Substitute Miguel Berry scored twice in a 78-second span to give Columbus Crew a stunning 3-2 win over Cincinnati in MLS on Friday.
Columbus had lost six in a row and appeared on the verge of another defeat, trailing 2-1 at home after Isaac Atanga s 74th-minute goal gave Cincinnati the lead.
Berry had come on for Shaun Wright-Phillips a minute earlier, and he soon became the hero of the hour for the Crew.
The 23-year-old put home a rebound from a Pedro Santos shot in the 81st minute, then watched another rebound from an Alex Matan effort bounce off his chest and into the net less than two minutes later.
3 GOALS. 2 GAMES. 1 OPPONENT.
MIGUEL BERRY GIVES US THE LEAD!
— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew)
Columbus earned their first win…
Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has suggested he wants to remain at the Stadium of Light next season.
Mignolet was in impressive form for Paolo Di Canio s side last term, despite the club finishing 17th in the Premier League, leading to sugges
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However, while Mignolet admitted to being disappointed with Sunderland s league performance, he is keen to make amends next time round.
As a footballer, you want to do well and want to win games and finish higher in the table than 17th, the Belgian told The Shields Gazette.
On that point, it was a disappointing season. But then again, there s a reason for that and hopefully next year we can do a lot better.
Di Canio was brought in to replace Martin O Neill in March and Mignolet believes the…
A disappointing loss at Torino frustrated Napoli coach Rafael Benitez, who is keen to rebound in Wednesday s Coppa Italia tie at Lazio.
Rafael Benitez has urged his Napoli players to stand shoulder to shoulder as they continue their bid for silverware in Thursday s Coppa Italia semi-final first-leg tie at Lazio.
Head coach Benitez cut a frustrated figure as Napoli slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Torino in Serie A last weekend and failed to hide his annoyance in post-match interviews.
The Spaniard explained that he was merely aggrieved that his side fall 13 points adrift of leaders Juventus following the setback.
However, the former Liverpool manager retains belief that defending champions Napoli can add to last season s Coppa Italia success and victory in t…
Juventus are getting ready for a summer full of business. The Serie A champions are still in race for the new Scudetto, as they are being chased by Inter Milan and Lazio. But, whilst we are waiting for the title race to unfold, the Bianconeri are looking to prepare some deals for the upcoming summer transfer window.
And according to Tuttosport, they are interested in signing Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Juve allegedly are following the Spaniard, but it is not the case that he is their first choice. Apparently, Juventus will turn their attention to the Spanish playmaker only in case of them failing to re-sign Paul Pogba from Manchester United.
Pogba s situation in England is not simple, although it looks like the Frenchman and his agent Mino Raiola are eage…
As for the visitors, while the mood in Burnley s camp might be on the rise, Tottenham find themselves in the midst of what is becoming a real struggle. Crashing out of the FA Cup thanks to a penalties defeat against rock-bottom Norwich in North London on Wednesday night, Jose Mourinho s side have now lost their last four consecutive matches across all competitions, their worst run since appointing the former Manchester United boss back in November. Along with watching German outfit RB Leipzig grab what could be a crucial away goal in their 1-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Lilywhites also watched fellow European hopefuls Wolves come from behind to grab a 3-2 win in Noth London last weekend. With their top-four ambitions taking another dent and still dealing with some of thei…
Dad gum CFC Fan! You got carried away, didnt ya?
I am a soccerholic just as well! Normally I would call it football, but that doesnt fit with holic really. So i am a Soccerholic.
I daydream soccer everywhere I go: school (I m 14, mind you), home, church (this Sunday I was dreaming of MUFC smashing Chelsea 5-0, with Rooney scoring a hat-trick), and even my uncle s house. I play with my friends every day of the week (or almost) in any weather, once a thunderstorm, like the article s writer, and I have been playing for a youth soccer team, Albany Storm, for the past three seasons (a regular starter, too) and I even have earned seven caps for the U.S. U15 squad, with two goals ( I am a Left Center Mid, but can also play Left Back) so far.
I am a Manchester United fan, as you should tell…
A German paper said Sunday it had obtained details of some of the 200 matches under investigation in the match-fixing scandal that has rocked European football.
According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung s website, the matches involved were generally lower profile matches and the gambling crooks bribed players to lose by a certain amount.
The paper listed a sample of matches from Switzerland, Belgium, Croatia and Turkey.
For example, investigators are reportedly probing a match in the Swiss second division that took place between Yverdon Sport and FC Thun on April 26, 2009.
Players from the away team were reportedly bribed 15,000 euros (22,000 dollars) to make sure they lost by a four-goal margin. The match ended 5-1.
In another match in the Belgian s…
Sporting CP have tied highly rated winger Gelson Martins to a new five-and-a-half-year contract and exercised their option to purchase Sebastian Coates from Sunderland.
Gelson has reportedly attracted interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona in the last year after coming through Sporting s ranks, having made his Primeira Liga debut in August 2015.
The 21-year-old s ability on the ball and pace have made him an eye-catching proposition, with Fernando Santos handing him a senior international debut in October.
And he now looks set to either remain at Sporting for several more years or, should he move, bring in a sizeable fee, with the club revealing his new contract contains a €60 million release clause, €15m more than in his previous deal.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri is refusing to blame his team s signings for the poor defence of their Premier League title.
The champions are 14th in the table after 13 top-flight matches, only two points clear of the relegation zone despite having spent big-money ahead of the 2016-17 season.
Islam Slimani, Ahmed Musa and Nampalys Mendy all arrived at the King Power Stadium for eight-figure fees, but the club s best performances have been reserved for the Champions League, where they have already qualified for the last 16.
But Ranieri is not pointing fingers at Leicester s recruitment team, insisting all players need time to adjust to a new club – just like Riyad Mahrez did when he signed from Le Havre in January 2014.
The recruitment is very g…
Real Madrid shrugged off a delay at the airport to arrive at the Etihad Stadium in relaxed mood ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester City.
The European champions had to wait for more than half an hour in the arrivals hall at Manchester Airport on Tuesday after their team bus was unable to collect them on time.
Yet Carlo Ancelotti’s squad were soon transported to the stadium where they trained ahead of Wednesday’s clash, which will begin on a knife edge after a 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Bernabeu last week.
Hello Manchester!
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)
Manager Carlo Ancelotti said at his pre-match press conference: “I am very calm, full of hope, full of faith.
“Tomorrow – game…