Thursday's soccer news starts with Timmy Chandler on the bench for Eintracht Frankfurt's 2-0 UEFA Super Cup loss to Real Madrid at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Eintracht fell behind in the 37th with Real Madrid scoring again in the 65th minute. "We improved compared to the last game, but Real Madrid have two or three great chances against every opponent in the world and then we conceded the . . .
Sands and Tillman’s Rangers and Ledezma’s PSV advance to Champions League playoff round, League Cup results
Wednesday's soccer news starts with James Sands and Malik Tillman's Rangers beating Union Saint-Gilloise 3-0 at home in the third round of UEFA Champions League qualifying, advancing to the playoff round 3-2 on aggregate. James Tavernier converted a 45th minute penalty and Antonio-Mirko Colak made it 2-0 in the 58th. Tillman finished off the Rangers scoring in the 78th minute with Union . . .
Ledezma’s PSV and Sands and Tillman’s Rangers in Champions League third round qualifying second-legs
Monday's soccer news starts with the USMNT players in the Champions League, with the second-legs of the third round of qualifying set for later today. It's not a long list for US internationals, with Ricky Ledezma's PSV hosting Monaco tied 1-1 and James Sands and Malik Tillman's Rangers also at home but trailing Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0. With the two teams with USMNT players facing each other . . .
Pulisic’s Chelsea, Adams and Aaronson’s Leeds win in the Premier League
The roundup of USMNT players in Europe and Brazil starts in the Premier League with Christian Pulisic subbing on in the 65th minute of Chelsea's 1-0 win at Everton in the Premier League. Jorginho converted a first-half stoppage time penalty and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy made four saves to keep the clean sheet. ‘A win is a win is a win and of course it's very important to build now . . .
MLS Week 24: Losses for Philadelphia and NYCFC, road wins for Chicago and Toronto
The roundup of Week 24 in Major League Soccer starts on Friday with the Whitecaps coming back to beat Houston 2-1 at BC Place. The Dynamo's Fabrice Picault opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Vancouver's Simon Becher equalized in the 88th and Lucas Cavallini scored two minutes into stoppage time. Moving to Saturday's schedule, Atlanta beat Seattle 2-1 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with United's . . .
Europa Conference League qualifying leads for Neftchi and Antwerp, Miazga to FC Cincinnati
Friday's soccer news starts with Europa Conference League third round qualifying first-legs and Kenny Saief subbing out in the 77th minute of Neftchi's 2-1 home win over Rapid Vienna in the main path. Ataa Jaber opened the scoring for Neftchi in the 44th and Saief doubled the lead in the 60th. Rapid Vienna pulled a goal back five minutes into stoppage time. Sam Vines's Royal Antwerp won 3-1 at . . .
MLS Power Rankings: Favorites in position and Chicago moves up
By Luis Bueno – RIVERSIDE, CA (Aug 3, 2022) US Soccer Players - With just under three months remaining in the regular season, each conference seems to have made things easier for anybody putting together a power ranking. LAFC stays in place and Philadelphia replaces the Red Bulls in 2nd, with no clear conference advantage in our top ten. 1. LAFC (1 in July) Since Giorgio Chiellini and Gareth . . .
DFB Pokal wins for Union Berlin and Eintracht, Seattle vs Dallas
Tuesday's soccer news starts with Jordan Pefok scoring in Union Berlin's 2-1 win at Chemnitzer in the DFB Pokal. Trailing from the 62nd minute, Pefok equalized in the 64th to force extra time. Union Berlin's Kevin Behrens scored in the 114th minute with Pefok subbing out in the 105th. Timmy Chandler subbed on in the 67th minute of Eintracht's 4-0 win at Magdeburg. Daichi Kamada put Eintracht up . . .
Venezia highlights American players in Serie B
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Aug 1, 2022) US Soccer Players – While top American talent playing in Europe isn't new, signing with clubs in the higher echelons of Italian soccer is a more recent development. That adds Italy to the mix of preferred landing spots for USMNT players in Europe. Particularly a club now in the soccer-mad country's highly competitive second division. Italy's Serie . . .
DFP Pokal first round scores, friendly goal for Bassett
Monday's soccer news starts with the roundup of USMNT players in Europe. Ricardo Pepi subbed on in the 76th minute of Augsburg's 4-0 win at BW Lohne in the opening round of the 2022-23 DFB Pokal. Arne Maier scored in the 51st with Fredrik Jensen doubling the lead in the 69th. Augsburg's Florian Niederlechner made it 3-0 in the 81st and Maurice Malone finished off the goals in the 89th . . .
