When you look at the Chile national team, one player might appear out of place. Ben Brereton is not your usual Chilean; he doesn’t even speak Spanish, the primary language spoken by the rest of the team. The English-Chilean forward had played with England's U19 and U20 national teams for almost five years before switching to Chile's squad this year for the Copa América.
It seems the USMNT's long pursuit of dual national Efraín Álvarez will soon be at an end. Born in Los Angeles to parents originally from Mexico, Álvarez has represented both El Tri and the USMNT at youth level.
As the reigning world champion, France has all the pressure in the world. Even after finishing first in the group of death, fans are expecting more from Les Bleus. The question will be: Can Switzerland slow down the world champions or will Didier Deschamps’ side finally click into full gear. Here’s how we think it’ll go down with The18’s France vs Switzerland prediction, preview and how to watch guide.
The New York Red Bulls are transferring 18-year-old midfielder Caden Clark to RB Leipzig of the Bundesliga.
Clark will remain with New York for the rest of the 2021 MLS season, the club announced Thursday.
Hey, Caden!
England has finished top of Euro 2020 Group D with a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic on Tuesday night at Wembley. That result means that the Three Lions will host the Group F runner-up next Tuesday in London. That’ll almost certainly be one of France, Germany or Portugal.
If France beats Portugal and Germany beats Hungary tomorrow, it’s Germany. Can England prevail?
Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden is now Europe's most expensive player to buy, according to the CIES Football Observatory, which recently published its latest ranking of players in Europe's big five leagues with the highest estimated transfer value. How much would someone who wanted Foden have to put up? $232 million.
Sporting Kansas City scored three goals within 14 minutes in the second half to earn a 3-2 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo.
The game was played in front of 20,086 frenzied fans in the first full-capacity match since March 2020.
In the 50th minute and trailing 1-0, Gadi Kinda drew a foul to set up a free kick. Gianluca Busio drove the ball from about 28 yards out, over the wall of defenders and off the side post into the goal.
GIANLUCA BUSIO!
Here’s a live look at Joe Willock’s transfer value using a sophisticated tool that I’ve been developing.
You can see the part where Joe Willock starts scoring goals. Photo: ShutterStock
In the list of things you could do as a millionaire, this has to be at the very top: purchase a club, award yourself the No. 10 jersey, hand yourself the role of super sub and then bring your son on too.
After putting three past RB Leipzig in Bundesliga action last weekend, Borussia Dortmund managed that feat again in the 2021 DFB-Pokal Final on Thursday, except they did it in just 45 rip-roaring minutes at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
But just like the league match, Leipzig gave Dortmund everything it could handle in the second half.