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The USWNT won the 2015 World Cup. Just a few months later, they are being sued by their own federation.

DJ, record producer and songwriter extraordinaire Diplo has invested in United Soccer League club Arizona United SC.

The MLS regular season doesn’t begin play until March 6, but preseason preparations have begun around the league. Scavenging the social media accounts of all 20 clubs, we’ve compiled the best photos and videos from the 2016 preseason for your viewing pleasure. Smiling faces, southern sunshine and a tangible excitment surrounding the growth of MLS make the 21st season of the league the most anticipated to date.  

The Best Photos and Videos from the 2016 MLS Preseason:

Andrea Pirlo doing what only Andrea Pirlo can:

Chelsea's defensive record is in shambles: they've allowed 34 goals in 23 matches this campaign. Last season's title winning defense allowed only 32 goals throughout the entirety of the season. More worringly for the Chelsea heirarchy is that the situation doesn't have any immediate remedies in the form of contracted players. Their backline is comprised of ageing stalwarts John Terry, 35, Branislav Ivanovic, 31, and Gary Cahill, 30.

The last time a player on the USWNT scored a goal in their debut cap was all the way back in November. As predicted, another member of the youthful USWNT, Mallory Pugh, joined the First Cap, First Goal (1C1G) club this year. 

In case you missed the US women’s rout of Ireland, here are the four biggest highlights:

1. Carli Lloyd took 28 minutes to score her hat-trick. She’s in a slump, but seems to be coming back.

2. Alex Morgan put an exclamation on her 100th cap with a goal and two assists.

Who wouldn’t want to be like Carli Lloyd? The 2015 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year and World Cup Golden Ball Winner has it all, barring the occasional misspelling of her name at Starbucks.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers midfielder Victor Pagliari Giro, a.k.a. PC, scored the goal of the Florida Cup with this screaming free kick against Independiente Santa Fe.

Despite losing the match, 2-1, Fort Lauderdale rightly alerted SportsCenter to the goal, which made number seven on SportsCenter's top 10 plays. It figures he'd score the goal of his life in a game that didn't count for anything. Isn't that how it always works?

St. Louis became the NFL’s latest victim in a long and drawn out game of musical chairs when the Rams jumped ship for the sunny weather and In-N-Out burger of Los Angeles. Naturally, not everybody was happy. After all, nobody likes being left behind for “something better.” Especially a city that prides itself in its die hard fan-ism.

If you’re asked to think of the most rabid fan bases and intimidating venues in the footballing world, you’ll most likely imagine the crowds in Europe or South America. In Europe, the leagues in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France are seen as the benchmark for boisterous crowds and lively game day atmospheres.

Marco Pappa has become embroiled in the weirdest soccer scandal since Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena's little tiff regarding sex tape-blackmail.

Th Rapids midfielder was reportedly stabbed in the abdomen in Seattle in December, and according to reports the culprit is alleged to have been Miss Washington USA, Stormy Keffeler.