• Leo Fernandes, the USL Championship’s 2022 MVP, will miss the entire 2023 season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies after suffering a ruptured left Achilles tendon during a recent preseason match. The 31-year-old Brazilian underwent successful surgery to repair the ruptured Achilles. He joined the Rowdies in 2017 after four seasons under contract with MLS’s […]
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Around the Country: National Women's Soccer League
• The Washington Spirit signed 15-year-old midfielder Chloe Ricketts to a three-year contract with an option for 2026, making the high school sophomore the youngest signing in NWSL history (three days younger than Olivia Moultrie in 2021). She joined the Spirit for preseason training camp from AFC Ann Arbor in Michigan. According to the NWSL’s […]
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Roster: U.S. U-23 WYNT (Thorns Preseason Tournament)
Goalkeepers (2): Mia Justus (Texas), Cayla White (Virginia) Defenders (8): Lauren Flynn (Florida State), Eva Gaetino (Notre Dame), Quincy McMahon (UCLA), Ayo Oke (California), Lilly Reale (UCLA), Talia Staude (Virginia), Ellie Wheeler (Penn State), Kate Wiesner (Penn State) Midfielders (7): Talia DellaPeruta (North Carolina), Sunshine Fontes (UCLA), Annie Karich (Santa Clara), Felicia Knox (Alabama), Lexi […]
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Around the Country: Major League Soccer
• Nashville SC, whose principal owner is John Ingram, added to the celebrity portion of its ownership with Swedish hockey star Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators) and Greek basketball forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) joining actress Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry. … The LA Galaxy’s Riqui Puig, who scored three goals and […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Canada Soccer says interim funding agreement reached with women’s national team players By Devin Heroux (CBC Sports)2. High schooler by day, professional soccer player by night: Alyssa Thompson is doing it all By Amanda Davies & Alasdair Howorth (CNN)3. Gunmen threaten Messi, shoot up family-owned supermarket By Daniel Politi & Almudena Calatrava (AP)
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Top 5: 2023 MLS jersey sales (Launch Week)
1. Seattle Sounders 2. Nashville SC 3. Charlotte FC 4. Austin FC 5. LAFC NOTE: According to MLSstore.com, leaguewide jersey sales are up 34% from the same window in 2022.
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What They're Saying: Victor Montagliani
“Groups of three sounded great but there are some issues. Is it right that you qualify for a World Cup and a third of teams go home after two games? We do have to be responsible. There was a footprint of days for 2014 and 2018 and we can’t go over that. We can’t have […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Orlando Pride ditches players’ white shorts over period concerns By Jaclyn Diaz (NPR)2. Olympian Charmaine Crooks named Canada Soccer’s interim president By Neil Davidson (Canadian Press)3. Mexican soccer stagnant due to lack of opportunities — Tuca Ferretti By Cesar Hernandez (ESPN)
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Youth movement: USL Championship
• El Paso Locomotive FC signed 16-year-old central midfielder Luis Moreno, becoming the youngest pro signing in Locomotive FC’s history, surpassing the mark set by 17-year-old Diego Abarca earlier this offseason when he turned pro out of the El Paso academy. Moreno comes to El Paso from the Houston Dynamo academy. He went with the […]
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Glasgow Rangers: U.S. players
1. Claudio Reyna 1999-2001 (41 games/4 goals) 2. DaMarcus Beasley 2007-2010 (44/7) 3. Maurice Edu 2009-2012 (122/12) 4. Alejandro Bedoya 2011-2012 (13/1) 5. Carlos Bocanegra 2011-2012 (41/3) 6. Gedion Zelalem 2015-2016 (28/0) 7. Emerson Hyndman 2017 (17/4) 8. Matt Polster 2019-20 (10/0) 9. James Sands 2022-23 (41/1) 10. Malik Tillman 2022- (37/9) Note: Games/goals in […]