England defeated Switzerland on penalties (5-3) after a 1-1 stalemate to book a place in the Euro semifinals on Saturday. A Xherdan Shaqiri Olimpico effort nearly sunk England in extra time.
While Saturday’s result will be remembered for England’s brilliance from the penalty spot, we wanted to highlight how close Shaqiri was to scoring the goal of the tournament and arguably the goal of his career.
An announcement on the future for the United States men's national team and head coach Gregg Berhalter is planned for next week announced FOX Sports. The Berhalter announcement is expected to come in the mid-week.
Gregg Berhalter announcement news
FOX Sports exclusive USMNT update:
A decision on the future of manager Gregg Berhalter is expected around the middle of next week. pic.twitter.com/dTJFdGQJHN
HAMBURG, Germany, July 5 (Reuters) - France defender Theo Hernandez struck the winning penalty in a 5-3 shootout win against Portugal to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2024 where they will meet Spain.
Joao Felix missed for Portugal during the shootout which came after the match finished 0-0 following extra time.
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STUTTGART, Germany, July 5 (Reuters) - A Mikel Merino goal in extra time gave Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over Germany in an enthralling quarter-final clash on Friday between the two most successful European Championship nations.
The game was into the 119th minute and looked set for a penalty shootout before substitute Merino rose to head home the winning goal from Dani Olmo's cross and break the hearts of the majority of the crowd inside the Stuttgart Arena.
Mikel Merino last-minute goal vs. Germany
Europe's football body UEFA handed a two-match ban on Friday to Turkish soccer player Merih Demiral for his politically charged "wolf" celebration and fined England's Jude Bellingham $32,470 for a crotch-grabbing gesture at Euro 2024.
Center back Demiral, 26, will now miss Turkey's quarter-final on Saturday against the Netherlands, prompting his outraged government to call for the punishment to be rescinded.
Nashville SC announced B.J. Callaghan as their new head coach on Wednesday.
Callaghan, 43, has been a U.S. men's national team assistant since 2019.
As the USMNT interim head coach in 2023, he led the squad to the Concacaf Nations League title.
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We've named B.J. Callaghan as our second head coach in Club history pic.twitter.com/Vk4u2TkSNW
The American Outlaws Gregg Berhalter statement released on Wednesday illustrated the United States men’s national team head coach’s loss of support from fans and media.
Several U.S. Soccer supporters’ groups have publicly called for a head coaching change. Barra 76 were one of the first groups to release a statement on Tuesday.
“We believe replacing Gregg Berhalter as head coach of the USMNT is essential to revitalizing our national team’s strategy and achieving the results our players and supporters deserve,” Barra 76 said.
One of the big talking points following the United States men’s national team’s 1-0 loss to Uruguay was the Gregg Berhalter 1-1 gesture to his players shortly before conceding.
Prior to Uruguay’s goal the USMNT had been given a lifeline from the other Group C game as Bolivia scored against Panama to make the score 1-1. If that game were to remain a draw and the USMNT tied Uruguay, the U.S. would advance to the knockout stage.
LEIPZIG — Turkey's Merih Demiral struck in each half to guide his team to a high-octane 2-1 victory over Austria on Tuesday and book their spot in Euro 2024's last eight.
Amid pouring rain, Austria pulled a goal back when substitute Gregoritsch finished at the far post in the 66th but despite late pressure and a golden chance for Christoph Baumgartner, who was denied by a superb save from Mert Gunok in stoppage time, Rangnick's men could not find an equalizer.
Mert Gunok save vs Austria
MUNICH — Netherlands' Cody Gakpo scored his third goal of the European Championship and Donyell Malen added two more late on as the Dutch burst back into form with a lively display to defeat Romania 3-0 in their last-16 fixture on Tuesday.
Malen notched his second in stoppage time when he collected the ball in midfield, dribbled into the penalty area and fired past Nita as the Dutch served notice that they have started to click at the tournament.
Romania goalkeeper shoe incident