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The Montreal Roses are expected to join an elite club this weekend. The Northern Super League team expects to have more than 15,500 fans in the stands when they take on the Halifax Tides at Stade Saputo on Saturday, setting a new league record for attendance.
Gianni Infantino, the increasingly embattled FIFA president, was everywhere in the conversations as European soccer leaders gathered this week in Monaco for the Champions League draw.
CF Montreal has re-acquired midfielder Dante Sealy in a trade with the Colorado Rapids, it was announced Friday morning.
The Vancouver Whitecaps have locked up defender Tate Johnson, inking the American fullback to long-term extension.
As far as Diego Simeone is concerned, Julian Alvarez is still an Atletico player and he hopes it stays that way. Ahead of Saturday’s match with Sevilla, the Atleti manager says he hopes to see the wantaway Argentina forward back in action soon.
Casey Stoney hasn’t yet seen the best possible version of her Canadian women’s soccer team.
Two days after Celtic’s embarrassing elimination in Champions League qualifying, Scottish rival Rangers followed suit by falling to unheralded Czech team Jablonec in the Conference League playoffs.
Rodri made his Barcelona debut in the team’s 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish League on Thursday, while Chelsea and Fulham advanced to the third round of the English League Cup.
Dibu Martinez is on the move. The Telegraph’s Matt Law reports the Argentina goalkeeper is set for a £7.5 million move to Chelsea from Aston Villa.
Villarreal, with the Canadian trio of Nathan Saliba, Tajon Buchanan and Tani Oluwaseyi, and Alphonso Davies’ Bayern Munich discovered their slate of matches for this season’s Champions League on Thursday.
Ibrahim Gusau resigned as president of the Nigeria Football Federation on Thursday after mounting pressure that followed the country’s failure to qualify for major tournaments.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Leyton Orient doesn’t agree. The London-based League One side took umbrage with Wrexham’s badge design for the Championship club’s new third kit.
Another signing for Tottenham, another departure at Manchester City. Egypt forward Omar Marmoush was sent to Tottenham on a season-long loan from City on Thursday, with the deal including an obligation to make the move permanent next summer — reportedly for 50 million pounds ($68 million).
Fiorentina is hoping to complete a loan for Joshua Zirkzee. BBC Sport’s Sami Mokbel reports the Viola are in talks with Manchester United over the Netherlands forward, but work remains to be done.
UEFA is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Swiss courts for possible financial mismanagement over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors.
Barcelona has signed Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic from Turkish club Fenerbahce. Barcelona said Thursday that the 31-year-old Livakovic signed a contract until 2030.
Teenager Alphadjo Cisse has spent most of the past week answering questions on how to pronounce his surname after being unexpectedly catapulted into the limelight on his AC Milan debut.
Atlético Madrid’s stance on Julián Álvarez is now official: The Argentina star will not be sold to Barcelona.
Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca wants the club to spend the final few days of the summer transfer window finding “one or two more captains” to add to the squad for its push for trophies this season.
One month into a crisis for FIFA provoked by his failed World Cup sell-off plan, Gianni Infantino finally got some public backing from a key nation Thursday — 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia.
Stephen Eustáquio is heading to England. Swansea City signed the Canadian midfielder from Porto for an undisclosed fee, the club announced Thursday.
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