Thursday's soccer news starts with the Coppa Italia final. Weston McKennie's Juventus beat Atalanta 2-1 at Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia to take the trophy. Dejan Kulusevski scored for Juve in the 31st with McKennie assisting. Atalanta equalized in the 41st. Federico Chiesa put Juventus up for good in the 73rd with Atalanta going down a man in the 88th. Juventus won the Supercoppa Italiana in . . .
Chelsea beats Leicester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge
Wednesday's soccer news starts in the Premier League. Christian Pulisic Chelsea beat Leicester City 2-1 at home after losing to them in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Antonio Rudiger opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 47th with Jorginho doubling the lead from the penalty spot in the 66th. Leicester City pulled a goal back in the 76th minute. "It's a big step, but it's only a step," Chelsea . . .
The Championship playoff semifinals and the return of the Crew
Tuesday's soccer news starts with the Championship promotion playoffs. Cameron Carter-Vickers's Bournemouth won 1-0 at home in the first-leg of their series with Brentford. Arnaut Danjuma scored in the 55th minute with Asmir Begovic keeping the clean sheet with one save. The series concludes on Saturday. "I thought we were absolutely outstanding," Bournemouth manager Jonathan Woodgate said. "I . . .
Chelsea loses to Leicester City in the FA Cup final
The roundup of USMNT players in Europe starts with the 2020-21 FA Cup final. Christian Pulisic subbed on in the 68th minute of Chelsea's 1-0 loss to Leicester City at Wembley. The goal came in the 63rd minute with Leicester scoring on its only shot on goal. Chelsea put three shots on frame. "This is it in sports, there is no team that never loses, there is no single sports guy out there who . . .
Gio Reyna’s Borussia Dortmund wins DFB Pokal
Friday's soccer news starts with another trophy for a USMNT player in Europe. Gio Reyna subbed on in stoppage time for Borussia Dortmund's 4-1 win over RB Leipzig in the DFB Pokal final. Jadon Sancho put Dortmund up in the 5th minute with Erling Haaland making it 2-0 in the 28th. Sancho added a goal in first-half stoppage time. Leipzig's Dani Olmo scored in the 71st with Haaland scored again in . . .
Aaronson’s Red Bull Salzburg wins the Austrian Bundesliga
Thursday's soccer news starts in the Austrian Bundesliga. Brenden Aaronson subbed out in stoppage time of Red Bull Salzburg's 2-0 home shutout of Rapid Vienna to win the league title. Patson Daka scored in the 33rd and 56th minutes. Rapid Vienna played a man down from the 86th minute. Red Bull coach Jesse Marsch will make the move to RB Leipzig with two Austrian Bundesliga titles and two Austrian . . .
The 2020-21 Bundesliga run-in
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (May 12, 2021) US Soccer Players - In an interesting twist to an already strange calendar, a domino effect of coaching changes has already hit the Bundesliga for next season. Bayern Munich's coach is taking the Germany job. His replacement comes from RB Leipzig, who, in turn, will bring in former USMNT player Jesse Marsch from Red Bull Salzburg. That should mean two . . .
Zack Steffen’s Manchester City wins Premier League title
Wednesday's soccer news starts with the Premier League title. Manchester City officially won the 2020-21 trophy courtesy of Manchester United losing 2-1 to Leicester City at Old Trafford. Manchester City's 80 points after 35 games is out of reach of 2nd-place United with 70 points from 35 games. In all fairness to the other contenders, Manchester City has been practically out of reach for weeks . . .
Fulham drops to the Championship, Novakovich scores three
Tuesday's soccer news starts in the Premier League. Antonee Robinson's Fulham lost 2-0 at home to Burnley, ending the London club's latest run in the topflight after a single season. Burnley went ahead in the 35th, doubling the lead in the 44th. Fulham is in 18th-place, ten points behind 17th-place Southampton. They join West Brom and Sheffield United in making the drop to the Championship. Tim . . .
Keeping time in the era of VAR
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (May 10, 2021) US Soccer Players – Soccer is a game that lasts 90 minutes plus stoppage time. It's one of the things that makes the game different compared to the vast majority of sports that see the clock countdown to zero. MLS experimented with that concept early on in the league's history. The countdown clock and no stoppage time would join the shootout in the . . .
