Jon Arnold

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Alexander Abnos |Jon Arnold |Joseph Lowery |Graham Ruthven

No Messi, yes problemWhen the Houston Dynamo learned that Lionel Messi did not travel with Inter Miami ahead of the teams’ game on Sunday, they proceeded with a now-familiar playbook. Just like Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps did in similar Messi-less situations, the team apologized to their ticketholders, then bargained with them.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jon Arnold

In just his second month in Liga MX, James Rodríguez will match the number of games he played with Rayo Vallecano, the La Liga club he signed for last summer after being named the best player at the 2024 Copa América. Maybe he just needed to be back in the Americas. Rodríguez has been fantastic since joining Club León, who won the 2023 Concacaf Champions Cup but failed to even make the playoffs in the Apertura – the tournament that runs from July to December in Mexico’s short-season format.

2 months ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Alexander Abnos |Jon Arnold |Joseph Lowery |Graham Ruthven

I’m most excited about…Seeing more really good soccer in 2025. Over the last few years, it feels like the quality of the average coach in MLS has noticeably increased. Only a handful of MLS teams are still holding on to the “let’s play a 4-2-3-1 and defend in a mid-block” era with both hands. Pretty much every team has a distinct, observable style. JWThe rich getting richer.

2 months ago | goal.com | Jon Arnold

MéxicoS. GimenezFEATURESEEUUAC MilánSerie AC. PulisicY. MusahEl 'Bebote' tiene la oportunidad de asegurar la titularidad en México tras una transferencia histórica al AC Milan. El traspaso del delantero mexicano Santi Giménez al AC Milan se hizo oficial el lunes, pero no era exactamente un secreto. Después de todo, Giménez fue visto con un asesor senior del AC Milan, el legendario exdelantero Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ese es el tipo de conversación que su salto del Feyenoord a la Serie A le permite tener.

2 months ago | goal.com | Jon Arnold

MexicoS. GimenezFEATURESUSAAC MilanSerie AC. PulisicY. MusahSanti Gimenez has a chance to stake a claim on Mexico's starting No. 9 role after a high-profile move to AC MilanMexican forward Santi Gimenez’s move to AC Milan became official Monday, but it wasn’t exactly a secret. After all, Gimenez was spotted with a senior adviser to AC Milan, the legendary former forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic. That is the type of conversation his jump from Feyenoord to Serie A allows him to have.