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5 concerns for U.S. Women's National Team in Women's World Cup

With yesterday's win over Colombia, the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) has three wins and a draw in the Women's World Cup, finished first in the Group of Death, and has shown it may have the strongest defense of any team in this year's tournament. Despite all of these positives, there are five worrying […]

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Top 5 players at Copa America 2015 so far

Up to this point, the Copa America has delivered on its reputation for chaotic soccer. Already we’ve seen shocks, last-gasp winners, brawls, stunning displays of fandom and one of the competition’s star attractions banned for the duration of the Copa. We haven’t even gotten into the knockout stages of the competition yet either! Naturally, there […]

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USA 2-0 Colombia Women’s World Cup match highlights

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Arsenal’s potential Petr Čech deal may be start to big year for the Gunners

While the soccer world waits for an official announcement from either Arsenal or Chelsea regarding Petr Čech’s move from west London to north London, the Daily Mail reported earlier today that a deal is already complete. According to the publication, an agreement between the two rival clubs was reached and a fee of £11 million will […]

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Champions League in Cardiff could give English teams success

The final of the biggest club competition in world soccer is expected to come back to Britain for the third time in six years, however, not to the capital. Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is the current favourite to host the 2017 final with UEFA likely to announce their decision in Prague on the 29th June. If the […]

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USA v. Colombia preview, TV times and open thread

USA v. Colombia 8:00 PM – FOX Sports 1 Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton Few had realized the bad blood that still lingered after U.S. defeated Colombia. A 3-0 victory in group play of the 2012 Olympics saw punches and tempers fly for both teams. But this week Colombian star and captain Lady Andrade reminded us […]

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Women's World Cup Round of 16: Norway vs. England TV times and open thread

Today's games see the United States Women's National Team against Colombia as well as Norway vs. England. These are two of the toughest games in the Round of 16 and should be very entertaining to watch. Be sure to check out our combined schedule for the Copa America and Women's World Cup to keep track […]

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MLS attendances for gameweek 16 of the 2015 season

For gameweek 16 of the MLS season, the reported attendances were pretty good across all venues. There were sellouts or near sellouts in Portland, Salt Lake, Seattle and Toronto. After 156 games, the gain over 2014 continues at an increase of nearly 12%. Here are the latest attendance data: Gameweek 16 attendances Colorado 15,585 DC […]

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Stoke striker Bojan Krkic closing in on returning to match action

Stoke striker Bojan Krkic says he hopes to be fit for the start of the new domestic season. The 24-year-old Spaniard suffered a cruciate ligament injury in an FA Cup tie at Rochdale at the end of January, abruptly ending what had been a promising first season in English football. The former Barcelona player has […]

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek aiming high at Chelsea

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has taken Jose Mourinho's recent criticism on-board and vowed to put in the work required to establish himself at Chelsea. There is a lot of excitement and anticipation surrounding the talented midfielder, widely touted as the Blues' first academy graduate to become a first-team regular since John Terry. Loftus-Cheek has impressed since being […]

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Arsenal sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, says report

Arsenal have agreed a deal with Chelsea to sign goalkeeper Petr Cech for a fee of approximately £11 million, according to a report by The Daily Mail newspaper. According to Chelsea captain John Terry, he accepts goalkeeper Petr Cech will be sorely missed if he leaves Stamford Bridge and believes he is worth up to […]

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10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 16 of 2015 season

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 16 of the MLS season: 1. The LA Galaxy Are Back The Galaxy got healthy. Robbie Keane, Robbie Rogers, AJ DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez – the band was back together in front of an unusually strong StubHub Center crowd on Saturday night, and the home team responded […]

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Australia’s historic win against Brazil breeds confidence & self belief

The caption of a graphic that Nike Soccer uploaded onto their social media channels recently read: Strong Alone. Unstoppable together. If anything, Australia’s history-making quarter-finals berth into the Women’s World Cup was the manifestation of exactly that. While the Matildas cannot exactly boast high-profile players the likes of five-time World Player of the Year Marta, United States’ […]

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Danny Ings vows to make a difference at Liverpool

Forward Danny Ings has pledged to become the best he can be after securing a dream move to Liverpool. An impressive maiden top-flight season with Burnley has led to the 22-year-old agreeing a deal to swap Turf Moor for Anfield. Ings will make the move at the end of his contract on July 1, continuing […]

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Does North American soccer need super clubs?

Many fans of the Beautiful Game criticize MLS for its single entity structure and salary caps. What has resulted is parity though certain teams like the Los Angeles Galaxy have found a way to “game” the system, but much of the success of the Galaxy is down to the management genius of Bruce Arena. But […]