A volley into the upper corner by Atlanta’s Miguel Almiron during the Minnesota snowstorm stands out among the Week 2 MLS Goal of the Week candidates, which include strikes from Cubo Torres (Houston), AnibalGodoy (San Jose), Maxi Morales (NYCFC) and Ignacio Piatti (Montreal).
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Video Pick: 'Kazu' bests Stanley Matthews' mark
Japanese striker Kazuyoshi “Kazu” Miura, 14 days after his 50th birthday, scored for Yokohama FC in a 1-0 J-League 2 win over Thespa Kusatsu on Sunday, surpassing the feat ofStanley Matthews, who scored his last professional goal at age 50 and five days in 1965 for Stoke City.
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Video Pick: Memphis Depay scores from halfway
Memphis Depay, the 23-year-old Dutchman who disappointed at Manchester United after arriving on a $30 million transfer fee from PSV in 2015, is doing fine at Lyon since moving toFrance in January. His five goals in nine games include this amazing strike from the center circle.
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MLS Business: Univision will air games on Facebook
Univision Deportes, which recently began airing Liga MX games in English on Facebook, will carry at least 22 MLS games it is airing on its Spanish-language networks on the Univision Deportes Facebookpage. At least 22 matches during the 2017 MLS regular season that are being broadcast on Univision networks in Spanish will now be available […]
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Hex Files: Panama calls up seven MLS players
Panama named its roster for the World Cup 2018 qualifiers at Trinidad & Tobago on March 24 and against the USA four days later in Panama City. Hernan Gomez‘s squad off 24 playersincludes seven players currently in MLS and five others who played in MLS. Panama Roster: Goalkeepers: Jaime Penedo(Dinamo Bucharest/ROM), Jose Calderon (Real Cartagena/COL). […]
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Video Pick: Another historic Pulisic goal
Christian Pulisic became the youngest American to score a UEFA Champions League goal when his strike gave Borussia Dortmund a 2-0 lead over Benfica in a 4-0 win. The18-year-old, already the youngest to score for the USA and youngest non-German to scored in the Bundesliga, also assisted on BVB’s first goal.
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There is some Bundesliga drama beyond Bayern
By Mike Woitalla Bayern Munich is such a heavy favorite to win the Bundesliga that you’d earn only 25 cents on a $10 bet if it wins its fifth straight title. But there’ll still beplenty of drama in the final 10 weeks of the season, much of it involving U.S. players, such as Christian Pulisic […]
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Shakespeare set to be named Leicester City manager
Craig Shakespeare, with two wins under his belt as interim Leicester manager since the sacking of Claudio Ranieri, is expected to be confirmed by the club to remainin charge for the remainder of the season. Shakespeare oversaw wins over Liverpool and Hull City as the Foxes have risen to 15th place. The 53-year-old has held […]
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Video Pick: Great save by backward facing keeper
We found our favorite save of the week in the ninth tier of English soccer, by Consett AFC keeper Peter Jefferies, who works as a scaffolder in his day job. Jefferies faced his owngoal but managed to swivel his arm around the ball and throw it to safety in a 3-1 loss to South Shields.
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Suarez believes Barcelona can overcome four-goal deficit
Citing its recent La Liga wins by scores of 6-1 and 5-0, Luis Suarez says Barcelona can overcome Paris SG’s 4-0 first-leg victory when the teams square off on Wednesday: “Nothing isimpossible in soccer and if any team is capable of scoring four goals it’s Barca, but we’ll do it our way. We need to […]