The final’s start was twice delayed due to lightning.
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On Sunday, the USA bids for a fourth straight title when it faces Mexico in the Concacaf Under-20 Men’s Championship.
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The American Soccer Weekend preview
USA vs. Japan (Olympic women’s soccer) USA-Japan is one of the great rivalries in women’s soccer. Over six years, they met in three straight finals — 2011 Women’s World Cup, 2012 London Olympics and 2015 Women’s World Cup. The USWNT won its fourth gold medal in five Olympics in 2012 when it beat Japan 2-1 […]
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USA advances to Concacaf U-20 Men’s Championship final
Houston Dynamo midfielder Brooklyn Raines won the game against Panama (2-1 win) with a long-range shot off a clearance.
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Morocco awaits in Paris
The USA will play in the Olympic men’s soccer quarterfinals for the first time since 2000 when it faces Morocco at the Parc des Princes.
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Don Garber, building MLS for the long haul
Sunday marks 25 years for Don Garber as MLS commissioner. To understand where American soccer is today and what Garber’s impact has been, you have to understand where American soccer was when he was hired to replace Doug Logan in the middle of the 1999 MLS season. It seemed ages ago. Here are a few stories from the […]
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Thursday AM: USWNT perfect at Olympics.
Good morning! Marseille. Nice. St. Etienne. For the USMNT and USWNT and their followers, families, fans and media, the 2024 Summer Olympics have been anything but the Paris Games. Until now. In a fluke in the schedule, USMNT and USWNT will play their quarterfinal matches in men’s and women’s soccer on back-to-back days, Friday and […]
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The League: Five teams launch new summer league
Five current or former members of the NPSL are founding members.
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DeJuan Jones traded to Columbus Crew
The Columbus Crew acquired outside back DeJuan Jones from the New England Revolution for defender Will Sands and $600,000 in 2024 and 2025 GAM.
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Wednesday AM: Olympics: On to Paris!
Good morning! For the first time since 2000, the USA will have teams in both the men’s and women’s soccer quarterfinals. After the setbacks of the last year that cost head coaches Vlatko Andonovski and Gregg Berhalter their jobs, the success of both the U.S. men (U-23s with three overage players) and U.S. women (the […]