Portugal became the first team to qualify for the final four of the new UEFA Nations League when it tied Italy, 0-0, at Milan’s San Siro Stadium and clinched the group with a game to spare. The Portuguese, who have played without Cristiano Ronaldo since the World Cup, beat Italy, 1-0, at home and Poland, […]
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World Cup Countdown: Ten Euro 2016 champions miss out in Portugal squad
Eder, who came off the bench to score the winning goal in the Euro 2016 final, is one of 10 players from Portugal’s European Championship team that Coach Fernando Santos did not retainfor the 2018 World Cup in Russia. “It hurts not to be able to include all the players who were with us in […]
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What They're Saying: Miguel Miranda
“If a player isn’t performing at the standard we require for their age and their body has stopped developing, then we will release them. We prefer skinny, awkward teens to the finishedproduct at 15. Again, here, Cristiano is the perfect example. We don’t want them to be professional at 14. We want them to be […]
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U.S. Abroad Tracker (25 and younger): Parks could make league debut for Benfica
Only days after getting his contract extended through 2022, 20-year-old Keaton Parks could debut for Benfica’s first team in the Portuguese Primeira Liga Saturday when it plays Estoril. Parks was called into the first-team squad for Saturday’s game. He started the 2017-18 season with Benfica “B” after moving from Varzim, another second division club. “As […]
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Jonathan Gonzalez wins first phase of Mexico's Torneo Apertura
In his first season with Monterrey’s first team, 18-year-old Jonathan Gonzalez won the Torneo Apertura’s first phase on Saturday when the Rayados beat city rival Tigres, 2-0, to clinch thetitle by a five-point margin. Monterrey, which only needed a draw to clinch the title, scored on an own goal by Tigres’ Juninho and a goal […]
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USA-Portugal Takeaways: The kids did all right
The last game of 2017 for the U.S. national team offered promise of a better future, with teenager Weston McKennie’s goal earning a young American team a 1-1 tie with current Europeanchampion Portugal. Here are three takeaways from the last U.S. game of 2017, which starts a long process of rebuilding the national teamprogram as […]
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Caixinha's reign at Rangers ends after only seven months
Portuguese manager Pedro Caixinha’s seven-month reign as Rangers manager — the second shortest in club history — ended when he was fired after a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock.
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Sarachan will coach USMNT in November friendly against Portugal
Dave Sarachan, Bruce Arena‘s longtime assistant in MLS and on the U.S. national team, will coach the USA when it plays Portugal in a friendly on Nov. 14 in Leiria. Arenaresigned as national team coach following the USA’s failure to qualify for the World Cup. The other members of Arena’s staff — Pat Noonan, Matt […]
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USA resumes men's action against Portugal in November
Five weeks after being eliminated from the 2018 World Cup, the USA will take on one of the 2018 top seeds, Portugal, in an international men’s friendly. World Cup 2018 seeds: Host Russia 1, Germany 2. Brazil 3. Portugal 4. Argentina 5. Belgium 6. Poland7. France The game will be played Nov. 14 at Estadio […]
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World Cup 2018: Who's in and who's still alive
With the qualification of Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Panama on Tuesday, the number of confirmed finalists for the 2018 World Cup grew to 23. Nine others will have to wait until November to booktheir tickets to Russia. In all 43 teams are still alive. World Cup 2018 confirmed finalists (22): TEAM(PREVIOUS APPEARANCES) Russia (10) Brazil […]