A busy week of July 4 games as well as the weekend slate jumbled the rankings moderately, with Portland winning its only game of the week to stay on top. Los Angeles FC continued its impressiveform by tying Houston on the road and thrashing Orlando City at home to move into fourth place. Real Salt […]
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What They're Saying: Antoine Griezmann
“I can make mistakes, but on the field I have never been wrong.” — Frenchman Antoine Griezmann after he scored all four goals for Atletico Madrid in its 4-0 win over Leganes,giving him seven goals in his last two games. He had come under intense criticism from Atletico fans for making a silencing gesture to […]
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Atletico Madrid's new stadium will host 2019 Champions League final
Atletico Madrid’s new 67,500-seat Estadio Wanda Metropolitano was chosen to stage the 2019 UEFA Champions League final. Madrid beat out Baku, which was awarded the Europa League final.
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Atletico Madrid opens new 68,000-seat stadium on Saturday
Atletico Madrid will play its first game Saturday against Sevilla at its new 68,000-seat Wanda Metropolitano, named after the Estadio Metropolitano where Atletico played until 1966. “The fans obviously will never forget the memories, the nostalgia and the love that they had for the old Metropolitano or for the [most recent stadium] Calderon,” Atletico coach […]
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Real Madrid lands teenaged French star Hernandez from Atletico
Real Madrid signed 19-year-old Frenchman Theo Hernandez from Atletico Madrid to a six-year contract for a transfer fee of $31 million. The left back played on loan to Spanish Cup runner-upAlaves in 2016-17. The moves comes as Real Madrid loaned out one Portuguese defender, Fabio Coentrao, to Sporting Lisbon and another, Pepe, signed with Turkish […]
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Griezmann: Future is in Atletico's hands
French star Antoine Griezmann, heavily linked with Manchester United in recent weeks, says his future will be decided by Atletico Madrid this summer and insists he is happy at the Spanish club.
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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UCL: Real Madrid survives scare in second leg
Real Madrid moved into the final of the UEFA Champions League against Juventus June 3 in Cardiff but not before it got a scare from Atletico Madrid. A Saul Niguez header AntoineGriezmann penalty kick gave Atletico an early 2-0 lead before Isco‘s goal in the 42nd minute clinched the series. Real Madrid lost the second […]
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Increased security ordered for Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid
Tuesday’s Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid game in the Champions League — deemed “high risk” by UEFA — will require 2,000 security officers. Atletico will have 4,000 supporters at Real’s Bernabeu Stadiumfor the game.
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UCL Semifinals: Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid, Juventus vs. Monaco
Real Madrid, the reigning UEFA Champions League champion, will meet Atletico Madrid in a repeat of their 2016 final in this year’s semifinals. Juventus and Monaco were drawn with each other on Fridayin the other semifinal. The dates: Real Madrid vs. Atletico (May 2) Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid (May 10) Monaco vs Juventus (May […]