After taking over at Leeds United in March, Jesse Marsch’s first task was survival. The Premier League’s real-life Ted Lasso inherited a Leeds side which had conceded 17 goals in four games and for which relegation seemed imminent. With a little bit of luck and a 94th-minute winner on the final day of the season to thank, Marsch and Leeds pulled off the seemingly impossible.
In August 2019, Philadelphia Union captain and former USMNT player Alejandro Bedoya scored against D.C. United, ran to a field microphone and called on Congress for an end to gun violence. Three years later nothing has changed and Bedoya — heartbroken with the rest of the nation after Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School left 21 dead — reposted his clip from 2019.
It’s been a spectacular year for Wrexham AFC. From the dredges of the National League — the fifth tier of English football — the third oldest club in the world was thrust into global acclaim when Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the Dragons.
The 2022 Major League Soccer Season is in full swing, and teams have finalized their rosters following the closure of the primary transfer window earlier this month. While the disparity in player wages may not rival that of European clubs, a select few MLS sides still manage to outspend the others.
At 22, Catarina Macario has already won two NCAA titles, two SheBelieves Cup titles, an Olympic bronze medal and now, as of Saturday, a Women’s Champions League trophy. She’s won individual accolades as well, including a rare repeat performance as the Hermann Trophy winner (best college player) and SheBelieves Cup MVP in 2022.
For years, N.C. Courage attendance numbers were some of the best in the NWSL. In 2022, no one wants to go see the Courage play, even when it’s the Challenge Cup final.
The reasons are pretty obvious. Well, they’re obvious to everyone but the owners, it seems.
For the last few years (discounting the pandemic season of 2020), North Carolina has averaged more than 5,000 fans per game, always in the top half of the NWSL attendance rankings. It wasn’t hard to see why: The Courage won three NWSL Shields and two NWSL Championships from 2017-19.
Christian Pulisic might be done with Chelsea, at least if we go by his Instagram bio. Pulisic transfer rumors are spiking after the American winger seemed to hint he’s on his way out after removing Chelsea from his bio and profile pic.
Pulisic is the most popular USMNT player in the world thanks to his big-money move to Chelsea in 2019. But the native of Hershey, Pennsylvania, hasn’t received the playing time he or his fans would prefer.
After two long years without the U.S. Open Cup because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the game that made us fall in love with this glorious competition all over again.
Third-division Union Omaha — contesting just its second-ever Open Cup match — travelled to 60,000-seat Soldier Field on April 19 to take on four-time champion Chicago Fire and twice came from a goal down, including an equalizer in the 122nd-minute, to prevail in a penalty shootout.
Javier Hernández no pudo aguantar las lágrimas.
En medio de una entrevista para el programa "Algo Personal" de Jorge Ramos, Chicharito desnudó su alma y rompió en llanto al hablar de sus hijos, Noah y Nala.
"He experimentado mucho dolor", reconoció.
La razón detrás de las lágrimas es lo poco que ha podido ver a sus hijos en los dos últimos años, tras su divorcio con la modelo australiana Sarah Kohan.
Esta semana, la Asociación de Jugadores de la MLS (MLSPA) reveló – como es costumbre – la lista con los salarios de cada uno de los futbolistas que pertenecen a la liga, una medida saludable y que nos gustaría ver en otras competencias alrededor del mundo.