After a successful stay in Major League Soccer, Philadelphia Union left-back Kai Wagner appears to be heading towards the exit. With his contract expiring in December, Wagner posted a farewell on his Instagram story ahead of his regular season home finale match against Nashville SC. The German has been a regular for the Philadelphia Union […]
In recent years, Schalke have struggled to find a consistent striker. Last season aside, that is: Simon Terodde scored 30 times to finish as the top scorer of the Bundesliga 2 and help Schalke earn promotion back to the Bundesliga. Terodde is the leading scorer in Bundesliga 2 history, has led the league in goals
Schalke 04 have one of the best academies in the world. Over the past few years, many of Germany’s top names have come from their academy: Manuel Neuer, Leroy Sané, Ilkay Gündogan, Julian Draxler, and more. Mesut Özil joined the side at a young age, while US international Weston McKennie did the same. Despite this,
Recently, many top teams have been hit by financial difficulties. The likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Inter Milan have struggled with spending far more than they earn for a while, but the lack of stadium revenue during pandemic furthered this problem. With growing debt, many clubs are looking to sell more players to get
It’s been slightly over a month since the winter transfer window closed, which means only one thing: it’s time to look at the summer transfer window. As crazy as the transfer market is, it gets people interested. With many teams futures wrapped up by now, many fans have nothing better to do than look forward
For the fourth time this season, Schalke have fired their manager. They have also become the first team in Bundesliga history to hire five managers in one season. After a 5-1 loss to Stuttgart, manager Christian Gross and his assistant were sacked, and rightfully so. The team from Gelsenkirchen haven’t won since early January, which
I have previously written an article about the five best available free agents (here). That list contains the likes of Chelsea forward Willian and Manchester City forward David Silva, but for many teams, especially those fighting for promotion or those, like Leeds United, who have just earned promotion, younger players are key. In this article,
It is finally July 4th weekend! If you aren’t familiar with July 4th, it’s a celebration of the day the United States of America (USA) became a free country. It’s wonderful. But this year, since no one can celebrate, so why not read about American players overachieving in Europe? And if you aren’t from the
A lot of things happened this week in soccer, so this should give you a pretty good idea of what has been going on in the soccer world… Women’s World Cup Quarter-finals After Lucy Bronze’s England team beat Norway 3-0 and Megan Rapinoe scored another brace that gave USA a 2-1 win over France, the