A minority of of the Ligue 1 outfit’s fans goaded the opposition spectators at the conclusion of Wendesday’s Europa League last 32 tie Saint-Etienne bowed out of the Europa League at the hands of Manchester United on Wednesday, with a minority of their support appearing to shame themselves with their actions in the stands. A solitary strike from Henrikh Mkhitaryan helped the Red Devils to wrap up a 4-0 aggregate success in their last-32 encounter. Rooney reveals he will stay at Man Utd Article continues below Editors' Picks Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea &…

The reigning MLS Cup champions went to Costa Rica and endured a painful lesson in just how tricky the Concacaf Champions League can be As Arthur Blank sat in the tiny Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, he probably wondered how a team that calls an 8,700-seat stadium home could cause problems for his Atlanta United. The billionaire learned quickly that when it comes to the Concacaf Champions League knockout rounds, things are rarely easy for MLS teams. It’s a lesson that four of five MLS teams in CCL action this week were reminded of, with Sporting Kansas City being the only MLS team so win comfortably. Ironically, Sporting KC was the only…

The former Montreal Impact and Los Angeles FC man returns to the league after a short stint with Ligue 1 side Dijon Lauren Ciman is back in Major League Soccer, having signed with Toronto FC, the MLS side announced Thursday. The 33-year-old Ciman had been playing for FC Dijon in Ligue 1, but will now make the move back to North America. Having been signed for a transfer fee when he departed MLS this past summer, the center back was subject to the league’s allocation order, where expansion club FC Cincinnati originally had the top slot and would have been had first right to sign him. Article continues below Editors' Picks…

Jose Mourinho was able to name an unchanged side at Old Trafford, after making several alterations for his team’s defeat to Arsenal at the weekend Jose Mourinho has named the same Manchester United starting XI that won the first leg of their Europa League semi-final for Thursday’s return fixture against Celta Vigo. With the Red Devils up 1-0 after the first leg, Mourinho will hope to see his side finish the job and advance to the final on May 24 in Solna, Sweden. In total, there are eight changes from the team which lost 2-0 to Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with the bench also identical to the…

The MLS Cup champions have sealed the signing of the midfielder, though the club must now solve having too many designated players on roster Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martinez has completed his move from River Plate to MLS Cup champions Atlanta United. Martinez was a key player as River beat Boca Juniors to win the Copa Libertadores, scoring the clinching goal for his side in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. The playmaker will now become the latest South American star at Atlanta, who appointed Frank de Boer as Gerardo Martino’s replacement last month. Article continues below Editors' Picks Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his…

The Armenian is well on the road to recovery and could feature for Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter-finals Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho expects to have Henrikh Mkhitaryan available for the FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea on March 13. Mkhitaryan has been out of action since picking up a hamstring injury shortly after scoring the only goal in a Europa League last-32 second-leg win at Saint-Etienne last Wednesday. Chelsea win Premier League snail race Editors' Picks Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league…

After contending in 2017, the club took a step back last season due to a number of glaring weaknesses It’s safe to say the 2018 season did not go as planned for the Chicago Fire. After contending in 2017 thanks to the introduction of Bastian Schweinsteiger, the Fire took a considerable step back in 2018, losing much of the goodwill generated by an impressive run the season before. It was a season where the Fire’s weaknesses were exploited, over and over again. The team’s lack of center backs forced Schweinsteiger into the role. A lack of wing depth was apparent all season. The team had no proven goalscorer besides Nemanja Nikolic.…

The USMNT midfielder is heading to the Bundesliga side in January, and sources have told Goal the details on the transfer between sister clubs Tyler Adams’ transfer to RB Leipzig felt like a foregone conclusion for months, but one of the hurdles in completing the move for the U.S. national team midfielder was figuring out just how the structure of a transfer would look given it would be a transaction between affiliated clubs. Multiple sources tell Goal that the transfer, which will become official when the Bundesliga’s winter transfer period opens in January, will be worth an initial fee of $3 million, along with a 33 percent sell-on clause, meaning…

The full-back has only played once in three months, with his manager uncertain as to whether the 21-year-old has the character to fight for a spot SPECIAL REPORT His absence might have been overshadowed by questions regarding the future of Wayne Rooney, but Luke Shaw’s continued travails at Manchester United reached a new low this week when he was omitted from the travelling party for Wednesday’s 1-0 Europa League win over Saint-Etienne. In a week that sees United prepare to take on Shaw’s former club Southampton in Sunday’s EFL Cup final, it was expected that the European clash was his best chance yet to be given a run-out, having collected…

Club and international matches between teams in the confederations are likely to happen, according to the CONMEBOL president CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez claims UEFA has agreed in principle to revive the Intercontinental Cup and introduce two new showpiece games, including a play-off between the Copa America and European Championship winners. PSG prefer Alexis deal Last staged in 2004, the Intercontinental Cup was contested by the winners of the Copa Libertadores and the Champions League, South America and Europe’s premier club competitions, respectively. Editors' Picks Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win…