• The Houston Dash acquired defender Courtney Petersen from Orlando City and its 2024 NWSL Draft third-round pick in exchange for $65,000 in allocation money and up to $25,000 in additional allocation money if conditions are met. The 25-year-old Michigan product made 41 appearances for the Pride since arriving out of the University of Virginia […]
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Americans Abroad (Midweek)
• New York-born Folarin Balogun, playing on loan from Arsenal, scored a hat trick in Reims’ 4-2 win over Lorient. Balogun, 21, who grew up in England playing for Arsenal’s academy, played for the Tab Ramos-coached U.S. U-18s in 2018 between appearing for England’s U-17/18s and U-20/21s. Balogun indicated late last year he’s keeping his options […]
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Around the Country: Major League Soccer
• The Colorado Rapids acquired left back Alex Gersbach (Australia, 6 caps, age 25) from French Ligue 2’s Grenoble Foot 38. … The San Jose Earthquakes welcome midfielder Carlos Gruezo (Ecuador, 47 caps, age 27) on a Designated Player contract from Germany’s FC Augsburg. Gruezo played for FC Dallas in 2016-19. … Orlando City signed […]
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FIFA Club World Cup champions (by nation)
7. Spain Real Madrid (4), Barcelona (3)4. Brazil Corinthians (2), Sao Paulo, Internacional.3. England Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea.2. Germany Bayern Munich (2)2. Italy AC Milan, Inter MilanBest Concacaf finish: Tigres UANL (Mexico) 2020 runner-up.NOTE: The Seattle Sounders will make the USA’s Club World Cup debut on Saturday.
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Gio Reyna: Dortmund’s wild-card moving on from World Cup row By Matt Pearson & Matt Ford Mainz (Deutsche Welle)2. Saudi Arabia to sponsor Women’s World Cup and tighten ties with FIFA By Paul MacInnes (The Guardian)3. From college to the Premier League: Leicester sign forward Nathan Opoku out of Syracuse By Jeff Carlisle (ESPN)
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Around the Country: National Independent Soccer Association
• NISA will operate with with nine teams in a single-standings format. It began the 2022 with 10 teams divided into two regional divisions in 2022 but two teams (Bay Cities FC and Valley United FC) dropped out before the end of the season, one won’t return in 2023 (California United Strikers FC) and two […]
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TV Watch: Weekend soccer viewers
• Saturday’s USA-Colombia match — the first USMNT game on Telemundo and TNT under U.S. Soccer’s new media rights deal — averaged 540,000 and 416,000 viewers, respectively. The USA-Serbia friendly on Universo averaged 76,000. (Nielsen does not provide ratings of HBO Max.) Last weekend’s most-watched games were a pair of Liga MX games Saturday night […]
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Around the Country: National Women's Soccer League
• Haley Carter has been hired by the Orlando Pride to serve in the newly created position club’s Vice President of Soccer Operations and General Manager. Carter, a former coach, licensed attorney and U.S. Marine officer, played goalkeeper for the Houston Dash and in 2019 served as a consultant for the club’s scouting and recruitment. […]
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Debate on USMNT after January games, administration upheaval and coaching uncertainty By Andrea Canales & Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Enquirer)2. ‘The best-kept secret in the State Department.’ How sports help U.S. diplomats By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)3. Sam Mewis unlikely to play for US at World Cup after surgery By Anne M Peterson (Associated Press)
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Americans in the English Premier League (2022-23)
1. Tim Ream (Fulham, age 35) — 21-1-0 (games-goals-assists) 2. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds, age 22) — 19-1-2 3. Antonee Robinson (Fulham, age 25) — 18-0-0 4. Tyler Adams (Leeds, age 23) — 17-0-0 5. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea, age 24) — 16-1-1 6. Chris Richards (Crystal Palace, age 22) — 6-0-0 7. Gabriel Slonina (Chelsea, age 18) — 0 8. Matt […]