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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Buccaneers and Seahawks to wear throwback jerseys in Week 5 meeting to celebrate 50th seasons
The Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will both wear throwback jerseys when they square off on Week 5 at Lumen Field. Celebrating their 50th seasons in the NFL, both sides will wear threads from their inaugural campaigns in 1976. On Friday, the teams announced on social media that they will be sporting the vintage kits and helmets when they meet on October 5. The Bucs will wear the white version of the Creamsicle jersey and the Seahawks will wear their old royal blue ensembles. The looks are a nod to their first meeting in their debut seasons in the NFL. Seattle defeated Tampa Bay 13-10 in one of their two wins to finish 2-12. The Buccaneers struggled in their first season, going 0-14. Since then, both teams have had their share of success. The Buccaneers won titles in 2003 against the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021. The Seahawks won their rings in 2014 by beating the Denver Broncos. Aside from the Week 5 game, the Buccaneers will be wearing the alternate version of their old jerseys in their home opener against the New York Jets in Week 3. The Seahawks finished last season with a 10-7 record but missed the postseason for the second straight year. Tampa Bay topped the NFC South with a 10-7 record and lost to Washington in a wild-card game. So far this offseason, Seattle traded two-time Pro Bowl receiver DK Metcalf to the Steelers and veteran quarterback Geno Smith to the Raiders. In exchange, they received second- and third-round picks, which ultimately resulted in the selections of tight end Elijah Arroyo from Miami and quarterback Jalen Milroe from Alabama. Seattle also made a big splash by signing Pro Bowl quarterback Sam Darnold to a three-year deal worth $100.5 million after his successful stint in Minnesota. Tampa Bay re-signed Chris Godwin to a three-year, $66 million deal after he suffered a dislocated ankle that ended his season early. The 29-year-old was set to enter free agency before the Bucs extended his time in Tampa Bay with $44 million in guaranteed money. The Buccaneers and Seahawks' game, dubbed the Expansion Bowl, will air on NBC.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei driven off field by ambulance with apparent head injury
FILE - Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei (24) watches as he dives, saving the ball against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the second half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, on Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP, File) FILE - Seattle Sounders' goalkeeper Stefan Frei reacts during the Club World Cup group B soccer match between Seattle Sounders and Atletico Madrid in Seattle, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) FILE - Seattle Sounders' goalkeeper Stefan Frei reacts during the Club World Cup group B soccer match between Seattle Sounders and Atletico Madrid in Seattle, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) FILE - Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei (24) watches as he dives, saving the ball against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the second half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, on Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP, File) FILE - Seattle Sounders' goalkeeper Stefan Frei reacts during the Club World Cup group B soccer match between Seattle Sounders and Atletico Madrid in Seattle, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei was driven off the field by ambulance with an apparent head injury at the end of a Major League Soccer match against the Columbus Crew on Sunday. Frei jumped forward to make a play on a free kick, and as he came down, his head collided with the knee of a Crew player. Frei dropped to the turf at Lumen Field and teammates signaled to the sideline for help. Advertisement With the match tied at 1-1 deep in stoppage time, Crew coach Wilfried Nancy and Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer appealed to the referee to end it. As Frei was stretchered to the waiting ambulance, Seattle fans chanted his first name. Frei, 39, has played for the Sounders since 2014. He helped Seattle win the MLS Cup in 2016 and 2019, and he was named MLS Cup MVP in 2016. He was an All-Star in 2017. Born in Switzerland, Frei's family moved to the United States when he was a teenager and he was a standout at the University of California. ___ AP soccer:
Daily Mail
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Soccer culture clash at Club World Cup as American woman reports Argentine fans to cops over 'throwing beer and shoving' - but they say SHE was wrong
A clash of cultures erupted at Seattle's Lumen Field during the Club World Cup as an American woman reported a group of Argentine fans to stadium staff and police. The tensions occurred during Inter Milan 's 2-0 victory over River Plate earlier in the week - a match that was heated on the pitch as well, with the Buenos Aires side receiving two red cards and six booking issued in total. The woman described being surrounded by River fans who refused to respect assigned seating and crowded into her section in raucous fashion. She explained on social media that the situation turned physical when she confronted the fans, claiming they threw beer on her and shoved her boyfriend away. She called security, and eventually local police arrived to intervene. The woman could be heard screaming in a video uploaded on TikTok: 'This is our seat, we paid for the seat.' One of the River fans responded: 'We