U.S. Soccer has announced that Don Garber will serve as the chair of the federation's Soccer Forward initiative.
Garber has served as MLS commissioner since 1999, but will be replaced by Larry Berg starting on Jan. 1, 2027.
Though Garber will stay involved with MLS, transitioning into a role as chairman, he will now take on a new position with U.S. Soccer's program that aims to grow the game at the grassroots level.
As part of his new role, U.S. Soccer said that Garber will "bring new partners to the table, grow support for U.S. Soccer's long-term priorities, and offer soccer to more people in more places than ever before."
"I've spent more than four decades working in professional sports, and I've always believed that our greatest progress comes through strong partnerships and a shared vision," said Garber.

#garber #Soccer #grow

Jennifer Garner opened up about how a career rejection led her to Alias. The 54-year-old, best known for playing Sydney Bristow in the action-thriller series, once auditioned for The West Wing but was turned down.
Garner appeared on Aspire With Emma Grede on August 25. During the interview, she opened up about nearly landing a role on The West Wing but lost the part. She said, "I always think back to this audition for The West Wing. It was for a new role, and God, I wanted it so badly. And I got down, and I tested for it. When I didn't get it, I had to go to the desert. It was my first time in Palm Springs by myself, and I just sat there for a couple of days."
Garner also reflected on her career after separating from Ben Affleck in 2015. She described, "I panicked when I was first out of my marriage and realized I had taken such a step back in my work, and suddenly I realized, like, 'I don't know how long I'll be able to work.'" She admitted that she became concerned about her financial future after stepping back from acting. She said she needed to find work that allowed her to support her children.
Although losing the role was difficult, Garner's next big break came just two weeks later. She was offered Alias. J.J. Abrams created the ABC series, which ran for five seasons between 2001 and 2006. The actress starred alongside Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper, Merrin Dungey, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman, and Greg Grunberg. Her performance earned Garner a 2002 Golden Globe win and four Emmy nominations. As Alias grew in popularity, Garner landed major film roles. She appeared in Daredevil and Elektra before starring in 13 Going on 30.

Originally reported by Meenakshi Sengupta for Reality Tea
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Northridge and Goshen were the top two teams in the Northern Lakes Conference last year with the Raiders eventually prevailing for their third straight NLC **** le.
No one would be surprised if those two are once again this year at the top of the league standings.
"I feel the NLC will be tough again this year across the top," said Northridge coach Chris Malott, whose squad finished 15-3-2 overall last year and 7-0 in the conference.
"We return a seasoned core from last year. Goshen and Warsaw also return some very talented players. Concord and NorthWood have some talent and I feel they may surprise some people. Plymouth has a new coach (Lindsey Stiles) and I think she will bring some good things to the program."
No. 14-ranked (3A) Northridge will be led by Adelynn Miller (12 goals, seven **** ists), Anna Garber (three goals, one **** ist), Brylee Yoder (one goal, three **** ists) and Halle Moeller from last year's Class 3A sectional championship squad. All four were all-conference selections last year. Yoder also made the honorable mention All-State team.

#goshen #yoder

Exactly 27 years to the day that Don Garber was introduced as Major League Soccer's second commissioner in 1999, LAFC co-managing owner Larry Berg pledged to improve on his predecessor's success upon taking over MLS' leading role on Jan. 1, 2027.
"My responsibility is to work with our clubs, our owners and everyone across this league to build on that foundation to help Major League Soccer reach its full potential," Berg, 60, told media members and hundreds of league employees Tuesday afternoon at the league's Manhattan headquarters.
Garber helped build MLS from a fledgling operation fighting to stay afloat and relevant to a 30-team behemoth with soccer-specific stadiums, youth academies and developmental leagues where the average franchise is valued at $767 million, a 39% increase since 2021. Of the 30 most valuable global soccer clubs, seven of them are MLS teams, led by Inter Miami, which stars Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest player in the sport's history. Sponsorship revenue in 2025 was an estimated $716 million, up 8% year over year.
But there are plenty of growth areas Berg, a former senior partner at Apollo Global Management and 26 North, wants to utilize as commissioner. The co-chair of MLS' sporting and competition committee, Berg has the full backing of league owners — who unanimously approved his appointment over the other finalist, former Fox executive David Nathanson — to enact meaningful changes to supercharge the league's growth. Garber already spearheaded a change in the league's calendar, which will switch to a fall-to-spring season starting in 2027 to align with the European leagues. That, Berg said, will greatly help the quality on the field, but so will changing the league's roster investment model so teams are able to acquire better players and build deeper rosters.
MLS currently has a $6.4 million salary cap, but various roster exceptions enable the majority of 2026 payrolls to be in the $12-21 million range. Owners have agreed that the current system is too restrictive. Berg said his No. 1 job is enhancing the roster investment model so teams can have more freedom to construct teams that work best for their markets.

#berg #teams #roster

Incoming Major League Soccer Commissioner Larry Berg sees his role as continuing the trajectory of the league under his soon-to-be predecessor, Don Garber.
The 30-team league that Graber grew during his 27-year tenure now looks to Berg to capitalize on the success of the World Cup this past summer and guide the transition to a new international schedule next year.
"I think one of the reasons that I raised my hand is I feel like I have the enthusiasm and the passion to hopefully have other people, in some cases, see it through my eyes and understand where we're going and where it can go and what what it can be," Berg told The ****** ociated Press. "I'm very proud of where we already are. I think we've come a very, very long way."
Berg, a co-owner of LAFC, will formally take over as commissioner at the start of next year. Garber, who has served as the league's commissioner since 1999, will help guide the transition before moving into a new role as chairman.
Garber said the ideal candidate would unite the entire MLS ecosystem around a shared vision. And he believes the league will have that under Berg, who will become just the third commissioner in the history of the league.

