1. Canada Soccer says interim funding agreement reached with women’s national team players By Devin Heroux (CBC Sports)2. High schooler by day, professional soccer player by night: Alyssa Thompson is doing it all By Amanda Davies & Alasdair Howorth (CNN)3. Gunmen threaten Messi, shoot up family-owned supermarket By Daniel Politi & Almudena Calatrava (AP)
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Top 5: 2023 MLS jersey sales (Launch Week)
1. Seattle Sounders 2. Nashville SC 3. Charlotte FC 4. Austin FC 5. LAFC NOTE: According to MLSstore.com, leaguewide jersey sales are up 34% from the same window in 2022.
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What They're Saying: Victor Montagliani
“Groups of three sounded great but there are some issues. Is it right that you qualify for a World Cup and a third of teams go home after two games? We do have to be responsible. There was a footprint of days for 2014 and 2018 and we can’t go over that. We can’t have […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Orlando Pride ditches players’ white shorts over period concerns By Jaclyn Diaz (NPR)2. Olympian Charmaine Crooks named Canada Soccer’s interim president By Neil Davidson (Canadian Press)3. Mexican soccer stagnant due to lack of opportunities — Tuca Ferretti By Cesar Hernandez (ESPN)
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Youth movement: USL Championship
• El Paso Locomotive FC signed 16-year-old central midfielder Luis Moreno, becoming the youngest pro signing in Locomotive FC’s history, surpassing the mark set by 17-year-old Diego Abarca earlier this offseason when he turned pro out of the El Paso academy. Moreno comes to El Paso from the Houston Dynamo academy. He went with the […]
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Glasgow Rangers: U.S. players
1. Claudio Reyna 1999-2001 (41 games/4 goals) 2. DaMarcus Beasley 2007-2010 (44/7) 3. Maurice Edu 2009-2012 (122/12) 4. Alejandro Bedoya 2011-2012 (13/1) 5. Carlos Bocanegra 2011-2012 (41/3) 6. Gedion Zelalem 2015-2016 (28/0) 7. Emerson Hyndman 2017 (17/4) 8. Matt Polster 2019-20 (10/0) 9. James Sands 2022-23 (41/1) 10. Malik Tillman 2022- (37/9) Note: Games/goals in […]
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Americans Abroad: Californian wins Recopa Sudamericana
• Michael Hoyos, who was born and raised in Southern California and moved to Argentina when he was 15 from the Irvine Strikers, converted his shootout attempt to help Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle beat Brazil’s Flamengo, 5-4, and win the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana, South America’s matchup between the champions of the previous year’s Copa Libertadores […]
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Around the Country: United Soccer Coaches
• Schellas Hyndman, whose college coaching career spanned Eastern Illinois (1977-83), SMU (1983-2006) and Grand Canyon (2015-21) — and who guided FC Dallas to an MLS Cup runner-up finish during his 2008-13 tenure in the pros — will serve as United Soccer Coaches’ interim Director of Coaching Education. He steps in for Vince Ganzberg, who […]
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By the Numbers: Tim Ream in England (2012-2023)
25 English Premier League appearances this season (Fulham) 71 Career EPL games (Fulham 58/Bolton 13) 298 English (D2) Championship games (Fulham 101/Bolton 197) 19 FA Cup games (Fulham 16/Bolton 3) 12 English League Cup games (Fulham 8/Bolton 4) 8 English (D2) Championship/EPL promotion playoffs (Fulham) ————————————— 35 Ream’s current age NOTE: Picked 18th in the 2010 MLS draft, […]
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Utah Royals will announce return to NWSL in early to mid-March: Sources By Meg Linehan (The Athletic) 2. Xabi Alonso, David Silva and Conor McGregor! USMNT defender Jonathan Gomez opens up on life at Real Sociedad By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com) 3. Infighting of Women’s World Cup faves Spain, France, Canada reveals big issues in […]