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Jun 3, 3:23 AM EDT
On Saturday Juventus and Real Madrid battle in the Champions League final and the USA men play Venezuela. The U.S. ...
UEFA president: Europe's turn in 2030 to host World Cup
Jun 2, 10:02 PM EDT
Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, says it will be "Europe's turn in 2030" to host the World Cup and doesn't ...
Aston Villa executive Keith Wyness suspended three weeks for retweet
Jun 2, 10:01 PM EDT
Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness was suspended from all soccer-related activity for three weeks for a retweet of a ...
Sergio Ramos: Real Madrid must act like it is aiming for first UCL trophy
Jun 2, 9:58 PM EDT
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, who scored the deciding goals in the 2014 and 2016 UEFA Champions League finals, says ...
Buffon inspired by N'Kono to play in goal
Jun 2, 9:51 PM EDT
Grim play and a dreary final most often come to mind when the 1990 World Cup is discussed, but the ...
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STORY OF THE DAY!
USA-Venezuela: Mindset, then fitness are U.S. priorities
by Paul Kennedy on Friday, Jun 2, 2017 1:09 AM EDT
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The USA plays the first of three games in June when it hosts Venezuela Saturday in a friendly. Who head coach Bruce Arena starts will be a good indicator of who and how he's thinking of playing five
days later when the USA hosts Trinidad & Tobago in the home leg of its two June qualifiers. Here are three keys to the game ...
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MLS: Hinchey will leave Rapids for swimming
Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDT
Colorado Rapids president Tim Hinchey, the 2016 MLS Executive of the Year, has accepted the position of president and CEO ...
Monaco turns down $112 million from Arsenal for Mbappe
Jun 2, 7:26 PM EDT
Monaco rejected a $112 million bid by Arsenal for 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe this week after he claimed he could ...
PSG names Antero Henrique as sporting director
Jun 2, 7:24 PM EDT
Paris St. Germain's hired Antero Henrique, Porto's vice president until last year, as its sporting director., taking over for taking ...
Buffon: Winning Ballon d'Or would be 'happy ending to a fairy-tale'
Jun 2, 7:21 PM EDT
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, tipped to win the Ballon d'Or if the Italian club beats Real Madrid in the Champions ...
MLS Today: Galaxy injury jinx hits again
Jun 2, 6:31 PM EDT
The LA Galaxy cannot escape an injury jinx that has cost them dearly in 2017. The latest to go down: ...
USA has the momentum at Under-20 World Cup -- but toughest foe awaits
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT
The 17-year-old Josh Sargent has, for U-20 World Cup quarterfinalist USA, scored with his right foot, his head, his left ...
USA-Venezuela: Mindset, then fitness are U.S. priorities
Jun 2, 6:20 PM EDT
The USA plays the first of three games in June when it hosts Venezuela Saturday in a friendly. Who head ...
USWNT: Morgan forced to drop out of Scandinavian trip
Jun 2, 4 PM EDT
Alex Morgan, who re-injured the hamstring injury she suffered almost three weeks ago playing for Lyon in Thursday's UEFA Women's ...
Alex Morgan feels 'complete' after winning UWCL
Jun 2, 3:32 AM EDT
Less than three weeks after suffering a hamstring injury, Alex Morgan returned for the UEFA Women's Champions League final with ...
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What's this? A goalkeeper penalized for rough play?
Meet Sorin Stoica. Maybe you've seen him in action during MLS games. Not a highly paid or widely acclaimed player, though. A referee. A rather unusual referee, it seems.
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| WHAT THEY'RE SAYING |
"When I watch a match in the TV for our national team, I do not ask if this player or that is a Sunni or a Shiite. I only care about the results."
-- Iraqi fan Mahmood Abed after
Iraq played and beat Jordan, 1-0, before 60,000 fans in Basra on Thursday, the first international match FIFA has allowed in Iraq in four years. Soccer fans view the ethnically and religiously
mixed team as a symbol of everything ISIS and its intolerance are not. (NBC News)
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