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In what could prove to be an enjoyable MLS showdown in the early hours of Thursday, Houston will welcome Seattle to the Shell Energy Stadium.
Starting with the hosts, while Houston might have signed off May with a much-welcomed 3-1 victory against Colorado, the Dynamos have continued to struggle with their consistency. Despite snatching a last-gasp 2-2 stalemate away at Atlanta last weekend, Ben Olsen’s men have recorded just a pair of clean sheets from any of their previous 11 appearances across all competitions a run that stems all the way back to a 2-1 win against Minnesota on April 14th. Likewise, along with recording just a single MLS victory over the past five weeks, Houston have also shown some rather glaring de…
Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest settled for a point apiece after playing out a goalless draw at Selhurst Park.
Morgan Gibbs-White came closest for Forest when he clipped the inside of the far post in the first half, while Jean-Philippe Mateta narrowly missed breaking the deadlock in the second period.
Roy Hodgson’s 400th Premier League game in charge was marred by two more injuries to his severely-depleted side, with Jeffrey Schlupp and Jairo Riedewald forced off on either side of the interval.
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— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC)
Substitute Jesurun Rak-Sakyi was impressive in his fourth appearance for the Eagles and provided a bit of much-needed hope for the hosts – for whom the international break can not come so…
Derek Adams has been appointed as the new manager of League Two side Plymouth Argyle.
The club parted company with John Sheridan a fortnight ago, the former boss requesting to leave in order to be closer to his family in the north of England.
Adams previously spent seven years with Ross County, either side of a stint as assistant at Hibernian.
He guided County to Scottish Challenge Cup success in 2006, as well as the Second and First Division titles in 2008 and 2012 respectively.
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Edin Terzic has been named as the new head coach of Borussia Dortmund, the club have confirmed.
Terzic enjoyed an interim spell in charge of Dortmund last season after Lucien Favre was sacked in December 2020, and led the club to DFB-Pokal glory.
Marco Rose was eventually named as full-time head coach but was sacked earlier this month with Dortmund having finished eight points behind Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, and underwhelmed in both the Champions League and Europa League.
Terzic, who was first brought to Signal Iduna Park as an assistant to Favre and had been serving as technical director, consequently returns to the role on a deal until June 2025.
By now, many people are likely to be aware of the special importance BVB holds in my life. I d t…
Leeds United have sacked head coach Jesse Marsch after less than a year in charge.
The American was hired at the end of February 2022 following the dismissal of Marcelo Bielsa but suffered the same fate less than a year later.
Marsch steered Leeds to Premier League survival last season, after Bielsa was shown the door with the Whites only two points above the bottom three.
It was hardly an emphatic end to the season, however, with Leeds 2-1 win over Brentford on the last day of the campaign ensuring their safety in 17th place.
Leeds lost key players Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips in pre-season, but those departures contributed to Marsch being able to invest heavily in the squad.
Including the January additions of Maximilian Wober, Georginio Rutter a…
Perhaps taking a page out of legendary Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson s playbook, it is out with the old at Manchester City and in with the new in what has been a busy transfer window to date.
On the back of winning a fourth Premier League title in five seasons, City have waved goodbye to long-serving and reliable midfielder Fernandinho, while sanctioning the exits of forwards Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling – the latter s move to Chelsea expected to go through in the coming days.
It is undoubtedly a risk from City s perspective, not least with Jesus and Sterling joining fellow big-six clubs Arsenal and Chelsea respectively, but one the reigning English champions feel is worth taking as they freshen up their side.
Plenty of focus will undoubtedly be on…
Paris Saint-Germain beat Saint-Etienne 2-0 to equal a 21-year-old Ligue 1 record for the longest unbeaten run in the competition and extend their massive lead at the top of the table.
Laurent Blanc s side are now unbeaten 32 Ligue 1 matches, a run stretching back to last season, levelling the longstanding record set by Nantes between July 1994 and April 1995.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic put PSG in front after an hour, turning in a pinpoint cross from Serge Aurier, before capitalising on a lucky bounce to round off victory with the last meaningful touch of the game.
Kevin Trapp s excellence had earlier kept PSG in the game, the goalkeeper saving from Kevin Monnet-Paquet, Franck Tabanou and Kevin Malcuit, while Moustapha Bayal Sall cleared a shot by Lucas off the line.
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Manchester United are interested in signing Jaden Philogene from Hull City, according to . The report has claimed that although United are planning to make a move for Philogene right now, the 22-year-old winger has been discussed internally.
United are not the only club who are showing interest in Philogene. Tottenham Hotspur are keen on the England Under-21 international, and so are London and Premier League rivals Crystal Palace. Everton are also interested in the youngster.
TEAMtalk has noted that Hull are looking to bring in between £18 million and £20 million in transfer fees for Philogene. The 22-year-old winger scored 12 goals and gave six assists in 32 Championship for Hull last season. Hull finished seventh in the Championship table last season. It is unlikel…
Jesse Marsch is keen to show off Canada s growth as they bid to reach the Copa America final by beating Argentina on Tuesday.
Canada were the lowest-ranked side in Group A but advanced as runners-up ahead of Chile and Peru.
They were then held to a 1-1 draw with Venezuela in the quarter-finals but won on penalties to set up a second meeting with Argentina in the semi-finals.
Having already exceeded expectations in their debut Copa America, Marsch believes a re-match against the reigning champions is the perfect chance to make history.
What an incredible opportunity to continue to show further growth, Marsch told reporters.
It s not about how we can beat Argentina as much as how can we honour our development path and where are we trying to go and…
It is hard to think that before the start of this year s Copa America, some were calling for Tite s sacking.
Those calls stemmed on the uncertainty of the Selecao s participation after CONMEBOL controversially relocated the event from Argentina to Brazil.
The Brazil squad were united against hosting the Copa on home soil amid the coronavirus pandemic. The defending champions eventually committed to representing their country and now they stand on the cusp of another title with Tite at the helm.
On an historic night for Tite, Brazil moved through to a second consecutive Copa final at the expense of 2019 runners-up Peru 1-0 on Monday.
Tite made history by equalling Mario Zagallo as the Brazil head coach with the longest unbeaten run in Copa America history …