minnesota United for 2020 and help them reach the MLS Cup playoffs again:

The Plexiglas Principle

Imagine, if you will, a world of legwarmers, neon spandex, and hi-top fades. The year is 1983, and New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ is the must-have soundtrack for your summer.

As a discerning fantasy stathead, however, you have time to savour only one thing: the annual release of Bill James’ Baseball Abstract.

Why I got into MLS Fantasy

It's an autumn day and I was just sitting on my computer looking for something to do, while searching for jobs and what not? It was the middle of the Irish recession and I was purely concentrating on my Fantasy team for the Premier League fantasy game. It wasn't doing it for me though, I was looking for something new. Then, I started talking to the likes of Potty and Pathetico Morbid. They were playing this new Fantasy game called MLS Fantasy, I had never heard of it before, or most of the players for that matter. 

MLS Scout Pre Season Guide

Today we officially launched our pre-season guide page for build-up to the new season.

Why I am a Houston Dynamo fan?

My first ever memory of watching Houston Dynamo play came when I was randomly browsing the TV channels for something to watch when I came across an MLS game on ESPN, (bearing in mind I would literally watch any soccer game as I’m so in love and engaged with the game). I’m pretty sure Houston Dynamo were playing Colorado Rapids or San Jose Earthquakes, I’m not 100% as it was about 8/9 years ago. After that, as all top soccer fans know, the next best thing to playing the game or going to watch is playing FIFA on the PlayStation. 

New York Red Bulls Season Review 2019

This is my review of the New York Red Bulls 2019 season, well it's more of a ramble if I'm honest, because it's been a strange season really. So here are my thoughts, and I'll keep it short.

More than any other team in the MLS, I think New York Red Bull fans have had the toughest time over the 2019 season. I know FC Cincinnati might argue that, but nothing was really expected of them.

MLS Bracket Challenge

The Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs start next week. Fourteen teams will vie for the biggest prize of the year: MLS Cup.

Orlando City Season 2018/19

Hello and welcome to Orlando City Scotland’s season review for Orlando City SC in the 2018/19 season. This article is based on our views and allows us to voice our opinions on Orlando City’s season performance.

MLS Fantasy Question Time: Consult our panel as the dust has settled

Major League Scout are giving you the opportunity to ask questions of our esteemed panel of MLS personalities ahead of the 2019 season.

4 things I would change about MLS Fantasy for next season

Much of MLS Fantasy is working, but there are four things I would change for next season.

Our Podcast Partners

We have new podcast partners for next season and beyond hopefully. This morning, we put out the tweet that we were looking for podcast partners for the next season of Major League Soccer (MLS) and beyond. 

My MLS Fantasy Season Review

My name is Aaron and I hail from Ireland. I am a Fantasy Football fanatic who has played the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) for the past 10 or so years, starting pretty much a little over a third of the way through the Premier League campaign. I played that solely up until the 2011 or the 2012 season of Major League Soccer came out, if you actually want to know when it was from, it was from the season Robbie Keane and Kevin Doyle were playing in it.

Write For MLS Scout

To help with the continued growth of the editorial coverage on Major League Soccer Scout we are looking to expand our team of contributors, which has already seen site regulars FPL Psychologist Gaasaka and FPL Boyse join up this season so far.