New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore scored three goals — for the U.S. women's national team — and the Americans won in a bizarre manner, 5-0, in Carson, Calif., on Sunday in their second match of the SheBelieves Cup.
The Americans, who tied the Czech Republic 0-0 in their tourney opener on Thursday, got all the help they needed when Moore had own goals in the 5th, 6th and 36th minutes.
To my knowledge, there's been one hat-trick of own goals in football history (although even that's disputed). On Sunday, USWNT fans were witness to a second.
New Zealand's Meikayla Moore, who plays her club ball for Liverpool and was receiving her 50th cap on Sunday, put the ball into her own net three times in 36 minutes during the Football Ferns' SheBelieves Cup match against the USWNT.
DORTMUND - Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus played a part in five goals as his side hammered his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach 6-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday to stay in touch with leaders Bayern Munich.
Reus, who switched from Gladbach to Dortmund just over a decade ago for $19 million, scored two goals and provided three assists. But he opted not to take a penalty his side were awarded in added time, with Emre Can stepping up and converting to complete the drubbing.
Barcelona's Jekyll and Hyde season continued Sunday with a clinical 4-1 victory over free-falling Valencia at the Mestalla. The visitors took six shots, landed them all on target and put four past Giorgi Mamardashvili, including a brace for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a classy team move that ended on the foot of Frenkie de Jong and a howitzer from young Pedri.
Chivas vivió una ingrata noche en Guanajuato. La derrota 2-1 ante León se sintió un poco injusta al interior del plantel, mientras que su delantero José Juan Macías fue blanco de un masivo abucheo de parte de la afición local.
JJ reemplazó a Ángel Zaldívar en el minuto 65, haciendo su primera aparición en la Liga MX desde su fallido paso por el Getafe de España, e inmmediatamente desde la tribuna cayó una ruidosa silbatina.
Heading into Sunday's A-League match between Western United and Western Sydney Wanderers, United left back Ben Garuccio hadn't managed a league goal in four years. The 26-year-old Australian admitted to wearing a new pair of cleats in today's game and that did the trick.
Garuccio got a brace in United's 3-2 victory, including the match-winner in the 68th minute with a beautifully improvised scorpion kick that beat goalkeeper Daniel Margush at his near post.
As the commentator says, "That's not a goal, that's a freak show! This is René Higuita on steroids!"
Paris Saint-Germain’s penalty kick woes continued Saturday during the team’s 3-1 loss to Nantes in Ligue 1. Lionel Messi saw his penalty kick against Real Madrid in the Champions League saved on Tuesday. Four days later Neymar has topped Messi’s penalty fail with one of his own. This Neymar penalty vs Nantes is about as dismal as they come.
Los días de Javier Aguirre al mando del Monterrey parecieran estar contados.
Rayados tuvo una chance de calmar los ánimos de su descontenta fanaticada después del fracaso que vivió el equipo en el Mundial de Clubes, enfrentando al Puebla en su retorno a la Liga MX. Sin embargo, La Franja no estuvo para hacer un acto de beneficencia y con su victoria por 1-0 tensó aún más la relación entre el conjunto regio y sus aficionados.
Harry Kane was at his magnificent, glorious best on Saturday as he scored a brace to hand Manchester City its first Premier League loss since Oct. 2021. There aren’t enough adjectives in the dictionary to describe how entertaining Tottenham’s victory at Etihad Stadium was.
In the span of three minutes Manchester City’s players went from thinking they had scored a game-tying penalty kick in the 92nd minute to picking the ball out of their own net after Kane did what he does best.
LIVERPOOL — Liverpool had to dig deep for a 3-1 victory against lowly Norwich City with goals by Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz securing the points after the visitors had threatened to pull off a massive shock at Anfield on Saturday.
In the end it looked relatively comfortable for Jürgen Klopp's side as they reduced Premier League leaders Manchester City's lead to six points - for a few hours at least.