U.S. U-17 international Timothy Weah signed his first pro contract, a three-year deal, with French club Paris St. Germain, following in the footsteps of his father, former Ballon d’Or winnerGeorge Weah, who played for PSG. U.S. U-17s in the pros: Carlos Joaquim Dos Santos (Benfica/POR) James Sands (New York City FC) Christopher Durkin (D.C. United) […]
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Clubs ready to pounce if PSG's Aurier gets his wish
Controversial Ivorian Serge Aurier will generate lots of interest from Europe’s biggest clubs if he decides to leave Paris St. Germain. The 24-year-old right back turned down a new three-yearcontract and has expressed interest in leaving PSG. Among the possible suitors are Manchester United, which is in the market for a right back, and Juventus, […]
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Paris St. Germain coach flatters Kylian Mbappe
Paris St. Germain coach Unai Emery would love for 18-year-old Monaco forward Kylian Mbappe to move to the Parc des Princes and isn’t shy about saying it.
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PSG names Antero Henrique as sporting director
Paris St. Germain’s hired Antero Henrique, Porto’s vice president until last year, as its sporting director., taking over for taking over from Olivier Letang. He’ll be”charged with instilling a new dynamic in the sports strategy of the club to maximize the first-team’s competitiveness and reinforce the capacity of the club to detect, recruit and develop […]
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Lyon equals record with fourth European women's title
Lyon matched German club FFC Frankfurt when it won the its fourth European women’s title by beating French rival Paris St. Germain, 7-6, in a penalty shootout after their UEFA Women’s ChampionsLeague final ended 0-0. OL keeper Sarah Bouhaddi scored the decisive penalty in the eighth round after her opposite number, Pole Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, missed […]
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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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Datebook: Roma and PSG will play in Detroit
Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, will host soccer for the first time when Paris St. Germain and Roma meet July 19 to open the 2017 International Champions Cup. Detroit is one of the citiesseeking an MLS expansion team, and the game will be a test of the local soccer interest. “Having Paris and […]
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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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Monaco set to concede French Cup semifinals
Monaco coach Leonardo Jardimsays he’ll field a team of reserves and players from the club’s fourth division team in Wednesday’s French Cup semifinals against Paris St. Germain. He said hehad no choice, considering Monaco played Sunday night, winning, 2-1, at Lyon to maintain its three-point lead over PSG in the French league. It’s also still […]
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UEFA Women's Champions League: No German teams in semifinals
For her first game at Lyon’s Parc OL, a crowd of 14,128 turned out to watch Alex Morgan, but the home team fell to Wolfsburg, 1-0, in the second leg of their UEFA Women’s ChampionsLeague semifinal series. Lyon won the rematch of 2016 finalists, however, and moved into the semifinals along with Paris St. Germain […]