During Barcelona's recent Women's Champions League Final victory over Wolfsburg, nine Spanish players helped show why Barça are the preeminent force of the club game. It should logically follow that Spain are one of the pre-tournament favorites at this summer's World Cup, but on Monday their 30-player provisional roster was released with some big names already omitted before the squad is cut to 23.

Inter Miami took to the pitch Saturday against New England at Gillette Stadium with Lionel Messi nearly 7,000 miles away in Beijing — no matter, the Revs still drew a season-high crowd of 36,235 just looking to get a glimpse of the (awful) visiting team that now houses the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.

New United States men’s national team forward Folarin Balogun said that he was surprised when U.S. fans discovered his location in Orlando from an Instagram post back in March.

Folarin Balogun USMNT fans comment

Balogun on wanting anyone to know he was in Orlando from THAT pic:

“…I showed it to my agent to see if it was OK. From the pic I couldn’t make out that I was in . When the comments started coming in…I was just kinda surprised & overwhelmed.”

The United States men's U-20 team wanted to make history Sunday by advancing to the World Cup semifinals for the first time in program history, but after looking like tournament favorites while rattling off four straight victories, scoring 10 goals and conceding none, the U.S. dream quickly became a nightmare against Uruguay in the quarterfinals.

Alejandro Zendejas fue incluido en la convocatoria de Estados Unidos para la Liga de Naciones, donde el USMNT enfrenatará a México en las semifinales del torneo.

El jugador del América, quien tiene doble nacionalidad, desechó la posibilidad de jugar por El Tri a comienzos de este año y el próximo 15 de junio estará disponible para enfrentarlo por primera vez a nivel adulto.

BIRMINGHAM — Bethany England and Millie Bright were included in England manager Sarina Wiegman's 23-player squad for the Women's World Cup on Wednesday as the Dutch coach dealt with missing a number of key players due to injury.

Wiegman unveiled her selection 50 days before the World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand on July 20.