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We are into the final month of summer transfer activity for European soccer clubs with less than two weeks to go until some domestic seasons start. A few big names are coming onto the market with most international tournaments now over so get ready for a busier period than most of this window so far. […]

Getty Images As Barcelona and Real Madrid meet for a preseason El Clasico, it’s a debut for Hansi Flick in the storied rivalry. Joining Barcelona after they parted ways with Xavi Hernandez during the summer, Flick will now enter the biggest managerial job of his career with high expectations.  Coming off of winning La Liga […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Pau Victor was the surprise star of Barcelona’s 2-1 win over rivals Real Madrid at MetLife Stadium on Saturday when the former member of the club’s reserve team scored a brace in a preseason edition of El Clasico. Real Madrid got off to a quick start and racked up five shots […]

Getty Images As Barcelona and Real Madrid meet for a preseason El Clasico, it’s a debut for Hansi Flick in the storied rivalry. Joining Barcelona after they parted ways with Xavi Hernandez during the summer, Flick will now enter the biggest managerial job of his career with high expectations.  Coming off of winning La Liga […]

Welcome to the weekend! There is more Olympic soccer coming your way this weekend, starting with the U.S. men against Morocco in Paris on Friday before the USWNT follow their compatriots at Parc des Princes on Saturday against Japan. Jonathan Johnson here — the hunt for gold medals in France does not stop and neither […]

Getty Images For the first time in most of the players’ lives, the United States men are back in the Olympic quarterfinals, accomplishing the feat for the first time since 2000. Strong attacking performances against New Zealand and Guniea led Marko Motrovic’s team to this point but now as they will face a tougher test […]

The men’s Olympic soccer knockout phase is now set with the United States up against Morocco, Japan taking on Spain, Egypt meeting Paraguay and hosts France being reunited with FIFA 2022 World Cup conquerors Argentina. The quarterfinals are on Friday with the semifinals coming next Monday before the final next Friday as well as the […]

The U.S. women’s national team will take on Japan in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, refreshing one of women’s soccer’s most storied rivalries of recent years. The pair played a trio of high-profile finals from 2011 to 2015, a period that covers two Women’s World Cups and the 2012 Olympic Games in […]

Kylian Mbappe has invested in a majority stake in Stade Malherbe Caen in France’s Ligue 2 having recently left French soccer to play for Real Madrid in Spain. Les Bleus’ talisman and captain has cultivated a modern brand image on and off the field and strategic investments are part of that. The Normandy-based club will […]

The U.S. women’s national team defeated Australia 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a date with Japan on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Trinity Rodman opened the scoring and Korbin Albert for the second in the second half as the Americans finished the group stage with a perfect 3-0-0 record. How did everyone perform in the […]