You only get one first impression. That was not a positive one for Alfredo Morales when he moved to his new club Ingolstadt two seasons ago. Morales’ first match with the club was marred by an 81st minute red card that led to the game winning penalty kick goal. His time at Ingolstadt since then…
A German soccer website recently published an article about the various players in the top two tiers of German soccer that share a similar, but unique background. The article outlined a dozen players that currently play in the top two levels of the German Bundesliga that are of both German and American descent. As the…
Southampton v. Tottenham – 7:45 am, Saturday Southampton and Tottenham start off Saturday morning with an exciting matchup of the sixth and seventh place teams in the Premier League table. Tottenham are tied with Liverpool with 57 points, but Liverpool have played one less match. The winner of that tiebreaker is in a spot that…
Michael Orozco is experiencing a rebirth of sorts this season at Puebla in Mexico’s Liga MX. The 29-year-old California-native has been the backbone of a stingy Puebla defense. Although they struggled in both the Apertura and Clausura (Mexico splits their season into two – a fall and a spring season), led by Orozco, “La Franja”…
Danny Williams and Reading fell to Arsenal 2-1 after extra time in the FA Cup Semifinal today at Wembley Stadium in London. Reading’s dream run ended after Alexis Sanchez’s extra time winner in the 105th minute. Williams started and played the entire 120 minutes at central midfield and was easily one of Reading’s top players.…
Everton continued their struggles today, falling 3-2 at Newcastle without Tim Howard, who exited their Boxing Day loss at the halftime break. Everton gave up three goals in a match for only the second time since September 23 as Newcastle snapped their four-game losing streak, in which they had scored a total of three goals.…
21-year-old defender Will Packwood made his season debut for Birmingham City in their 3-1 win at Millwall. Packwood, who was called up for the USA U-23 side’s friendly win over the Bahamas in August, has spent most of the beginning part of the season as captain of Birmingham City’s U-23 squad. With some of the regulars…
Alejandro Bedoya played the second half of a friendly match that ended scoreless today in France. Nantes tied Lucon while Bedoya got a good 45 minutes of fitness. According to match reports, Bedoya was the best player on the field and nearly scored the game winner with under ten minutes to play. John Brooks made…
First off, the United States U-17 squad lost its second group stage match in the Open Nordic Tournament. The US fell to Norway’s U-17s 4-1 this morning. Illinois-native Elijah Rice scored the lone goal for the Americans. The loss comes a day after an opening day loss to host Denmark, 2-0. The United States final…
Fulham announced today who they were bringing to the United States for their preseason camp this week. 18-year-old American Emerson Hyndman was one of those included in the squad. Hyndman has been featuring regularly with the first team in friendlies and has shown well, picking up a few assists along the way. Fulham will face…
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