The 31-year-old Swiss playmaker Xerdan Shaqiri, who joined the Chicago Fire for the 2022 season, helped set up two goals and scored in the 3-2 win over Serbia that advanced Switzerland (along with Brazil) from Group G. With his opening goal against the Serbs, Shaqiri joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as scorers in each […]
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Major League Soccer: Offseason moves
• David Ochoa heads to Liga MX. The 21-year-old goalkeeper, who played for the USA at the 2019 U-20 World Cup and 2021 Concacaf U-23 Championship before switching to Mexico, is joining Liga MX club Atletico San Luis. Ochoa played for D.C. United (17 games) in 2022 after three seasons with Real Salt Lake, which he led […]
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Garth Lagerwey leaves Sounders for Atlanta United: 'A dream come true for me'
Garth Lagerwey, who has served the Seattle Sounders since 2015, is Atlanta United FC’s new President & CEO. With Lagerwey as general manager and president of soccer, the Sounders won two MLS Cups (2016, 2019) and finished runner-up twice (2017, 2020). In 2022, the Sounders missed the playoffs but won the 2022 Concacaf Champions League. Atlanta United, […]
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Injuries concerns increase at Atlanta United: Osvaldo Alonso tears ACL
Josef Martinez, Matheus Rossetto and Ozzie Alonso (pictured) were subbed off during Atlanta United’s 1-0 win at D.C. United on Saturday. The club announced on Monday that the 36-year-old Alsonso suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, Rossetto a left hamstring injury, and that Martinez will travel to the University of Pittsburgh […]
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Watch: Spectacular scenes from Gio Reyna's Bundesliga career so far
This 3-minute biopic from Bundesliga TV on the 18-year-old Gio Reyna‘s record-setting Bundesliga career so far includes great highlights and an interview.
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Weekend Focus: Georgia product George Bello is part of the USA's trio of teens
The big stories after Thursday’s USA roster announcement for the opening of World Cup qualifying included the team’s three teenage players. Ricardo Pepi drew much attention because he reached a decision to play for the United States internationally. Gio Reyna was also important because he has been terrific to start the Bundesliga season for Borussia […]
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The return of Atlanta brilliance? Not yet.
I had thought it would be a useful venture to watch Atlanta United’s game against Costa Rica’s Alajuelense. My aim was to see whether the Frank De Boer blight had been eliminated, whether Atlanta, under new coach Gabriel Heinze — a Latin American coach to coach the team’s Latin American players — was rediscovering the […]
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Pochettino to Atlanta? Or has Bob Bradley proved the new coach doesn't have to be Latino?
A year and a half ago, when Atlanta announced, with much self-congratulation, that it had signed Frank De Boer as the coach to replace Tata Martino, I calledthe appointment a “betrayal.” I also found it impossible to swallow the words of Atlanta’s English president Darren Eales as he so ecstatically sang the praises ofDe Boer […]
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What They're Saying: Frank de Boer
“I hate it. But they love it. So what matters more?” — Frank de Boer on the adjustments he has had to make as head coach at Atlanta United, where the team with itscore of South American players continues to play “recreativo,” a loose pickup game, on the last practice before game-day, in contrast to […]
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What happened to Atlanta's sparkle?
I developed, last MLS season, the habit of watching all of Atlanta United’s games. Not as a fan of the club, but as a fan of the vibrant soccer that they played. I expected an attractive, skillful game, and that’s what Iusually got. Which is asking quite a lot in these days of defensive formations […]