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Watch: Tim Howard challenges Tennessee’s women’s team to penalty shootout and gets smoked

United States goalkeeping legend Tim Howard put the gloves back on for a special showdown against his daughter Ali and the rest of the Tennessee women’s soccer team.

Howard’s last professional game was five years ago with the former USL team in Memphis. The 46-year-old goalkeeper stepped into goal against the No. 12 ranked Lady Vols with supreme confidence and some trash talk.

Little did he know what was coming.

Tim Howard vs Tennessee soccer

Watch: Ajax sub hilariously gets instant karma after refusing to give ball back to ball boy

A ball boy for Dutch club Groningen went viral on Wednesday for a humorous bit of antics with an Ajax sub during the 2-2 draw between the sides.

To provide some context, Ajax led 2-1 with just a few minutes left in the game. Ajax desperately needed the victory to maintain their lead against PSV in the Dutch table. A draw would be catastrophic.

One Ajax substitute’s time-wasting efforts went as far as holding on to one of the spare balls sitting around the field and refusing to return it to a ball boy. In a video the ball boy can be seen repeatedly asking for it back.

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. receives first international call-up for Portugal’s U15 squad

Al Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo shared exciting news on Tuesday that his eldest son — Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. — received his first international call-up from Portugal.

The 14-year-old plays for Al Nassr’s academy and will now wear the national team shirt for the first time in his young career. 

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr Portugal call-up

Feel old yet? Leicester City’s Jeremy Monga was born in 2009 and just made his EPL debut

A player born in 2009 has made an appearance in the Premier League. That’s right.

Leicester City’s Jeremy Monga, 15, had a 16-minute EPL cameo during his side’s 3-0 defeat to Newcastle on Monday.

Monga, who plays at left wing, had to follow an unusual rule and wear a jersey without a sponsor. Britain's Gambling Act doesn’t allow players younger than 18 to wear gambling sponsors.

Jeremy Monga shirt blank

USWNT’s Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr announce pregnancy in heartwarming post

World-renowned Chelsea forward and Australian international, Sam Kerr and U.S. women’s national team’s Kristie Mewis are set to become the newest parents in women’s soccer, with the pair announcing their pregancy in a heart-warming social media post.

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis pregnancy announcement

The couple confirmed their new chapter through an Instagram post, sharing a photo-booth collage of Kerr holding up an ultrasound scan and pointing to Mewis’ bump. “Metis-Kerr baby coming 2025!” they wrote.

Watch: Lionel Messi helps young Inter Miami pitch invader escape security

Lionel Messi aided a young pitch invader’s escape on Saturday during Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw vs. Charlotte. Watch as Messi helps pitch invader with a little push to jumpstart their escape.

During the game a young fan made a mad dash for the Argentine to quickly snap a selfie. Messi spotted security hot on the fan’s tail and quickly got the photo before the fan had to make a rapid departure.

Lionel Messi helps fan escape security

Watch: Tomas Soucek saves ball boy pinned under fallen advertisement board

Tomas Soucek played the hero for West Ham twice on Saturday as he scored the game’s opening goal vs. Crystal Palace and then stepped in to save a ball boy.

While celebrating his goal with the away end at Selhurst Park, the excited West Ham fans tumbled over onto the field as an advertisement board collapsed. One of the Crystal Palace ball boys was then trapped under the board and weight of the fans.

Soucek was quick to respond to get the young man to safety.

Tomas Soucek ball boy moment

Gotham FC’s new 13-year-old signing McKenna Whitham breaks record for youngest NWSL player

Thirteen-year-old McKenna Whitham signed a professional contract with the NJ/NY Gotham FC on Friday, making her the youngest player in NWSL history.

Whitham, who turns 14 on Saturday, reportedly signed a guaranteed contract that becomes effective Jan. 1, 2025, and runs through 2028. She also signed a signed a national team replacement player contract, which makes her available to play in upcoming NWSL x Liga MX Summer Cup matches.

Gotham FC sign McKenna Whitham

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s 17-year-old son Maximilian signs first professional contract with AC Milan

Maximilian Ibrahimovic, son of the famous and retired legend Zlatan, has signed his first professional contract at the age of 17. He’s signed with his father’s previous club, AC Milan.

Maximilian has been playing with Milan’s youth sides. Last season he featured for the club’s U18 team making 29 appearances and scoring three goals. He primarily plays at left wing.

Now he will play with Milan’s reserve team in Serie C called Milan Futuro. 

Ibrahimovic son signs with Milan

14-year-old U.S. prodigy Cavan Sullivan signs record homegrown deal with Philadelphia Union

The Philadelphia Union signed 14-year-old midfielder Cavan Sullivan in a record contract for a Major League Soccer homegrown deal.

The club touted the landmark agreement without complete financial details, but reports frame the unique agreement as separate contract with Manchester City of the English Premier League, which Sullivan will join once he turns 18. Once the transfer is complete, the Union will receive up to $5 million from Sullivan's new club.

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