Is LAFC the 2026 MLS frontrunner after beating defending champs Inter Miami CF in front of 75,000 fans at the LA Memorial Coliseum?

On this episode of New Ground, Allen Hopkins Jr. and Jalil Anibaba talk about what was revealed to them after Matchday 1 of the 2026 MLS campaign.

We get into:

• LAFC's Son and Bouanga attacking with venom
• New York Red Bulls' starting 3 teenagers under Matt Bradley
• Nashville SC's 3 Headed Monster with Surridge, Mukhtar, and Espinoza
• Keep on dancing Vini Jr.
• USMNT Player Pool finding their form at the right time
• MLS Matchday 2 Preview
• Flowers; Ray Gaddis and MLS Referees (Tori Penso, Kathryn Nesbitt, Meghan Mullen)

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