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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1996, file photo, Los Angeles Galaxy's Mauricio Cienfuegos (10) pursues San Jose Clash's Eric Wynalda during the first half of an MLS soccer game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Before the first-ever Major League Soccer match on April 6, 1996, a group of Clash players went to a trendy San Jose restaurant for some pre-game bonding, and four of them threw up after the meal. But it had nothing to do with the food, recalled Wynalda. &quot;It was just the nervousness,&quot; he said. “These were guys that had never played in a professional game.&quot; (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield, File)

With 1 goal, first-ever MLS game was filled with promise

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2012, file photo, then-Cal FC head coach Eric Wynalda smiles before a U.S. Open Cup fourth-round soccer match against the Seattle Sounders, in Tukwila, Wash. Wynalda and Las Vegas Lights FC are running a job search unlike any other on the Strip at the moment. Not that you would expect anything less from the United Soccer League team that partnered with a marijuana dispensary, dropped $5,000 from a helicopter as part of a halftime promotion and embraced gambling like no American sports franchise ever before. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Las Vegas Lights FC goes its own way in Sin City

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013, photo, basketball commentator Gus Johnson holds a jersey during a news conference during the Big East NCAA college basketball media day in New York. Fox has picked Johnson as its lead soccer announcer and is teaming him with former U.S. star Eric Wynalda. “I completely realize that Gus and Eric, having two American voices, is a change for the hard core, absolutely,” says Fox Sports President Eric Shanks. “It’s a change that I believe in.” (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

World Cups to sound different in US in 2014, ‘18

By RACHEL COHEN - Associated Press

Dempsey has best season by an American in Europe

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press