Jeff Rueter
Senior Writer at The Athletic
Senior soccer writer at @TheAthletic || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️🌈
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
Compared to the past few windows, Saturday's 3-0 win was a game where the U.S. women's national team looked in complete control. The attack kept the pressure on China, continuing to threaten their defense as it frequently adjusted the height of its line of confrontation. Catarina Macario provided a goal and an assist; Lindsey Heaps and Sam Coffey scored from their midfield roles.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
ST. PAUL, Minn. - As a year without a major tournament, 2025 has sometimes felt listless when watching the U.S. women's national team. That isn't an indictment of their quality or caliber - far from it. Since winning the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, head coach Emma Hayes has undergone a thorough examination of the broader player pool beyond the core she inherited from predecessor Vlatko Andonovski.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Meg Linehan |Jeff Rueter
Lo'eau LaBonta was with the Kansas City Current when U.S. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes called. By the time she hung up, she had earned her first senior national team call-up at age 32. She joins her club teammates, midfielder Claire Hutton (age 19) and forward Michelle Cooper (22). "Usually, I'm the one congratulating them like I'm the teen mom.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
It wasn't quite the history that Johnny Cardoso and Real Betis meant to make on Wednesday night. Going in search of a first European trophy, the U.S. men's national team defensive midfielder's Spanish club blew a 1-0 lead against Chelsea and capitulated entirely in the last 25 minutes, falling 4-1 in the UEFA Europa Conference League final.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jeff Rueter
On Tuesday, St. Louis City announced it had fired head coach Olof Mellberg before the midpoint of his first season. The Swede lasted just 15 regular-season games in the job. Mellberg is the third MLS coach to be dismissed in the 2025 season, following Laurent Courtois' firing by CF Montréal and Peter Vermes mutually parting ways with Sporting Kansas City. David Critchley, the head coach of St. Louis' MLS Next Pro affiliate, will serve as interim head coach.
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