Philadelphia Union

Major League Soccer (MLS) is pretty obsessed with South Africa's players in the United States's league, judging by the excited reaction to Mbekezeli Mbokazi and Ulwethu Makhanya's selections to the national team.

The last-place Philadelphia Union fired coach Bradley Carnell on Wednesday as part of a front-office overhaul that included naming Jon Scheer as sporting director.

Vancouver and Nashville are the hottest teams in MLS heading into the World Cup break, which is why they are ranked first and second in our ESPN Power Rankings.

Messi, who almost never gets subbed out of matches, left in the 73rd minute, meaning he was long gone before Luis Suárez's third goal of the night lifted the defending MLS champions past the last-place Philadelphia Union 6-4 on Sunday night.

LAFC once looked like the class of the MLS field, but losing to Nashville has put the Music City side on the cusp of topping ESPN's Power Rankings.

Milan Iloski scored in the 70th minute Saturday night for the Philadelphia Union in a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew.

NYCFC were among the biggest risers in this week's edition of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

Real Salt Lake are one of the many teams to move up in this week's edition of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

Philadelphia stalwart Andre Blake stood toe-to-toe with rookie goalkeeper Brian Schwake as the Union played high-scoring Nashville SC to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.