• Atlanta United drew 28,839 fans for its 4-3 loss to Mexico’s Toluca at at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The goalscorers for the Five Stripes were Brooks Lennon, Luiz Araujo and Luke Brennan. Brennan, a 17-year-old academy player, also started on Saturday in Atlanta’s 2-1 win over St. Louis City SC … Other U.S. teenagers who started […]
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Results: 2023 Women's World Cup (Playoffs)
Saturday, February 17 Haiti 4 Senegal 0. (Goals: K.Louis 45, Mondesir 55, Borgella 64, 66.) Cameroon 2 Thailand 0. (Goals: Ongune 79, 81). Sunday, February 18 Paraguay 2 Chinese Taipei 2. (Goals: Quintana 80, Chamorro 81; Lai Li-chin 21, Su Sin-yun 75.) (Paraguay wins 4-2 on penalty kicks.) Panama 2 Papua New Guinea 0. (Goals: […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Kevin Paredes, nurtured in Washington, is thriving in the Bundesliga By Steven Goff (Washington Post)2. Fans are boycotting the Galaxy hoping to spur change at the top. The club is calling their bluff By Jeff Carlisle (ESPN)3. Netflix and Spain’s LaLiga warm up for soccer doc series By Jesse Whittock (Deadline)
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History: USA at Concacaf Under-17 Men's Championship (2011-23)
• 2011 (qualified). Won all 5 games (12-3 goal difference) to capture title. • 2013 (did not qualify). Lost to Honduras (3-1) in quarterfinals. • 2015 (qualified). Finished third in group, beat Jamaica in playoff (shootout win). • 2017 (qualified). Swept group and qualification stage, lost to Mexico in final. • 2019 (qualified). Swept first […]
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Around the Country: Major League Soccer
• Colorado acquired 25-year-old goalkeeper Marko Ilic on loan from Belgium’s Kortrijk through July 2023 with a purchase option. He’ll compete for the Rapids’ No. 1 spot alongside William Yarbrough. Padraig Smith, Colorado general manager, described Ilic, who has one senior cap for Serbia, as “an athletic goalkeeper who is not only a good shot-stopper, […]
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Result: France vs. USA (under-23 women's friendly)
Feb. 17 in Clairefontaine France 0. USA 2. Goals: Thompson 14, Cooper 82. (full-game video) France — Sieber, Kouache (Ould Hocine 76), Mpome (Sombath 65), Deslandes, Belloumou (Le Guilly 75), Fazer (Benyahia 64), Jean-François, Ouchene (Blanc 76), Dufour (Traore 64), M’Bakem Niaro (Cardia 45+1), Becho (Roth 76). USA — Kozal (Hancuff 46), Rouse, Flynn (Gaetino […]
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USA-Canada postgame: Vlatko Andonovski
“I don’t know if I would say [two goals is] what I expect, but that’s what I would want from her every game: two goals. It is not just the two goals. Her flair in the game, it just makes the game look so easy sometimes. Every time I watch her play, not just in […]
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Top 5: Most USWNT wins (by opponent)
1. Canada 53-4-7 2. Mexico 40-1-1 3. China 37-10-13 4. Brazil 30-3-5 5. Japan 29-1-8 5. Norway 29-12-2Note: W-L-T records.
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. DirecTV to provide Major League Soccer games to bars, hotels for 2023 season By Brian Steinberg (Variety)2. When Pelé visited Howard University’s soccer team: ‘He transcended everything’ By Pablo Maurer (The Athletic)3. Requiem for Match of the Day (and the sanctity of unspoiled endings) By Hal Phillips (genzero.halphillips.net)
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Around the Country: United Soccer League
• Christopher Busey has been named vice president of diversity, equity, inclusion and community impact to work with all leagues on their diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and community initiatives. Most recently, he was an associate professor at the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies and School of Teaching and Learning. He is also […]