Bengaluru coach Albert Roca The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) technical committee has shortlisted four candidates, including two-time South Korean World Cupper Lee Min-sung and Bengaluru FC’s (BFC) former coach Albert Roca, for the job of the chief coach of the men’s national team. Besides Lee and Roca, who tasted immense success at BFC,
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Orlando Pirates are on the brink of winning the South African Premier Soccer League after seven years without a title, the silverware set to crown a campaign underpinned by the coaching prowess, and sleepless nights, of coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic. The 49-year-old Serb originally joined the Buccaneers back in 2006, but departed after just over
11:33 PM ET Substitute Andy Rose scored in the 87th minute to lift the Whitecaps to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids after Vancouver gave back a two-goal, first-half lead on Friday night in Commerce City, Colorado. Rose’s winner came 10 minutes after Colorado’s Diego Rubio was ejected for making contact in the face
Gio Reyna, a son of former U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna, sparked a comeback from a two-goal deficit with an assist, then converted a free kick to put the Americans ahead in their 3-2 victory over Canada on Thursday night in their opener at the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship. Canada went ahead 2-0 on goals
10:52 PM ET Los Angeles Football Club may have lingering frustration after it failed to defeat a short-handed opponent last weekend. That could be bad news for the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night at Banc of California Stadium. In its second match in as many weeks against the Seattle Sounders, LAFC (7-1-2, 23 points)
10:13 PM ET Seattle midfielder Cristian Roldan is looking forward to squaring off against former teammate Osvaldo Alonso on Saturday night when the Sounders visit Minnesota United at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minn. “Well, I’m happy that I’ll be able to compete against Ozzie. (He was) really a mentor of mine,” said Roldan, who
Chaos unfolded at Elland Road when Aston Villa’s Jonathan Kodjia went down injured, with Leeds playing on to score a crucial opener. Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Julien Laurens all agree Leeds United were right to play on when they scored while an Aston Villa player was down. Astonishing scenes in Elland Road as Leeds
Chaos unfolded at Elland Road when Aston Villa’s Jonathan Kodjia went down injured, with Leeds playing on to score a crucial opener. Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Julien Laurens all agree Leeds United were right to play on when they scored while an Aston Villa player was down. Astonishing scenes in Elland Road as Leeds
8:23 AM ET Melbourne Victory showed their title-winning pedigree to kick off the A-League finals, progressing to the last four with a 3-1 dismissal of Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park. Georg Niedermeier, Kosta Barbarouses and Ola Toivonen scored the goals while Keisuke Honda and Raul Baena marshalled the midfield against a physical Phoenix outfit, who
Man City captain Steph Houghton has helped lay the groundwork for young stars like Georgia Stanway to thrive. MANCHESTER, England — As April ticks over into May, attention in English football turns toward the trophies that are up for grabs at the end of the season. In recent years, no club has been as focused