Soccer

Toronto FC’s Alejandro Pozuelo and Jozy Altidore rank fourth and sixth on the 2021 Major League Soccer salary scale, according to figures released Thursday by the MLS Players Association.Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela tops the list at US$6.3-million in guaranteed compensation, ahead of Los Angeles Galaxy striker Javier Hernandez...

With the influx of several new players and Toronto FC’s training room beginning to thin out, coach Chris Armas’s options are growing.Fitting everyone in will be the challenge.“We enjoy doing this as coaches,” Armas said ahead of Saturday’s visit to Yankee Stadium to play New York City FC.“We spend time...

Bjrn Johnsen scored two first-half goals and Montreal beat Inter Miami 2-0 on Wednesday night in a game delayed by lightning for more than two hours.Johnsen raced past the defence in the 14th minute for Djordje Mihailovic’s through ball and slotted it inside the near post. Eleven minutes later, following...

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos believes his team deserved a better fate on Wednesday.Though the ‘Caps put five shots on target, they couldn’t get a ball past Minnesota United ‘keeper Tyler Miller and dropped a 1-0 decision to the Loons.It was Minnesota’s first win of the Major League Soccer...

In the annals of bad ideas poorly executed, the implosion of the European Super League within 48 hours of its launch was a beauty. The ESL never really stood a chance, in good part because its communications strategy, if you can call it a strategy, was inept – laughable even.How...

Captain Michael Bradley scored a goal and helped set up the other as Toronto defeated defending MLS champion Columbus SC 2-0 Wednesday for its first league victory of the young season.Bradley scored in the 13th minute and Jozy Altidore added an insurance goal in the 87th after Omar Gonzalez headed...

Forward Dom Dwyer and Major League Soccer’s Toronto have agreed to a two-year contract.The 30-year-old has 83 goals in 204 regular-season and post-season games for Kansas City and Orlando. He appeared in just two matches last season with Orlando due to a knee injury.“Dom is a powerful attacking player that...

Being winless three games into the MLS season for the first time since 2012 is not sitting well with Toronto FC.“We want to win. This is a room full of winners,” coach Chris Armas said with passion Tuesday. “When you look around the room, this is what it is. And...

Toronto FC, which has a good track record with diminutive attackers, has added flair to its offence in the form of 5-foot-2 Venezuelan international winger Yeferson Soteldo.Brazil’s Santos FC said goodbye to the 23-year-old on Saturday, putting out a news release saying it had sold Soteldo to the MLS club....

Locked out of their stadium for a year due the pandemic, Manchester City fans couldn’t resist gathering outside, waiting for the moment they’d be crowned champions for the third time in four seasons.It was a result not inside the Etihad Stadium but four miles (6.4 kilometres) across Manchester at their...

Toronto FC has waived former first-round draft pick Griffin Dorsey.The 22-year-old midfielder/wingback saw just seven minutes of playing time in two substitute appearances since being drafted sixth overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft from Indiana, where the Colorado native was a second-team All-American.The former U.S. under-20 international signed a Generation...

As Canada continues to wrestle with the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s national soccer team will play two more of its home World Cup qualifying matches south of the border in June.Canada will face Aruba in Bradenton, Fla., on June 5, and will take on Suriname in suburban Chicago on June...

The wait goes on for Manchester City. Time is up for West Bromwich Albion.Manchester United underlined its determination to make City, its fierce local rival, fight to clinch the Premier League trophy by prolonging the title race for at least a couple more days.United beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday...

Hundreds of Manchester City fans gathered outside the Etihand Stadium for a Premier League title celebration that proved premature as Chelsea ruined the script with a last-minute 2-1 victory on Saturday.City manager Pep Guardiola left out a host of first-team regulars for a game regarded as a dress rehearsal for...

Seven games into the season and Toronto FC has won just once in all competitions (1-4-2), with defending MLS champion Columbus Crew SC up next.A 2-0 defeat Saturday at the New York Red Bulls saw Toronto (0-2-1 in MLS play) make a promising start, giving the Red Bulls a taste...

Neymar has signed a three-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain, keeping the Brazilian star at the club until 2025.PSG announced the deal on Saturday, posting a video of Neymar wearing a jersey with 2025 on the back and saying “Ici c’est Paris” – ‘This is Paris’, a favourite chant of...

As a player, Ryan Nelsen watched the 2008 and 2012 Olympic soccer draws to see what awaited his New Zealand side at the Games.On Wednesday, the former Toronto FC head coach will be helping set the stage for 28 teams at the Tokyo Games as he assists at the Olympic...

Callum Wilson’s double helped Newcastle United to a thumping 4-2 win away to Leicester City on Friday which all but secured their Premier League survival and left the hosts looking over their shoulders in the race for a top-four finish.Third-placed Leicester’s night began badly when defender Jonny Evans was injured...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel wants to stall the Manchester City “winning machine” when they square off Saturday and three weeks later in the Champions League final.City can clinch its third English Premier League title in four seasons at home and without having to tune in on Sunday or midweek hoping...

When Thierry Henry stepped down as head coach of CF Montreal in February, even the team’s most fanatic supporters would have been hard-pressed to see any semblance of brighter days ahead.Although the team reached the – admittedly expanded – Major League Soccer playoffs last season for the first time in...