St. Louis City interim head coach John Hackworth says their recent struggles have been a test of character as they look to bounce back against Sporting Kansas City.
St. Louis have lost their last three games by an aggregate score of 10-2, leaving them 13th in the Western Conference, eight points off a playoffs place.
With only one win in their last 13 MLS matches, Hackworth is keen to snap their current losing streak and says he saw positives in their 2-0 defeat to Seattle Sounders in midweek.
The players made a huge step [against Seattle], played much better than we did previously, Hackworth said.
[We] gave ourselves a chance to be in that game, had some unfortunate things again happen to us, but it wasn t for lack of trying to play with a lot of heart…
Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin will miss Euro 2016 after undergoing successful surgery on a knee injury.
Perin, whose injury was initially revealed on Tuesday, is behind Gianluigi Buffon and Salvatore Sirigu in the national team pecking order, although he was expected to travel to France as third choice.
The 23-year-old has now undergone treatment on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, but faces a recovery time of five to six months.
Perin, who went to the 2014 World Cup, made his international debut in a 1-0 friendly victory over Albania in November of the same year.
Italy begin Group E against Belgium on June 13, before taking on Sweden and Republic of Ireland.
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Germany coach Joachim Low will miss the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia after he was injured in a sporting accident .
The German Football Federation (DFB) confirmed Low s treatment is proceeding well, but the 59-year-old has been advised by doctors to rest for the next month.
Low will be replaced by his assistant Marcus Sorg and goalkeeping coach Andreas Kopke for the trip to Borisov on June 8 and subsequent visit of Estonia three days later.
Nevertheless, Low plans to remain in contact with them and team manager Oliver Bierhoff around the fixtures.
I m feeling well again, but I have to relax a bit over the next four weeks, Low said in the DFB s statement.
I m in constant contact with my coaching team, and we ll be …
Liverpool have criticised the Professional Game Match Officials Limited and warned they will “explore the range of options available” following the VAR controversy at Tottenham.
The PGMOL admitted VAR officials Darren England and Dan Cook failed to act after Luis Diaz’s 34th-minute strike at Tottenham was wrongly ruled out for offside. Still images of the incident showed Cristian Romero playing Diaz onside.
The disallowed goal came with the match still goalless but after Curtis Jones had been controversially sent off following England’s intervention. Liverpool went on to lose 2-1.
Liverpool Football Club acknowledges PGMOL’s admission of their failures last night.
It is clear that the correct application of the laws of the game did not occur, re…
Tomas Rosicky has been named in Czech Republic s final squad for Euro 2016.
The midfielder, who is set become a free agent when his Arsenal contract expires at the end of June, was selected in the provisional squad despite playing just 19 minutes for the London club in a campaign ravaged by injuries.
Rosicky featured in only five of Czech Republic s 10 qualifying games but captained his country in a 6-0 friendly win over Malta on Friday.
And he will provide a veteran presence in a squad lacking in household names, with the 35-year-old and his Arsenal team-mate Petr Cech the most experienced members of the 23-man group.
Sparta Prague midfielder Lukas Marecek and striker Patrik Schick were both omitted, having survived the first cut from 28 to 25.
As the PA news agency’s Liverpool correspondent for more than a decade I’ve had the privilege of seeing the Jurgen Klopp era close up. Three Champions League finals (and one victory) in five years, a first league title in 30, too many top one-liners to count, a few admonishments from the man himself for a line of questioning he thought obvious or facile but also frequent comedic exchanges have meant there has never been a dull moment. He will be missed when he’s gone.
Seismic. There is no other word for Jurgen Klopp’s decision to leave Liverpool.
Everyone knew this day would come – his contract was for another two years but he had already stayed longer than any of his previous jobs and showed no huge appetite to extend again – but it lands so hard in this, of…
The Big 10 and Pac-12 will not play college football in 2020 because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
The Big 10 was the first Power 5 conference to make the announcement on Tuesday, and the Pac-12 followed suit soon after. The plans for the other power conferences – the SEC, ACC and Big 12 – are uncertain.
The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said in a statement.
As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, it became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty rega…
Liverpool are interested in signing Marc Guehi from Premier League rivals Crystal Palace, according to . The report has claimed that Liverpool are on the hunt for a new defender because of Virgil van Dijk being out of contract at the Reds at the end of the season, and that Guehi is on the radar of the Merseyside club.
Guehi came through the Chelsea youth academy, but the defender failed to establish himself in the Blues’ first team and had loan spells at Swansea City. Having joined Palace in 2021, the England international centre-back has established himself as one of the best young defenders in the Premier League.
The defender has made 101 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. Guehi has scored three goals, given two assists, and has kept 22 clean sh…
While European powerhouses such as England and France might already be planning for this summer’s European Championships, the fate of 12 nations hangs in the balance.
With three ticks to EURO 24 still up for grabs, the likes of Wales and Poland will get their last-ditch qualifying efforts underway on Thursday night.
With UEFA once again electing to use their controversial play-off system for this summer’s tournament, the four top-ranked teams from Leagues A, B and C in the Nations League that did not gain entry to Euro 2024 via qualifying have entered the play-offs.
Ahead of what looks set to be a nervy night of action from across the continent, we have taken a look at some of the standout stories and the best available betting markets for Thursday.
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Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo has acknowledged that England are legitimate Euro 2012 contenders.
“The chances are always the same, said the Portuguese. England has fantastic players, now a new coach, it will be amazing.
“I always expect England to win a big tournament. England is always there because always has one of the best teams in the world. They will be top.”
Ronaldo s revelation is certainly backed by the bookmakers, which have England as the 2012 European Championships.
In comparison, only Spain (), Germany () and Holland () are bigger favorites to win this summer s tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
Now then, let s see how England s squad compares to the likes of Spain, Germany and Holland.
Goalkeepers: Ro…