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Arsenal complete U.S. takeover of most-viewed soccer teams by state

Football Reference (Fbref.com) released their 2024 statistics for the most-viewed soccer team pages by state and it’s evident that a Gooner takeover has happened.

American soccer fans were most interested in five Premier League teams, several local Major League Soccer clubs and three National Women’s Soccer League teams. The one outlier was West Virginia who loved Real Madrid in 2024.

Last year Arsenal were the most-viewed club in 11 states and D.C. This time around Arsenal dominated the map with 28 STATES. Arsenal would’ve won the electoral college with this map.

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Viral: 22-year-old Bundesliga player retires to devote life to church

Silvan Wallner, a 22-year-old Swiss player in the Austrian Bundesliga, shockingly announced that he has retired from playing professionally to devote his life to church.

22-year-old Swiss pro, Silvan Wallner, retires from professional soccer to devote life to church-going

Wallner, winner of the Swiss Super League with FC Zurich in 2022, ended his contract with Blau-Weiss Linz by mutual consent to put his faith and religion ahead of his soccer career.

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Three key takeaways: USMNT Nations League quarterfinals roster

It’s time to take the real test under Pochettino.

The U.S. men’s national team has released their official roster for their upcoming Nations League quarterfinals bout against Jamaica.

USMNT roster for Nations League quarterfinals vs. Jamaica

This squad will embark Mauricio Pochettino’s first official set of games at the head of the USMNT, with the national team looking to seal their ticket for the tournament’s Final Four in 2025.

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18-year-old American Cole Campbell makes first-team debut with Borussia Dortmund

The U.S. men’s national team has yet another young American moving up the ranks in the Bundesliga.

Who is Cole Campbell, young American playing for Borussia Dortmund?

18-year-old American prospect, Cole Campbell, made his highly-anticipated professional debut for Borussia Dortmund. The USYNT forward came in as a substitute in the closing minutes of their 2-1 away loss against Augsburg.

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Attention USMNT fans: Christian Pulisic won’t be playing with AC Milan this upcoming weekend

Saturday's Serie A game between Bologna and Christian Pulisic's AC Milan has been postponed due to heavy rain and flooding in the area, the league said on Friday.

The clubs and the league organizers met on Friday in an attempt to find alternative arrangements, after Bologna mayor Matteo Lepore had earlier announced that he had ordered the suspension of the match.

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Watch: Christian Pulisic shows off his language skills with interview entirely in Italian

Christian Pulisic’s second season in Italy is off to a flying start with goals and assists basically every game. The American is impressing off the field too as he demonstrated his Italian during an interview following AC Milan’s win vs. Club Brugge. So, how many languages does Pulisic speak?

Italian is Pulisic’s latest addition to his language collection. He obviously speaks English, knows German from his time with Borussia Dortmund and is said to have decent Spanish.

Four languages for an American player is pretty solid if you ask us.

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Former Uruguay star Diego Forlán set to make his professional tennis debut

BERLIN — Former Uruguay soccer international Diego Forlán, who played for Manchester United and Atletico Madrid among others, will compete in doubles at the professional Uruguay Open tennis tournament in November, organizers said on Tuesday.

The 45-year-old former striker, a 2010 World Cup semi-finalist, has switched to tennis since his retirement in 2018, playing on the international senior tour.

Diego Forlan tennis debut

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The time USMNT’s Oguchi Onyewu ‘almost killed’ Zlatan Ibrahimović in a training brawl

There was a time when not even Ibrahimović was enough of a beast to go up against a former USMNT defender. And according to teammates, it would not have been a fair fight.

In an interview for the Desimpedidos, former AC Milan star, Alexandre Pato, went into detail about the famous brawl between legend Zlatan Ibrahimović and former USMNT defender, Oguchi Onyewu.

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Gio Reyna injury history: USMNT star suffers new setback in Dortmund training

Gio Reyna is expected to miss another month and-a-half with a groin injury after suffering a setback, announced Borussia Dortmund manager Nuri Sahin.

The United States men’s national team midfielder initially suffered the injury during the USMNT’s September window and has been out for club and country since.

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