Getty Images The U.S. Open Cup will be decided on Wednesday when the Houston Dynamo and Inter Miami meet at DRV PNK Stadium for the championship. While the Herons are hoping to end a one-month trophy drought, Houston last lifted silverware in 2018 when they defeated the Philadelphia Union in the U.S. Open Cup final. … Read more
Valencia coach Ruben Baraja is eager for Javi Guerra to stay grounded. The midfielder’s form has brought him to the attention of Manchester United. But Baraja says, “The process with him has been very fast in every way. “He finished last season very well and this year he has been a protagonist in offensive actions … Read more
Sep 26, 2023, 11:00 AM ET UEFA will explore options for Russia‘s youth teams to return to competition for the first time since the country’s invasion of Ukraine, European football’s governing body said on Tuesday following its Executive Committee’s meeting in Limassol, Cyprus. Following the invasion, world soccer’s governing body FIFA and UEFA decided in … Read more
play Ancelotti: Our defence was too weak in Madrid derby (0:59)Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti reflects on his side’s 3-1 defeat to rivals Atletico Madrid in LaLiga. (0:59) Sep 26, 2023, 08:16 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti said he hopes Xabi Alonso can coach Real Madrid “one day” after the Bayer Leverkusen boss was linked with … Read more
Sep 25, 2023, 05:28 PM ET The president of Colombian second division club Tigres FC, Edgar Paez, was shot dead following his team’s defeat on Saturday, the club announced. The 63-year-old was returning home by car with his daughter after the 3-2 home loss to Atletico FC when he was killed by two men on … Read more
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has explained releasing assistant coach Bruno Saltor. It emerged yesterday that Bruno had ‘quietly’ left Chelsea after terminating his contract by mutual consent. The Spaniard had been part of former manager Graham Potter‘s staff and had stayed on after his sacking. Pochettino told Sky Sports today: “It was a decision that … Read more
Chelsea hero Frank Lebouef says they should’ve moved for Harry Kane over the summer. Kane left Tottenham for Bayern Munich last month and Leboeuf says Chelsea should have tried for him. The Frenchman insists the current Blues strike-force isn’t good enough. “If they have that much money, they should have bought Harry Kane or so … Read more
Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is in the process of splitting with agent Pini Zahavi. The Denmark international plans to leave Spurs in January after losing his first-choice status under manager Ange Postecoglou this season. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is reporting Hojbjerg wishes to leave Zahavi’s Gol International firm for a new representative. Hojbjerg has a … Read more
Sep 25, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko is tired of being compared to Erling Haaland. Those comparisons, though, are somewhat inevitable. Both players are 6-foot-4 strikers who took formative steps in their careers at Austrian team Salzburg before moving to German clubs, with Sesko joining Salzburg’s sister club Leipzig this summer. Haaland … Read more
play Marsden: A long way to go between federation and Spain players (2:27)Sam Marsden reports the latest as Spain players end boycott after federation commits to change. (2:27) Sep 25, 2023, 01:16 PM ET Spain players Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodr?guez have been called as witnesses in the case against former Spanish Football … Read more
