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Bruce Arena urged his San Jose Earthquakes team to “hang in there” before the MLS pauses for the World Cup, amid a hectic fixture schedule over the past few weeks. San Jose played out a 1-1 draw with fellow Western Conference high-flyers Vancouver Whitecaps last time out, as Sebastian Berhalter cancelled out Preston Judd’s early […] The post Seattle Sounders v San Jose Earthquakes: Arena urges injury-hit visitors to ´hang in there´ appeared first on Soccer News.
Liverpool have lost the "perfect balance" that they had last season, says their former goalkeeper Sander Westerveld, as the "story of the season" continued in Saturday's draw against Chelsea. Arne Slot's side took the lead early in the first half against the out-of-form Blues, but their "passive" approach cost them three points as they failed to confirm Champions League qualification. "It's the story of this season," Westerveld told BBC Radio Merseyside after the match.
The Osuna children grab the rubber ball, all 3.2 kilograms of it — around 7 pounds or seven times heavier than a soccer ball — and begin playing. Only the hips may touch it, forcing players to leap through the air or dive low when it skims the ground. As Mexico prepares to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the nation is looking back 3,400 years to one of the oldest team sports: the ancient ballgame known as ulama, a ritual practice nearly erased during the Spanish conquest that survived only in the remote pockets of northwestern Mexico before its late 20th-century rebirth.
