After a two-year spell at Liga MX side Tijuana recently came to an end, Erick "Cubo" Torres has returned to MLS.
Atlanta United announced the signing of Torres on Friday as a Season-Ending Injury Replacement Player. Atlanta was in desperate need of a forward to replace talisman Josef Martinez, who suffered an ACL injury in the first match of the club's 2020 season.
Meet “Cubo”... “El Cubo” Torres
“It’s the ones with the strongest mentality who make it.”
This was the quote that kept Alphonso Davies in the game. The Canadian star began gaining traction when he became the second-youngest player to play in MLS at the age of 15. Then, when he was 18, Davies completed a record-breaking transfer to Bayern Munich.
But his life hasn't always been studded in glory. Davies opened up about this in an article called "Moving Past The Doubt." In it, we see where the phenom started.
CONCACAF has unveiled a new qualification format for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after COVID-19 forced a rejig of the usual system, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean said on Monday.
The new format, which will feature all 35 of the region's members, has been split into three rounds with the first being played in October and November with teams ranked from No. 6 to No. 35 in CONCACAF as of July 16 drawn into six groups of five.
Let’s start with some ground rules.
OK, enough of that. Here’s my Concacaf 11 lineup broken down by position:
As Bayern Munich moved one step closer to an eighth straight Bundesliga title, the world familiarized itself with 19-year-old Canadian phenom Alphonso Davies. One standout moment from Bayern’s victory over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday was the left back tracking way, way back in a matter of seconds to take the ball off Erling Haaland just as the fellow prodigy shaped to shoot.
So just how fast is Alphonso Davies?
SAN JOSE — Costa Rica became the first country in the Americas to restart their professional soccer league on Tuesday, with an afternoon game played behind closed doors and substitutes sitting in the stands to ensure their distance from others.
The Costa Rican league was suspended on March 15 but Guadalupe’s 1-0 victory over Limon was the first of six games due to be held across the Central American nation this week.
"It is difficult to get up to speed again," said Arturo Campos, scorer of Guadalupe’s winning goal. "We feel heavy, but we are happy to return."
Messi venía.
Por primera y única vez, salvo un traslado grisáceo al Inter de Miami, el mejor futbolista de la historia iba a jugar partidos competitivos en suelo americano. El hecho de que fuera la Copa América, una gran competición que convocaba a los espectadores de Zizinho, Javier Zanetti y Carlos Valderrama, lo hizo aún más fantástico. Por todos los derechos y definiciones, el torneo ni siquiera pertenecía aquí.
The format and dates for CONCACAF's qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are up in the air due to the sports shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, confederation president Victor Montagliani said Monday.
Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Montagliani admitted that CONCACAF could wind up changing how it determines which three teams will earn direct berths in the World Cup and which one will head to an inter-continental playoff.
Antes de hacer clic en el video de arriba, obviamente sabes qué gol llega en el número uno de esta cuenta atrás. Se podría argumentar que el fichaje de Giovani dos Santos en la final de la Copa de Oro de 2011 sigue, hasta hoy, haciendo retroceder a la USMNT cada vez más. Nunca sabremos realmente las repercusiones duraderas de que Tim Howard, Eric Lichaj, Michael Bradley, Carlos Bocanegra y Jermaine Jones sean arruinados simultáneamente por Dos Santos, pero les diré una cosa, los Estados Unidos todavía no se han recuperado.
There will come a day when the USMNT boasts a world-class striker. I might not be around to see it, but that day is coming.