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  Premier League soccer fan fest coming to Lincoln Park as professional soccer continues to gain traction with fans

  Chicago Tribune - Robert Channick

  Get ready to channel your inner Ted Lasso, Chicago. Thousands of soccer fans are expected to don their colors and descend on Lincoln Park this weekend to cheer on their favorite British clubs as Premier League Mornings Live brings a nationally televised two-day watch party to Chicago. The fan …

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  1 day ago

  Chicago Fire lose 1-0 to Nashville SC on a Sam Surridge header goal

  Chicago Tribune - Associated Press

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sam Surridge scored a goal in the 19th minute, Joe Willis had three saves the Nashville SC beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 on Wednesday night. Surridge played a header, off an arcing entry from Hany Mukhtar, that went high above the crossbar before dropping inside the post to give …

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  5 days ago

  Georgios Koutsias scores late to rally Chicago Fire to 2-1 victory over New York Red Bulls

  Chicago Tribune - Associated Press

  Georgios Koutsias scored in the 75th minute with an assist from Kellyn Acosta after both players entered as substitutes three minutes earlier, sparking the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. Koutsias, a 20-year-old forward, headed in a crossing pass from …

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  6 days ago

  Chicago Red Stars snap a 3-game skid, but Mallory Swanson appears to have injured her shoulder

  Chicago Tribune - Associated Press

  Ally Schlegel scored in the 16th minute and the Chicago Red Stars beat Portland 1-0 at Providence Park to end a three-game losing streak while handing the Thorns their fourth straight loss. Sophia Smith nearly tied it for the Thorns (8-9-3) before halftime with a shot from distance that went just …

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  Spanish soccer player convicted of sexual assault for inappropriately touching a team’s parakeet mascot

  Chicago Tribune - Associated Press

  MADRID — Spanish soccer player Hugo Mallo has been convicted of sexual assault for inappropriately touching a mascot before a La Liga game in 2019, court officials said on Thursday. The former Celta Vigo player was found to have inappropriately touched the breasts of the woman who was wearing …

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  Orland Park player joins Palestinian National Soccer Team for Asian championship tourney

  Chicago Tribune - C. R. Walker

  As delicious as a meal may be, it probably isn’t going to be a life-changer unless you’ve dined like Guevara Al-Sheikh. It was the summer of 2023 and the Orland Park resident had just turned 19 and was visiting her father’s homeland of Palestine and her mother’s in Lebanon when it happened. She …