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Ruben Amorim insisted he was living “day by day” as Manchester United manager as pressure ramps up on his position following the team’s embarrassing midweek exit in the English League Cup at the hands of fourth-tier Grimsby Town. Amorim criticized his players immediately after Wednesday’s game, saying their performance “spoke for me really loud” before…
Lionel Messi scored twice in his return and Inter Miami beat Orlando City 3-1 on Wednesday night to advance to the Leagues Cup Final. Inter Miami will be on the road to face the LA Galaxy-Seattle winner in the final Sunday. Messi was back for the second time in two weeks after a setback in…
Paris Saint-Germain was handed a tough start to the defense of its Champions League title with games against Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and Thursday’s draw also served up opponents from England and Spain from the pot of lowest-ranked teams. PSG’s easiest opponents, in theory, in the league phase will be Newcastle and Athletic Club. Tottenham,…
Lionel Messi has not yet announced when he plans to retire, but he knows that next week’s match against Venezuela could be his last one playing at home in a World Cup qualifier with Argentina’s national team. “It’s going to be a very, very special match for me because it’s the last qualifying match,” the…
Sing with us now … ‘The Championssss!’ It’s back and we’re excited for 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, with the draw for the 36-team league stage taking place on Thursday. Some of Europe’s biggest clubs – from Liverpool to Manchester City, from Real Madrid to Barcelona, from runners-up Inter Milan to defending champions PSG – return…
Manchester United sank to a new low under Ruben Amorim by getting eliminated by fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a marathon penalty shootout in the second round of the English League Cup on Wednesday. Grimsby won a dramatic shootout 12-11 at the 9,000-capacity Blundell Park, with Bryan Mbeumo missing the decisive penalty. United needed late goals…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Any notion that there might be some lingering animosity between U.S. men’s national team star Christian Pulisic and coach Mauricio Pochettino was quashed by the Argentine manager. “There’s nothing to talk [about],” Pochettino said Tuesday. “I think it is behind us, all that happened in summer. And I think now we…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Christian Pulisic is back with the U.S. men’s national team after skipping this summer’s Gold Cup. But there was no place for Pulisic’s fellow 2022 World Cup starters Weston McKennie and Matt Turner as USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino named his 23-player roster for the Americans’ September friendlies against Korea Republic and…
Neymar’s chances of appearing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup are looking slimmer by the moment. Once a stalwart for Brazil’s squad, the 33-year-old was left off manager Carlo Ancelotti’s 23-man roster for the Seleção‘s final two World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia next week. It now extends Neymar’s absence from international duty to…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist The biggest development for the U.S. men’s national team this past week came off the field. On Saturday, Gio Reyna finally left German club Borussia Dortmund after six years and signed with rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach. It was a desperately needed change in scenery for the former prodigy to have any hope…
