Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga scored her 19th goal of the National Women s Soccer League season to break the competition s single-season record.
Chawinga, who signed for the Current from the Chinese Women s Super League, scored a stunning long-range strike in the 35th minute of Saturday s clash with Bay FC.
That saw the 26-year-old overtake the previous record of 18 goals in a single NWSL season, which was set by Sam Kerr for Chicago Red Stars in 2019.
Chawinga s 19 goals have come from 24 games, while she has scored every 109 minutes on average, having 103 shots and registering a shot conversion rate of 18.63%.
Give it up for the NWSL s newest record holder, Temwa Chawinga
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL)
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Jonny Evans has extended his stay at Manchester United until the end of next season, penning a new one-year contract.
Having come through United s academy and spent an initial nine-year spell in the Red Devils first team between 2006 and 2015, Evans returned as cover for Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof last year.
With all four of those players enduring injury-hit 2023-24 seasons, Evans played a far more prominent role than expected as United finished eighth in the Premier League.
The 36-year-old made 30 appearances across all competitions, including coming off the bench in May s FA Cup final victory over rivals Manchester City.
Evans has now won every domestic trophy with United, having claimed three Premier League tit…
Manchester United are interested in signing Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodrigo de Paul, according to . De Paul is under contract at Atletico until 2026, and United are keen on a deal for the Argentina international midfielder.
De Paul has been on the books of Atletico since 2021 when he joined from Udinese. The Argentina international is one of the best players in the world in his position and is an important player for Atletico. The 30-year-old has given one assist in four starts and four substitute appearances in La Liga and has played twice in the UEFA Champions League for Diego Simeone’s side so far this campaign.
United are 14th in the Premier League table at the moment with eight points from seven matches, five points above the relegation zone. Meanwhile, Atleti…
Where did it all go wrong for Brazil at the Copa America?
The Selecao went into the tournament as the second favourites, with the Opta supercomputer rating their chances of lifting the trophy at 23.2%.
Yet the nine-time Copa America champions were instead left licking their wounds after losing 4-2 to in-form Uruguay on penalties in the quarter-finals.
Brazil could have avoided that tie with Marcelo Bielsa s team, and instead have faced Panama, had they shown more in the group stage.
But as it was, an opening 0-0 draw with Costa Rica and a closing 1-1 draw with Colombia, another of the Copa America s most impressive teams, meant a 4-1 win over Paraguay marked the only bright spark in a disappointing campaign.
Dorival Junior, who took over as head c…
FIFA have revealed that a host of new stadiums being built for the 2014 World Cup will not be ready in time to be tested at a tournament next year.
On Thursday, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Salvador and Fortaleza were named as the host cities for the 2013 Confederations Cup, but a number of venues currently under construction are running behind schedule.
FIFA communications director Walter Gregorio revealed that it was hoped the new stadia could be used next year, as a warm-up for the 2014 World Cup, but this will now not happen as a result of concerning delays.
We always said that the stadiums should be delivered by the end of the year, and only two of them will meet the deadline, he revealed at a press event in Sao Paulo.
Belo Ho…
Mikel Merino s last-gasp header sent Spain into the semi-finals of Euro 2024 as La Roja beat hosts Germany 2-1 after extra time.
Florian Wirtz s 89th-minute strike had cancelled out Dani Olmo s calm finish in a frantic encounter in Stuttgart on Friday.
Yet having had the best chances of extra time, Germany became the first Euros hosts to lose a quarter-final when Merino brilliantly headed home Spain s latest ever goal in the competition in the 119th minute.
Niclas Fullkrug s header was just inches away from rescuing Germany and setting up penalties, but Luis de la Fuente s team, who had Dani Carvajal sent off late on, held on to tee up a clash with either Portugal or France.
118:52 In the 119th minute, Mikel Merino has scored the third-latest winning goal…
Germany coach Joachim Low believes Thomas Muller s poor Euro 2016 was unexplainable, but normal for a forward.
Muller endured a poor European Championship, failing to score in 570 minutes as Germany were beaten in the semi-finals by hosts France.
But the Bayern Munich star has started the World Cup qualifiers in fine form, netting four times – including twice in a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday.
Low struggles to explain Muller s problems at Euro 2016, but said every forward had their patches.
I don t think we have to look for a specific reason, he said.
A striker has phases, where he doesn t score goals and is a bit unlucky. And that was the case for Thomas Muller at the Euros.
But he is a player, who can always score goa…
The 2014 FIFA World Cup has seen great goals, fairytale stories, moments of madness and huge wins, and Twitter has chronicled them all.
For this World Cup, I wish good health to all the players, safety and enjoyment to all the fans, and most importantly: strength and unity for my country. Go Brazil! Brazil legend Pele before the tournament began with a 3-1 win for the host nation against Croatia.
What an incredible night yest [yesterday] v spain a night Holland will never forget! We got to push on and make our time in Brazil even more special!! Netherlands 5-1 win over then-world champions Spain on day two was stunning, with striker Robin van Persie hailing it as a great moment.
11 on the field, more than 300 million cheering them on. #WorldCup #USMNT United S…
Former England winger Darren Anderton believes the Three Lions would have won the Euros if Pep Guardiola had been in charge.
Following England s 2-1 defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, the Football Association (FA) announced on Tuesday that Gareth Southgate had stepped down as manager.
Since then, a host of names have been linked with the vacant job, with Eddie Howe and Graham Potter among the reported frontrunners.
One of the others being linked with the position is Guardiola, who is going into the final year of his contract at Manchester City.
The Spaniard won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title with the Citizens last season, though conceded at the end of the campaign he was closer to leaving than staying .
Guardiola exp…
Pep Guardiola ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract with Manchester City on Thursday.
The deal, which runs until 2023, will see the former Barcelona boss extend his stay in England to seven years.
While Champions League glory has eluded them, City have hit new heights since Guardiola s arrival in 2016. They have won six major domestic trophies, including two Premier League titles, winning 181 of their 245 games in all competitions.
Guardiola s first league title in England two years ago saw City set some remarkable records
HE S STAYING!
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— Manchester City (@ManCity)
100 A late Gabriel Jesus goal at Southampton on the final day meant City finished the season on 100 points, the first time …