The tiny Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is home to 394,110 habitants, one of whom happens to be one of the most decorated players in European football during the 1990s and early 2000s and current head coach of the Guadeloupe National Team, Jocelyn Angloma.

Boosted by a ravenous fan base, FC Cincinnati quickly became a local sensation that took on national proportions.

AS Roma made the unusual move of firing both their coach and sporting director with the removal of Eusebio Di Francesco and Monchi almost two weeks ago. Since then, the Giallorossi have appointed Claudio Ranieri for at least the rest of this term, but a bitter war of words has erupted between owner James Pallotta and his former Spanish employee.

Johnny Russell was one of the success stories of the 2018 season in Major League Soccer. Signed from English Championship side in January, the Scottish attacker scored 10 times and contributed seven assists as he became a key figure of Peter Vermes’ Sporting KC side.

A year and a half ago, Chris Durkin went with the USA U-17 team to the World Cup in India and appeared in all five games. Durkin had signed with D.C. United in June 2016 but had spent most of his time away from the club, either with the U.S. team or playing games in USL with the Richmond Kickers. It was part of United's plan for the defensive midfielder from the Richmond, Virginia, area. Now, with just a couple of months before this year's U-20 World Cup, Durkin is headed to Spain for the U-20 camp with friendlies against Japan and France.

While many of the players in 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League hail from countries that do not have a professional league or from clubs that still compete in the amateur ranks, there are a select few who compete at the highest level in Europe.

After Saturday night's romp over Real Salt Lake, D.C. United is off to their best start to a league season in a decade. Seven goals scored and zero goals conceded has yielded seven points against Atlanta United, New York City FC, and RSL — all playoff teams from 2018. Wayne Rooney opened his account for the season from the penalty spot, and then didn't stop shooting — and scoring — until he secured his first MLS hat trick in the 5-0 win. 

D.C. United dismantled a pretty decent Real Salt Lake team on Saturday night behind Wayne Rooney's first hat trick since moving stateside. Lots of other stuff happened in the MLS over the weekend, but nothing was better than Lucas "Titi" Rodriguez's volley. I promise you that. 

A beautiful sun-splashed afternoon along with 32,500 fans greeted FC Cincinnati when they stepped out of the locker room and onto the home pitch for the first time as a Major League Soccer club.

Serie A fans were treated to an enthralling Milan Derby on Sunday, as the unfancied Inter pulled off a frenetic 3-2 victory over cross-city rivals AC Milan. The Nerazzurri had been heavily criticized following an awful performance just three days earlier as they crashed out of the Europa League, and reports were rife that coach Luciano Spalletti was close to losing his job.