Head coach Vlakto Andonovski named his 23-player USWNT roster for a pair of September friendlies against Nigeria on Monday, with Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe the biggest names on the U.S. squad and a partial inclusion for Crystal Dunn.
West African country Benin has opted to ditch its 'squirrels' nickname and will be known as the Cheetahs from Monday, the country’s football federation said.
The old les Écureuils moniker has long been criticised by Benin fans who felt the small size of a squirrels meant that their team was also considered to be insignificant. Hence the football federation has chosen a bolder nickname, along the lines of Cameroon’s 'Indomitable Lions' or the 'Elephants' of nearby Ivory Coast.
Poco a poco, Diego Lainez comienza a ganar minutos en el Braga SC de Portugal y a demostrar que puede ser factor.
Este domingo, el extremo mexicano entró de cambio y en los casi 30 minutos que disputó dejó su primera asistencia vestido con los colores de los Arzobispos.
Josh Sargent is on a hot streak right now for Norwich City in the EFL Championship. After scoring a sensational header on Tuesday he followed that performance up on Friday with a brace for the Canaries to defeat Millwall 2-0. The Sargent goals vs Millwall were the only goals of the game.
Organizers have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16.
FIFA said the biggest number of allocated tickets were for group stage matches like Cameroon vs. Brazil, Brazil vs. Serbia, Portugal vs. Uruguay, Costa Rica vs. Germany and Australia vs. Denmark.
La selección mexicana recibió un demoledor golpe en su preparación rumbo a la Copa del Mundo 2022: Jesús “Tecatito” Corona no jugará el torneo luego de sufrir una grave lesión en la última jornada de entrenamientos del Sevilla FC.
No es claro cómo se lesionó Tecatito, pero las cosas no se veían bien cuando el jugador de 29 años salió en muletas del Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán y luego se dirigió a un hospital cercano abordo de una ambulancia.
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The USWNT U-20s were bounced out of 2022 U-20 Women’s World Cup in the group stage on Wednesday after suffering a 3-1 defeat to reigning champions Japan in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The U.S. finished the group stage with one victory and two losses, the team’s worst showing in the 10 editions of the tournament.
The Americans finished third in Group D ahead of Ghana but behind Japan and the Netherlands. The U.S. opened the tournament with a 3-0 victory vs. Ghana but then followed that game with a 3-0 defeat to the Dutch.
Ninety-five days to go now. There's still so much to prove but so little time for our boys in r̶e̶d̶, white and blue ahead of the World Cup.
The past week in Europe saw the emergence of a young star, strong performances from guys on the fence and two locked-in starters enter transfer purgatory.
Contra todo pronóstico y los obstáculos vividos en el camino, la selección mexicana femenil sub-20 derrotó a Alemania y avanzó a los cuartos de final del Mundial que se juega en Costa Rica. ¿Su rival en la ronda de los ocho mejores? Nada más y nada menos que España.
As if November couldn’t come fast enough as the U.S. returns to the men’s World Cup for the first time in eight years, now fans have two more things to look forward to this fall: a pair of USMNT docuseries.
A few days after Prime Video announced a series detailing the USMNT’s rivalry with Mexico, Deadline reported the existence of another USMNT docuseries in the works ahead of the 2022 World Cup, which kicks off in November.