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Canada Women’s coaches ‘directed, approved and condoned’ using drones to spy on opponents, report finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Canada Women’s coaches ‘directed, approved and condoned’ using drones to spy on opponents, report finds

New York Times  

Members of Canada Women’s coaching team were asked by senior coaching staff to fly drones over a New Zealand practice session and obtain “surreptitious film footage” before the Paris Olympics on July 20 and 22, 2024, according to an independent investigation. Canada Soccer said Bev Priestman, who was sent home from the Olympics and then suspended by world governing body …

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Brazil to celebrate national “King Pelé Day” on November 19 to pay tribute to soccer great
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Brazil to celebrate national “King Pelé Day” on November 19 to pay tribute to soccer great

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — Brazil will celebrate a national “King Pelé Day” on Nov. 19 every year, marking the date the soccer great scored what he considered to be the 1,000th goal of his career in 1969. The Brazilian government’s official publication said Tuesday that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had passed a law sanctioning the national tribute to the …

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Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, has died. Brazilian soccer confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday confirming Zagallo’s death that Zagallo “is one of the biggest legends” of the sport. “We love …

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Argentina national soccer team donates clothes for quake victims
1 year ago

Argentina national soccer team donates clothes for quake victims

China Daily  

A screenshot of the post by Argentina national soccer team. Argentina national soccer team announced on Thursday donation of clothes and down jackets for quake-hit Gansu and Qinghai provinces in China. "We hope these clothing with the names of Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria on them will bring warmth to local residents in the two provinces jolted by a …

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Sweden’s soccer fans to be advised against wearing national team clothing on trips abroad
1 year, 2 months ago

Sweden’s soccer fans to be advised against wearing national team clothing on trips abroad

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Fans of Sweden’s soccer teams will be advised against wearing clothing in national colors when they travel abroad in the wake of the killing of two Swedish supporters before a European Championship qualifying match in Belgium. They got out of a taxi not far from King Baudouin Stadium, which hosted the Belgium-Sweden match, and were chased into a …

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New Spain women’s coach calls up World Cup-winning players but they don’t plan to end their boycott
1 year, 3 months ago

New Spain women’s coach calls up World Cup-winning players but they don’t plan to end their boycott

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s players don’t plan to end their boycott of the national team despite being called up for the squad by new coach Montse Tomé on Monday. Tomé selected nearly half of the 39 players who had signed a statement refusing to play for the national team — including 15 World Cup-winners — after former federation …

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Breaking down the top candidates to be the next U.S. women’s soccer coach
1 year, 4 months ago

Breaking down the top candidates to be the next U.S. women’s soccer coach

LA Times  

Following the earliest exit from a women’s World Cup in U.S. history, Vlatko Andonovski’s tenure as the team’s manager has seemingly run its course. Here’s a shortlist of names that should be part of that discussion: The favorites Sarina Wiegman and Laura Harvey OL Reign’s Laura Harvey is among the top candidates to coach the U.S. women’s national team. But …

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Morocco’s historic Women’s World Cup performance inspires girls even if some in Arab world ignore it
1 year, 5 months ago

Morocco’s historic Women’s World Cup performance inspires girls even if some in Arab world ignore it

Associated Press  

RABAT, Morocco — The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the outcome wasn’t much in doubt: the Association Sportive des Forces Armees Royales, a powerhouse in women’s soccer here, ended up crushing its Moroccan women’s national professional league opponent 7-0. Sports don’t differentiate between genders.” Speaking ahead of the start of the Women’s World Cup, he said the …

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Swanson injures left knee in US match against Ireland
1 year, 8 months ago

Swanson injures left knee in US match against Ireland

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Forward Mallory Swanson was carted off the field during the first half of the United States’ exhibition match Saturday against Ireland with an apparent left knee injury, a blow to the national team ahead of this summer’s Women’s World Cup. Swanson was the team’s leading scorer this year with seven total goals and a six-game scoring streak, …

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Rudi Völler to take over as Germany team’s sporting director
1 year, 11 months ago

Rudi Völler to take over as Germany team’s sporting director

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Former Germany striker and coach Rudi Völler is the new sporting director of the men’s national team, the German soccer federation said Thursday. Bierhoff was the first — and so far only — managerial casualty of Germany’s early World Cup exit in Qatar after agreeing last month to resign after 18 years of management roles with the federation. …

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Women’s soccer makes gains in Mideast despite conservatives
2 years, 1 month ago

Women’s soccer makes gains in Mideast despite conservatives

Associated Press  

AMMAN, Jordan — Sarah Asimrin still hears it from her uncles sometimes: “You’re a girl, it’s not right.” But on a recent evening, the 13-year-old Jordanian was on her club’s soccer field practicing alongside other girls and boys. Masar Athamneh, a 20-year-old on the women’s team at Amman’s Orthodox Club, said she’s been playing soccer since she was 12 or …

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Team: Thorns owner disclosed coach was fired for cause
2 years, 3 months ago

Team: Thorns owner disclosed coach was fired for cause

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — When Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson was contacted in 2019 about former coach Paul Riley’s interest in becoming coach of the U.S. women’s national team, he disclosed Riley had been fired by the team for cause but Paulson didn’t try to shape a decision, the team said. The team’s statement came in response to a report by …

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Italy’s Victory Over England Could Change How Men’s National Teams Try to Win Titles
54 years, 11 months ago

Italy’s Victory Over England Could Change How Men’s National Teams Try to Win Titles

Slate  

In the end, it wasn’t to be a repeat of 1966. For all the nostalgia that accompanied England’s participation in the Euro 2020 final, the first that nation had reached in a major tournament in 55 years—a game held, like the 1966 World Cup Final, in London at Wembley Stadium—it turned out the model was something much more recent, and …

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A goal of defying age keeps players young at heart
3 years, 6 months ago

A goal of defying age keeps players young at heart

China Daily  

Players of the Chongqing Senior Men's Soccer Team training in the city's Shapingba district this spring. The Chongqing Senior Men's Soccer Team, established in 1983, boasts the longest history of all senior teams in the city. "It is a stereotype that square dancing, running and chess are more suitable for the old," Li Qisheng, one of the team's players, says. …

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U.S. Soccer says it will allow protests during anthem
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Soccer says it will allow protests during anthem

The Hindu  

The U.S. Soccer Federation on Wednesday said it had repealed its requirement that players stand during the national anthem, saying the policy was wrong and detracted from the Black Lives Matter movement. The policy was adopted in 2017 after U.S. women's national team member Megan Rapinoe took a knee during the playing of the anthem prior to a match in …

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