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16-Year-Old LA Galaxy Monster Efraín Álvarez Dominates The Grown Ups In US Open Cup Play

Fresh off helping Mexico to the CONCACAF U-17 Championship title last month, 16-year-old Californian Efraín Álvarez has registered his first goals for the LA Galaxy, notching a brace in the club’s 3-0 U.S. Open Cup victory over Orange County FC on Wednesday night. 

USWNT’s 13-0 Win Over Thailand Set Viewership Records On FOX, Telemundo

The U.S. women’s national team put a beatdown of historic proportions on Thailand on Tuesday. FOX and Telemundo reaped the benefits with huge USWNT vs Thailand TV ratings.

The Best Moment Of USWNT Beating Thailand Actually Came Off The Pitch

The U.S. women national team’s 13-0 thrashing of Thailand was nothing short of incredible. Behind Alex Morgan’s record five goals, the USWNT set the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup game

Despite all the goals that poured in — and there were a lot — the best moments of the match for the U.S. didn’t come on the pitch, but in the stands. 

MLS Designated Players 2019: Complete List And Salary Information

The Designated Player Rule, also known as the Beckham Rule, remains in effect as the league enters its 24th season. The rule allows teams to sign up to three players that are considered outside the team’s salary cap ($4.035M in 2018). 

In essence, this allows teams to compete for star players in the international market (like how the LA Galaxy started this whole rigamarole by signing David Beckham to a five-year contract worth $6.5M annually back in 2007). 

When Does USWNT Play Sweden? Preview, Prediction, TV, Streaming Info

The U.S. women’s national team was drawn into a fairly easy group for the Women’s World Cup, with only one match really expected to challenge the reigning champions. So when does USWNT play Sweden?

USWNT Getting Heat For Scoring Goals And Celebrating Joyfully At A World Cup

The USWNT defeated Thailand 13-0 on Tuesday, making actual analysis of the game about as meaningful as discussing who won the big fight between the ice cube and the Sun. So we quickly moved on to one of the great, redundant bits of virtue signaling in sports — the argument over “running up the score.” 

FOX’s Women’s World Cup Coverage Is Everything Its Men’s World Cup Coverage Wasn’t

In 2018, for the first time ever, FOX owned the U.S. broadcast rights to the men’s World Cup. 

We hated it.

This year, for the second time ever, FOX owns the Women’s World Cup U.S. TV rights.

We almost hate to admit it, but FOX is doing a great job.

Most Goals Scored In A Single World Cup Game — Where The USWNT’s Demolition Of Thailand Ranks

The U.S. women’s national team ran rampant on Thailand on Tuesday. The last teams to kick off their tournament, the U.S. flirted with setting the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup game.

The U.S. finished with a 13-0 win over Thailand, including four goals scored over a six-minute span early in the second half, the fastest four goals in Women’s World Cup history. 

But was it the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup game?

USWNT Uses Opener To Experiment With Idea Of Putting Every Player In Attack

Many utilized the build-up to the USWNT’s World Cup opener against Thailand to criticize manager Jill Ellis, which is an ingenious position to take because you’re right if they win (“In spite of her!”) and you’re right if they lose (“Told ya!”), but after watching the States utilize “the Zdeněk Zeman method” at kick off before shifting into a sort of 2-3-5 in possession, I gotta say, I

Hope Solo critica a la entrenadora de la USWNT Jill Ellis y a los porteros que la reemplazaron

La ex portera de la USWNT, Hope Solo, vuelve a estar en el foco de atención mientras cubre la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2019 para la BBC, y adivinen qué, tiene algo que decir.

A pesar de haber escrito en un artículo reciente para The Guardian, con respecto a que tres años alejada del juego, le han permitido "mirar las cosas desde una perspectiva imparcial y disfrutar del juego por lo que es y sin el dramatismo", Solo está intentando revolver la situación dentro del campo de la USWNT, al tiempo que destaca a las porteras y a la entrenadora del equipo, Jill Ellis.

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