Laurent Courtois was pleased to see CF Montreal stop the bleeding with Saturday s goalless draw against Nashville SC, but he knows more is needed when they host D.C. United on Wednesday.
Montreal are winless in their last nine matches across all competitions (four draws, five losses) and sit 13th of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference.
They did at least snap a four-game losing streak with that stalemate, and Courtois wants them to use that result as a platform.
I heard a couple of guys talking about stopping the bleeding and I hate it, but it s the reality of the moment, said Courtois.
We re happy in the sense that we were able to get back to our standards of commitment and competitiveness, but we know that we need more at home, so we have to get back t…
Sweden edged closer to the last 16 of Euro 2020 after a 1-0 victory over Slovakia in St Petersburg on Friday.
After beating Poland on matchday one, Stefan Tarkovic s side knew another victory would secure their place in the next round before their final group game with Spain.
But it was Sweden who produced more of a consistent attacking threat – certainly compared with their goalless draw with Spain, when they had just 15 per cent of the possession – as they sought to avoid going four consecutive European Championship games without scoring.
Alexander Isak was their most threatening player and it was the Real Sociedad striker s clever throughball that saw Robin Quaison fouled by goalkeeper Martin Dubravka, allowing Emil Forsberg to win the contest from the…
Despite the fact several football experts still view the MLS as a “retirement league”, there’s no question the US top-flight has improved vastly in recent years. Every year there are better players in the league and the overall quality of the competition has increased.
Things are not different in 2019, although there’s a huge difference. Roughly three months into the season, we already have clarity regarding which player will win the MVP Award. Because honestly – who is going to take it away from Carlos Vela? The 30-year-old Mexico international has been a sensation in the MLS and he’s undoubtedly in the best form of his career.
Playing for Los Angeles FC – who are one of the top sides in the Western Conference – Vela has been thriving and playing at an …
Gold medal winner Justin Rose says the congratulations he received from former football superstar Luis Figo demonstrates the reach made possible by golf s return to the Olympic Games.
Great Britain s Rose defeated Henrik Stenson of Sweden by two strokes after a duel that went to the final hole in Rio on Sunday.
And the 36-year-old claimed that attracting attention from the likes of Wayne Rooney and Figo, the 2000 Ballon d Or winner, demonstrates the value of competing at the quadrennial showpiece event.
I didn t even know he was a golfer, per se, Rose told Sky Sports when asked about former Real Madrid and Barcelona superstar Figo.
So when someone like that comes out of left field, it just shows what a huge reach the Olympic Games has.
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Berlin will host the UEFA Champions League final for the first time after the Olympic Stadium was announced as the host of the 2015 final.
It will be the eighth time Germany has hosted the final with Munich, Stuttgart and Gelsenkirchen all having been chosen in the competition s history in both its guises the European Cup and the Champions League.
The 74,000-seater stadium in the German capital is the home of recently promoted Hertha Berlin but has never been used for a major European final, despite hosting the Olympics in 1936 and the World Cup final in 2006.
The National Stadium in Warsaw was announced as the host of the 2015 UEFA Europa League final, the first time that a city in Poland has hosted a major final.
UEFA also confirmed that they will introduce a 10-match ban for …
In the games on day three of the Euros we went from the sublime to the ridiculous. Actually it was the other way round as the early game between France and Romania was quite dreadful and the evening game between Holland and Italy was superb.
One of the pundits on the BBC in England described the France against Romania game as the worst game of football he has ever seen. I wouldn’t have gone quite that far but it really was bad. The Romanians will be pleased that they set out to get a point and achieved their goals. The French will be devastated that they produced so little.
In some ways, Romania may actually be slightly disappointed because the French were so bad that had they shown any adventure whatsoever they may well have taken all three points rath…
France midfielder Adrien Rabiot admits everyone connected with the team has been surprised by Antoine Griezmann s struggles at Euro 2024.
France will face Spain in a huge semi-final clash in Munich on Tuesday, as they bid to reach their fourth major tournament final under Didier Deschamps.
However, Les Bleus have been strongly criticised for their failings in front of goal at the tournament, netting just three times from chances worth 8.07 expected goals (xG).
Their three goals have been two own goals and a Kylian Mbappe penalty, and they are the only team in European Championship history to attempt 50 or more non-penalty shots at a single edition without scoring with any (86).
Griezmann, one of France s star performers in their run to the 2022 World Cup …
Paris Saint-Germain winning the Ligue 1 title has rarely looked in doubt this season, ever since the double signing of strikers Neymar and Kylian Mbappe gave Unai Emery an attack the envy of world football.
Teenage France forward Mbappe was one of a number of high-profile departures from last season s champions, with PSG hammering Monaco 7-1 on Sunday to wrest the crown back from their rivals.
Neymar s arrival boosted the profile of Ligue 1 and added stardust to the league, although PSG had to wrap up the title without the world s most expensive player after he was sidelined with injury.
But even without Neymar, PSG have looked by far and away the best team in Ligue 1 this season, even if they fell short in the Champions League by losing to holders Real Madrid.<…
Real Madrid return to La Liga action on Wednesday with the short Christmas break having done little to quiet the intense speculation surrounding Rafael Benitez s future.
Benitez oversaw a stunning 10-2 rout of Rayo Vallecano last time out but that devastating display was not greeted with fanfare by the Santiago Bernabeu crowd.
Instead Benitez was whistled before the game and the players received similar jeers from the supporters at half-time despite leading 4-2.
The Administrative Tribunal for Sport s (TAD) decision to uphold Madrid s expulsion from the Copa del Rey for fielding the ineligible Denis Cheryshev is unlikely to help the pre-game atmosphere in the capital against Sociedad.
However, for all their struggles, on and off the field, Madrid trai…
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