Crystal Palace went down to a 2-1 defeat at Fiorentina on Thursday but nonetheless progressed 4-2 on aggregate to the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League, where they will meet Shakhtar Donetsk. On the other side of the draw, Strasbourg pulled off a fine comeback to book their spot in the last four against Rayo […]
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Atletico resist Barca comeback to reach Champions League semis
Atletico Madrid sent 10-man Barcelona crashing out of the Champions League and reached the final four with a 3-2 aggregate victory despite Tuesday’s 2-1 quarter-final second leg defeat. Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres fired visitors Barca ahead inside 24 minutes but Ademola Lookman’s strike gave Atletico the edge in the gripping all-Spanish tie once again […]
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USMNT World Cup Hopefuls: Adams is back for upset win, Balogun and Pepi are back on scoresheet
USMNT strikers Folarin Balogun and Ricardo Pepi continue to score goals, but the big news of the weekend was the return of midfielder Tyler Adams in Bournemouth’s shock 2-1 win at Arsenal. 🇺🇸 Weekend Review: England Tyler Adams returned to action as a second-half sub in Bournemouth’s 2-1 win at Arsenal. The Cherries blew the Premier […]
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Balogun strike in vain as Monaco suffer heavy defeat
Folarin Balogun kept up his remarkable recent scoring record for Monaco but could not prevent his team sliding to a 4-1 defeat away to Paris FC.
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Top 5 games this weekend: Tracking USMNT World Cup hopefuls in England, Mexico and MLS
It is now crunch time for players in the U.S. national team pool to build their cases to Mauricio Pochettino to be part of the World Cup team. The team’s disappointing results in March should leave a number of players feeling as if they have work to do to book their tickets. But there is […]
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Mateta inspires Palace win over Fiorentina in Conference League
Jean-Philippe Mateta inspired Crystal Palace to a 3-0 win over Fiorentina in their Conference League quarter-final, first leg on Thursday.
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B.J. Callaghan praises Alex Zendejas, the Club America captain omitted from the USMNT’s March camp
Mexico-based attacker Alex Zendejas wasn’t called up by U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettini last month for the Atlanta friendlies, but he showed up 250 miles north to captain Club America.
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Patrick Agyemang sidelined with ‘serious’ Achilles tendon injury
Patrick Agyemang suffered a “serious” Achilles tendon injury during Derby County’s 2-0 win over Stoke City on Monday.
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Madison Haley leads Americans into English FA Cup semifinals
Former Stanford star Madison Haley scored the first goal as Brighton & Hove Albion upset Arsenal 2-0 in the English Women’s FA Cup quarterfinals
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Patrick Agyemang stretchered off during Derby County win
Derby County center forward Patrick Agyemang, a rare bright spot for USMNT in the March friendlies, needed a stretcher after going down in the 41st minute against Stoke City on Monday. “Pat’s gone off and gone for a scan, so we will have to wait and see,” Derby coach John Eustace said after his team’s […]