Paul Pogba’s return to Monaco this summer set tongues wagging as the 2018 World Cup winner made his comeback after nearly three seasons on the sidelines.
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Serie A: Napoli 'to keep hands on wheel' as Paul Pogba return boosts Juve
Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti said his players are drowning out what he sees as premature title chatter despite knowing that victory over Lazio on Friday would send them 21 points clear in Serie A. The league leader has won eight games in a row and 19 of its past 20 in the top-flight — a […]
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What They'e Saying: Mino Raiola
“Paul Scholes wouldn’t recognize a leader if he was in front of Sir Winston Churchill. Some people need to talk for fear of being forgotten.” — Mino Raiola, PaulPogba‘s agent after Scholes, the former Manchester United captain-turned-pundit, said the French World Cup champion had a “poor game” and “lacked leadership” in Sunday’s 3-2 Premier League […]
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Sigi Schmid: 'If you don't so self-assessments, you're never going to move forward'
No MLS head coach has won more games (254, including playoffs) than Sigi Schmid. After winning three collegiate titles during a long stint (1980-99) at UCLA, he won MLS Cup crowns with theGalaxy (2002) and Crew (2008) prior to joining the expansion Seattle Sounders in 2009 and reeling off seven straight playoff appearances prior to […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC stumbles but stays top
Montreal ended Toronto FC’s home unbeaten record and Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver continued their winning ways to edge closer to the leader. Wins for SKC and the‘Caps moved them into the second and third slots, respectively. Another pair of impressive victories at Mercedes-Benz Stadium lifted Atlanta United into fourth place. Portland rode anotherstrong game […]
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What They're Saying: Paul Pogba
“Last season the first question from everyone was always all about the price tag. Now everyone is asking about the football. That tells you everything.” — Manchester United’s PaulPogba, who feels unburdened of the pressure of being soccer’s most expensive player since Neymar‘s transfer to Paris St. Germain for $265 million shattered the record Pogba […]
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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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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
The sharp reversal of 2015 MLS Cup finalists Columbus and Portland is one of the intriguing early developments of the 2017 season. Both fell short of the playoffs last year, the firstsuch occurrence in league history. And both are leading their respective conferences, with the Timbers also atop the overall standings at 4-1-1 (13 points). […]
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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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Man United advances to EFL Cup final despite loss
Manchester United reached the EFL Cup final against Southampton even though it lost at Hull City, 2-1, ending a 17-match unbeaten run. United had won, 2-0, at home and went through thanks to PaulPogba‘s goal.