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Luciano Acosta, star midfielder for Major League Soccer’s FC Cincinnati, has been named the 2023 Landon Donovan MLS MVP, the league announced Monday.
Acosta, 29, led MLS this season with 31 points, including 17 goals and 14 assists, leading FC Cincinnati (20-5-9) to the team’s first MLS-era trophy, the Supporters’ Shield. lead. He won MLS MVP by a landslide, receiving 60.37% of the total votes.
Acosta finished ahead of Los Angeles FC forward Dennis Bouanga (14.97% of the votes) and Atlanta United midfielder Thiago Almada in a vote decided by MLS players, clubs and media. Acosta, a native of Rosario, Argentina, is the first FC Cincinnati player to win MLS MVP since the club joined the league in 2019, and the fourth Argentine since the award was first introduced in 1996. He is a player.
US men: The U.S. men’s soccer team begins its 2024 schedule with an exhibition game against Slovenia on Jan. 20 in San Antonio.
The matches announced on Monday are not on the FIFA schedule, meaning most European-based players will not be able to take part.
The U.S. will play Jamaica in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals on March 21 in Arlington, Texas, before facing either Mexico or Panama in the championship or third-place game three days later.
Bulgaria: The controversial president of the Bulgarian Football Federation and former international goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov resigned on Monday following mass protests against him.
Thousands of soccer fans have taken to the streets in recent weeks to demand the resignation of Mikhailov, the Bulgarian goalkeeper who reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup.
The anger was fueled by the federation’s decision to play the European Championship qualifier against Hungary on October 16 in an empty stadium, as well as long-term frustration over the national team’s poor performance.
Premier League: Willian scored two of the three late penalties (including the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time) in another English Premier League match ruled by VAR in London on Monday as Fulham lost He helped them defeat Wolverhampton 3-2.
The former Brazil winger’s first spot-kick made it 2-1 in the 59th minute, but Hwang Hee-chan took the lead and converted his own penalty in the 75th minute to end the end-to-end match against Craven Cottage towards a draw. Ta. .
La Liga: Girona missed out on a chance to return to the top of the Spanish league with a 1-1 home draw with Athletic Bilbao in Madrid on Monday.
As a result, Girona remained tied for second place on points with leaders Real Madrid, but now four points behind third-placed Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
Serie A: Bologna got back to winning ways with second-half goals from Giovanni Fabian and Joshua Zirksee to beat Torino 2-0 in Serie A on Monday in Rome.
car racing
Indy car: Two-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou admitted in court documents that the Spaniard had breached his contract with McLaren Racing by turning around and remaining at Chip Ganassi Racing. .
The admission comes as part of Palou’s response to a lawsuit McLaren filed against him in September, in which the team sought to recover at least $23 million in losses the team calculated as a result of Palou’s reversal. . Mr Parow’s 20-page response was filed in the High Court Business and Property Court of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales. The Associated Press reviewed the filing Monday.
In his response, Palou said he had changed his mind about joining McLaren for the 2024 season, adding: I lost confidence and decided to continue racing in CGR.” IndyCar series instead. ”
Palou “admits that he has waived his contractual obligations” with McLaren and “the real issue between the parties is as to the amount of damages that the defendant is liable to pay,” the document said. There is.
The dispute over the 26-year-old between the two IndyCar teams began when Palou first disputed Ganassi’s claim that the team had picked up the 2023 option year in his contract. McLaren announced in July 2022 that it had signed Palou, assigning him a seat in IndyCar and the role of reserve driver for the F1 team. Chip Ganassi Racing announced that it retains the contractual rights to Palou for the 2023 season.
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