Getting back into the swing of training with the Orlando Pride after missing some time isn’t too hard for the team’s various national team players. As Australian women’s national team member and Pride midfielder Emily van Egmond puts it, “We’re kind of used to that.” Van Egmond, Alanna Kennedy, Chioma Ubogagu, Marta, Ashlyn Harris and […]
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. — Sean Johnson and Jonathan Lewis were surprise selections to Gregg Berhalter’s first January camp as U.S. men’s national team coach. Johnson hadn’t been part of the fold in 18 months, since the group stage of the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup. Lewis had yet to consistently break into the New York City Football […]
SANFORD, Fla. — New Orlando City centerback Robin Jansson understands how his story can be inspirational. The 27-year-old native of Sweden was working in a horseshoe factory to make ends meet just before he got an opportunity to play for Swedish Allsvenskan side AIK last year. He took full advantage of his shot with AIK, […]
Sky Blue FC hired Morgan Hofacker and Christopher Ascari to the club’s technical staff Wednesday. Hofacker will serve as the club’s high performance coach and Ascari will be the strength and conditioning coach. Hofacker was previously a coach at Perseverance Strength and Conditioning, a company based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She is a graduate student […]
Major League Soccer is increasingly focused on Sacramento, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo., as the home for its next expansion team. MLS commissioner Don Garber, in a conversation with the Post-Dispatch on Monday, said league owners are looking to make a decision on their 28th team before the end of the year. And while the […]
ST. LOUIS — The commissioner of Major League Soccer, in St. Louis on Monday to meet with regional business leaders, said a local ownership group is just steps away from securing an expansion team. Commissioner Don Garber lunched with more than two dozen chief executives and business owners from some of the largest companies in […]
CHESTER, Pa.— One of the Philadelphia Union’s top offseason signings won’t be making an impact on the field for a while. Union head coach Jim Curtin announced during his weekly press conference on Wednesday that forward Sergio Santos is out at least four weeks with a Grade 2 strain in his hip. “We lost Sergio […]
Orlando Pride defender Ali Krieger and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris are engaged and will be married later this year, the couple announced in People magazine. Krieger, 34, and Harris, 33, have been teammates on the Pride since 2017 and played together for the United States women’s national team before that. Both are World Cup champions. Krieger was […]
Here are three things we learned from the New York Red Bulls 4-2 loss to Santos Laguna in the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals Tuesday night at Estadio Corona. What a start Few gave the Red Bulls a chance after losing 2-0 at Red Bull Arena in the first leg. A comeback would mean scoring multiple […]
The Houston Dynamo fought hard until the end, but it wasn’t enough to overpower their experienced rival. After falling to Tigres UANL 1-0 at Estadio Universitario Tuesday night in San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, the Dynamo were eliminated from the Concacaf Champions League. Houston had an uphill fight even before kickoff of the second-leg quarterfinal […]