Soccer official David McNamara realized he had forgotten to bring a coin with him onto the field before a recent Women’s Super League game between Manchester City and Reading. So instead of the using a coin toss to determine which side would kick off, as required by rule, McNamara had the captains...
Jacob Williams (Old Mill) was voted the Patriot League Men’s Soccer Rookie of the Year, the league office announced on Monday afternoon with its postseason awards. Williams was also selected to the All-Patriot League Second Team, while freshman Matt Nocita was placed on the Third Team All-Patriot...
The final week of the boys soccer season is upon us with state championships in the public school ranks left to be decided. With it comes the biggest question left: Can No. 1 River Hill (16-0-1) hold on to the top spot with a victory over Oakdale in the 2A title game? A win on Thursday would give...
Updated Baltimore Sun high school polls for football, soccer, field hockey, girls volleyball and cross country.
A team as dominant as River Hill boys’ soccer has been this season could easily overlook an opponent and look ahead, even during the do-or-die playoffs. It would be hard to blame the Hawks considering they have outscored opponents 61-7 and have yet to suffer a defeat this fall. But coach Matt Shagogue...
A highly competitive girls soccer season comes to a close this week with No. 2 River Hill (16-1), No. 4 Sparrows Point (15-0) and No. 5 Perry Hall (16-3) all looking to bring home state titles. On Thursday, two-time defending 2A champion River Hill takes on Walkersville looking to add to its state-best...
The Chicago Fire closed out their season Sunday with a 0-0 tie with D.C. United at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. Keeper Patrick McLain, in his fifth start of the season for the Fire, picked up his first clean sheet by making one save to snap United’s five-game winning streak. The Fire finished the...
The Thai billionaire owner of English Premier League team Leicester City was among five people who died after his helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from the soccer field, the club said Sunday. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a 60-year-old entrepreneur who owns Thai duty-free...
With Luis Suarez giving a masterful performance in attack, Barcelona didn't need Lionel Messi to deal Real Madrid a devastating defeat that could lead to the departure of coach Julen Lopetegui. Suarez scored a hat trick to lead Barcelona to a 5-1 demolition of Madrid on Sunday, a stinging loss...
A helicopter belonging to Leicester City's owner — Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha — crashed in flames in a carpark next to the soccer club's stadium shortly after it took off from the field following a Premier League game Saturday night. The central England team said it was assisting...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says doubling the total prize money for women's World Cup teams to $30 million is progress. However, the total prize money will be $440 million for the men's teams at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The FIFA Council on Friday ratified the financial package for the 2019...
Major League Soccer will allow teams to sell a second advertisement on their jerseys, a new sponsorship opportunity that the league estimates will bring each team more than $1 million a year. Starting in 2020, the league will remove its logo from the right sleeve of jerseys, allowing teams to sell...
Speaking publicly for the first time since being accused of rape, Cristiano Ronaldo defended himself against the allegation and said Monday he is confident the truth will come out in the case. The soccer superstar has been accused of rape in the United States. Kathryn Mayorga filed a civil lawsuit...
The body of Marbella Ibarra, a tireless promoter of women’s soccer in Mexico, has been found wrapped in plastic in Rosarito, a beach resort south of Tijuana, according to multiple reports. Ibarra, 44, founded Mexico’s first women’s soccer team in Tijuana. She disappeared in mid-September, said...
The participation of the U.S. in next year’s Women’s World Cup was never really in doubt. That kind of certainty is owed to the world’s top-ranked national team, one that has never missed the tournament and has won it a record three times. But just to make it official, the Americans won their qualifying...
In 2006, Iran's president tried to restore one small piece of the civil liberties the Islamic Republic had repressed since its 1979 revolution. Then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rescinded the decades-old ban on female spectators at men's soccer matches. Iran's religious leaders had argued that...