The first-year Lights coach has lived apart from his wife and most of his six kids since Jan. 1, but trying times have only brought the family closer together.
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The USL team will try to end the drought without suspended leading scorer Irvin Raul Parra when it hosts Western Conference leader New Mexico United on Saturday.
Placing your bets for the World Cup final? Someone in Las Vegas thinks they know the winner.
The Lights are one of the most consistently inconsistent teams in the USL through 17 games.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz breaks down the World Cup third-place game and final and picks who he thinks will win it all.
The Lights goalkeeper made seven saves but proved incapable of stemming the tide in a 4-0 loss at Tempe, Ariz. on Wednesday.
Soccer handicapper Jeremy Pond is sticking with Spain as his choice of champion even though it fired Julen Lopetegui as its national team coach Wednesday after he took the coaching job at Real Madrid.
The Lights acquired forward Omar Salgado, who was selected No. 1 in the 2011 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, on loan from the expansion team El Paso USL on Wednesday.
William Hill will offer multiple ways to bet on each Lights game and its app will feature live in-game wagering.
The five World Cup favorites with single-digit odds are Brazil (7-2), Germany (4-1), France (13-2), Spain (13-2) and Argentina (8-1).
The Lights announced a partnership with Nuwu Cannabis Marketplace on Friday to become the first professional sports team in the U.S. to have a marijuana dispensary as a sponsor.
The coach, commonly referred to as “Chelis,” will lead the team in its first season in the United Soccer League in 2018.
Both Brett and Steve Pastorino of the Las Vegas Lights FC’s front office have experience with expansion Major League Soccer teams.
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