Carli Lloyd, who signed on a short-term deal with Manchester City in February, will get a chance to win her first English title when Manchester City plays Birmingham City in Saturday’s Women’sFA Cup final. Manchester City’s England captain, Steph Houghton, says Lloyd has been a role model for her teammates. “Apart from ability, she brings […]
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Manchester City handed transfer ban on academy players
The English Premier League banned Manchester City from signing academy players for an initial 12 months (with another 12 months suspended) and fined it for breaching rules governing youthtransfers. City was found to have made contact with members of the families of an 11-year-old from Everton last year and a 15-year-old from Wolves while they […]
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Report: Manchester City prepared to pay $65 million for Coman
Manchester City is reportedly willing to pay a transfer fee of $65 million to acquire 20-year-old French winger Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich, which recently paid Juventus $23million to obtain his rights after he spent two seasons on loan with the German champion. Coman arrived at Bayern in 2015, when current Man City coach Pep […]
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U.S. Abroad: Lloyd's winner not enough in Women's UCL
Carli Lloyd scored the lone goal as Manchester City beat Lyon 1-0 in the second leg of their Women’s UEFA Champions League semifinal series before 19,214 fans at Parc OL but it was not enoughto overcome a 3-1 loss in the first leg. Alex Morgan came on in the second half for Lyon, which will […]
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Manchester derby: Mourinho says Aguero sold Fellaini red card
After the scoreless tie between Manchester City and Manchester United, the latter’s manager, Jose Mourinho, accused City forward Sergio Aguero of overreacting and gettingMarouane Fellaini sent off for a head-butt. Mourinho admitted Fellaini had given Atkinson “a chance” to send him off but suggested Aguero’s reaction contributedto the dismissal. “If Sergio doesn’t go to the […]
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U.S. Abroad: Morgan's Lyon too much Lloyd's Man City
The first leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals was billed as a battle between Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan, but neither American was a factor in defending champion Lyon’s3-1 win over Manchester City at City’s Academy Stadium. Man. City vs. Lyon: Highlights
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Alex Morgan vs. Carli Lloyd: the European battle
As Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan, longtime teammates on the U.S. national team, get set to square off in the semifinals of UEFA Women’s Champions League, it should be remembered that noAmerican has ever won the title since the tournament was adopted its current format for the 2009-10 season. That could change as Morgan plays […]
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What They're Saying: Carli Lloyd
“The MLS, for our men, has been growing and doing well, but the Premier League is kind of in a world of its own. So there is the structure which is already in place. There are loads of things Ican take back to our NWSL to help. There are certain standards and certain things that […]
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The EPL agent life is a good life
Like just about everything else in the rarified universe of professional soccer, agent-spend is on the rise. The term is just what is sounds like: the amount spent by teams on agents whiletransacting deals. And in the case of the Premier League, as one might imagine, it’s a big number. The English Football Association released […]
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Hodgson joins Melbourne City as consultant
Manchester City’s Australian sister club, Melbourne City, hired former England coach Roy Hodgson to work as a consultant for the rest of the Australian season, mentoring coaches in its youthsystem. It is his first job since standing down as England coach after the Euro 2016 loss to Iceland.