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AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic and Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie have both become key players on two of Italy’s biggest teams. On Saturday the meet up in Milan for the much awaited game between the Rossoneri and the Bianconeri (You can catch the two United States men’s national team stars on Paramount+ all season long). However, while the two American internationals …

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” It’s every football manager’s favorite cliche at this stage of the season. There is time aplenty for gaps to be made up with more than two-thirds of the Premier League campaign to be played. Like an endurance race, however, the pace has been set. A brisk one at that. Liverpool have burst out of …

Olympique Lyonnais have been provisionally relegated to Ligue 2 next summer unless their finances drastically improve with a transfer ban now in place and the club’s wage bill under strict supervision by French soccer’s financial watchdog the DNCG (direction nationale du controle de gestion). The mission brief between now and the end of the current season is simple: sell as …

Anyone who tuned into the semifinals of the NWSL Playoffs last week were in for a real treat. The Washington Spirit bested NJ/NY Gotham FC in a closely contested game that ended in a penalty shootout, while the Shield-winning Orlando Pride beat the Kansas City Current in a five-goal thriller. The tight margins were not actually the games’ defining feature, …

Getty Images The final international break of 2024 has seen us reach the 12-game mark in the CONMEBOL zone’s FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers with six more to come as the process has now reached the two-thirds mark. As ever, South American international soccer is the place to be of late with involvement in the Mexico, Canada and U.S. event …

Getty Images The 2024-25 Serie A season is back and back with a bang as the usual giants aim to fight for the title, while other clubs hope they can pull off what Bologna did last season and surprisingly qualify for the Champions League. Inter and Juventus look like the favorites to win the league on paper, but teams like …

San Marino, FIFA’s lowest-ranked international soccer team, has earned promotion in the UEFA Nations League after beating Liechtenstein. The perennial minnows rank 210th in world soccer but beat Liechtenstein 3-1 to move up to the third tier of the UNL against the odds with seven points from four games which is one better than Gibraltar. Lorenzo Lazzari, Nicola Nanni and …

Hey there! The men’s international break is officially winding down, but even before clubs resume normal activity, there’s plenty of managerial news to discuss. I’m Pardeep Cattry with the latest. 📺 Footy fix All times U.S./Eastern Wednesday, Nov. 20🇪🇺 UWCL: Twente vs. Real Madrid, 12;45 p.m. ➡️ DAZN🇪🇺 UWCL: Lyon vs. Roma, 3 p.m. ➡️ DAZN Thursday, Nov. 21🇪🇺 UWCL: …

Getty Images Tottenham have launched an appeal over the seven-game ban handed to midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur for comments he made over teammate Heung-Min Son. Spurs do not dispute the guilty verdict handed down by an independent commission but believe the Football Association’s punishment is too “severe.” “We can confirm that the club has appealed against the length of Rodrigo Bentancur’s …

Getty Images Pep Guardiola has agreed to a contract extension with Manchester City, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The 53-year-old is understood to have committed to a deal that will tie him to the club for a further 12 months, and it is believed that there will also be an option to extend until 2027. Guardiola’s current …