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An error-strewn first-half put Canada on the back-foot, but two penalties from star striker Jonathan David earned the draw

 

Ahead of the Seattle Mariners game against the Cleveland Guardians on March 27th, 2026, the Seattle Torrent’s six Olympians were honored and team captain Hilary Knight threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

 

Bailey Cadamarteri's first-half goal was the difference between the sides in Guadalajara

 

The minnows just need to win a playoff against Turkey at home to complete a qualification campaign that has become a rallying cry for national pride

 

Sounders will reportedly receive $2 million in General Allocation Money.

 

The PWHL has broken every in-arena Canadian and American women's hockey attendance records. The only place for the league to go now, is to take their product outdoors.

 

Norwich winger Ali Ahmed tells Billy Munday why he thinks the World Cup co-hosts Canada can punch above their weight this summer

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 5 days ago

Thank goodness they included the quote from the Iranian spokesperson, otherwise you might be confused as to who did the bombing from how carefully the article avoids attributing the attack:

The men’s team lined up holding pink and purple bags with ribbons on them – a reference to the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School, which Tehran says killed more than 175 people, including children and teachers on the first day of joint US-Israeli strikes.

“The players are holding the school bags close to their heart in remembrance of the 165 girls the Americans killed in an Iranian school,” an Iranian team spokesperson confirmed.

 

Iran’s players wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played before a friendly in Turkey on Friday in what an official said was a protest over the killing of schoolgirls

 

Seattle's new top line of Danielle Serdachny, Theresa Schafzahl, and Alex Carpenter has found quick chemistry. In response, the Torrent have found their way back into the win column.

 

FIFA says it received ‘over 500 million ticket requests’ but only sold ‘over 1 million tickets.’ Huh? Here’s what that likely means

 

Exactly one year ago today, Real Madrid Femenino appeared to be on the precipice of a new era. After five years of institutional disinterest and mediocre results, Las Blancas had at last achieved a feat worthy of the club it had until then borne in name only. Back then, in the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinal, Madrid welcomed Arsenal onto its swampy pitch and upset the Gunners, 2-0. Madrid then one-upped itself the following weekend, outplaying and beating the mighty Barcelona for the first ever Blanca Clásico victory. Those two triumphs, easily the biggest wins in the club's short history, were laudable in their own right, but were most important for the implicit promise within them: the idea that maybe, finally, Real Madrid was ready to cast off its self-imposed restraints and start the work of becoming the kind of team it could and should be. One year on, it's now clear that, unfortunately though unsurprisingly, the club's actual fate has not proven so inspirational.

Real Madrid wasted little time popping the bubble of hope it had done so well to create back in March of 2025. A couple days after that Clásico win, Real flew to London and got summarily thumped by Arsenal in the quarterfinal return leg, 3-0. Ousted from the Champions League, they then capitulated in the run-in of the Liga F title race that the unexpected Clásico win had gotten them back into. This season has been a turn to unremarkable form. Las Blancas are once again a lock to finish second in the league, but have never been serious challengers to Barcelona's domestic crown. Their Champions League form has been decent, earning them entry into the quarterfinals via a win over Paris in a play-in tie, but Real's European story will once again end at that stage of the tournament. There have been four subsequent Clásicos since that potentially transformative one last March, and Barcelona has won each and every one of them, by a cumulative score of 16-2. The most recent Spanish Derby came on Wednesday in the UWCL quarterfinal, where Barcelona plastered Madrid, in Madrid, by a score of six goals to two.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 3 points 6 days ago

It’s wild that the Charge are in fifth with one fewer win than us. Overtime merchants.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 6 days ago

We love a Minnesota fall in the standings:

The win vaulted Montreal over Minnesota as the teams swapped places between second and third in the PWHL standings.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The US intends to have the USMNT win the World Cup on home soil by hook or by crook (it won’t work):

It is unclear which entities, if any, will be exempt from the visa bonds. While Trump’s travel bans contains exemptions for athletes and officials participating in major sporting events like the World Cup, the visa bonds program contains no such exemption.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 6 days ago

Good job, Sweden:

It may not be pretty and, at the end, one of these storied nations will have its own tale of regret. But both will also be able to look beyond the pitch, recalling the reasons for the hoardings that list all those European cities. When it became clear the countries would meet, Sweden and Ukraine commenced a dialogue that will lead to a long-term cooperation agreement between the pair. It is due to be signed in Valencia; in addition, football equipment will be donated to Ukrainian schools.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 6 days ago

I’ll count it. Sounds like a great trip!

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 points 6 days ago

They send catty text messages after four glasses of wine to their friends to complain about their kids’ third grade teacher and think they’re being manipulative.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, yes. Practically, no. Arguing is fun and engaging when you have a sparring partner who is sharp, engaged, and persuadable. If changing someone’s mind isn’t on the table, or if all you’re capable of doing is poorly repeating memes and headlines you’ve seen, I’m not interested.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago

Fixed! Thanks for catching it.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What is the coolest, awesomest, most mind-bendingest thought you’ve thought while high?

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 points 1 week ago

No because I was lying and have no idea what any of that means lol

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 8 points 1 week ago

The boombox is the only concrete clue I can identify. It’s an am/fm cassette, but doesn’t seem to have a cd player, so I’m assuming it went out of style in the early aughts. Best guess, this trash is about 20 years old.

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