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The United States women’s soccer team salvaged a 1-1 tie against the Netherlands in the World Cup Wednesday, ending a 16-game winning streak dating back to February. The U.S. trailed 1-0 following an early Dutch goal but Lindsey Horan responded in the 62nd minute to secure the draw. Though American players did not appear as sharp as they did in a commanding 2-0 victory over Vietnam to kick off World Cup proceedings last week, the team did well enough to maintain control of the group. With one win and one draw through two games, the U.S. still shares first place with the Netherlands, good enoug...
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French soccer star Kylian Mbappe ran to the stands to apologize after hitting a fan with a shot during warmups for the World Cup semifinal Wednesday. If the fan ever recovered, he would have seen the PSG star make up for it with a 2-0 victory over Morocco to propel France to a finals matchup with Argentina. In a clip that has now gone viral, Mbappe leapt over a barrier to attend to the unidentified fan, who was wearing red and blue and appeared disoriented in photos after the shot reportedly hit him in the face. France’s star apologized and ensured that he was alright before completing warmups...
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France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup semifinal match Wednesday, ensuring that Kylian Mbappe will face off against Lionel Messi and Argentina in the final Sunday. A tournament chock full of upsets will ultimately be determined by a game between two juggernauts. Morocco’s miraculous run to the semifinal included upset victories over Spain and Portugal, but France challenged the team’s highly successful defensive strategy immediately. A goal by left-back Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute put the underdogs behind for the first time in the tournament, and though Morocco’s counterattack led...
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FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from competitions “until further notice,” the pair announced in a joint statement Monday. The world’s governing soccer body, FIFA, and European’s, UEFA, said that each’s presidents—Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin, respectively—“hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.” UEFA’s competitions include the men’s and women’s Champions League, the men’s Europa League and the men’s UEFA Conference League. Spartak Moscow...
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FIFA‘s “global summit” was held to discuss increasing the occurrence of the World Cup from every four years to every two years. President Gianni Infantino says he believes if a vote was held, the proposal would win the majority vote. The move would generate an additional $4.4 billion in revenue over four years. This change is possible with men and women’s international schedules expiring in 2023 and 2024. There is no vote scheduled at this time. Speculation is that the vote could take place at the FIFA congress at the end of March, but Infantino will not commit to a date. “It is about getting ...
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Former FIFA officials, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, have been charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation. The investigation is regarding the controversial $2 million payment Platini received from FIFA. Blatter and Platini now face a trial at the federal criminal court in Bellinzona, Switzerland. If proven guilty, they could face several years in prison. “This payment damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini,” Swiss federal prosecutors stated. The case started in September 2015 and forced Blatter out ahead of schedule as...
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On Wednesday, the soccer group draws for the Tokyo Olympics took place. The draw saw the United States Women’s National Team be placed in group G. The USWNT will be placed in Group D with old rivals Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The USWNT will first play against Sweden on July 21, in Tokyo. Then, they will face New Zealand on July 24, and lastly Australia on July 27. The Women’s national team’s first matchup with Sweden will be a familiar one. Both national teams have faced one another various time. It will be their 42nd meeting and fourth in the last three years. The two teams faced one ...
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The European Super League faced backlash shortly after the announcement of its formation on Monday. Football governing bodies and figures condemned the emerging competition. Twelve clubs are currently members of the competition. The participating clubs are Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan, Juventus, A.C. Milan, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The chairman of the competition is Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez and the vice-chairmen are Liverpool director John W. Henry, Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke, Juventus chai...
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The U.S. Soccer, MLS, and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) will be joining a joint trial program aiming to test concussion substitutes. Last December, the concussion trial was approved by the International Football Association Board, who is in charge of approving rules for the game. The concussion trial will run through August, 2022. In addition, U.S. Soccer is working to implement the pilot program across the United States. This includes the top Women’s and Men’s soccer leagues, the United Soccer League, and the National Independent Soccer Association. “We do think it’s incredibly im...
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Juventus and Portugal international star Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction to Robert Lewandowski winning the FIFA The Best award created a lot of controversy in news outlets and on social media. The Portugese legend previously won the award five times and finished second behind Lewandowski in this year’s award. When FIFA president Gianni Infantino surprised Lewandowski and handed him the award, Ronaldo clearly was not so happy about it. It was evident that Ronaldo wanted to win the award for the sixth time and tie with his eternal rival Lionel Messi, who already has six. However, neither Messi or ...
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