#league #commissioner #role #guide

Yes — it's worth an English version. The strongest angle is not simply who Larry Berg is, but what his appointment signals for MLS after Don Garber.
Larry Berg has been a managing owner of LAFC since 2016 and is a familiar figure to those who follow the Los Angeles club closely. His appointment marks a generational shift for MLS as the league enters the post-2026 World Cup era.
Berg grew up in the Philadelphia area and has played football since he was eight. He earned an economics degree from the Wharton School before completing an MBA at Harvard Business School.
He spent more than three decades at Apollo Global Management, where he was a senior private equity partner. Berg retired from the firm in 2022 and later joined 26North, the investment company founded by Josh Harris.
His name will already be familiar to longtime LAFC observers.

#larry #familiar #english

Major League Soccer (MLS) named Los Angeles FC co-managing owner Larry Berg as the league's next commissioner on Monday, saying he will take the helm from Don Garber on January 1, 2027.
Berg will become the third commissioner in the history of the league. Garber, who took over the job from Doug Logan in 1999, will shift to the role of chairman in 2027 to ensure a seamless leadership transition, MLS said in a statement.
"I'm honored to lead Major League Soccer into its next era," Berg said in a statement issued by the league after owners voted on Monday in New York to give him the job.
"Thanks to the vision and commitment of so many people, Major League Soccer has achieved tremendous success, but I believe our greatest opportunities are still ahead.
"We have an extraordinary opportunity to strengthen the quality of our competition, develop more world-class players, deepen our connection with supporters, and continue elevating Major League Soccer's place in the global game."

#league #Soccer #Monday #next

Outgoing Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber believes American football can challenge Europe and South America as the world's most valuable league in the future.
MLS is looking to build on the momentum created by the 2026 FIFA World Cup as it pursues its long-term goal of becoming one of the world's leading football leagues.
The World Cup was a major commercial success across the United States, with each game attracting huge crowds, strong television audiences and widespread interest in football.
While the United States' men's national team were eliminated in the round of 16 following a heavy defeat against Belgium, the World Cup highlighted football's growing popularity across the country.
League officials now want to ensure that the excitement generated by the World Cup continues for years to come, much like the impact of the 1994 tournament.

#World #commissioner

The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted seven free agents for tryouts on Thursday, the most notable name being former Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan. Henigan has spent time with the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars.
In four seasons with the Tigers, Henigan threw 104 touchdowns in 50 games, including 32 in 2023, which led the American Conference. In addition to Henigan, the Steelers hosted six other free agents:
WR Cam Camper
TE Zach Davidson
DB Keenan Garber

#pittsburgh #thursday #memphis #indianapolis

After the commercial success of the World Cup, MLS is seeing dollar signs.
Ticket sales have boomed since the final on 19 July, when Lionel Messi's Argentina were vanquished by Spain. For FIFA, Messi and Argentina getting to the final in New Jersey was the optimal outcome – it sustained casual fans' interest for the duration of the tournament and kept the get-in price sky-high.
In Europe and South America, there has been a monumental backlash to the overt commercialisation of the World Cup.
Indeed, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino having crossed the Rubicon and now looking to sell a stake in FIFA itself, the 2026 World Cup might be remembered as the start of a great schism in the sport.
But for Major League Soccer, whose outgoing president of 27 years Don Garber thinks the league can topple the English Premier League as soccer's most commercially valuable, the summer of 2026 cannot be seen as anything but an unbridled success.

#league #Argentina #final

BENTON — Brodie Garber knew down deep that at the end of his coaching career, he’d be back leading a girls basketball team.
He wasn’t sure when or where, but he just knew.
The answer came earlier this year, when Garber left his position as the boys basketball coach at Fairfield to take the job as the head girls coach of the Falcons.
Garber was the head boys coach at Fairfield for two years, posting a record of 29-16 including 16-6 last season. He also served as an ***** istant under Derek Hinen for the 2023-24 season, when the Falcons went to the Class 3A semistate.
While he wasn’t unhappy as the boys coach, Garber jumped at the opportunity to return to coaching the Fairfield girls, after Kyle Hartman resigned to take over as head coach at Warsaw.

#fairfield #girls

Landon Donovan thinks MLS is confusing accessibility with visibility.
The U.S. men’s national team’s all-time leading scorer said during a recent appearance on Front Office Sports’ Portfolio Players that a conversation he had with commissioner Don Garber on Tim Howard’s Unfiltered Soccer podcast stuck with him. Garber told him the league tried something new with the Apple deal, saw it wasn’t working, and made changes. Specifically, he acknowledged that requiring fans to pay $99 per year for MLS Season Pass on top of an Apple TV subscription was a significant misstep, and that the league was “way early” on its move to a streaming-exclusive model.
“He said, ‘Putting it behind a second paywall proved to be the wrong idea,'” Donovan said. “We had to adjust, and we saw what the market said, and we listened.”
The MLS and Apple renegotiated last November, scrapping the Season Pass and cutting the original 10-year, $2.5 billion deal short by three and a half years, with the agreement now set to expire after the 2028-29 season rather than 2032. The league also secured an additional $50 million under the revised arrangement, per Sportico. Every MLS game is now available to any Apple TV subscriber at no extra cost.
But Donovan’s concern isn’t the paywall. It’s that MLS abandoned linear television before it had built an audience capable of surviving without it.

Harvard President Alan Garber is voluntarily taking a 25 percent pay cut for fiscal year 2026. Harvard has lost more than $2.5 billion in federal funding since the Trump administration made demands in April to change its policies.

Harvard President Alan Garber is voluntarily taking a 25 percent pay cut for fiscal year 2026. Harvard has lost more than $2.5 billion in federal funding since the Trump administration made demands in April to change its policies.