United, Los Angeles FC, the two aforementioned teams and, of course, FC Cincinnati have all added something worthwhile to MLS, contributing to the overall prosperity of North America’s fasting-growing sports league.

The process of picking an expansion location can be a fraught one. MLS is an attractive proposition right now and so the league could, if it wanted to, stretch into every market in North America. Just look at the competition for the final spot on the league’s current expansion timeline - interest has been registered, at one point or another, from groups in Charleston, Charlotte, Detroit, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego and St Louis. Not every market is right for MLS, though, and so the league must plot its route carefully.

The expansion ofAn 18-year-old Massachusetts high school senior is accused of spurring a friend to kill himself before putting on fundraisers using his name, the Attleboro Sun Chronicle reported on Friday.

Prosecutors charged Michelle Carter with involuntary manslaughter, saying text messages show her encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy III to commit suicide last July. Carter was 17 when Roy was found dead in his truck from carbon monoxide poisoning in Fairhaven, a town about 60 miles from Boston.

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“Not only did Conrad tell Carter in several of his texts prior to his death that he was scared and didn’t want to leave his family, she continued to encourage him to take his own life,” Fairhaven Police Detective Scott Gordon said in a report. “When he actually started to carry out the act, he