The Women’s World Cup final will have American representation despite the game being between Spain and England.
The referee crew for the Women’s World Cup final has three Americans with Tori Penso being the head referee. Her two lineswoman and fellow Americans are Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt.
Sacramento Republic FC of the United Soccer League made history on Tuesday by signing a 13-year-old player to a professional contract.
Da'vian Kimbrough, who is 13 years, 5 months and 13 days old, signed with Sacramento to become the youngest pro player in U.S. soccer history. The record most recently belonged to Maximo Carrizo, who signed with New York City FC's senior squad on his 14th birthday in February 2022.
The club also claims that Kimbrough is the youngest professional athlete in American team sports history.
MELBOURNE — A second-half goal by Catalina Usme fired Colombia to a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Tuesday and carried the South Americans to their first Women's World Cup quarterfinal.
The captain's 51st-minute strike sent Colombian fans into delirium at a packed Melbourne Rectangular Stadium and ensured the last American team in the tournament will battle England for a place in the last four.
"We are representing the whole continent of South America," Colombia coach Nelson Abadia told reporters.
The San Jose Earthquakes acquired U.S. men's national team forward Matthew Hoppe on a 12-month loan from England's Middlesbrough F.C.
Hoppe, 22, is coming off a loan to Scotland's Hibernian F.C. He has also played with Mallorca in Spain and Schalke 04 in Germany.
Let's Hoppe right into it. pic.twitter.com/FmNfYGcgEl
PERTH — Debutants Morocco stunned Colombia 1-0 in their final group match in Perth on Thursday to reach the last 16 of the Women's World Cup at the first attempt along with their opponents.
The 72nd ranked Moroccans scored through Anissa Lahmari's toe-poke after a saved penalty at the end of the first half but their passage was only secured after South Korea held twice champions Germany to a 1-1 draw in the other Group H match.
Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has retired from football, the 45-year-old announced on Wednesday, after 28 years in which he reached exceptional milestones for club and country.
Buffon, who in 2006 lifted the World Cup, won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and a Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.
"That's all folks! You gave me everything. I gave you everything. We did it together," Buffon said in a statement.
Miguel Almirón triggered the nostalgia train for Atlanta United fans on Wednesday when he scored in Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Newcastle during a friendly vs. Chelsea. After the goal he hit the old Miguel Almirón Josef Martínez celebration special.
Miguel Almiron scoring in Atlanta just feels right. ❤️
Forest Green Rovers coach Hannah Dingley's spell as the first woman to manage a men's professional football team in England will come to an end this week after the fourth-tier club appointed David Horseman as their new head coach.
Dingley, who has a UEFA pro licence, was appointed as caretaker head coach earlier this month following Duncan Ferguson's exit. She was also the only woman to manage a club academy in the English men's league.
Henry Martín abrió el marcador en la victoria 3-0 de México frente a Jamaica, facilitando en gran parte el paso del Tri a la gran final de la Copa Oro.
¡A LA FINAL! ✈️
Barcelona’s Camp Nou, or Spotify Camp Nou as it’s now called, is going under renovations. Videos of the iconic stadium being torn down has left soccer fans including non-Barcelona supporters feeling down.
On Monday the cranes came out to begin destroying parts of the Camp Nou.
Camp Nou being demolished ahead of refurbishment. ️ pic.twitter.com/74WT1eSikd