LAFC is apparently getting their own affiliate team, but the arrangement with Las Vegas Lights could be a bit of a gamble. In the Pacific Northwest, Seattle-based college soccer teams have kicked off their season after their 2020 hiatus. Farther from home, Chris Richards has started the latest phase of his career, Tigres UANL are making history, and the US knows what their potential path to the Olympics looks like.

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The Washington state Legislature is discussing a proposal to ban the use of Native American names and symbols as public school mascots, logos or team names.