1. Why is MLS embracing a playoff format disliked by players and fans? By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)2. MLS should do for Chicago what it did for LA: Fold the Fire, start over By Orrin Schwarz (Daily Herald)3. Spain: Federation president Luis Rubiales who kissed unwilling Jenni Hermoso is banned by FIFA for three years […]
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Update: Good news and bad news on USMNT front
• On Monday, Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Christian Pulisic, who exited after an excellent first half of the 2-2 tie at Napoli as a precaution with a flexor injury, should return for Milan’s match on Saturday against Udinese or its UEFA Champions League next week against Paris St. Germain.• Medical tests revealed a low-grade […]
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Women's College Central: UCF pulls Big 12 upset
• No. 6 seed UCF upset No. 3 seed TCU, 3-2, in the Big 12 Tournament’s quarterfinals in Austin. Chloe Netzel won the game in the 82nd minute for the Knights, who got all three goals in the second half after trailing 1-0 in the 6th minute. Texas Tech and BYU, both ranked in the […]
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Monday: D1 women's conference tournament results
America EastFirst RoundVermont 2 New Hampshire 1NJIT 1 UMass Lowell 3 Big 12QuarterfinalsTexas 3 West Virginia 1Texas Tech 2 Cincinnati 1BYU 6 Oklahoma 0TCU 2 UCF 3 Sun BeltFirst RoundGeorgia State 1 Southern Miss 0Texas State 2 Louisiana 1
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Fabio Grosso: Lyon coach ‘seriously injured’ as team bus attacked in Marseille (BBC Sport)2. Colombia mobilizes troops to search for kidnapped father of Liverpool’s Luis Diaz By James Wagner (The New York Times)3. Why was Inter Miami forward, soccer legend Lionel Messi at Naples, Florida, area park on Saturday? By Alex Martin (Naples Daily News)
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Playoffs: USL League One (Semifinals)
Saturday, October 28 Union Omaha 0 Charlotte 0. (Att.: 2,217.) (Charlotte wins 5-4 on penalty kicks.) North Carolina FC 3 Northern Colorado 1. (Goals: Garcia 31, 49, Perez 87; Hernandez 90. Att.: 2,345.) • Final: Nov. 5 in Cary, N.C., North Carolina FC vs. Charlotte, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
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Weekend: D1 women's conference tournament results
The first women’s tournament finals are set: Towson-Monmouth (CAA) and South Dakota State-Omaha (Summit), ACCFirst RoundWake Forest 0 Clemson 1Pitt 2 North Carolina 1Atlantic SunQuarterfinalsAustin Peay 2 FGCU 3Queens 0 North Alabama 1 Big EastFirst RoundProvidence 3 St. John’s 1UConn 3 Butler 2 Big TenQuarterfinalsMichigan State 1 Iowa 2Penn State 3 Indiana 0Wisconsin 0 Rutgers 0(Wisconsin […]
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Women's College Central: Pitt stuns UNC in ACC Tournament
• Pitt beat North Carolina for the first time in its history, securing a berth in the ACC women’s tournament semifinals with a 2-1 win thanks to Amanda West‘s goal in overtime. Coached by Nigerian World Cup coach Randy Waldrum, the Panthers will face No. 1 seed Florida in Thursday’ semifinals. • No. 8 seed […]
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Pan-American Games: U.S. men and women reach semifinals
• The USA has teams in the semifinals of both the men’s and women’s soccer competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile, where they will face the host teams. In a must-win game in men’s play, the USA beat Colombia, 2-0, on second-half goals by Tega Ikoba and Rodrigo Neri. It will face […]
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USL Championship Playoffs: Republic FC ousts defending champ
• Top seed Sac Republic FC moved into the USL Championship’s Western Conference final when it ousted defending champion San Antonio FC, 3-1. Spaniard Damia Viader came off the bench at the start of the second half to provide a spark, assisting on Russell Cicerone‘s opening goal four minutes later and scoring the third goal […]