Peter Vermes is hoping for a competitive match when Sporting Kansas City face off against rivals Seattle Sounders in the MLS on Saturday.
Sporting KC have struggled so far this season, sitting bottom of the Western Conference on just 11 points after winning just two of their games.
They are currently on a 10-match winless streak, but Vermes wants his team to use past grudges against Seattle to inspire a win.
Seattle have always had a very good team, a solid nucleus, Vermes said. We always have battles with them no matter where we re playing. They re an explosive team that can defend very well. It ll be a tough battle.
We re two very competitive teams that are in the middle of competing for the same things. You end up playing each other a lot and having …
Putting in a woeful performance at Selhurst Park on Monday night as Manchester United slumped to a against Crystal Palace, it is starting to look inevitable that Erik ten Hag will be leaving Old Trafford this summer.
While the former Ajax boss might have guided the Premier League giants to this season’s FA Cup final last month as they edged past Championship outfit Coventry, ten Hag has failed to find any kind of stability.
Now facing a real uphill battle in the race to claim a crucial top-six finish over the final few weeks, United have remarkably collected just a single victory from any of their previous seven appearances.
With large sections of the Old Trafford support making it clear that they are demanding a change in the dugout at the end of the season…
UEFA have announced Euro 2020 will be played across Europe as opposed to the traditional format of one or two countries hosting the event.
Gianni Infantino, the general secretary of UEFA s executive committee, held a press conference on Thursday and revealed the decision was prompted by an idea presented by president Michel Platini in June.
The main decision today by the committee was that the Euro 2020 finals tournament will be staged across the continent, he said.
The idea of hosting the Euros in a number of cities comes from an idea by UEFA president Michel Platini from June this year.
It was presented to all of the associations and to all of you (the journalists) on the eve of the final of Euro 2012. After that UEFA consulted all of their 53 natio…
Franck Ribery s playing career has come to an end.
On Friday, the former France and Bayern Munich winger announced his retirement at the age of 39, having agreed to terminate his deal with Serie A club Salernitana.
He signed for Salernitana ahead of last season, though for the first time since the 2004-05 season, failed to score in the league.
His sole Serie A appearance this season came in a 1-0 defeat to Roma back in August, as a second-half substitute, and in truth it was no surprise when rumours recently emerged of his imminent retirement.
There can be no doubt, however, that Ribery will go down as one of European football s greats of the modern era.
In 2013, Ribery was nominated for the Ballon d Or, finishing third in the voting behind Cristi…
With the Champions League group stages getting underway on Tuesday, we are certainly treated to a stacked midweek schedule.
Likewise, with a host of intriguing affairs from across England’s professional flights, there are plenty of eye-catching markets that are worth taking note of.
19:45 Port Vale vs Burton Albion
While Port Vale might have spent large spells of last season looking over their shoulder at a looming relegation scrap, Tuesday’s hosts have certainly come flying out of the traps this time around. Opening up the midweek fixtures with just their goal difference keeping them off the top of the League One table, the Valiants will be looking to make another statement of intent here.
Last seen over the weekend putting in another rugged perfo…
Toni Kroos says he could give up Germany duty after next year s European Championships.
The Real Madrid midfielder was one of the key players as Germany won the World Cup in 2014.
But Joachim Low s men have failed to follow up that success, losing to France in the Euro 2016 semi-finals and seeing their World Cup defence end early in Russia.
Kroos, 29, is already thinking about whether Euro 2020 could be his final international competition.
After the tournament it will be a good moment to think about it, Kroos told a news conference.
I will not kill myself if I end my career without having won a European Championship.
: had a bit of a bruise after training yesterday. It s very important for a young team to gain familiarity, but we will …
Jadon Sancho has a way to go before returning to Manchester United s matchday squad, says Erik ten Hag, who has ruled the winger out of Sunday s clash with Arsenal.
Sancho has not played for United since a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in October, with Ten Hag describing his absence as the result of circumstances with fitness and mood .
While the 22-year-old returned to team training earlier this week, he will not be involved when United bid to extend their unbeaten Premier League run to seven games against title-chasing Arsenal.
Asked about Sancho s return to the group by MUTV on Saturday, Ten Hag said: It is the next step. He still has a way to go.
He will know that, but when he makes this progress, then he can return to the group for games.
Of cours…
Harry Toffolo’s deteriorating mental health and belief that his football career was over were “very substantial mitigation” for him breaching Football Association betting rules, according to an independent regulatory commission.
Toffolo was given a suspended five-month ban after admitting 375 breaches of FA betting rules and was also fined just under £21,000. The Nottingham Forest full-back placed the bets between 2014 and 2017.
In written reasons published by the commission, it was stated Toffolo – who admitted the charge in full – placed 202 bets on matches in competitions in which his clubs were participating or had participated. There were also two spot bets placed by the player on events which involved himself as well as 15 identified to have been made ag…
Rob Edwards promised Luton would continue to fight for their Premier League lives after Luke Berry’s late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest at the end of a “challenging week”.
After watching his side throw away a three-goal half-time lead against Bournemouth in midweek to lose, the 41-year-old was facing a six-point gap to Forest opening up in his team’s bid to dodge relegation, following Chris Wood’s neat first-half finish.
Instead they rallied and hit back in the 89th minute though substitute Berry, pouncing to lash home from Reece Burke’s header, as Luton kept within three points of the visitors, who themselves were denied what would have been just a second league win of 2024.
“The way the game was going, really…
Ange Postecoglou appears set to leave Celtic and take over at Tottenham.
Spurs fans appear to be split on the selection with some questioning his pedigree, but that will not faze the single-minded 57-year-old.
So what do Tottenham supporters need to know about their prospective new boss?
– Who is Ange Postecoglou?
Iconic Ange.
— South Melbourne FC (@smfc)
The Australian, who emigrated from Greece at the age of four, won two titles as a South Melbourne player, where he worked under Real Madrid great Ferenc Puskas, and won four Australia caps before injury forced him to move into coaching at a young age.
– What success has he achieved?Postecoglou led South Melbourne to two titles as manager in his early 30s and then spent se…