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A long-distance Ukraine goal vs North Macedonia helped secure an important 2-0 victory on Saturday and moved the team one step closer to Euro 2024 qualification.

The second goal for Ukraine came in the 95th minute when Oleksandr Karavayev caught North Macedonia’s goalkeeper WAY out of position.

After replacing Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk in the 88th minute, Karavayev scored a goal from over 35 yards out. While the goalkeeper definitely failed here, you have to give some credit for the strike.

Kylian Mbappé passed the great Michel Platini to become France’s fourth leading goal scorer in history during Friday’s Euro qualifier which the French won 2-1 vs. Netherlands.

Mbappé tied and surpassed Platini’s place among the great French goal scorers during the game against the Dutch as he scored both goals. The victory secured France a spot in the Euro 2024 edition in Germany. 

His second goal was an absurd strike from outside the box that Dutch goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen had no chance saving.

Women's World Cup winner and former Spain coach Jorge Vilda was appointed as the new manager of the Morocco women's team on Thursday, succeeding Frenchman Reynald Pedros.

Vilda, who won the Women's World Cup with Spain in August, was sacked 10 days after FIFA suspended former Spanish FA (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales for giving a non-consensual kiss to striker Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony in Sydney.

On Saturday the United States men’s national team will be facing a high caliber European opponent with both squads having their A-teams for the first time since the 2022 World Cup. If you’re wondering how to watch USA vs Germany, then you’ve come to the right place.

LONDON — Flags and shirts showing support for victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be allowed for England's games against Australia and Italy at Wembley, the FA said on Thursday.

England host Australia in a friendly on Friday before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday.

"On Friday evening, we will remember the innocent victims of the devastating events in Israel and Palestine," the FA said in a statement.

Norwich City FC have released one of the most genius, emotional and important videos about mental health. The Norwich mental health video was posted on Tuesday for World Mental Health Day.

After just 24 hours the video has accumulated over 43 million views on Twitter and millions more on other platforms. While the video is sad, it’s also so vital and has received high praise not just from the soccer community, but the world.

Norwich mental health video

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NYON — The United Kingdom and Ireland will host the 2028 European Championship, while Italy and Turkey will stage the 2032 edition of the tournament, UEFA announced on Tuesday.

By accepting a joint Italy-Turkey bid for Euro 2032 last week, and with Turkey withdrawing from the race for Euro 2028, the hosts for both tournaments were already all but assured.

Former Real Madrid and Chelsea winger Eden Hazard announced his retirement from football at the age of 32 on Tuesday four months after leaving the Spanish giants.

The former Belgium international joined Real in 2019 as the club's record signing but suffered injuries and struggled to settle at the Santiago Bernabeu during a dismal four-year spell.

Despite limited playing time at Real, Hazard won several trophies, including the Champions League and two LaLiga titles.

Gio Reyna was one of the 23 names on Gregg Berhalter’s latest United States men’s national team roster which was announced on Wednesday.

The U.S. is set to play two friendly games stateside with the first being against Germany and the other vs. Ghana.

Here are the 23 players that will represent the USMNT.

October USMNT roster

The full squad https://t.co/wGS3xdTDAF pic.twitter.com/6PDh95swX9

United States men’s national team forward Gio Reyna is having a rough start to the 2023-24 club season with Borussia Dortmund. Reyna remained on the bench Wednesday as an unused substitute as Dortmund drew AC Milan 0-0 in the Champions League.

His USMNT teammates Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah both started for Milan, but Reyna would never see the field.

Gio Reyna is an unused sub for Edin Terzić's Borussia Dortmund side for the fourth straight match across all competitions.