Norwich City has extended Josh Sargent‘s contract, giving him a new five-year deal that will run until June 2028. Sargent is in his third season with the Canaries, who are seventh in the League Championship. He started the 2023-24 season with three goals in four games but injured his ankle scoring a goal in August. […]
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FC Cincinnati gives GM Chris Albright long-term contract extension
Less than two weeks after FC Cincinnati clinched its first Supporters’ Shield, it gave general manager Chris Albright a long-term contract extension. The former U.S. international (22 caps) joined FC Cincinnati in October 2021 as it was finishing its third straight MLS season in the basement, an unprecedented bad start for a new team. In […]
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Wayne Rooney takes over Birmingham City: 'Premier League is where we want to get to'
Wayne Rooney said he was targeting promotion to the Premier League “in the near future” after being unveiled as Birmingham’s new manager on Thursday. The former Manchester United star agreed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Championship club on Wednesday after leaving D.C. United on Saturday. He replaces John Eustace, who was fired despite […]
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Charlotte FC moves into its new facility
Charlotte FC, which is finishing its second season in MLS, has moved into Atrium Health Performance Park, its training facility and headquarters in East Charlotte. It features a 52,000-square-foot facility and will include six soccer fields — one of them a turf field — and two half-fields. There are locker rooms, training rooms, weight room, […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Lots of upheaval in the middle
Orlando fans have had a lot to celebrate this season. The Lions have clinched a spot in the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup with the second-best overall record in the 2023 MLS regular season. Photo: Mark Thor/Orlando City * * * * * There was no change in the top three or bottom three in Soccer America’s […]
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Chris Petrucelli won't return to Red Stars in 2024
Three days after they were eliminated from the 2023 playoffs, the Chicago Red Stars announced that head coach Chris Petrucelli will not return in 2024. Saturday’s 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Current dropped the Red Stars into last place in the 12-team NWSL and ended a league-record run of seven straight seasons in the […]
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Patience pays off for Yunus Musah
Christian Pulisic has gotten a lot of attention for his fast start at AC Milan, scoring four goals in eight games and helping the Rossoneri take the lead in Serie A into the October international break. But equally as important in recent weeks has been the play of Yunus Musah. Musah, who joined Milan after […]
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Americans Abroad weekend review: Pulisic puts Milan in Serie A lead
• Christian Pulisic sends AC Milan into Serie A lead. Pulisic scored in the 87th minute, stabbing a ball with a half-volley initially played into the penalty area by Yunus Musah, to give AC Milan a 1-0 win at Genoa that moved it into the Serie A when Inter Milan was held to a 2-2 […]
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NWSL: Three teams set attendance records
Eight teams will enter final week battling for the final four playoff berths. Angel City FC staved off almost certain elimination when Savannah McCaskill scored in the stoppage time to give it a 2-1 win at Houston on Sunday night. Portland became only the second team to clinch a postseason berth when it beat Gotham FC. […]
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Brian O'Donovan, Celtic music ambassador and Boston soccer promoter, dies
Brian O’Donovan, the man most responsible for bringing soccer to the forefront in Boston in the 1990s, has died at the age of 66 after a long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. O’Donovan, who was born in Ireland, was best known in the Boston area as the host of the weekly […]