Major League Soccer was forced to apologize after its website published the name of a player it incorrectly claimed was joining Atlanta United. A story posted Wednesday indicated that Celtic forward Kyogo Furuhashi would be coming stateside to play for Atlanta,

Major League Soccer apologized on Thursday for posting an erroneous story on its website with the wrong name of a player that was purportedly being transferred to one of its clubs.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER has apologised to Celtic and Kyogo Furuhashi after mistakenly claiming the Japanese forward had signed for Atlanta United. A story claiming Atlanta had “acquired” the Celtic

Cayman Togashi arrived from MLS rivals New York City with the American-born Samurai Blue youth international singing on for the 2025 and 2026 campaigns. The club have transfer history with Celtic. They signed Greek target man Giorgos Giakoumakis, who netted 22 goals in 38 appearances before moving on to Mexican side Cruz Azul last year.

The MLS appeared to mistakenly announce Atlanta United had signed Kyogo while the Japanese striker was playing for Celtic on Wednesday

Kyogo Furuhashi came off the bench as Celtic beat Dundee United on Wednesday evening. The Japanese striker replaced Adam Idah in the second half in the 2-0 win. However, after the game it emerged that the Official MLS Soccer website had posted an article claiming that Atlanta United had acquired Kyogo from Celtic, which they quickly deleted.

Celtic and Kyogo Furuhashi receive an apology from Major League Soccer after they wrongly claim that the Japanese striker had joined Atlanta United.