1. The U.S. Soccer president’s salary is $0. There’s a growing push to change that By Henry Bushnell (Yahoo Sports)2. Former Fox employee convicted of bribery for soccer broadcast deals By Ken Bensinger (New York Times)3. Corinne Diacre sacked as France Women coach after players quit squad By Suzanne Wrack (Guardian)
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Results: Concacaf Champions League (Thursday)
First Round, First Leg LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 0 LAFC 3. (Goals: Bouanga 47, 70, 89.) Motagua (Honduras) 0 Pachuca (Mexico) 0.
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Carolyn Kindle breaks barriers as first female CEO and president of an MLS team By Christopher Brito (CBS News)2. BBC ‘speaking frankly’ with Gary Lineker over tweet comparing UK asylum policy to 1930s Germany By Jemma Crew & Katie Razzall (BBC News)3. Indonesian court jails soccer official for role in deadly stadium crush By Masrur […]
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Americans Abroad: Men in Europe
• Djordje Mihailovic made his debut in the Europa Conference League, playing the last seven minutes for AZ in its 2-1 win at Lazio … Daryl Dike scored his sixth goal of the season to give West Bromwich a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic that moved it to within four points of the English Championship’s […]
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NWSL Preseason: Alyssa Thompson's golazo
• A golazo by 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson five minutes into her debut with Angel City FC (Video) highlighted the second-year NWSL team’s 3-0 win over Club America on Wednesday night. Paige Nielsen and Simone Charley added second-half goals. The match drew 15,021 fans in Los Angeles … The first game in a home-and-home series between […]
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Results: Concacaf Champions League (Wednesday)
First Round, First Leg Tauro (Panama) 0 Leon (Mexico) 1. (Goal: Moreno 55.) Olimpia (Honduras) 4 Atlas (Mexico) 1. (Goals: Lopez 10, Benguche 55, 73, Bengtson pen. 61; Furch 15 pen.) Vancouver Whitecaps 5 Real Espana (Honduras) 0. (Goals: Blackmon 21, Raposo 59, own goal 64, Vite 70, White 77.)
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Entrants: 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup
• Host USA (2022 Concacaf W Championship champion) • Canada or Jamaica (Concacaf Olympic play-In winner) • Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup League A group winners (3 teams) • Concacaf W Gold Cup prelims winners (3 teams)• Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay (Conmebol guest teams) Dates: Prelims: Feb. 17. Group Stage: Feb. 20-28. Knockout Stage: March 2-10.
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Around the Country: U.S. women's futsal national team
• Marcia Tafarel has been named as the head coach of the new U.S. women’s futsal national team. The team will be U.S. Soccer’s ninth extended national team and stage its first international identification camp March 23-26 in Walnut Creek, California. Tafarel, who played for Brazil at the 1991 and 1995 Women’s World Cups and […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Liverpool fans will get refunds for Champions League final tickets By Andrew Das and Tariq Panja (New York Times)2. Brazil prepares bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup (AP)3. Flamengo makes ‘bizarre error’ as it pays the wrong Joao Gomes $363,000 By Kieran Lynch (Daily Mail)
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Results: Concacaf Champions League (Tuesday)
First Round, First Leg Violette (Haiti) 3 Austin FC 0. (Goals: Chery 13, 39, own goal 47.) Alianza (El Salvador) 0 Philadelphia Union 0. Tigres (Mexico) 0 Orlando City 0.