Articles filed under Soccer
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Mallory Swanson will miss Chicago Stars’ NWSL season opener for personal reasonsMar 12, 2025 8:33 pm - Chicago Stars forward Mallory Swanson will miss the team's National Women's Soccer League season opener on Friday night against the Orlando Pride for personal reasons. Coach Lorne Donaldson said Wednesday that he believed Swanson's status was week-to-week.
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Andrew Gutman, Leonardo Barroso rally Fire to its first victory of the seasonMar 08, 2025 10:08 pm - Defenders Andrew Gutman and Leonardo Barroso scored two minutes apart late in the second half of Barroso's league debut and the Chicago Fire spoiled FC Dallas' home opener with a 3-1 victory.
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Bicycle-kick goal late in stoppage time helps DC United claim tie in Fire’s home openerMar 01, 2025 10:42 pm - Jacob Murrell scored on a bicycle kick in the sixth minute of stoppage time to help D.C. United to a 2-2 tie with Chicago and spoil the scored multi-goal game in MLS for the Fire's Hugo Cuypers.
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Fire falters in Berhalter’s debut, return to ColumbusFeb 22, 2025 9:13 pm - Diego Rossi scored two goals, Jacen Russell-Rowe added a goal and the Columbus Crew beat the Chicago Fire 4-2 in the season opener for both teams. Brian Gutiérrez scored two goals — the 21-year-old homegrown's first multi-goal game in MLS — for Chicago and Jonathan Bamba had two assists in his MLS debut.
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MLS embarks on 30th year with a 30th team, a crowded schedule and, yes, more MessiFeb 20, 2025 2:20 pm - While the main attraction is still Lionel Messi, it's perhaps fitting that for Major League Soccer's 30th season the league is welcoming its 30th team. Led by Mexico international Hirving "Chucky" Lozano, San Diego FC is among the teams to watch this year, along with the team's first opponent, the defending MLS champion LA Galaxy, and of course, Inter Miami. Miami will be looking to again finish atop the Eastern Conference and repeat as Supporters Shield winners. Messi was the league's MVP.
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Players and coaches among those who favor seeing MLS shift to an international calendarFeb 20, 2025 6:00 am - Some players and coaches are advocating for a fall-to-spring calendar as Major League Soccer readies to open its 30th season. Such a shift would align the league with its international counterparts and give MLS a more competitive position for player transfers, while also freeing up players for club duty during the summer.
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‘A deeply personal honor’: Oakton College inducts 2 student-athletes into junior college hall of fameFeb 18, 2025 3:59 pm - Oakton College honored two outstanding student-athletes by inducting them into the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 4 Hall of Fame class of 2025.
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Former Wheaton College soccer coach Joe Bean dies; won 607 games, two national championshipsFeb 13, 2025 11:41 pm - Former Wheaton College head men's soccer coach Joe Bean died Thursday, the school announced.
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Emma Hayes wants to change the way you think about women’s soccerFeb 07, 2025 12:19 pm - Emma Hayes does not want to talk about her U.S. women’s national soccer team roster, potential lineups or evolving tactics. She doesn’t want to discuss players leaving t...
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A Chicago sports legend still soaring after receiving lifetime achievement awardJan 23, 2025 5:59 pm - Willy Roy, a longtime Bensenville resident and one of the few living legends of Chicago soccer, received the Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 11 at the United Soccer Coaches convention at McCormick Place.