Both Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie have enjoyed productive seasons in Serie A this season and have credited the league as a whole for helping them develop at club level. Pulisic and McKennie are heading into the final weeks of the Serie A season, starting with Saturday’s Serie A clash against one another. AC Milan visits Juventus in the headlining …

Juventus’ quest of reaching May’s Coppa Italia Final almost came to a painful ending on Tuesday night in Rome until Timothy Weah came off the bench to play a vital role in the deciding goal against Lazio. Weah’s assist on Arkadiusz Milik’s goal proved to be the difference in Juventus’ 3-2 aggregate victory over Lazio. Despite losing Tuesday’s second leg …

Cagliari attacker Zito Luvumbo has caught the attention of the Juventus directors, especially following the two clubs’ meeting on Friday. The Isolani put up a courageous display and were leading 2-0 by halftime, but Max Allegri’s men managed to save a point thanks to Dusan Vlahovic’s freekick and Alberto Dossena’s own-goal. For his part, Luvumbo was one of the most …

A recent advertorial in AdAge describes the Leagues Cup as the “soul of North American Soccer” ahead of the 2024 Leagues Cup. Certainly, the organizers of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, a competition that was originally established in 1962, may have a bone to pick with that story. The article, paid for and approved by Soccer United Marketing (SUM), Major League …

This article was originally published on the Daily Briefing, a subscription service. If you would like to receive Neil Jones’ exclusive articles via email ahead of publication on caughtoffside.com, please sign-up for the service at thedailybriefing.io I’m not aware of anything concrete in links between Liverpool and the Porto midfielder Alan Varela. Right now, I believe the Reds are pretty well-stocked in …

Kai Havertz has scored a brace against his former club Chelsea to secure all three points for Arsenal as the Gunners lead 4-0.  Goals from Leandro Trossard and Ben White helped the Gunners into a 2-0 lead as Mikel Arteta dominated the opening 55 minutes of the match. The game is now beyond Chelsea’s reach as their former player Kai …

Making what was a stunning title statement on Tuesday night, Arsenal stormed their way to a 5-0 romp against London rivals Chelsea at the Emirates. Opening the scoring after just four minutes as former Brighton star Leandro Trossard powered home and notched a fourth goal in his previous six appearances, the Gunners ran rampant in north London. Although Mikel Arteta’s …

Chelsea were once again embarrassed on Tuesday night as Mauricio Pochettino’s team were hammered 5-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.  It has been a terrible season for the West London club under the Argentine’s leadership as Chelsea currently sit in ninth place in the Premier League table and will go trophyless for another campaign. There have been several embarrassing …

Apple is close to securing a major deal with FIFA to acquire global streaming rights to the 2025 Club World Cup in the United States. If finalized, it would mark Apple’s latest high-profile move into live sports broadcasting after inking deals with Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, and others. But the Club World Cup is just an appetizer – …

Juventus secured qualification to the final of the Coppa Italia despite a 2-1 loss to Lazio this evening. The Bianconeri started the game on the back foot as Luis Alberto threatened them with a fine solo run, but he could make nothing from it. In the sixth minute, Federico Chiesa tried to find the opener with a shot from outside …