Ahead of Sunday’s El Tráfico between the Los Angeles Galaxy and LAFC at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy revealed a statue of Landon Donovan outside the stadium to commemorate his contributions to the club, including four MLS Cups.
Rangers fell 1-0 to Sparta Prague on Thursday, but the real loser was humanity. Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara — who was racially abused by a Czech player from Slavia Prague last season — was booed throughout Thursday night’s match.
LISBON - Leaving her homeland Afghanistan was painful, says 15-year-old Sarah. But now safely in Portugal, she hopes to pursue her dream of playing soccer professionally — and perhaps meeting her idol, star striker Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sarah was one of several players from Afghanistan's national female youth soccer squad who fled their country in fear after the Taliban hardline Islamist movement seized power in August. Portugal has granted asylum to the young footballers.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's antitrust authority on Thursday fined more than a dozen soccer clubs and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) in a historic move over salary caps for female players and labor movement restrictions.
The FMF, 17 clubs and eight unidentified people were handed fines totaling $8.9 million, according to a statement by Cofece, the antitrust authority.
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, the latest club-focused soccer documentary lands on Amazon Prime Video: FC Bayern — Behind the Legend.
All six episodes will be available for streaming that day, and we really have high hopes for this one given the period in which it was filmed.
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Ligue 1 club RC Lens will play two home games behind closed doors pending an investigation into the crowd trouble that marred Saturday's derby against Lille, the league's disciplinary committee said on Monday.
Lens will host Strasbourg on Wednesday and Stade de Reims on Oct. 1, with a decision on the incident to be rendered on Oct. 6, the statement added.
The kickoff to the second half of the Ligue 1 game, which Lens won 1-0, was delayed by about half an hour after crowd trouble erupted at halftime.
A group of Club America fans are wanted by Philadelphia police after killing a 28-year-old at a Pat’s King of Steaks in South Philadelphia Thursday night. Police reported that four men wearing Club America jerseys assaulted a group of three men that included a 64-year-old father, his 28-year-old son and a friend of the son.
La llegada de septiembre, mes de las fiestas de independencia, ha reflotado un tópico controversial en los campos culinarios de México: ¿la quesadilla va con queso o sin queso?
Sí, para el lector ajeno a las costumbres mexicanas la pregunta puede parecer una broma. QUESAdilla, QUESO, ¿cómo no va a tener queso? Sin embargo, no es un chiste. El dilema es profundo e implica hasta divisiones geodemográficas, patentes en varias áreas de la sociedad local, incluyendo el seno del Tri.
El nivel de ídolo de Cuauhtémoc Blanco es indiscutible.
Dentro del campo de juego, su talento enamoró a varios equipos, pero especialmente a los aficionados del América. En las Águilas vivió sus mejores años, convirtiéndose incluso en el segundo goleador histórico del equipo con 153 anotaciones, solo detrás de Luis Roberto Alves (192). Sus declaraciones y sus festejos también son recordados con especial cariño, al punto que jugadores actuales de los azulcrema como Henry Martin o Sebastián Córdova rinde tributo a sus celebraciones de vez en cuando.
Heading into Saturday’s football 5-a-side gold medal match at the Summer Paralympics, Brazil took the status of favorite as the gold medal winner at each of the last four tournaments.
South American rival Argentina, however, had claimed silver once and bronze twice over that period, and boasted Tokyo 2020’s leading scorer in Maximiliano Espinillo, who’d already recorded seven goals in four games.