Club Atletico Independiente shocked Toronto FC 4-0 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday.

The Canadian club had not played a competitive match since the end of the 2018 MLS regular season and it showed at Estadio Agustin Sanchez. The Panamanian hosts and competition debutantes jumped to an early lead when Abdiel Ayarza scored in the ninth minute.

Toronto's newly acquired striker Terrence Boyd had a chance to equalize on a penalty kick in the 31st minute but the...

Expansion side FC Cincinnati selected UCLA midfielder Frankie Amaya No. 1 overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft on Friday.

"This is what I worked my whole life for," Amaya told MLSSoccer.com at the draft in Chicago. "This is a crazy moment."

Amaya, 18, is the youngest player in the draft, but his upside is such that he's expected to adapt well to the professional game, even in a central playmaking role that is usually the domain of foreign players.

The Generation Adidas player spent just one season...

DaMarcus Beasley will stay with the Houston Dynamo for his 20th professional season, re-signing with the Major League Soccer side for the 2019 campaign.

Beasley, 36, has played with the Dynamo since joining midway through the 2014 season.

The veteran left back played in 26 games -- all starts -- last season and finished with a goal and two assists for the Dynamo, who went 10-8-16 and missed the playoffs.

The Dynamo did enjoy some success last season, winning the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in September.

"The...