Category: Football News

Canada‘s women’s national team head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from the country’s Olympic soccer team over a scandal involving the use of drones to spy on opponents’ practice, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Thursday. The COC said it made the decision after Canada Soccer decided to suspend Priestman for the remainder of […]

Laken Litman College Football & Soccer Analyst For the last several months, players and coaches on the U.S. women’s national team have been saying publicly that they have moved on from the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup when the squad was eliminated in the Round of 16. In their opening match of the Paris Olympics, […]

Harry Maguire has described missing Manchester United’s FA Cup final triumph over Manchester City and England’s Euro 2024 campaign with an injury as “probably the toughest moment” of his career. A year ago Erik ten Hag stripped Maguire of the United captaincy and the defender came close to joining West Ham later in the summer. […]

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJul 24, 2024, 09:02 PM Despite Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag’s future being in doubt last season, he was given a contract extension as the club seeks to revamp its squad. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES — Manchester United‘s season starts here. Players and staff have arrived in Los Angeles for […]

Manchester City lost 4-3 to Celtic in the first game of their preseason tour of the U.S. on Tuesday night. Pep Guardiola picked Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish in his team, but the Premier League champions were beaten by the champions of Scotland in North Carolina. Celtic, who handed a debut to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, […]

UEFA has officially charged Spain captain Álvaro Morata and midfielder Rodri with violating its “basic rules of decent conduct” after singing about a sovereignty claim on Gibraltar at the team’s European Championship title celebration. Morata and Rodri led thousands of fans singing “Gibraltar is Spanish” at a celebration in Madrid last week after the team’s […]

“I seem incapable of forgetting that Dean Richards’s 2001 transfer from Southampton to Spurs was the highest fee paid for a player as yet uncapped by England (£8.1m. Don’t bother checking. Trust me). Who’s the most expensive player (now retired) to have never been capped and which active player holds that title?” writes Thom Harris. […]

Trevoh Chalobah feels he is being forced out of Chelsea against his will after being left out of the club’s pre-season tour and the defender is expected to assess his options before deciding whether to leave. The 25-year-old was a surprise exclusion when the squad for the five-match tour of the United States was confirmed […]

New Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he respects the club’s traditional passing style but he also wants to inject a more direct approach focused on scoring. Barça appointed the former Germany and Bayern Munich manager as head coach on a two-year contract in May after sacking Xavi Hernandez, tasking him with turning around the club’s […]

Chelsea has signed United States left-back Caleb Wiley from Atlanta United on a six-year contract. The 19-year-old Wiley is joining for a fee that is reported to be worth $11 million. He has been part of Atlanta’s first team since 2022 and made his senior debut for the U.S. national team against Mexico last October. […]