MLS To Start 2020 Season Earlier Than Ever Before
For years, Major League Soccer has started in March. Sounders at Heart recently reported, however, that the 2020 MLS season will start on Feb. 29, the earliest in league history.
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Louisville’s NWSL Team Name Is Just Soooo Weird We Don’t Know What To Do About It
I like bourbon as much as the next person. I quite like it with smoked orange bitters, agave syrup and Meyer lemon juice. But I don’t get this Proof Louisville FC name.
The new NWSL expansion team in Kentucky has a name, and we’re not sure what to do with it. It’s just weird, which can be good, but also it’s weird, which can be bad.
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that trademark filings were made for NWSL’s 10th team, along with a logo.
CBS Confirms Univision Will Dominate Champions League TV Ratings For Years To Come
We hate being right.
Last week, CBS won the bidding war with ESPN, NBC and Fox for the U.S. Champions League TV rights. We worried it could be bad for English-language viewers.
Our fears were confirmed Tuesday.
It’s Up To DeAndre Yedlin To Save The USMNT And Validate Gregg Berhalter’s Process
The USMNT approaches Friday’s CONCACAF Nations League match against Canada needing a victory to have any chance of advancing to the semifinals of the competition, and they'll do so without attacking catalyst Christian Pulisic, who misses out with a hip injury he sustained against Crystal Palace last Saturday.
David Villa Is Bringing A USL Club To Queens
Queens, the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world, is getting a soccer team, with an assist from World Cup winner David Villa.
Queensboro FC will launch in the USL Championship in 2021, with former NYCFC striker Villa among the owners in an investment group led by New York businessman Jonathan Krane. Villa, Spain’s all-time leading goal scorer, will have a hands-on role with the club in U.S. soccer’s second division.
Rose Lavelle Continues To Signify Some USWNT Future That I Can’t Comprehend
Much like it was throughout the entirety of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, it’s still a very popular sentiment to express how good Rose Lavelle is at soccer.
rose lavelle is good at passing
— Aaron West (@oeste) November 11, 2019
Seattle Sounders Deliver MLS Cup To Record-Setting Crowd With 3-1 Win Over Toronto
The Seattle Sounders captured their second MLS Cup in four years by defeating Toronto FC 3-1 at CenturyLink Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Sounders scored three second half goals to secure the victory in front of the largest sporting event crowd in CenturyLink Field history — 69,274 roared their approval when a deflected Kelvin Leerdam effort gave Seattle the lead in the 57th minute before Víctor Rodríguez’s cool finish doubled the advantage in the 76th. Raúl Ruidíaz cemented the club’s second-ever title with a strike of his own in the 90th.
CBS Wins U.S. Champions League TV Rights From TNT — Here’s Why This Could Actually Be Bad
Well, we did not expect this. The U.S. Champions League TV rights went up for bidding recently and, according to Sports Business Journal, CBS has pulled off a surprising coup.
As first scooped by John Ourand, CBS won the English-language U.S. Champions League TV rights for the 2021-22 season through the 2023-24 season. Univision, meanwhile, held on to the Spanish-language rights for a second cycle.
Is Megan Rapinoe Running For Office? Should She?
Is Megan Rapinoe running for office?
That was the question on many minds of many during and after the Women’s World Cup, in which Megan Rapinoe headlined the USWNT’s triumph in France.
Carli Lloyd Makes Impeccable First Impression On New USWNT Coach
On a cold Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio, the USWNT beat Sweden 3-2 in the first match for the new U.S. head coach Vlatko Andonovski.