NEW YORK — New York City FC coach Domè Torrent expressed a degree of frustration when he was unable to join his new club until nearly two weeks after his appointment due to Visa impediments. While resolved that he was unable to control the government process, Torrent appeared less accepting of the inability to manipulate […]
The Chicago Red Stars continued their climb up the NWSL standings on Sunday, moving into fourth place. Goals from Casey Short and Yuki Nagasato lifted the Red Stars (5-3-7, 22 points) to a 2-0 victory over the Washington Spirit in front of an announced crowd of 2,858 at Toyota Park. Short gave the Red Stars […]
The Colorado Rapids are on a three-game unbeaten run after grabbing three points Sunday night at BC Place in Vancouver. The Rapids (4-9-3, 15 points) won 1-0 off a Whitecaps (6-7-5, 23 points) own goal by Marcel de Jong in the 43rd minute. Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard also collected 10 saves during the match, played […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Sweden is doing just fine at the World Cup without Zlatan Ibrahimović. Even the man himself thinks so. “Listen, whoever plays against Sweden will have a hard time. That’s for sure and I think everybody knows it,” Ibrahimovic said in a video posted by his current club, LA Galaxy. If […]
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MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Local authorities in Marrakech say a player for Morocco’s national team at the World Cup has been in involved in a car crash in which someone died. Amine Harit, a 21-year-old midfielder, was driving in the city on Friday when the accident occurred. According to reports, Harit collided with a pedestrian […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Most Russian fans just hoped that this World Cup team would not embarrass itself at a home tournament. Now they are ecstatically flooding the streets to celebrate a massive upset with hopes for more. Russians partied loudly in the center of Moscow Sunday night after their team beat Spain to reach the […]
Former Orlando City coach Adrian Heath praised the decision to name former Lions midfielder James O’Connor the club’s next head coach. Heath said he was “absolutely delighted” O’Connor was selected to lead Orlando City following the firing of Jason Kreis. Heath, who now coaches Minnesota United, led Orlando City during the club’s USL days when O’Connor […]
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (AP) — Danijel Subasic saved three penalties, and Croatia’s World Cup hopes. In the second straight shootout of the tournament, the Croats advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 victory over Denmark on penalties following a 1-1 draw on Sunday. Subasic tipped the first penalty from Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen onto the […]
Former Orlando City coach Jason Kreis posted a letter on Twitter Saturday afternoon, marking his first comments since he was fired by the club. In the letter, he wrote he was “sincerely grateful” to club owners Flavio Augusto da Silva and Phil Rawlins for the opportunity to coach Orlando City and added “OCSC is poised […]