New U.S. men’s national team head coach, Mauricio Pochettino, held his first press conference since being officially announced into the USMNT’s bench on Tuesday.
This season the UEFA Champions League is bigger than ever before (literally) as a new format will see eight games per club and a total of 36 teams competing.
American soccer fans know all too well the struggles of trying to watch games in the middle of the day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We at The18 are fortunate enough to spectate Champions League games, but we know others don’t have that privilege.
The best we can do is provide these seven excuses/hacks to watch the big games while on the clock in the office this season.
United States women’s national team midfielder Sam Coffey needs to be the face of Squishmallow already. The Portland Thorns star shared that she has received a custom gold-medal Squishmallow following the USWNT’s victory in the Summer Games.
Coffey posted to her Instagram story on Wednesday that a family-friend stitched a gold medal onto the popular stuffed toy that comes in a variety of animal, foods and more. Her Squishmallow was a beet and the card said, “Way to ‘beet’ everybody.”
Sam Coffey Squishmallow story
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has signed for Southampton on a four-year contract from Arsenal, both Premier League clubs said on Friday.
The financial details of the transfer were not disclosed, but British media said the deal was worth about $32.95 million.
Aaron Ramsdale Hagrid signing
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David Beckham appeared on the popular show “Hot Ones” to devour wings and provided one of the hottest takes we’ve heard in a while. The Inter Miami owner said that the U.S. will win a World Cup… eventually.
Typically, on the “Hot Ones” show the heat intensifies as the show goes on, but after one wing Beckham said that Lionel Messi’s influence at Inter Miami will inspire a World Cup triumph for the Stars and Stripes.
David Beckham says USMNT will win a World Cup
The United States women’s national team waited 12 years to reclaim gold at the Olympics. Lynn Williams only needed one night to break the sought-after prize.
USWNT veteran forward Williams hilariously broke her gold medal while partying the night of the gold medal triumph. Pictures and stories were shared of Williams swinging her medal above her head before a picture of the ribbon and medal dethatched.
Chelsea defeated Swiss club Servette FC 2-0 in the Europa Conference League playoffs on Thursday, however a Marc Guiu miss is the big talking point.
The Chelsea youngster was given his first start for the Blues and ended up having a lowlight that will give him nightmares years from now.
In the 51st minute the 18-year-old had the entire goal gaping in front of him after robbing possession from Servette’s goalkeeper. All that was needed was a pass into the goal.
Instead Guiu made a mess of things.
Marc Guiu miss vs. Servette
United States women’s national team forward Midge Purce humorously weighed in on Canada Soccer’s drone scandal joking that they needed to “cheat better.”
Canada’s soccer programs are in hot water after the women’s team were discovered spying on New Zealand’s private practices at the Paris Olympics. It’s now been reported that both the men’s and women’s have a history of using drones to spy on opponents.
This is a generational use of technology in the world of soccer.
Hilarious VAR offside check in Venezuela
During the Venezuelan first division Clausura 2024 match between clubs Puerto Cabello and Portuguesa on Sunday, an offside play — inaccurately “checked” by a TV broadcast — has made waves of social media.
In the 84th minute of the match, a Puerto Cabello goal was quickly denied by the linesman for being in an offside position. The home side were close to open the scoring.
A player in Brazil just gave away the strangest penalty we’ve ever seen.
Watch: Brazileirão player kicks second ball into opposing player inside the box; gives away last-minute penalty
During the Brazilian Serie A match between clubs Flamengo and Criciúma, the closing moments of the match saw Criciúma give away a penalty in one of the most bizarre plays of the year.