The TFC captain said ‘we feel like we have the best team in the league’ – and on the evidence of a 1-0 victory that snapped Seattle’s home streak, it’s hard to argueToronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley chooses his words carefully.One of the most introspective stars in Major League Soccer, Bradley speaks slowly and takes long pauses between each sentence. You’re never quite sure if he’s finished his thought or whether he’s waiting for an interloper to jump in and keep the conversation going. Related: US soccer's coaching gap: 'I refuse to believe all the best people are white males' Continue reading...
McLaren’s No1 driver seemed to enjoy a few day away from his F1 purgatory at the world-famous oval in readiness for Memorial Day weekendFernando Alonso smiled as he got out of the cockpit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday. That was good to see. A hundred laps of the two-and-a-half-mile high-speed oval had given him all the evidence he needed that driving a racing car could still be a fun thing to do.A couple of weeks ago, fed up with waiting for McLaren-Honda to give him a competitive Formula One car, Alonso announced that he intended to skip the Monaco Grand Prix – a race of supreme commercial importance to all F1 teams and their sponsors – on 28...
Whether you want to win big or just sound smart at your watch party, here are five things to know about Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky DerbyThe late, great horse racing writer Jay Cronley liked to say that you could be walking around lucky and not even know it. On no day of the year could that luck mean more for you than on the first Saturday in May, when the Kentucky Derby is run every year.The 143rd edition of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday will be your next chance to make a life-changing score in a mere two minutes. Whether you will be looking to Let It Ride – the iconic 1989 horse racing movie was based on...
This year was supposed to be different, but the Capitals, on the verge of another early exit, only build on their rep as sports’ most consistently disappointing teamThe Washington Capitals are one game away from elimination. One more loss and it’s all over. Their season, but almost definitely this era of Capitals hockey along with it. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. This year was supposed to be different. The Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular season record in the NHL and were primed to put it all together this postseason, make it through the second round of the playoffs for the first time in Alexander Ovechkin’s 12-year career and finally win a Stanley Cup for...
Patrick Vieira and Tata Martino’s teams meet this weekend and they both provide a look at the future of football in the USWhen New York City FC host Atlanta United on Sunday at Yankee Stadium, it will mark the first ever meeting between the clubs and an opportunity to show just how much MLS has developed. Two teams, filled with depth, diversity and ambition, are the perfect advertisement for Major League Soccer and if there was ever a fixture that can speak for the face of America, this is it.Here’s why.¡OLA KAMARA! #CLBvNYC 2-1 pic.twitter.com/0dRL1aFg1h Continue reading...