Cesar Hernandez Nov 9, 2023, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Retiring OL Reign star and two-time Women’s World Cup-winner Megan Rapinoe said on Thursday that her final match in Saturday’s NWSL championship game is “the perfect way to go out” with the backdrop of a possible record crowd for the final and a recent
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Jeff Kassouf Nov 9, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The illustrious careers of Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger will each end on the same field on Saturday, at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California, the site of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League championship. The match-up between Rapinoe’s OL Reign and Krieger’s NJ/NY
Joseph Lowery Nov 8, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions No matter what happens in NWSL final on Saturday, there will be a new NWSL champion. OL Reign, who took down the top-seeded San Diego Wave last weekend, and NJ/NY Gotham FC, who pushed past the Portland Thorns in extra time, will battle for
Associated Press Nov 9, 2023, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CF Montréal fired Hernán Losada on Thursday after the team failed to reach the playoffs, the 11th of 29 MLS coaches to exit their jobs this year. Assistant coach Sebastian Setti also was fired. Losada was hired last December after Wilfried Nancy left to
Nov 6, 2023, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone on Thursday signed a three-year contract extension which will take him to 2027 with the club. Simeone, who was appointed as Atleti head coach in December 2011, is the most successful manager in the club’s history. In his 12 years as
Nov 9, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France have called up Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery for the first time, with the 17-year-old included in the squad to face Gibraltar and Greece in their Euro 2024 qualifiers by coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday. The teenager has been in impressive form this season, scoring
Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate insists the ongoing England exiles of Raheem Sterling and Ben White are based purely on footballing reasons and the “door is open” for both players to revive their international careers in time for Euro 2024. The Three Lions boss named a 25-man squad on Thursday for upcoming qualifiers against Malta
Associated Press Nov 9, 2023, 11:40 AM ET Colombia’s government confirmed on Thursday that the father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released, 12 days after his kidnapping in northern Colombia by members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, or ELN. The release was announced by the government’s delegation that currently is in peace
Cesar Hernandez Nov 9, 2023, 03:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NWSL announced a new four-year media rights deal that will partner the U.S. women’s top flight with CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime Video and Scripps Sports in 2024. The news marks the upcoming end of an exclusive three-year deal with CBS Sports that will
Open Extended Reactions The Premier League‘s Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled the referee and the VAR were correct to award Newcastle United‘s winning goal against Arsenal on Saturday — but the officials missed two red cards. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was furious that Anthony Gordon‘s winning goal was allowed to stand by referee