The last time I rolled out this USMNT striker depth chart/power rankings article was seven months ago. Despite including nine center forwards, Ricardo Pepi wasn't even on the list — the 18-year-old was still a week away from receiving his first senior call-up, and things really escalated quickly from there.
Vinícius Júnior's transformation this season has been well documented. The 21-year-old is now one of LaLiga's finest finishers and far more efficient in the final third, while his combination play with Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema from Real's left-hand side makes for some of the most exciting viewing in football.
Sam Kerr struck in stoppage time to keep alive Chelsea's Women's Super League title hopes as they snatched a 1-0 win on Sunday over a dogged Aston Villa side, but Arsenal remain top after a 3-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
Kerr latched on to a long ball from keeper Zećira Mušović and fired home in the second minute of added time before wheeling away and taking off her shirt in celebration as second-placed Chelsea kept up the pressure on Arsenal.
24 matches played, 24 matches won, 136 goals scored, six conceded and one Primera División title secured with six games still remaining. There's no stopping Barcelona Femení in Spain now after the team's 5-0 beatdown of Real Madrid at Estadi Johan Cruyff on Sunday, and it'll again be Real Madrid that's tasked with stopping Barça in Europe when the two sides square off in the Champions League quarterfinals later this month.
LONDON - Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmolenko and Spanish midfielder Pablo Fornals scored a goal each as West Ham defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at home on Sunday, ending Steven Gerrard's side's run of three consecutive wins in the Premier League.
Yarmolenko had been granted compassionate leave after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month and then fell ill, missing West Ham's 1-0 Europa League loss in Seville on Thursday.
Chelsea played its first home match since owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government and disqualified by the Premier League — leaving the club in limbo and immediately needing a new owner — on Sunday, and it was fittingly against Newcastle, which has been steadily climbing the table since its own new owners flexed their financial might in the January window.
En medio de las rotaciones que hace el entrenador Julen Lopetegui, hoy a Jesús Corona le tocó empezar el partido del Sevilla ante el Rayo Vallecano en el banco de suplentes. Sin embargo, una vez que entró, Tecatito demostró que siempre debe ser titular en el cuadro andaluz.
De hecho, minutos después de haber ingresado, el mexicano resolvió los dolores de cabeza de su equipo con una asistencia milimétrica a Thomas Delaney.
Paris Saint-Germain returned home Sunday to fierce boos, jeers and whistles after again turning itself into a global laughingstock with a preposterous 29-minute Champions League collapse against Real Madrid last Wednesday.
Cruz Azul dio fin a una racha de tres partidos sin victorias de local en el Estadio Azteca faenándose por 2-1 a los Pumas de la UNAM.
El duelo fue apretado. No solo por la rivalidad latente entre ambos clubes, sino que también por el desarrollo del juego. Sin embargo, La Máquina eventualmente encontraría la contraseña del triunfo gracias a una hermosa tijera del paraguayo Juan Escobar.
Cuando Miguel Herrera asumió como entrenador de Tigres, a mediados de 2021, André-Pierre Gignac venía saliendo de su peor campaña goleadora desde que llegó a la Liga MX con apenas tres conquistas a balón detenido. El Piojo, con la confianza que lo caracteriza, dijo que resucitaría al francés y que bajo sus órdenes haría "un chingo de goles".