Jeff Rueter
Senior Soccer Writer at The Athletic
Staff writer and analyst @TheAthletic covering soccer in North America, Europe, and beyond || ROOter || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️🌈
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6 days ago |
dailyherald.com | Jeff Rueter
FILE - Chicago Cubs baseball player Dansby Swanson stands with his wife and United States Women's National Team soccer player, Mallory Swanson (9), who is being honored for her 100th game, before an international friendly women's soccer match against Iceland, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis, File) AP USWNT star forward Mallory Swanson and her husband, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, are expecting their first child.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Jeff Rueter
USWNT star forward Mallory Swanson and her husband, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, are expecting their first child. The couple announced the news in posts on their personal Instagram accounts on Wednesday. The update brings closure to what had become one of the biggest mysteries in American soccer. Mallory Swanson, who scored the winning goal in the gold medal game of the 2024 Olympics, had not played for the USWNT or the Chicago Stars in 2025.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
USWNT star forward Mallory Swanson and her husband, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, are expecting their first child. The couple announced the news in posts on their personal Instagram accounts on Wednesday. The update brings closure to what had become one of the biggest mysteries in American soccer. Swanson, who scored the winning goal in the gold medal game of the 2024 Olympics, had not played for the USWNT or the Chicago Stars at all in 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
Even when their team suffers defeat, it's customary for a coach to try backing their players' effort. It's a custom with understandable intention, to keep a fanbase from turning on a team or to reassure players that their jobs won't suffer for one bad result. Still, some games make it difficult to dawdle through answers padded with such niceties.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
The Vancouver Whitecaps continued their dominant start to 2025, reaching the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup with a commanding 3-1 win (5-1 on aggregate) at Inter Miami. The visitors weathered a ninth-minute goal from Spanish defender Jordi Alba, then broke out just after halftime with a barrage led by Brian White and emerging midfielder Sebastian Berhalter.
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"We wanted to establish ourselves among the best. But sometimes, you have to admit when the opponent played the better hand." #InterMiamiCF has changed perceptions of how an MLS squad can look. Wednesday ended its quest for Concacaf supremacy. Now what? https://t.co/2vTTI2I2mI
NEW: Since July 2023, #InterMiamiCF has been treated like a juggernaut. After last fall’s #MLS playoff faceplant and a #ConcaChampions semifinal exit, the results haven’t met the hype. “In games like this, the price of mistakes is brutal.” https://t.co/Y6nwNLr5Wm
RT @TheAthleticSCCR: The Whitecaps continued their dominant start to 2025. Vancouver reached the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup with…