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Josef Martinez converted his second penalty attempt to score Atlanta United’s winner and secure the first Campeones Cup win for an MLS side.
Atlanta United head coach Frank de Boer believes his team’s 3-2 victory over Club America on Wednesday is a significant step to MLS closing the gap with Liga MX.
Mexico’s top division has traditionally dominated against MLS teams, but Atlanta’s victory over Liga MX’s most successful club saw MLS take the second edition of the Campeones Cup, with Tigres having lifted the inaugural trophy last year against Toronto.
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“I think it’s very important,” said De Boer, speaking in Spanish, at the postgame…
Josef Martinez converted his second penalty attempt to score Atlanta United’s winner and secure the first Campeones Cup win for an MLS side.
Atlanta United head coach Frank de Boer believes his team’s 3-2 victory over Club America on Wednesday is a significant step to MLS closing the gap with Liga MX.
Mexico’s top division has traditionally dominated against MLS teams, but Atlanta’s victory over Liga MX’s most successful club saw MLS take the second edition of the Campeones Cup, with Tigres having lifted the inaugural trophy last year against Toronto.
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“I think it’s very important,” said De Boer, speaking in Spanish, at the postgame…
Josef Martinez converted his second penalty attempt to score Atlanta United’s winner and secure the first Campeones Cup win for an MLS side.
Atlanta United coach Frank de Boer said he regrets his choice of words in a British newspaper interview about gender equity in soccer and stressed that he’s a big supporter of the women’s game.
De Boer faced backlash before Wednesday’s Campeones Cup game for his comments in a wide-ranging interview published by The Guardian, in which he said it was “ridiculous” that female players expect to receive the same World Cup pay as the men.
The Atlanta coach issued a statement before the game on Wednesday…
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Josef Martinez converted his second penalty attempt to score Atlanta United’s winner and secure the first Campeones Cup win for an MLS side.
Josef Martinez netted the winning goal to hand Atlanta United a 3-2 victory over Club America and lift the 2019 Campeones Cup after an epic game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Martinez netted MLS champion Atlanta’s third from the penalty spot in the 65th, having seen a first-half penalty saved.
The Campeones Cup is played out each year between the MLS champion and the Liga MX Campeon de Campeones, with Tigres defeating Toronto FC in the inaugural 2018 edition.
The game started out at a frantic pace and…
Josef Martinez converted his second penalty attempt to score Atlanta United’s winner and secure the first Campeones Cup win for an MLS side.
2019 Campeones Cup: Jeff Larentowicz (59′) Atlanta United 2-2 America
2019 Campeones Cup: Josef Martinez’s penalty saved (41′) Atlanta United 1-1 America
U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro addressed the World Cup-winning women’s national team’s call for equal pay amid chants from the crowd in New York.
Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer has said he does not believe in equal pay for men and women in football, or sports such as tennis because they don’t bring in as much revenue, according to a report.
“I think for me, it’s ridiculous,” De Boer told The Guardian when asked about the plans for equal pay. “It’s the same like tennis. If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women’s final, that’s a difference. So it’s not…
U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro addressed the World Cup-winning women’s national team’s call for equal pay amid chants from the crowd in New York.
Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer has said he does not believe in equal pay for men and women in football, or sports such as tennis because they don’t bring in as much revenue, according to a report.
“I think for me, it’s ridiculous,” De Boer told The Guardian when asked about the plans for equal pay. “It’s the same like tennis. If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women’s final, that’s a difference. So it’s not…