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Aidan Morris’ Middlesbrough falls to Southampton in heated promotion playoff

U.S. defensive midfielder Aidan Morris‘ 44th game of the season for Middlesbrough ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to Southampton, which advances to EFL Championship promotion final. Middlesbrough had accused Southampton of spying ahead of the scoreless first leg. Upon arriving at St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton fans pelted Middlesbrough’s team bus with bottles and debris. […]

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USMNT World Cup Hopefuls: Goals for Reyna, Berhalter, Luna and Pepi

The reasons for optimism from this weekend’s U.S. national team pool in club action included: Gio Reyna scoring in his longest appearance (32 minutes) for Borussia Mönchengladbach since December, and goals by Diego Luna, Sebastian Berhalter and Ricardo Pepi. Most disconcerting was Christian Pulisic missing AC Milan’s game for what Italian reported as glute muscle […]

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Top 5 games this weekend: Tracking USMNT World Cup hopefuls in England, Spain, the Netherlands and MLS

We are officially in the final month of the European season while MLS enters its 11th round of games. Most importantly, Mauricio Pochettino will name his World Cup roster later this month, heightening the drama around the games in the coming weeks.  When selecting our top five games of the weekend, we will start in […]

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Johnny Cardoso sets a U.S. milestone with UEFA Champions League start in Atleti’s tie with Arsenal

On Wednesday, Johnny Cardoso became the fourth U.S. player to see UEFA Champions League final four action. Cardoso started and went 88 minutes for Atletico Madrid in its 1-1 first-leg semifinal tie with Arsenal. The 24-year-old Cardoso, who was born in New Jersey and raised in Brazil, had earned his 23rd USMNT cap in the […]

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