Wayne Rooney and red-hot D.C. United were stopped cold by the Columbus Crew and eliminated from the MLS Cup playoffs.
Is Bruce Arena headed back to the LA Galaxy? How did the Chicago Fire's season go so wrong? It's all Doug McIntyre's latest MLS column 23 Thoughts.
Hibernian manager Neil Lennon (left) acknowledges his team’s fans after Wednesday’s Edinburgh derby. As worldwide soccer derbies go, the Edinburgh derby between Scottish clubs Hearts and Hibernian doesn’t have the repute of its more marquee, cash-flush brethren. Per Scottish Football Association Chief Executive Ian Maxwell, via a Sky Sports report, both assistant referees were hit with flying objects during the heated affair, understood to be cigarette lighters and coffee cups.
Plenty of athletes and their families dressed up for Halloween on Wednesday, and the soccer world was no exception.
Any day now, U.S. Soccer should be announcing its new senior men’s national team head coach, installing the first full-time manager since Oct. 13, 2017. Back then, Bruce Arena resigned in the wake of the unimaginable failure to reach the World Cup in Russia, precipitating more than a year under acting head coach Dave Sarachan – Arena’s longtime assistant in various jobs. There are all manner of reasons why it took this long to hire Arena’s replacement, after Arena himself replaced Jurgen Klins
Rounding into form following an injury layoff, Christian Pulisic scored, had an assist and drew the game-winning penalty in a 3-2 German Cup win over Union Berlin.
Perez is a civil engineer who built a construction company into a Spanish juggernaut that made him a billionaire. There’s no diagnosing Perez from afar, but he has ruled Real with an iron fist, unquestioning in his own judgment of a sport he never had any apparent credentials in. In everything that happens at the most successful soccer club in the world, there is the hand of Perez, a builder.
Julen Lopetegui's short time with Real Madrid has come to a sudden end.
Striker Gyasi Zardes is climbing and defender Matt Miazga falling in Doug McIntyre's latest USMNT stock watch
Real Madrid’s failure to grow or adapt post-Cristiano Ronaldo cost it dearly in Sunday’s El Clasico. BARCELONA — After days of consistent rain, the heavens parted and the sun shone through ahead of Sunday’s kickoff on a crisp Sunday in Barcelona. The change in weather appeared to be a signal from the heavens to welcome a fresh look, after both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would not feature in the rivalry match for the first time since Ronaldo arrived in the Spanish capital in 2009.
The New York Red Bulls won the Supporters Shield as regular season champs, but MLS "Decision Day" was one to forget for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy
A helicopter believed to have been carrying Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed outside King Power Stadium.
It was a strange Clasico for all sorts of reasons.
El Clasico is never just another match, of course, but Sunday’s El Clasico is the first $8 billion match in the history of sport. Sunday’s 177th league El Clasico features Real Madrid valued at $4.088 billion and Barcelona valued at $4.064 billion, good enough for the fourth- and third-most valuable sports franchises, respectively — behind only Manchester United and the Dallas Cowboys per Forbes’ 2018 valuations. No match in any sport has featured two clubs valued at a combined $8 billion, and
With the MLS playoffs fast approaching, Doug McIntyre talks to LAFC coach Bob Bradley and Portland Timbers boss Giovanni Savarese in his weekly column
There wasn't a ton of drama in Wednesday's eight Champions League games, but Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool and PSG still provided a few highlights
It’s been nearly a decade since Cristiano Ronaldo left Old Trafford for Real Madrid, sold by Manchester United for a world-record fee. Juve’s away win, with an astonishing 60 percent of the possession, underscored once again United’s slow decline since Ronaldo’s departure.
Champions League roundup: Real Madrid snapped its five-game winless streak, while Manchester City dominated in Donetsk
An escalator carrying fans of CSKA Moscow began operating at enormous speed, hurtling people toward the bottom and injuring 20.
Josh Sargent, Reggie Cannon and Aaron Long are among those trending up in the latest USMNT stock watch.
Lionel Messi had to be subbed off after suffering an arm injury during Barcelona's game against Sevilla. Barca plays Real Madrid next weekend.
Ross Barkley's late equalizer led a Chelsea staff member to cross the line with his celebrations ... which led to a furious Jose Mourinho reaction.
Real Madrid set a club-record 481 minute goal drought in Saturday's 2-1 loss to Levante.
In his weekly MLS column, Doug McIntyre talks to Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter and former U.S. national team great Steve Cherundolo
Authorities don't believe it has anything to do with her soccer career.
