Category: Soccer
Christian Pulisic and Sophia Smith receive nominations for CONCACAF Player of the Year honors
[ad_1] Key leaders of both the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams have been nominated for CONCACAF’s Player of the Year awards. Christian Pulisic and Sophia Smith are among 12 nominees for CONCACAF Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year awards for 2023-24. Each award will receive 100 votes apiece from national team’s head coaches,…
Scouting Zambia: Preview of the 2024 Olympic Women’s Soccer Tournament
[ad_1] The United States Women’s National Team is back at the Olympic Games, looking to win a fifth gold medal and first since the 2012 tournament. In an abbreviated field of 12 total entrants, Group B could be the strongest of the bunch with four participants in last summer’s World Cup. Zambia is the first…
Pep Guardiola predicts Rodri will win the 2024 Ballon d’Or
[ad_1] With the 2023/24 season concluded the football world has begun debating over who should be crowned the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner and Pep Guardiola has tipped “brutal” star to win the most coveted individual prize in the sport. Ahead of the prize ceremony in October, there are several names in contention for the award,…
Manchester United’s top target Chido Obi-Martin departs Arsenal for free transfer – Latest Manchester United News and Transfer Updates
[ad_1] Chido Obi-Martin, a key target for Manchester United, has left current club Arsenal on a free, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed. 🔴⚪️↩️ Arsenal confirm Chido Obi Martin not to sign new deal at the club and leaving as free agent. Chido will decide his next club soon after visiting English and German clubs. ⏳ pic.com/lAnh4DuNzr…
Philadelphia Union’s Joseph Paintsil shines as one of the top performers in MLS Week 21
[ad_1] Player of the Week Justin Ruderman: Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) The only LA Galaxy Killa P not to be selected to the MLS All-Star team enjoyed the most productive week of the trio leading up to the break in consecutive 3-2 Galaxy victories. Setting up his fellow Killa P’s, Riqui Puig and Gabriel Pec,…
Preview of Group B in the 2024 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament
[ad_1] The women’s football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics is considered a major competition in the sport, close to the level of the World Cup. Unlike the men’s side that features 16 nations, three groups of four provide teams with significantly more margin of error to qualify for the knockout phase while also yielding…
Liverpool’s top priority is sealing the Trent Alexander-Arnold deal, says Arne Slot
[ad_1] Liverpool are yet to welcome a new player to the club ahead of the 2024/25 campaign but the Merseyside club are very keen to tie Trent Alexander-Arnold down to a new contract. The full-back’s current deal at Anfield expires in 2025 and that is too close for comfort when it comes to a player…
RB Leipzig Confident in Securing Signing of Xavi Simons, a Target for Manchester United – Latest News and Transfer Updates from Manchester United
[ad_1] 2 Just as rumours of Manchester United’s interest in Paris Saint-Germain’s Xavi Simons were starting to build, a new report this afternoon maintains that interest is likely to amount to nothing. The 22-year-old spent last season on loan at RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, where he scored ten goals and provided 15 assists in…
Djordje Mihailovic, guided by a familiar coach, sets sights on Olympic glory in Paris
[ad_1] Three years ago, the United States Under-23 men’s national team missed out on Olympic participation in a COVID-19 postponed qualification process for the third-consecutive Olympiad. At the time, Djordje Mihailovic thought his chance at being an Olympian passed him by along with the under-23 age requirement for the FIFA-categorized youth tournament, however the 25-year-old…
Keys to Success: Strategies for USWNT to Secure Olympic Gold
[ad_1] The 2024 Olympics begin this week, and the United States Women’s National Team are back in the field for women’s football. Since women’s football/soccer was added to the Olympic program back in 1996, the USWNT has qualified for every single tournament, and they are in France this time around to try and restore their…