“All the time I look back, and it’s a different place that I go back to. Sometimes it’s Glacier. Sometimes it’s the Tetons. Sometimes it’s some random stretch of road inTexas for some reason. These random moments stick out.” — Brad Evans, who played 12 seasons in MLS and made 27 appearances with the U.S. […]
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Wednesday morning: What's in the news …
1. FC Tucson named New Mexico United chief operating officer Amanda Powers as the club’s first-ever president. She is the secondfemale club president in U.S. men’s pro soccer history. During Powers’ tenure with New Mexico United, its first in the USL Championship, it led the league in attendance as well as ticketand merchandise sales. 2. […]
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Julian Gressel lands in D.C.
Unsettled Julian Gressel didn’tget the new contract he coveted after three seasons at Atlanta United. Instead, he was traded to D.C. United in one of the biggest MLS trades ever for allocation money — $650,000 in TAMin 2020 and $100,000 in 2021 with additional compensation that could push the deal to in excess of $1 […]
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U.S. under-16 girls: San Jose Earthquakes send five players to Florida camp
The U.S. under-16 girls national team will hold its first camp of the year Jan. 24-29 at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Katie Schoepfer, who played in theWPS and NWSL, will lead the camp and has called up 26 players born in 2004 and two born in 2005. Former national team goalkeeper […]
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Tricontinental Cup: Chris Petrucelli takes charge of U.S. U-18 women
SMU women’s coach Chris Petrucelli will coach the U.S. U-18 women’s national team Jan. 25-31 against China, Norway and the Netherlands at the Tricontinental Cup, which will be heldat the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Petrucelli’s past U.S. experience includes coaching the U-21 women’s national team to back-to-back Nordic Cup titlesin 2003 and […]
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Watch: Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli goes 70 yards to score vs. Chelsea
Despite Arsenal playing a man down because of David Luiz’s ejection, Gabriel Martinelli managed to score after getting the ball halfway inside his own half. The18-year-old Brazilian’s goal made it 1-1 in the game that ended 2-2.
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MLS Preseason: 26 teams, 26 updates
Atlanta United Atlanta United’s opening game against Honduran club Motagua on Feb. 18 in the Concacaf Champions League has been moved from the Honduran capital ofTegucigalpa to the Estadio Olimpico in San Pedro Sula. Motagua’s home stadium, the Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, does not meet Concacaf requirements. The Estadio Olimpico, homevenue for most key Honduran […]
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What They're Saying: Stephanie McCaffrey
“The reason we’re having a hard time getting people to dump large amounts of capital into investing in women’s soccer is that, in general, women don’t have tons of capitalrelative to men. I think I have the quantitative skill set and — with Wharton — the business acumen to be the one who says, ‘OK, […]
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Tuesday morning: What's in the news …
1. Alex Mendez scored his first goal for Jong Ajax with a penalty kick in its 2-0 win over Dordrecht. It was his second straightstart since the winter break for Jong Ajax, which moved into first place in the second-tier Eerste Divisie with the victory. The U.S. U-20 star has played in 16 games (eight […]
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Watch: The Top 10 Bundesliga Bloopers
A most bizarre penalty kick call, horrible goalkeeping and embarrassing misses make up this collection of the 2019-20 Bundesliga’s major mishaps of the season so far.