The Vancouver Whitecaps couldn’t make history as the first Canadian team to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup Sunday. Instead, Ángel Sepúlveda scored twice and Cruz Azul routed the Whitecaps 5-0 to win its seventh CONCACAF title. Sepúlveda finished with a tournament-best nine goals. Ignacio Rivero, Lorenzo Faravelli and Mateusz Bogusz also scored for Cruz Azul, which built a 4-0 lead by halftime.  The Liga MX club tied crosstown rival Club America for most titles in the tournament. It was Cruz Azul’s first title since 2013-14 when La Máquina beat Tijuana. Angel Sepulveda of Mexico’s Cruz Azul, back, scores his side’s fifth…

More than 500 people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time, although skirmishes with police later threatened to spoil the party. The interior ministry’s early assessment as of Sunday morning was that 559 people had been arrested, including 491 in Paris, which led to 320 people being placed in police custody, 254 of…

Adriana Leon scored twice in a 4-1 win over Haiti in a friendly on Saturday, sending longtime Canadian midfielder Desiree Scott off in victorious, celebratory fashion. The 37-year-old Scott took to the international pitch for the last time — her 188th cap — in her hometown. Scott entered the field at Princess Auto Stadium after the rest of her team had taken their position to a rousing, standing ovation. In a pre-game ceremony, the Winnipeg native was presented with a bouquet of flowers and custom-framed jersey with her No. 11. A message on the scoreboard read: “FROM THE HEART OF…

Canadian star Vanessa Gilles joins Just Soccer to explain why she chose to stay in Europe, how the U.S. political climate influenced her decision, and what led her to Bayern Munich. Source link

While winning and having fun can often go hand in hand, they are not always synonymous. Just ask Vanessa Gilles, fresh off a successful soccer season filled with pressure and high expectations playing for a French league powerhouse. Sure, Lyon went unbeaten in 24 league and playoff matches and the Canadian international played all 90 minutes of a 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain for her third straight Women’s Champions League title, but there were trying times. “Winning a trophy is probably the most fun you’ll ever have in a career, so I don’t take that for granted,” the defender told…

Canada Soccer reported a loss of $4 million in 2024, up from $2.5 million the year before. The deficit is just under the $4.2 million the governing body had projected in early 2024. The gap was covered by cash reserves, of which Canada Soccer now has $5.9 million remaining. “Better than projected but we all know that operating at levels of deficit of this magnitude is not sustainable,” Canada Soccer chief executive officer and general secretary Kevin Blue said in an interview. ” And it is our intent to reduce the deficit for 2025 and then eliminate the deficit in…

18 minutes ago Sports Duration 15:14 This week on Just Soccer, Canadian star Vanessa Gilles joins us to talk about her big move to Bayern Munich and what’s next in her career. Plus, we break down the top goals, standout players and biggest moments from the NSL season so far. Source link

British police were holding a 53-year-old man on Tuesday over a collision that turned a joyous soccer celebration in Liverpool to tragedy and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, four of them in very serious condition. Police said they are not treating the incident as terrorism and are not looking for other suspects. Detectives were working to piece together how a minivan plowed into crowds packing a narrow street, just after the players of Liverpool Football Club celebrated the Premier League championship with an open-topped bus parade. Water Street, near the River Mersey in the heart of the…

A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were at a parade celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said.  There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and other emergency vehicles swarmed the scene to respond to reports that multiple pedestrians had been hit.  “It was extremely fast,” said Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters and was just several feet away from the vehicle when the incident happened. “Initially, we just heard the…

Vancouver’s Mariah Lee and Calgary’s Kahli Johnson scored early in the first half on the way to a 1-1 draw in Burnaby. Source link