Jim Curtin hailed Cavan Sullivan after he became the youngest player in MLS history this week, with more minutes potentially on the horizon when the Philadelphia Union face Nashville SC.
Sullivan replaced Tai Baribo, who scored a hat-trick, for the final five minutes as the Union ended a near-four-month wait for a home win by thrashing the New England Revolution 5-1.
At just 14 years of age, Sullivan has surpassed Freddy Adu as the youngest ever MLS player, also becoming the youngest debutant among the top North American professional sports leagues and the big five European leagues, UEFA Champions League and Europa League, dating back to 1988.
It was a special, special night, Union head coach Curtin said afterwards. The place had a buzz. This is just the first c…
Lionel Messi will not be making any decision about his future at this point in time, according to Fabrizio Romano, despite Barcelona being extremely keen on bringing their icon back to the Camp Nou, and Paris Saint-Germain being equally keen on having him sign an extension on his current deal which expires at the end of the season.
For the time being, the 35-year-old is focused on doing the best he can with the Ligue 1 champions and with Argentina at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.
Messi s departure from Barcelona in 2021 came as quite a surprise, even though he had wanted to depart a year before amid reported disagreements with Josep Maria Bartomeu, the club president at the time. Bartomeu s subsequent exit and the return of Joan Laporta to the role created hope for t…
During their 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday, Atletico Madrid players targeted Sadio Mane with hard tackles and sought to provoke a reaction to get the Senegalese sent off. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp obviously felt it was wise to remove the forward, who scored the second goal for his team, from the match at halftime.
I hated it more than you can imagine. We all saw what some Madrid players did. I didn t like it.
Jurgen Klopp on having to substitute Sadio Mane at half-time to avoid the player being targeted by Atletico Madrid to get him sent off
— Football Daily (@footballdaily)
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Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior is facing a spell on the sidelines after being injured during Brazil’s World Cup qualifying defeat against Colombia.
The Spanish club said he had been diagnosed with “a tear in his left femoral bicep”.
“Following tests carried out today on our player Vinicius Jr by the Real Madrid medical services, he has been diagnosed with a tear in his left femoral bicep which is affecting the tendon in his hamstring,” Real Madrid said.
Vini Jr. medical report.
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)
“His recovery will be monitored.”
Vinicius, who will miss next week’s appointment with Argentina, went off midway through the first half and becomes the latest Real Madrid player to suffer an injury setback.…
Manchester United s winning run was halted by former player Josh King as Bournemouth won 1-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Cherries took a shock lead just before the break as the former United forward netted a stunning goal. United put their hosts under some severe pressure but Eddie Howe s men held on to claim their first victory against the Red Devils since December 2015.
Long range shots pepper Ramsdale s goal early on
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s troops had a more comfortable start to the game on the South Coast and could have opened the scoring but Andreas Pereira slipped just as he was about to shoot from Daniel James cross. Fred also had an effort from the edge of the area but his powerful drive was deflected over.
The hosts had a penalty …
Diego Maradona has boldly claimed he can be the man to deliver success to Manchester United and restore the club to its former prestige.
United have struggled to match the heady days of the Alex Ferguson era since his retirement in 2013.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer enjoyed a prolonged honeymoon period after initially stepping in as caretaker boss following the sacking of Jose Mourinho in December.
However, after overseeing just two wins in the final 12 matches of the 2018-19 campaign, questions were raised as to whether United were premature in appointing Solskjaer on a full-time basis.
Argentina legend Maradona has hardly been a huge success as a coach and is currently working in Mexican football with Dorados, but the 58-year-old believes he can make United a m…
Jurgen Klopp will be the Premier League manager who benefits the most from a mid-season World Cup, according to former Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
The Reds manager has been a firm opponent of the Qatar 2022 finals being slotted into mid-season, which has happened because the climate in Qatar made it unfeasible to stage the tournament in its usual June-July slot.
Klopp said earlier this season it was taking place at the wrong moment for the wrong reasons , but his message has changed in recent times, with Klopp optimistic the break from Premier League duty could help Liverpool.
He said his team will be different once the domestic season resumes, with Liverpool having six weeks without a game between their November 12 clash with Southampton and the December …
An injury-time header from Simon Kjaer secured a 1-1 draw for Milan at Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie.
Teenager Amad Diallo s expert header from a Bruno Fernandes pass had put an out-of-sorts Red Devils ahead in the 11th meeting between these clubs but the first outside of Europe s elite club competition.
Each side was missing key players but it was Milan who coped the better and had two goals disallowed, although Harry Maguire produced arguably the miss of the season with the scores at 0-0.
Diallo s impact came in the 50th minute but, with barely 90 seconds to play, Kjaer headed a corner past Dean Henderson to snatch a potentially crucial away goal.
1 Amad Diallo s first goal for Manchester United came with his firs…
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The Champions League returns to our screens this week, with a series of intriguing games ahead of us. One such encounter will see Manchester United taking on Valencia, and in truth, we aren t really sure what to make of it because it feels like there are a million different directions it can go in. The Red Devils are in desperate need of a big result and the same applies to Valencia, but regardless of their respective form domestically, everything goes out of the window when it comes to European competition.
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Jose Mourinho is on his last legs as the manager of Manchester United Football Club, and that s not exactly a secret. The club have been struggling to find any real consistency so…
Benfica s Andre Almeida has revealed he would very much like to play for one of the two most decorated English clubs Liverpool or Manchester United, according to the .
During his eight years at the Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, the midfielder has won five Primeira Liga trophies with the club, and helped them reach the 2013 and 2014 Europa League finals. Overall, he made 239 appearances for the most decorated club in Portugal, scoring five goals.
This isn t the first time Almeida has been linked with a move to the Premier League. In the past, the likes of Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion all expressed interest in bringing him to England. It appears, however, that the 28-year-old values himself sufficiently to aim for the top clubs…