Soccer

I really didn’t expect Newcastle to be in the top four after 12 games and, although I’d love to be proved wrong, I don’t think they will still be there come the end of the season. But, while I am being realistic about their chances of making the Champions League places, I am still enjoying seeing Eddie Howe’s side up …

The problem for anybody signing Cristiano Ronaldo is that, no matter how big the club, it immediately becomes FC Ronaldo. Wednesday should have been about Manchester United’s extremely impressive performance in a 2–0 win over Tottenham, the best it has played under Erik ten Hag and arguably the most encouraging performance since those counterattacking displays in the early days under Ole …

Arsenal have won all four of their matches in the WSL this season Arsenal extended their Women’s Super League winning run with a fairly routine victory over Liverpool at Prenton Park. Four days after stunning European champions Lyon, Arsenal were in control for large periods against promoted Liverpool, who had beaten WSL champions Chelsea earlier in the season. Arsenal have …

For the first time in 421 days, Borussia Dortmund and United States men’s national team star Gio Reyna found the back of the net.  In a Saturday Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart, Reyna put his Dortmund side up 3–0 with a right-footed strike in the 44th minute. Following a pass out to the left wing from Youssoufa Moukoko, the 19-year-old took …

Cristiano Ronaldo has mostly been used from the bench this season by Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo may not have played as Manchester United rescued a dramatic point against Chelsea on Saturday, but he still ended up being one of the major talking points. The forward’s refusal to come on as substitute in Wednesday’s 2-0 win against Tottenham, and subsequent decision …

The growing rift between Premier League side Manchester United and star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly led the club to make the 37-year-old available on a free transfer, according to ESPN’s Mark Ogden.  However, no other team has expressed interest in the 37-year-old, despite United’s decision to not seek a fee for the disgruntled great.  Tensions between the club and the forward rose …

Casemiro’s goal was his first for United since joining in the summer Casemiro’s looping stoppage-time header gave Manchester United a deserved point in a dramatic finale against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Jorginho’s late penalty looked to have given Chelsea a narrow win when he sent goalkeeper David de Gea the wrong way from the spot after substitutes Scott McTominay and …

The U.S. women’s national team will set out next summer to do something no team has ever done—win three straight World Cups—and its road to that potential three-peat is now set. FIFA conducted its 2023 Women’s World Cup draw Saturday in New Zealand, the co-host of the tournament with Australia, yielding the roadmap for the first 32-team event in the …

The USA are going for a third consecutive World Cup, a feat which no team, men’s or women’s, has ever achieved European champions England will face Denmark and China at the Women’s World Cup in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. They will be joined by either Senegal, Haiti or Chile in Group D. The Lionesses will be based in …

At its Women’s Football Summit Tuesday, EA Sports announced several major initiatives regarding the support of women in soccer.  The first initiative is the Starting XI Fund, a fund for women’s soccer designed to grow the game. EA committed $11 million to the initiative in an investment. The money will go towards in-game, league, club and athlete investments. Per its release, EA …