On Saturday, Monterrey starts its adventure in the 2021 Club World Cup, facing Egyptian giant Al Ahly. It will be the fifth time Rayados are in the tournament, and the goal is a tough one: to surpass what crosstown rival Tigres did last year, reaching the final against Bayern Munich.
Before the only story that anyone ever really remembers is written at the World Cup finals, there's the meandering, melodramatic tale of qualifying composed over a multi-year period. Players become heroes for firing their nations into the 32-team fold, but the prolificacy of qualifying's highest scorers doesn't always foreshadow greatness at the tournament itself.
FC Dallas paid a club-record fee to sign 19-year-old Argentine winger Alan Velasco from Independiente on Tuesday.
The deal, which had been rumored for weeks, is reported to be worth around $7 million.
When we said "New Era" we meant it.
We have signed winger @alanvelasco10ok as a Young Designated Player for a club record fee from @Independiente.
Cayó la primera cabeza del Clausura 2022. Después de apenas tres jornadas, el Atlético de San Luis informó que el uruguayo Marcelo Méndez dejó de ser el técnico del equipo.
Los potosinos tuvieron un mercado de pases bastante decente con las incorporaciones de los experimentados Abel Hernández y Rubens Sambueza, así como la del seleccionado venezolano Jhon Murillo. Sin embargo, en el campo de juego el equipo aún no era capaz de hacer clic. De hecho, había perdido sus tres encuentros.
Sam Kerr broke Tim Cahill’s Australia all-time scoring record and then kept scoring during an 18-0 destruction of Indonesia to open the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Friday in Mumbai. Kerr finished with five goals to move to 54 strikes for the Matildas, four more than Cahill.
Francisco "Paco" Gento, one of Read Madrid's greatest players and a European champion with Spain, has died at the age of 88, the club said on Tuesday.
Official Announcement: Passing of Francisco Gento.#RealMadrid
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) January 18, 2022
RIYADH - Real Madrid were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after goals from Luka Modrić and Karim Benzema earned them a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Real took the lead in the 38th minute after Rodrygo sprinted past two defenders before passing to Modrić, who rifled a shot into the back of the net.
Luka Modric, absolute class! pic.twitter.com/twZKO6Y78B
COLOGNE — Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski got a hat trick to make it 300 Bundesliga career goals as he steered them to a 4-0 win at Cologne on Saturday that restored a six-point lead at the top.
The Bavarians, chasing a record-extending 10th consecutive league title, bounced back from last week's loss to Borussia Moenchengladbach and have 46 points from 19 games with Dortmund in second place on 40.
The official record for highest attendance at a professional women’s soccer game is held by the 1999 World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl between the USWNT and China with 90,185. Unofficially the 1971 World Cup Final between Denmark and Mexico had 110,000 in attendance.
A new candidate for the record is lurking in the shadows to take down the USWNT’s record. On March 30, Barcelona’s women’s team will host Real Madrid in the second leg of the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinals at Camp Nou.
Barcelona Femení's remarkable 2021-22 season continued Wednesday with a 5-0 victory over Sporting Huelva at Johan Cruyff Stadium. Dutch winger Lieke Martens has been the star of the show recently, and she went top of the Primera División scoring chart with a hat trick after 73 minutes before also assisting on an Alexia Putellas goal.
The first Martens goal was a right-footed volley in the 34th-minute that was hit with too much power for goalkeeper Chelsea Ashurst to deal with.