Newly promoted English Premier League club Hull City’s transfer fee for 18-year-old Australian defender Lucas Herrington from the Colorado Rapids, with add-ons, can reportedly exceed $20 million. The Rapids acquired Herrington from the Brisbane Roar for the 2026 MLS season for a fee that earned the Australian club $1 million.
Mike Woitalla
Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards, he is the author of two books. He coaches and referees youth soccer, and is a "Soccer Without Borders" volunteer.
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Americans Abroad: Brenden Aaronson shines for Leeds United in preseason friendlies
Brenden Aaronson scored Leeds United’s goal in a 1-1 friendly tie with Manchester United in front of 82,000 at Dublin’s Croke Park. Earlier this month, Aaronson scored and assisted in a 4-2 friendly win over Liverpool.
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NWSL: Chicago Stars sack Marin Sjögren, Lorne Donaldson returns
Assistant coach Karina Báez will serve as interim head coach of the Chicago Stars for the remainder of the 2026 season, replacing head coach Marin Sjögren, the Swede under whom the Stars have managed one NWSL win. Former Stars head coach Lorne Donaldson returns as interim director of coaching. Also, Chicago has hired Nicole Lukic as a full-time assistant coach.
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Americans Abroad: Tanner Tessmann inches closer to UEFA Champions League
Amid rumors that Lyon has been shopping Tanner Tessmann, the American midfielder went the full 90 in a 3-0 win over Sparta Prague that sends his French club into a playoff with Turkey’s Fenerbahçe for a spot in the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League’s 36-team league phase.
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Leagues Cup: Ten Liga MX clubs already eliminated
More than half of the 18 Mexican clubs are out of contention for the quarterfinals after the first two rounds of the Leagues Cup’s three-round Phase 1. On the MLS side, Minnesota and Vancouver have been eliminated with a game to spare. Eliminated:Liga MX: Guadalajara, Pachuca, Tijuana, Atlas, Santos Laguna, Necaxa, Atlético de San Luis, Pumas, […]
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USA falls to Mexico in Concacaf U-20 Men’s Championship final
Mexico beat the USA, 2-0, before 36,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Sunday’s 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship final to qualify for the 2028 Olympics. The victory marked Mexico’s second straight regional U-20 crown in the biennial competition after the USA had won three straight titles in 2017, 2018 and 2022.
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Americans Abroad: Praise for Arfsten and Berhalter upon Boro debuts
Sebastian Berhalter assisted with a header in his first official game for Middlesbrough, a 1-0 win over Wrexham in the first round of the English League Cup. Max Arfsten also started, despite training only twice since arriving from the Columbus Crew.
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Leagues Cup: Philly falls at home; Portland wins big
After the first round of the league phase, MLS clubs have won 11 of 18 matchups with Liga MX foes.
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Mathis Albert addresses his national team choices: USA or France?
In a Bild Zeitung feature headlined, “The Secrets of Dortmund Wonderkid Mathis Albert,” the 17-year-old South Carolina native with three passports provided an update on his national team future. Mathis played for the USA at the 2025 U-17 World Cup but has also been contacted by the French federation.
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SA ARCHIVES: When Don Garber took charge (1999)
This week, the 30-team MLS announced that Larry Berg will succeed commissioner Don Garber, who took the helm in 1999 when MLS fielded 12 teams. We went back 27 years into our archives to revisit the expectations that greeted Garber.