paid too,' before the American woman demanded they showed their tickets. @_jung_kook_wifey We approach them with our tickets in our hand and they're like 'there's no assigned seats' like we don't go to almost every Sounder game and know the drill. They got aggressive real quick throwing beer and shoving my bf and pulling my hair. #ClubWorldCup ♬ original sound - lou ❀𓇼𓏲☘︎ River Plate fans ignored ticket allocations and sat in her set, leading to a heated confrontation The woman alleged that beer was thrown on her hair and that her boyfriend was shoved away The River fan then said: 'You can sit anywhere, it doesn't matter [about] your ticket,' much to the woman's frustration, who insisted again: 'It does. This is our seat, we paid for the seat.' In South American football culture, supporters often cluster together and ignore seat assignments on their tickets. The woman recognised this, but argued that these norms do not override the fact she paid for a specific seat. She wrote on TikTok: 'I can support futbol culture but that does not mean disregarding the stadium's rules or jurisdiction. 'This was not a general admission event! Otherwise, tickets would have been priced THE SAME. 'Choosing to ignore assigned seating - and worse, attempting to physically intimidate or assault others out of their PAID spaces - is not only entitled, it's unlawful. 'You cannot assault your way into getting what you want just because you are not 'used to the customs set in place.' However, many fans under the woman's video did not extend any sympathy, arguing she should have been prepared for a culture clash before buying her tickets. The woman went on to accuse one fan of swearing and smoking a cigarette in the ground One fan commented: 'In South America your ticket gets you into the stands and no seat allocation as no one sits down anyway. The seats are a free for fall, if you come late. You lose out. So happy Americans are getting a taste of real football.' Another wrote: 'That's how it works in ultras sector. You should know that before you buy tickets.' A third said: 'To be fair in South America and many countries, seat allocations don't matter. You sit where there's space.' The woman shared more details of the incident in another slideshow on TikTok, where she went on to reveal that one man was also swearing at her and smoking a cigarette in the ground.
New York Times
26-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Goodbye Argentina. The Club World Cup will miss your fans but not your football
There were 93 minutes on the clock. One of the Italian journalists in the press tribune at Lumen Field stopped watching the game and gazed down at the River Plate fans below him. Their team were 2-0 down, heading out of the Club World Cup, but you would never have known it. Again and again, at the very top of their voices, they restated their love. Advertisement 'Bellissima, meraviglioso,' the journalist said, shaking his head. Beautiful, marvellous. 'I've never seen anything like it.' Moments later, what remained of the game was in flames. River, who needed a miracle or three, decided to stop trying for them and instead went full scorched earth. Gonzalo Montiel was sent off for acute head loss. In fairness, it could have been any one of about six River players. At the final whistle, Marcos Acuna tried to chase Denzel Dumfries into the changing rooms. Beautiful? Marvellous? Not so much. This was ugly, undignified stuff. And here, in tidy, diorama form, you had the final balance sheet of this Club World Cup — not just for River, but for the Argentine contingent in general. This tournament will miss the fans. What River and Boca Juniors mustered on the pitch — long periods of scrappiness with occasional outbreaks of football — will be forgotten by daybreak. Let's sink one more for the road. Boca's fans especially breathed life and vitality into the first week of this shiny, slightly soulless competition. Even those keen to hold this thing at arm's length, wary of what it might mean to live for a month inside Gianni Infantino's ego dreams, found their resistance melting, if only momentarily. On the west coast of the United States, the River supporters had been less of a news item, their presence watered down by the sheer geography of Los Angeles. Here in Seattle, though, you had the feeling of bearing witness to a mass pilgrimage. If this is as close to a true football city as can be found in the U.S., the travelling River supporters did it justice, turning every street scene into a vivid red and white collage. There was plenty to be excited about at kick-off. Qualification for the last 16 was still in River's hands. There was also Tuesday's Boca result. Not only were their bitter rivals going home early; they had failed to beat Auckland City's literal part-timers. It was a gift from the gods, destined to be worked into the rich, vindictive tapestry of the Superclasico. Advertisement Well. The needle lord giveth. The needle lord also taketh away. There is no shame in losing to Inter, especially when they play as well as they did here, but River will still be joining Boca on the plane back to Buenos Aires in the morning. There will be parallel post-mortems. For Boca, the Club World Cup accentuated a feeling of drift that has surrounded the club for months, maybe even years. The president, Juan Roman Riquelme, will come under renewed scrutiny. His decision to bring veteran manager Miguel Angel Russo back on the eve of the tournament now looks like an act of nostalgia and crude populism. River are a better team than Boca. They might have beaten Monterrey in their second match and were unfortunate to lose striker Sebastian Driussi to injury against Urawa Red Diamonds. In