How Ousmane Dembélé became the world's best soccer player
Ousmane Dembélé was doing what he's doing now: wrecking Ligue 1. But back then, he was an 18-year-old playing for Rennes. It ...
López, Dumornay, Shaw lead best U21 women's soccer players
Welcome to the next generation of women's stars aged 21 or under, with representatives from the NWSL, WSL and across Europe.
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, at 17, might already be the best soccer player in the world
Yamal's sample size of greatness just keeps getting bigger. His exploits in the Champions League on Tuesday were silly.
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Boys soccer player of the year and All-PD teams: Yahir Trejo, Windsor
Every game, opponents threw their top defender at the Jaguars junior — sometimes even multiple defenders — but rarely with ...
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Girls soccer Player of the Year and All-PD teams: Brianna Jurasek, Sonoma Valley
And while her individual statistics speak for themselves, it was Jurasek’s leadership on a championship-winning Sonoma Valley squad that helped earn her the nod as The Press Democrat’s Girls Soccer ...
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With Many Thorns Stars Gone (or Expecting), New Players Must Step Up This Season
According to NWSL reporter Arianna Cascone, Portland’s current roster played only 44% of the club’s total minutes in 2024.
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‘Kaizer Chiefs have good players’
We've heard this a couple of times before. Papi Zothwane is the latest observer to say Kaizer Chiefs does have quality ...
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Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi: AI selects the best soccer player of the moment
To provide context for the AI's selection of Mbappé, statistics for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2025 were included.