The 24-year-old Argentine Valentin Castellanos, scorer of 53 MLS goals for NYCFC in 2018-2022, is on a one-year loan to Girona FC. On Tuesday, he scored all of Girona’s goals in its 4-2 LaLiga win over Real Madrid. Castellanos, who now has 11 goals in 29 games since his LaLiga debut in mid-August, left NYCFC […]
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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Watch: Joe Scally's Bundesliga story so far
Upon Joe Scally extending his contract with Borussia Monchengladbach, which was set to expire in June 2026, to June 2027, the club produced this 4-minute piece that includes game highlights and his reflections on a Bundesliga career of 57 appearances so far since debuting against Bayern Munich at left back in August 2021. The 20-year-old […]
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Watch: Goalkeeper score last-minute bicycle-kick equalizer
In the 8th minute of stoppage time, goalkeeper Sandro Aruvain of Dutch fourth division club UOW ’02 ventured to the other end of the field and scored the 2-2 equalizer against RKVV Vaesrade with a bicycle kick.
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Watch: Close-up footage from USWNT's Ireland games in Texas and Missouri
Training and game scenes, interviews with Becky Sauerbrunn and Alyssa Naeher, and off-field footage from the U.S. women’s national team’s games against Ireland in Austin and St. Louis comprise the latest “Behind the Crest” episode.
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Watch: Sevilla make more misery for Man United and Harry Maguire
Scorer of an own goal in the first-leg 2-2 tie with Sevilla, Manchester United captain Harry Maguire blundered early in his team’s 3-0 second-leg Europa League quarterfinal loss. The first leg ended 2-2, despite host Man United’s 2-0 halftime lead, thanks to two own goals in the waning minutes, by Maguire and Tyrell Malacia. In […]
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Watch: Goalfest that set up an all-Milan Champions League semifinal
It was too little too late for Benfica, which scored in the 86th minute and four minutes into stoppage time for a 3-3 tie with Inter Milan, a 5-3 aggregate winner in the UEFA Champions League semifinal clash. Inter faces archrival AC Milan for a chance to meet the winner of Manchester City-Real Madrid in […]
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Watch (trailer): Girls of Yuwa Soccer
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO reports on the “Girls of Yuwa Soccer” program in a region of India where teenage girls are routinely forced into arranged marriages and one out of three are illiterate.
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Anthony Hudson's coaching odyssey continues with USA-Mexico clash
The USA’s 42-year-old British-raised coach Anthony Hudson learned Spanish more than a decade ago. His initial inspiration came from wanting to comprehend Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa’s press conference answers. Hudson hired a language tutor, and while jogging would put in earphones and listen to Bielsa. “Then, of course, I knew that I would one day […]
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Watch: Rodrygo-led Real Madrid end Chelsea trophy hopes
Christian Pulisic watched from the bench as Chelsea’s hopes for a trophy from the 2022-23 season ended with a 2-0 home loss to Real Madrid. The 22-year-old Brazilian Rodrygo scored both goals to add to Real Madrid’s 2-0 first leg win in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. Chelsea’s American owners spent $620 million on new […]
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Watch: Hammerhead sharks star in Inter Miami's jersey launch
Spectacular underwater footage features in the promo for Inter Miami’s latest “One Planet” jersey, which the team will sport when it plays at Houston on Earth Day, April 22. Hammerhead sharks star in the third part of Inter Miami’s campaign for “responsible plastic use and the positive impact it can have on our ocean habitat.” […]