Christian Pulisic, who turns 18 on Sunday, became the youngest player ever to start for Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League, playing the entire match in its 6-0 win at Legia Warsawto open its 2016-17 campaign. He assisted on the fifth goal scored by substitute Gonzalo Castro and terrorized the Legia defense on the […]
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Video Pick: Incredible scorpion-kick golazo
The goal of the week, if not month or year, comes from Ukraine, by Dmytro Ulyanov of FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. The cross arrived behind him, so Ulyanov went airborne to hammerhome with a scorpion kick.
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Can Europe's other leagues survive the Premier League's generosity?
By Samuel Charles@SoccerIsArt Recent fears about the huge sums of money heading toward England’s Premier Leagueshifting soccer’s landscape are becoming realized, as it monetizes its enormous popularity at the expense of talent and balance in Europe’s other top leagues, even as these riches are being sharedelsewhere. This trickle-down soccer economy is reaping benefits in the […]
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U.S. Abroad: Top U.S. youth star signs with Schalke 04
FC Dallas, regarded as having MLS’s best youth development program, lost out on Weston McKennie, the 2015-16 Player of the Year in the Development Academy’s U-17/18 Central Conference. Hebecame the latest U.S. youth star to head to Europe when he signed with Schalke 04 on Tuesday, two days after turning 18 and being eligible to […]
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USMNT: Kljestan in, Brooks out
Sacha Kljestan, who has not played for the USA since before the 2014 World Cup, was called into the U.S. national team camp in Jacksonville, Florida, where the team is preparing for the WorldCup 2018 qualifiers against St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago. Defender John Brooks will miss the camp after suffering […]
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U.S. Abroad: Johansson returns in crushing Bremen defeat
Aron Johannsson returned to action in the Bundesliga for the first time in 11 months, starting for Werder Bremen in its season opener, but it was a rough evening as Bremen was crushed bydefending champion Bayern Munich, 6-0. Andrew Wooten had his first goal of the German second division season in Sandhausen’s 2-1 loss at […]
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Video Pick: And the winner is … Messi
Add 2015-16 UEFA Goal of the Season to Lionel Messi‘s large collection of honors. His goal against Roma in Champions League play beat out strikes by Portuguese futsal starRicardinho and Swiss midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri. Ricardinho: Shaqiri:
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Champions League: Celtic loses but advances
Celtic advanced to the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in three years after a 2-0 loss at Israel’s Hapoel Beer Sheva — thanks to its 5-2 first leg last week in Glasgow, givingCeltic a 5-4 win on aggregate. Reaching the group stage promises the Scottish club nearly $40 million. The guaranteed […]
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U.S. Abroad: U-20s flee college for pros
The exodus of college or college-bound players to Europe continues as two U.S. under-20 national team players have signed with clubs in Europe Forward Emmanuel Sabbi completed a moveto Spain’s Las Palmas after first indicating he would attend Akron. Goalkeeper Justin Vom Steeg, son of UC Santa Barbara coach Tim Vom Steeg, is leaving the […]
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Video Pick: Christian Pulisic scores in friendly
In Borussia Dortmund’s final friendly before the 2016-17 Bundesliga season kickoff this weekend, 17-year-old American Christian Pulisic scored Dortmund’s first goal in a 3-0 winover at third-tier Hallescher FC on Tuesday in front of 14,000 fans.