The United States men's U-20 team hammered Nicaragua 5-0 on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf U-20 Championship in Honduras. Victory over Costa Rica on Tuesday would guarantee passage to the 2023 U-20 World Cup in Indonesia, but the ultimate goal is a win in the semifinals on July 1 to book a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
San Diego Wave midfielder Taylor Kornieck had an unforgettable night on Saturday when made her USWNT debut and netted her first goal. The 23-year-old got on the end of a Megan Rapinoe free kick in the 90th minute and flicked it off her head to the far post to make it 3-0.
The United States women’s national team defeated Colombia 3-0 on Saturday in Commerce City, Colorado, during the first of two friendlies. The game was frustrating at times for the USWNT as the team failed to score two penalties and missed a plethora of chances but ultimately got the job done.
In the end it was two perfect Rose Lavelle assists to Sophia Smith that unlocked the game for the USWNT. There’s a chance that Lavelle has laser vision because these two assists were about as good as it gets.
Pese al barrial en que quedó convertido el campo del Estadio Francisco Morazan de Honduras, la selección mexicana arrolló a Trinidad y Tobago en el premundial de la Concacaf.
La victoria por 5-0 fue inapelable y – a falta de un partido en la fase de grupos ante Haití – metió al Tri en la segunda ronda de un torneo que da cuatro boletos al Mundial de Indonesia 2023 y dos a los Juegos Olimpicos de París 2024.
Normally at this time, we’d be inundated with soccer 24/7. The men’s World Cup has been held in the summer every four years since 1930, with only two missed dates in the 1940s for World War II. This year, however, we’ve got to wait until November for the World Cup to begin. After a June men’s international window and ahead of a women’s international window, we’re at a bit of a dearth in soccer action around the world.
Welcome to the party, Australia. Thanks to some world class shithousery, the Socceroos qualified for the 2022 World Cup with victory over Peru. They’ll certainly be the underdogs in a Group D that contains defending champions France, Euro 2020 darlings Denmark and red-hot Tunisia, but the World Cup is always full of surprises.
México acabó su serie de partidos veraniegos con un insustancial empate 1-1 ante Jamaica por la Concacaf Nations League. La historia pudo ser diferente si no fuera por la colosal falla de Uriel Antuna y que tiene a los aficionados del Tri dándose cabezazos contra la pared.
El osote de Antuna se produjo en los primeros compases del partido. De hecho, ni siquiera se cumplían dos minutos de juego cuando un rebote dado por el portero Andrew Blake dejó al delantero del Cruz Azul completamente solo, en área chica y a arco descubierto.
WOLVERHAMPTON, England - Hungary thrashed a dreadful England 4-0 away on Tuesday to go top of their Nations League group and perpetuate the hosts' winless run in a competition they had hoped would be a morale-boosting warmup for the World Cup.
With only one goal and two points in their first three games of this Nations League campaign, England dominated early possession at the Molineux and could have gone ahead had Jarrod Bowen been sharper with a close-range header.
I'm over two years late to The Last Dance party on Netflix having just started the documentary last week, so forgive me for this. The show really is a stunning portrayal of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Phil Jackson, but I'd like to propose a different direction for the sequel — Last Dance 2: Los Ticos.
Keylor Navas takes on the Jordan role, Bryan Ruiz is Pippen, Celso Borges is Rodman and Joel Campbell is Steve Kerr.
I don't think the game has a more audacious plan of action than the corner kick that's aimed at — rather than the forest of limbs and heads gathered in the area — a solitary loner stationed outside the box.
The ploy requires perfection on the delivery. If it's inaccurate, the opponent wins possession and the counterattack is on. If it's accurate but without pace, the opponent rushes out, closes down the shot and the counterattack is on.