The Reggae Girlz beat Panama 4-2 in penalty kicks to secure a spot in the 2019 World Cup.
Jordi Cruyff played his first game of organized soccer on some suburban field in Washington, D.C. The only son of his legendary and paradigm-altering father, Johan, was about 6 years old. In that maiden soccer game, he apparently showed no natural aptitude for the sport at all, according to an anecdote from a Dutch book on Cruyff’s tumultuous spell in the old North American Soccer League. Jordi evidently improved, making 54 appearances for FC Barcelona’s first team while his father managed it,
If ever there was a game that could expose a ragtag band of current national teamers, a grab bag of precocious young talent, players previously overlooked (or simply … looked?) and veterans, it was Tuesday’s affair with Peru. Peru was a World Cup team and had acquitted itself fairly well in Russia, even though it had been knocked out in the group stage. Josh Sargent (center) and the young USMNT acquitted itself well against a strong South American side.
A highly inexperienced USMNT settled for a 1-1 tie against Peru, but can still feel good about the result.
David Koch, an Australian TV host and AFL team chairman, made a comment about slavery when discussing Usain Bolt's soccer prospects.
Dave Sarachan's time as interim USMNT coach is winding down, but his personality has won over the team's new generation of players.
Two years ago, Nike announced a blockbuster deal worth a reported $1 billion. The deal was reportedly “for life,” a rare arrangement with an athlete similar to those struck with Michael Jordan and LeBron James. In a strictly financial sense, it seemed like quite a good deal for Nike.
Ellen DeGeneres surprised the Thai youth soccer team that was trapped in a cave this summer on her show on Monday, bringing out LA Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Not only did England upset Spain on the strength of two first half goals from Raheem Sterling and another by Marcus Rashford in Monday’s UEFA Nations League match in Seville, the 3-2 win could help relegate World Cup runner-up Croatia to the “B League” of Europe’s newest club competition. The Three Lions, losers to Croatia in the semifinals at Russia 2018, produced one of the most dominant first halves in their recent history against Spain.
The women’s team reached the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France by rolling over Jamaica 6-0, while coasting for the last hour. In a little over half an hour, the Americans were 5-0 ahead. Following a dead-simple opening goal from Tobin Heath, who finished an inviting rebound, Megan Rapinoe received a laser-guided long ball from Abby Dahlkemper, ran by some defenders and stuck the ball into the near top corner.
Two USWNT stars criticized the soccer organization for not caring about growing the women's game as much as they care about the men's game.
Columbus Crew FC is reportedly staying put in Ohio after nearly a year of uncertainty and a potential move to Austin, likely under a new ownership group.
England and Croatia played behind closed doors. Nobody scored in England’s international match against Croatia on Friday. Because a swastika was marked on Croatia’s pitch before a Euro 2016 qualifier nearly three years ago, FIFA punished the federation by telling it the next two home international games would have to be played behind closed doors.
What do we make of DeAndre Yedlin (2) and the United States national team at the moment? There are myriad legitimate reasons for the year-long delay. But those feel unsatisfying when the consensus seems to be that Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter will wind up in the job in the next month or so – a man who likely was just as qualified and interested a year ago.
Usain Bolt scored his first two professional soccer goals on Friday, and brought his lightning bolt celebration to a whole new sport.
Takeaways from the US men's national team's loss to Colombia
Belgian authorities charged five people in a massive soccer corruption case on Thursday that involved financial fraud, organized crime and match fixing.
Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyer, Peter Christiansen, released a statement Wednesday claiming his client's innocence and casting doubt on certain published documents.
The U.S. and Mexico national teams now know which cities they'll visit during the 2019 Gold Cup group stage.
The boys survived in a flooded cave for almost two weeks without food or clean water.
Khabib Nurmagomedov received a hero's welcome at home in a stadium packed with thousands of fans celebrating his championship.
Which players are trending up (or down) heading into the U.S. men's national team's upcoming matches against Colombia and Peru? Doug McIntyre's latest USMNT Stock Watch has you covered
Until the 62nd minute, Liverpool-Manchester City didn’t even produce any shots on goal. The best chance on either side was a penalty kick, missed by City’s Riyad Mahrez. After weeks of buildup and swelling anticipation, Liverpool-Manchester City was a 0-0 dud.
“He is an extraordinary footballer and someone who has given prestige to Portugal, and certainly what we all wish for is that nothing can ever stain that record of Ronaldo.”
Manchester United averted disaster with a stunning comeback to beat Newcastle. But Jose Mourinho still has to go.