If anyone puts the "wing" in "wing-back", it's Canada superstar Davies. Bayern's 'Road Runner' started life as an out-and-out winger when he burst onto the scene with the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer, before finding his feet further back at Baye...
Thebirthplace of futsalwas Uruguay, 1930. It began with the youth of the area playing on indoor courts rather than in the streetsto prevent injuries. It soon became popular in South America, and grew to become the second most popular form of soccer played in the world. Because futsal is o...
Pressure has subsequently mounted on the shoulders of youngster Tom Davies and Morgan Schneiderlin, but had Silva's first-choice options been available, it is arguable whether either would even make the bench. The knock-on effect has seen the captain Gylfi Sigurdsson being asked to play a deep...
U.S. Soccer hired Hayes in November, but she didn't coach her first match until June 1 due to her job as head coach of Chelsea. She's an accomplished coach, as she recentlyled Chelsea to its fifth consecutive, and seventh overall, Super League title. Hayes also led Chelsea to the Ch...
When she scores on her opponent who discovers he's playing against a woman, there is a high level of incredulity. "It is usually a dude, and I'll score a banger or do something, and then I'll start talking a little smack," the Orlando Pride midfielder tells ESPN. "And the...
All that said, the rapidity with which the trio has assimilated to all things MLS has been astonishing. So has the ability of the team's existing players to adapt to their new teammates. There were some hiccups in Miami's vision: Injuries to midfielders Jean Mota and Gregore meant that ...
Puig’s got two new wingers to play with inJoseph PaintsilandGabriel Pec, and two very good central midfielders healthy behind him, and a hot center forward in front of him (whenDejan Joveljicis healthy, anyway), and that is the recipe for one of the best, most aesthetically pleasing at...
MidfielderTaylor Flint (nee Kornieck)is now a member of Racing Louisville FC after being traded by the San Diego Wave for $150,000 in allocation money, the teams announced on Monday. Although only signed with the Wave through 2024, Louisville announced that it has...
Because of that, the two more advanced midfielders in Estevez’s 4-3-3 spent a lot of time dropping deeper to do basic distribution work (though Sebastian Lletget, to his credit, still managed to be very effective pushing into the final third). That, in turn, made the overall attack ...
Sheffield United midfielder Vini Souza has heaped praise on a Manchester United star. Souza, who is back in the Championship after the Blades were relegated, named Bruno Fernandes as the league’s nicest player. Fernandes does not have the...