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Watch: FC Cincinnati Shows Off New Stadium’s Dazzling Façade Lighting
After two years at Nippert Stadium, FC Cincinnati will open its own soccer-specific venue this season. West End Stadium is a sparkling $250 million arena that looks just as good on the outside as it does on the inside.
West End Stadium will officially open for FC Cinci’s home opener on May 16. Until then, the club released a video of the stadium’s façade lighting, a stunning display of LEDs on each fin on the arena’s exterior.
10 Women’s Footballers Who Are Way Better Than Their Soccer-Playing Partners
As much as we at The18 love women’s soccer, it’s a sad fact that the men’s game receives far more attention, whether it’s from FIFA, other media companies, potential sponsors or the fans themselves. (We could spend hours debating why this is the case, but that’s for another story.) Despite this, there are still a large number of women’s footballers who are far more famous than their partners, who are themselves professional soccer players.
The Unstoppable Daryl Dike Scores Two More Goals For Barnsley
Fresh off the announcement that he’d been included in Gregg Berhalter’s 26-man squad for a pair of USMNT friendlies at the end of the month, Daryl Dike went and scored a brace for Barnsley on Wednesday, bringing his Championship total to five goals in 10 games.
Luck Of The Irish: How Football Has Become More Than A Game In The Republic Of Ireland
There is an Irish saying that goes Tiocfaidh ár lá, which translates to "our day will come." This refers to the day that Ireland will no longer be divided; when Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will finally come together as the single nation they were before British rule.
It is a phrase that is strongly laced politically and has some negative connotations in connection with the IRA, but it is ultimately a fight for freedom guided by hope.
The hope that Irish people will one day be united.
Abby Wambach Challenges Usain Bolt In Remake Of Gatorade’s “I Can Do Better” Ad
In a remake of Gatorade’s iconic 1997 commercial that pitted Michael Jordan against Mia Hamm, USWNT legend Abby Wambach challenges eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt in the new Gatorade Zero campaign “I Can Do Better”.
The two stars face off in a number of sports and physical activities, and there’s also a brief cameo from both Jordan and Hamm at the end.
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Footballer Scorned By Their Manager
A couple months before USMNT manager Jurgen Klinsmann announced his final 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup, I was at a wedding in California, at the bar with a member of the LA Galaxy technical staff. The conversation turned to Landon Donovan, who’d reestablished himself in the national team after being dropped at the start of the Hex.
Our Writers Select Their Most Desperate Articles From Quarantine
March 12 marks a full year since soccer in the U.S. — and around the world — shut down over the Covid-19 pandemic. Though we’re not out of the woods yet as we race to vaccinate as many people as possible before new variants threaten to add to the dreadful death toll, it’s a time for reflection on the strange, difficult year that was.
En Honor A Sus Madres: Pachuca Corta La Mala Racha Y Gana Su Primer Partido En Tres Meses
Después de tres meses y 11 partidos, el Pachuca volvió a ganar un partido de fútbol. Los Tuzos vencieron por 2-1 a los Xolos de Tijuana y consiguieron su primera victoria desde el 21 de noviembre de 2020, cuando derrotaron 3-0 a Santos Laguna.
El triunfo vino también en honor a las madres de los jugadores del club. Esto porque en el contexto del Día Internacional de la Mujer, los futbolistas salieron al campo con el nombre de sus progenitoras en la espalda.
Female Coaches Can Help Bring Professional Men’s Soccer Into The 21st Century
As the 2020 American NFL season drew to a close with Tom Brady winning his record seventh Super Bowl, it was interesting to note another sporting first: the three women involved in the game — two coaches and one official.
With eight women currently coaching in the NFL, there’s still a long way to go when it comes to parity, but it does seem that women are finally breaking into elite men’s sports coaching in the U.S.