SEATTLE STADIUM — Mauricio Pochettino led the electric crowd in a booming “USA!” chant. Tim Ream shared heartfelt embraces with members of the coaching staff. Christian Pulisic joined fans in singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as he took a celebratory lap around the field with his teammates. The U.S. men’s national team defeated Australia…
Lionel Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo. Luka Modrić. The old guard needs no introduction at what is expected to be their last 2026 FIFA World Cup. But what about the youngest players at the tournament? For nearly 100 years, the FIFA World Cup has been a launching pad for soccer’s young stars, with Brazil’s Pelé famously scoring…
Morocco got the job done in Boston. Scotland’s Tartan Army won everything else. Morocco didn’t dazzle. It didn’t need to. In the teams’ second match of the 2026 World Cup on Friday, a 1-0 win over Scotland at Boston Stadium — settled inside 71 seconds and fiercely defended afterward — moved Mohamed Ouahbi’s side to…
The U.S. men’s national team became the second nation to secure a spot in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, it hasn’t won its group … yet. Following its 2-0 victory over Australia, the USA improved to 2-0-0 in Group D play, meaning that it only needs to draw in…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been busy enough this offseason to keep fans talking, but not so busy that we know exactly where things are headed. More and more, that’s looking like it might be by design. Sometimes the most interesting moves aren’t the ones that happen. They’re the ones that don’t. Over the past…
The World Cup group stage can get complicated quickly. With 48 teams participating for the first time ever, FIFA instituted new tiebreaker rules to determine the top two in each group along with the eight highest third-place finishers. Below, FOX Sports Research has broken down what each team needs to advance, what results would send…
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers are exploring trade options for Darnell Nurse, the Buffalo Sabres could be moving Bowen Byram, the Toronto Maple Leafs made a surprising coaching decision, and Patrick Kane’s future with the Detroit Red Wings remains up in the air. Oilers Exploring Market for Darnell Nurse The Edmonton Oilers…
SEATTLE STADIUM — No Christian Pulisic? No problem. With the U.S. men’s national team’s best attacking player on the bench because of a lingering calf injury, Mauricio Pochettino’s squad qualified for the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a game to spare. The Americans beat Australia, 2-0, in its second group stage match…
It is a brutal, unyielding truth as old as the Stanley Cup itself: you can’t survive the punishing, bone-crushing gauntlet of the playoffs on skill alone when your bottom-six gets physically overwhelmed. When the Montreal Canadiens watched their unexpected, exhilarating playoff run dissolve in a five-game Eastern Conference Final (ECF) exit against the Carolina Hurricanes,…
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha will have his family close by when his team takes on Uruguay on Sunday, days after his standout performance against Spain turned him into one of the most talked about players of the World Cup. The 40-year-old was named player of the match in Cape Verde’s goalless draw on Monday, a…
