Soccer

Less than a week after he was omitted from the upcoming U.S. men’s national team camp, Jordan Pefok scored once again in the Bundesliga for first-place Union Berlin.  Plenty of USMNT fans were left puzzled by Pefok’s omission earlier this week given his hot start to the Bundesliga season, and the 26-year-old’s performance on Sunday only adds to the questions.  …

Manager Matt Beard signed striker Katie Stengel in January 2021 Date: Sunday 25 September Time: 18:45 BST Venue: Anfield Coverage: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app It has been far from plain sailing for Liverpool since they last competed at the top end of the Women’s Super League – but now they are …

Entering this month’s camp, with two games to go before the World Cup, the U.S. men’s national team was seeking to fine-tune things in its preparation for the 2022 World Cup. And after the first of those two games, it appears plenty more fine-tuning is going to be required.  Japan scored early and remained on the front foot in Germany, …

Mitrovic’s hat-trick took him to 49 goals in 75 games for Serbia Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a hat-trick as Serbia thrashed Sweden 4-1 in Belgrade in the Nations League. Fulham striker Mitrovic, 28, scored Serbia’s first three goals before Sasa Lukic added a fourth midway through the second half. Serbia moved level on points with Norway at the top of Group …

  The U.S. men’s national team gets a major tune-up for this winter’s World Cup on Friday morning, when it faces Japan in a friendly. The biggest name on this year’s USMNT squad, Christian Pulisic, is nowhere to be found on the team’s roster for the match. Minutes after posting Friday’s lineup, the official USMNT Twitter account shared an update …

  Vivianne Miedema scored twice as Arsenal cruised to a north London derby victory against Tottenham in front of a record crowd at Emirates Stadium. With 47,367 fans watching, Beth Mead curled in a sublime opening goal. Miedema doubled the Gunners’ lead before Rafaelle Souza headed home the third and Miedema added her second. The previous Women’s Super League record …

  Police ejected two protestors from Iran’s international friendly against Uruguay on Friday in Austria after they entered the supposedly behind-closed-doors match. The pair was speaking out about the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in Iran earlier this month after being charged with wearing a headscarf improperly, according to ESPN’s Mark Ogden. Police approached the two …

England are winless in five matches and have failed to score a goal from open play in 495 minutes England’s winless run continued as Gareth Southgate’s side suffered a first relegation to the Nations League’s second tier after defeat by Italy in Milan. The Three Lions are in their worst form for eight years and have only their final match …

A Friday friendly that kicked off uncharacteristically early in the U.S. proved to be a sobering, and perhaps useful, wake-up call for the American men. Gregg Berhalter wants his young team to play aggressively and direct, pressing the opposition into mistakes and then capitalizing with quick runs and passes behind the defense. He wants the field tilted, and to that …

Flares were set off in the stands during the game between Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt this month Marseille and Nice will play their next European home games behind closed doors as punishment for recent crowd trouble. Nice, meanwhile, were punished after their Europa Conference League tie with Cologne on 8 September was delayed because of clashes between rival fans. Marseille …