U.S. 2022 World Cup goalkeeper Matt Turner — with the New England Revs from 2016 until moving to Arsenal last summer — plays “MLS Education Director for the 2023 MLS All-Star Game” at the London club’s academy. Turner does well quizzing a couple young Gunners in the promo for the July 19 at Audi Field […]
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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Alex Zendejas: Thriving in Mexico City, always fond of Dallas, settling in with USMNT
He grew up in El Paso, the West Texas city that — besides being the namesake of the Marty Robbins song that won the first country & western Grammy Award — boasts being part of world’s largest international metroplex with Mexican sister cities Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez, where Zendejas was born. At age 14 in […]
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Watch: The shameful scenes from Fulham's FA Cup loss to Man United
The FA Cup quest of Fulham, with Americans’ Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson, ended in disgrace as Fulham received three red cards in last Sunday’s 3-1 loss at Manchester United. After the VAR correctly ruled for a Man United penalty kick because of a handball by Willian, who was ejected for denying the goal, Aleksandar Mitrovic […]
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Watch: Barcelona bounce back from own goal in El Clasico
Despite gifted an early goal — Barcelona’s Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo accidentally headed Vinicius Junior‘s cross past Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegenin the 9th minute — Barcelona looks likely to lift it first LaLiga title since 2019 thanks to its 2-1 win at Camp Nou that gives it a 12-point lead over Real Madrid atop […]
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Watch: Colorful recap of the USA's 2023 SheBelieves Cup success
The camera follows the USA during last month’s SheBelieves Cup success. The wins came over fellow 2023 World Cup qualifiers Canada (2-0) in Orlando, Japan (1-0) in Nashville and Brazil (2-1) in Frisco, Texas. Featured in Orlando is USWNT assistant coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, the 1999 World Cup and 1996 Olympics champ who is also […]
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Watch: The Sporting golazo that led to Arsenal's Europa League exit
Pedro Goncalves‘ shot from near the center circle beat Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to equalize for Sporting in the Europa League round of 16 clash. Still 1-1 after overtime, thus 3-3 on aggregate, Sporting won the spot-kick tiebreaker and advanced to the quarterfinals. Extended highlights:
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Anthony Hudson: 'Gio Reyna is a good guy and a top talent'
Two days after U.S. Soccer released the Alston & Bird Report that detailed the behavior of his parents, Gio Reyna was named by U.S. interim head coach Anthony Hudson to the 24-player roster for the USA’s Concacaf Nations League games at Grenada on March 24 and vs. El Salvador in Orlando March 27. “We had […]
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Watch: A soccer assist in ice hockey game
You’ve heard of a “hockey assist” in soccer — the term crediting the player who passed the ball to the teammate who made the final pass to the goalscorer. Alex Kerfoot of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs gave us a soccer assist in a hockey game when he sent the puck off his skate — […]
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USMNT roster: Gio Reyna returns for Concacaf Nations League
Interim head coach Anthony Hudson has named a 24-player roster for the USA’s Concacaf Nations League games at Grenada on March 24 and in Orlando vs. El Salvador March 27. Thirteen players from the USA’s 2022 World Cup roster return for first time since Qatar. Among them is Gio Reyna. U.S. men’s national team roster […]
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Watch: Erling Haaland hit five in Man City win over RB Leipzig
The 22-year-old Norwegian Erling Haaland scored five goals in Manchester City’s 7-0 win over RB Leipzig, which is coached by Marco Rose, who was Haaland’s coach at Borussia Dortmund last season. The only players who managed five goals in a UEFA Champions League game are Luiz Adriano in Shakhtar Donetsk’s 7-0 win over BATE Borisov […]