An emphatic 9-0 win Thursday night against Cuba sent Jamaica through to Sunday’s Concacaf Women’s Championship semifinals. Jamaica likely will finish second in Group B to Canada, which led Costa Rica 2-0 in the second half of the final group play match at the time of this report, to advance. Jody Brown scored a hat […]
TAMPA, Fla. — There were flashes of a bright future, but for now, the United States men’s national team is still finding its way. It showed Thursday night in Raymond James Stadium. The U.S. fell 4-2 to Colombia in front of an announced crowd of 38,631. It was a record crowd for a men’s national […]
Canada finished out group play Thursday night with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica to sweep Group B and advance to Sunday’s Concacaf Women’s Championship semifinals. Janine Beckie scored first in the 25th minute, followed by 40th-minute Nichelle Prince goal to enter halftime up 2-0. Christine Sinclair then scored in the 57th minute to make […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The starting lineups for the United States men’s national team’s match against Colombia were released at 6:55 p.m. ET Thursday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium. U.S. interim coach Dave Sarachan opted to start veteran midfielder Michael Bradley and give him the captain’s armband. He’ll lineup next to […]
HANOVER, N.J. — Tim Parker graduated from Hicksville High School in 2011 and St. John’s University four years later. Little did the central defender know that when he joined the New York Red Bulls in a preseason trade with the Vancouver Whitecaps that he’d be going back to school. Every day when Parker drives through […]
They joined the club together in 2017 and on Thursday a vital part of the New York City FC spine agreed to new multi-year contracts to stay with the club. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson, central defender Alexander Callens and midfielder Alex Ring will remain with NYCFC for the long term. Terms of their contracts were not […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The United States men’s national team takes on Colombia at Raymond James Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The 23-man roster called up by U.S. interim coach Dave Sarachan is full of young players, with a couple veterans — midfielder Michael Bradley and goalkeeper Brad Guzan — mixed in. The average age of […]
Restless fan bases unhappy with their English head coaches. Front offices that promised playoffs, but fell short of that goal. Questionable roster decisions and under-performing defenses. While the Colorado Rapids and Minnesota United FC aren’t quite mirror images of each other, similarities abound between the two teams, set to face off this Saturday at TCF Bank […]
Much like the previous two seasons, the New England Revolution back line in 2018 is woefully inconsistent and mediocre. So, when the club asked media members last week to submit votes for the team’s defender of the year award, I had some pause. Of the five players on the ballot – Andrew Farrell, Jalil Anibaba, […]
The Yankees’ loss to the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series had a major impact on MLS, and on the Union specifically. New York City FC shares Yankee Stadium with the Bronx baseball team, which has an equity stake in the soccer team. Had the Yankees gone on a long playoff run, […]