Houston native Samuel Adeniran’s second goal of the evening decided LASK Linz’s qualifying series against Celtic and sent the Austrian club to the UEFA Champions League for the first time. Adeniran’s overtime strike capped a 5-1 win that overcame a 3-0 first-leg win in Glasgow by Celtic, which started Americans Auston Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers in central defense. American midfield George Bello went the 120 minutes for LASK.
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AMERICANS ABROAD: U.S. backline duo well poised for UCL return with Celtic
Five-time defending Scottish Premiership champion Celtic, which starts the American duo of Auston Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers in central defense, beat Austria’s LASK, which also starts two Americans, 3-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifying playoff. • Johnny Cardoso stayed on the bench during Atletico Madrid’s 2026-27 LaLiga opener.
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Americans Abroad: Tanner Tessmann inches closer to UEFA Champions League
Amid rumors that Lyon has been shopping Tanner Tessmann, the American midfielder went the full 90 in a 3-0 win over Sparta Prague that sends his French club into a playoff with Turkey’s Fenerbahçe for a spot in the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League’s 36-team league phase.
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Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal is the most-watched club match ever in U.S. English-language TV history with an average of 3,087,000 viewers on CBS.
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Back-to-back-to-back? Luis Enrique’s PSG have dynasty mentality
If a rock-solid Arsenal could not stop Luis Enrique and Paris Saint-Germain, one steward clutching a rope stood no chance. The Spanish manager hurdled the obstacle and sprinted onto the pitch to celebrate the “back-to-back” that cemented the French side in football history, only the second team to retain the trophy in the Champions League […]
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‘This is even bigger’, says Luis Enrique as PSG retain Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique described his team’s second UEFA Champions League triumph as “even bigger” than their maiden European title a year ago, after the French club edged Arsenal on penalties in a tense final on Saturday. “It is even bigger because we knew of the difficulties of playing against Arsenal, and for us […]
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Luis Enrique’s PSG eye greatness with back-to-back Champions Leagues in sight
If Paris Saint-Germain’s maiden triumph last year allowed the French club to break their Champions League hoodoo, winning the title again this season would allow them to be remembered as one of Europe’s all-time great teams. Twelve months after crushing Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich to take the trophy with the biggest win in the […]
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Arsenal must banish European final demons to make Champions League history
From Jens Lehmann’s rush of blood to ‘Nayim from the halfway line’, Arsenal will have to banish three decades of European final misery if they are to win the Champions League for the first time. Fresh from clinching their first English title since 2004, Mikel Arteta’s side are preparing to face Paris Saint-Germain in the […]
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Johnny Cardoso falls short of Champions League final as Arsenal edges Atletico Madrid
U.S. midfielder Johnny Cardoso, who started and went 88 minutes for Atletico Madrid in its 1-1 semifinal first-leg tie with Arsenal, came off the bench in the 57th minute of Atleti’s 1-0 first-leg loss on Tuesday in London. Bukayo Saka‘s 44th-minute goal earned the Gunners a 2-1 aggregate win and a UEFA Champions League final […]
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Johnny Cardoso set to keep starting spot for Atlético Madrid in second leg of semifinals
Johnny Cardoso, who has already established an American record for the longest appearance in the UEFA Champions League semifinals or final, is projected to become the first American to start both semifinals.