So the NWSL Challenge Cup ended almost a month ago. Fans are coming down from the thrill of the games and champions Houston Dash are now barely recovering from their Budweiser hangovers.
2020 as illustrated by @brivisalli: pic.twitter.com/jDtvt0KwAz
— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) August 10, 2020
OL Reign has announced that it acquired the future playing rights of Washington Spirit midfielder and USWNT standout Rose Lavelle. In exchange, the Spirit will receive the Reign’s first round draft pick in the 2022 NWSL College Draft and $100,000 in allocation money.
Missing a Borussia Dortmund match in 2020-21 is going to be a form of sacrilege. We already knew, heading into last season, that Jadon Sancho was a pièce de résistance sort of footballer capable of uplifting your weekend. By January, Erling Haaland had proclaimed himself as Paul Bunyan’s only begotten son, increasing the joy of having BVB on your television set.
Tyler Adams has not had the best of seasons with RB Leipzig. In and out of the lineup with injuries, fitness concerns and just not being picked, the 21-year-old American had appeared in just one Champions League match prior to Thursday. Looking healthy and eager, he made it count.
Adams scored an 88th-minute winner — his first career Champions League goal — to lift RB Leipzig to a dramatic 2-1 win over Atlético Madrid on Thursday. The strike sent the German side to the semifinals of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time.
The Major League Soccer expansion team for St. Louis hosted a live reveal of its club’s name, logo and colors Thursday morning and I ask that you mentally prepare yourself to be disappointed. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 29th club of MLS — St. Louis CITY SC.
For the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, an MLS match was played in front of fans on Wednesday night. A few of those fans immediately used that privilege to boo human rights.
We all know the story of former USWNT coach Jill Ellis stepping down from her position in 2019 after winning back-to-back World Cups. Her endeavors after such a successful stint with the USWNT were uncertain for a while. Then, word had it that she was trying to coach the England women's national team.
The NWSL is set to have two upcoming expansion teams in the league — one in Louisville, Kentucky, and one in Los Angeles. Both teams have stirred up quite a bit of excitement from fans.
Diego Valeri set up two goals to help the Portland Timbers beat Orlando City 2-1 in the MLS Is Back Tournament Final on Tuesday in Orlando, Florida. Valeri’s delightful set pieces guided the Timbers to just their second ever major trophy — assuming you consider this a major trophy.
After five dormant months, FC Dallas and Nashville SC finally resume their interrupted seasons when they meet on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas.
The match will be the first of two played over five days in North Texas as they become the final teams to resume action after COVID-19 halted the season in March.
We're fired up and ready for soccer.