Marcelo Gallardo, they have a genuinely smart coach who transformed the club, inside and out, during his first spell at the Monumental. Still, there are questions to be asked. How will they replace the Real Madrid-bound Franco Mastantuono? Would a bit more discipline — their entire first-choice midfield was suspended against Inter — have given them a better chance? Does Gallardo still have the hunger? Inevitably, there will also be reflection about what this means for Argentina. The fact all four Brazilian teams have made it through the group stage will not be lost on the media in the two countries. Nor could River or Boca really paint themselves as unlucky losers. It all plays into the wider narrative, the one that tells of a power shift in the South American game. The past six editions of the Copa Libertadores have been won by Brazilian clubs. Four of those finals were all-Brazilian affairs. Boca and River have 10 titles between them — no Brazilian team has more than three — but history can only sate you for so long. Advertisement Boca and River have colossal fanbases but have suffered financially due to the rolling financial crisis in Argentina. Their revenues — particularly those from sponsorships and marketing — are lower than those of the big Brazilian clubs, who can afford to sign and pay better players. More of them, too. There has also been a wave of professionalisation in Brazilian football that has yet to be replicated in Argentina, where many club hierarchies still bow to powerful fan groups. There is, in fairness, no great sense of crisis. Argentine football's smaller clubs can still punch above their weight: witness Racing's success in the Copa Sudamericana, South America's Europa League equivalent, last year. Plus, of course, there is the all-conquering national team. It is hard to be too down about things when you have the World Cup trophy in your possession. Still, the performances of the big two in the U.S. should provide some food for thought. The Brazilian clubs have made the gap between South America and Europe look smaller. Boca and River, for all the glorious sound and fury in the stands, have made it look like a chasm.
The National
26-06-2025
- Sport
- The National
Club World Cup: Inter Milan storm into last 16 as Brazil clubs impress
Inter Milan entered the last 16 stage of the Club World Cup following a stormy 2-0 victory over River Plate that sealed the Argentine club's exit. Teenage striker Francesco Esposito and Alessandro Bastoni scored the goals to settle a tense contest which saw River finish with nine men. The final whistle was marred by an ugly melee which saw players from both sides clash as they sprinted off the pitch, with missiles being thrown by River's fans at Seattle's Lumen Field. "We got the job done, that's the most important thing," Inter manager Cristian Chivu said. "That game was very tough for us – in the first half they had a lot of aggression, a lot of intensity. But in the second half we controlled the game better and in the end won." Esposito, 19, bagged his first goal for Inter with a fine strike in the 72nd minute to put the Italians ahead. The tall striker collected a pass from Petar Sucic, lost his marker before drilling a shot into the bottom right-hand corner past River goalkeeper Franco Armani. Bastoni then bagged Inter's second deep into injury time to seal a win which sets up a last-16 meeting against Brazil's Fluminense next Monday. Both Argentine teams at the tournament, River Plate and Boca Juniors, have been eliminated despite fervent support. "It's a shame for all the people who came en masse to watch the team that we couldn't give them the chance to keep going," said River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo. Brazil clubs on the mark Fluminense held Mamelodi Sundowns to a 0-0 draw, denying the South African club the win they needed to advance to the knockout round. Fluminense finished second in Group F to Borussia Dortmund, who defeated Ulsan 1-0 in Cincinnati. The result underscored a renaissance of sorts for Brazilian clubs at the tournament. Flamengo, Palmeiras, Botafogo and Fluminense – Copa Libertadores winners in recent years – all advanced to the second round. Flamengo and Palmeiras topped their groups; Flamengo stunned Chelsea 3-1 to be the first team to qualify for the last 16. Botafogo, who stunned Uefa Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain, and Fluminense qualified in second place. "Our first objective was the round of 16, but that isn't the end objective,' Fluminense midfielder Jhon Arias said after the draw with Mamelodi Sundowns. Botafogo and Palmeiras will face off on Saturday, a game which guarantees at least one Brazilian club a spot in the quarter-finals. Flamengo take on Bayern Munich on Sunday. Corinthians were the last Brazilian club to win the world club title, beating Chelsea in 2012. That tournament format was much smaller than the current 32-team competition, which features clubs from five continents. Also, Monterrey booked a spot in the knockout rounds with a thumping 4-0 win over Urawa Red Diamonds at the Rose Bowl to claim second place in Group E and set up a last-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund. Three goals in eight first-half minutes sent Monterrey on their way to victory, with stunning long-range strikes from Nelson Deossa and Jesus Corona coming either side of German Berterame's cool finish. Deossa put Monterrey in front on the half-hour mark with a swerving shot from 35 yards and Berterame doubled the advantage four minutes later. Corona added the third with the pick of the goals from distance in the 38th minute before Berterame scored the fourth in second-half stoppage time.
