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From the moment Manchester United executives were made aware of Mauricio Pochettino’s availability, he stood alone — the only candidate as the troubled club set about hiring a new coach.
Mauricio Pochettino was hired as Manchester United’s head coach on Friday, agreeing to leave his job with the U.S. national team to take on the challenge of reviving the fortunes of English soccer’s once dominant force.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni renewed his contract with the national team on Thursday through 2030, putting him on track to become the first manager to lead La Albiceleste at three World Cups.
Two Vancouver Whitecaps are up for Major League Soccer’s year-end awards, while Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is once again a finalist for the league’s most valuable player honour.
Manchester United has spent well in excess of $100 million to pay off failed coaches and soccer executives during more than a decade of onfield decline.
Alphonso Davies returns as Canada seeks to avenge a bad loss in the 2025 Gold Cup when they take on Guatemala in a two-leg CONCACAF Nations League tie. You can catch the first leg LIVE on Friday at 9pm ET on TSN3/5, TSN.ca and the TSN App.
It will be up to Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono to decide when — or if — he will play again after his on-field collision with Jesús de Miguel resulted in the death of the Tenerife striker last week, Andorra coach Carles Manso said on Thursday.
The United States soccer body pulled its team from the boys’ Under-17 World Cup in Qatar starting next week for security reasons, FIFA confirmed on Thursday.
Crystal Palace fired coach Pierre Sage on Thursday after a troubled five-month tenure left the club sitting last in the Premier League.
Michael Carrick was fired by Manchester United on Thursday after overseeing the 20-time English champion’s worst start to a Premier League season, with U.S. men’s coach Mauricio Pochettino a potential candidate to succeed him.
The joint bids for both the 2031 and the 2035 Women’s World Cup tournaments have met the hosting requirements and will be put up for a vote by FIFA’s members later this month.
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente defended Lamine Yamal against suggestions of preferential treatment after the forward was allowed to join the national team’s training camp later than the rest of the squad.
Two days after owner Joey Saputo announced the Major League Soccer club is going up for sale, his son, managing director Luca, said “caretaker” manager Philippe Eullaffroy would not return as first-team head coach next season.
Manchester United is working on a potential deal to have U.S. men’s team coach Mauricio Pochettino to replace Michael Carrick, who is under pressure after a dismal start to the season, a source with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday.
Canadian men’s soccer captain Alphonso Davies was back training with the national team on Tuesday for the first time since this summer’s World Cup.
The Messi-Ronaldo era has ended in national team soccer and in the UEFA Nations League this week Europe’s top strikers resume a long pursuit of the two greats’ remarkable goal-scoring totals.
Toronto FC general manager Jason Hernandez says he’s disappointed and frustrated that the club missed the playoffs again this season.
Lionel Messi’s peers gave him one more appearance in the FIFPRO World XI lineup Monday after nearly 20,000 players voted for their best team in a poll organized by the global union.
NFL great Tom Brady has severed his ties with English soccer club Birmingham City, the club said on Monday. The seven-time Super Bowl winner bought a minority ownership stake in the second division club as part of the 2023 takeover by the Knighthead group, headed by his friend and business partner Tom Wagner.
Michael Carrick’s time at Old Trafford appears to be at its end. The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Laurie Whitwell report Manchester United intends to sack its manager with the club mired in the drop zone after a disastrous first 10 matches of the season.
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