Saturday’s USL Championship match between Phoenix Rising and LA Galaxy II was abandoned with six minutes remaining over concerns about player safety.
Phoenix’s Ben Spencer had just scored to put the Rising ahead 4-1 in the 77th minute when a beer can was thrown onto the field that landed in close proximity to several Galaxy II players. A statement from the Phoenix Rising identified the perpetrator as a “non-Phoenix Rising supporter.”
*ahem*By the way…20 STRAIGHT WINS#UpRising pic.twitter.com/8o9qQqxmve— x-Phoenix Rising FC (@PHXRisingFC) September 15, 2019
The referees suspended the match, which took place at Phoenix’s…
ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno explains why Freddy Adu was unable to turn his promise into an illustrious professional career.
Jacobs made the decision with close support and input from his family, who will manage his schooling with his increasing focus on soccer.
The comparisons are inevitable.
In November 2003, 14-year-old Freddy Adu signed his first professional contract with MLS and D.C. United. In the years since, Adu’s career has been held up as a cautionary tale of too much too soon, showing how being the face of a league set the stage for a career that never lived up to the hype. Now another 14-year-old is slated to turn pro and is doing so a few months younger than Adu was when he became a professional.
Late last month, Francis Jacobs signed…
USL Championship side Orange County SC has signed 14-year-old Francis Jacobs to a multi-year professional contract, both the club and the player have told ESPN FC.
Jacobs, who projects as a central midfielder, signed with OCSC back on July 26, m…
USL Championship side Orange County SC has signed 14-year-old Francis Jacobs to a multiyear professional contract, the club and the player have told ESPN FC.
Jacobs, who projects as a central midfielder, signed with OCSC on July 26 at 14 years, …
USL Championship side Orange County SC has signed 14-year-old Francis Jacobs to a multiyear professional contract, the club and the player have told ESPN FC, making him the youngest male player to sign a professional soccer contract in …
Jan Vertonghen’s injury was the latest flash point to call attention to football’s treatment of head injuries.
The issue of head injuries in soccer — and how to diagnose them — has received more attention in recent weeks. The handling of an incident involving Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Vertonghen, who returned to the field in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal against Ajax after suffering a head injury, was criticized in some quarters after the player nearly collapsed shortly after being cleared for play.
Now, for the first time, a league is prepared to take the on-field diagnosis…
The president of the Tulsa Roughnecks cited the USL’s “zero-tolerance policy” against hate speech as the reason for terminating the contract of midfielder Fabian Bastidas on Sunday, and added he wanted to send a message to the city and beyond that such behavior would not be tolerated.
The decision came in the wake of statements by Oklahoma City Energy FC defender/midfielder Atiba Harris that a Tulsa player, later identified as Bastidas, had racially abused him in Saturday’s match between the two…
Dairon Asprilla capped his brace with an astounding bicycle kick goal in the Portland Timbers’ 3-1 win against the Las Vegas Lights.
Dairon Asprilla capped his brace with an astounding bicycle kick goal in Portland Timbers 2’s win against the Las Vegas Lights.
Anderson saved and scored a penalty in England’s round-of-16 shootout win over Japan at the 2017 Under-17 World Cup.
England Under-17 World Cup winner Curtis Anderson is set to join United Soccer League side Charlotte Independence from Manchester City, sources have told ESPN FC.
Anderson, 18, will join the club on a permanent move.
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Charlotte have yet to announce the deal. However, his profile has been included on their team page on the league’s website.
The 18-year-old goalkeeper has not made a first-team appearance for the Premier League champions, who have international goalkeepers Ederson, Claudio Bravo…