The USA and Sweden will meet for the seventh time in nine Women’s World Cups. This meeting will be different, the first in the knockout stage. Alyssa Naeher was in goal when the USA beat Sweden 2-0 at Stade Oceane in Le Havre in 2019. Photo: John Todd/ISI Photos * * * * * […]
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Women's World Cup: Bar raised for round of 16
Within the first 10 minutes of USA-Sweden two years ago, it was clear something was wrong with the USWNT. And it was indeed a long day: 3-0 to Sweden in their Olympic opener with two goals by Stina Blackstenius and one by Lina Hurtig (pictured). Photo: Logan Beerman/ISI Photos * * * * * The […]
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The American weekend preview
Facundo Torres and Orlando City aim to earn a meeting with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami by beating Santos Laguna in the Leagues Cup on Saturday. Photo: Orlando City. * * * * * • Leagues Cup Seventeen spots in the round of 32 are up for grabs in the month-long MLS-Liga MX competition. Of special […]
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USA-Netherlands: Dutch have edge in experience but lost attacking style
Rose Lavelle and Jackie Groenen, two of the best midfielders in the world, met in the Women’s World Cup final in 2019 and Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinals in 2021. Both times the USA came out ahead. Lavelle and Groenen will meet again at the World Cup when their teams face off in the second match […]
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Messi's gift to us
Gods don’t usually smile. That’s the thing that struck me about Lionel Messi after he scored his incredible goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time to give Inter Miami a 2-1 win over Cruz Azul in the opening match of the Leagues Cup. Messi couldn’t wipe his smile off his face. Cruz Azul lined […]
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The American weekend preview
A busy Friday evening includes Lionel Messi’s expected debut with Inter Miami on the opening night of the Leagues Cup and the USA’s first game at the Women’s World Cup against Vietnam overlapping. Photo: Inter Miami. ****************** • Women’s World Cup The USA begins its quest for an unprecedented third straight Women’s World Cup […]
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An All-Star Game mismatch
Arsenal scored early and often in the most one-sided of the 17 MLS All-Star Games that have pitted MLS all-stars against a foreign club. Folarin Balogun congratulates new signing Kai Havertz after the fifth and final goal. Photo: Jose L Argueta/ISI Photos * * * * * For the 27th MLS All-Star Game, Arsenal took […]
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Women's World Cup, the biggest yet
Young standouts Sophia Smith (left) and Trinity Rodman (right) join Rose Lavelle, one of the stars of the 2019 World Cup, in the USWNT’s bid for an unprecedented third straight world title. Photo: Brad Smith/ISI Photos * * * * * The 2023 Women’s World Cup begins on Thursday in Australia and New Zealand. It […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Cincinnati and New England head into break on top
Luciano Acosta (battling Hassan Ndam in FC Cincinnati’s 2-1 win at the New York Red Bulls) is having an MVP season with goals in last week’s wins over the Red Bulls and Nashville SC to give him seven goals and seven assists in his last 10 games. Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire. * * * […]
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Tropical storm doesn't stop Messi unveiling
In the days since he arrived in South Florida, Lionel Messi shopped for breakfast cereal — Fruit Loops and Lucky Charms appeared to be the favorites of his three boys from what was in his shopping cart — and posed for photos with fans at a Miami Publix and he had the car in which […]