Category: Soccer

Since signing on to become the head coach of the United States men’s national team last September, Mauricio Pochettino has had to get up to speed on American sports culture — on Saturday, he got a crash course. Pochettino, a native of Argentina, made his “Big Noon Kickoff” debut on Saturday morning ahead of Ohio…

Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist For the fourth time in the 25 months since Lionel Messi arrived in South Florida and donned the pink No. 10 shirt for MLS glamor club Inter Miami, there’s a title at stake for the GOAT. On Sunday night in Seattle, Messi and his Herons will try to recapture the Leagues…

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…