Jamie Smed

    • hapless Paraguay

      Gallery: USWNT routs hapless Paraguay 8-nil

      CINCINNATI — A hat trick from Alex Morgan, brace from Catarina Macario and individual strikes from Rose Lavelle, Sophia Smith and Carli Lloyd left hapless Paraguay on the wrong end of an 8-nil result in a friendly Tuesday at TQL Stadium. Follow Jamie on Twitter: @JamieSmed. Support Soc Takes on...
    • TQL

      Gallery: FC Cincy, Orlando City share points at TQL Stadium

      CINCINNATI — FC Cincinnati and Orlando City SC dueled to a 1-1 stalemate Saturday at TQL Stadium, allowing OCSC to stay in second place in the Eastern Conference while FCC remains mired near the bottom in 13th. Goals from Brenner and Nani on each side of halftime ended up...
    • sink FC Cincinnati

      Gallery: Opportunistic Rapids sink FC Cincinnati

      CINCINNATI — Despite arguably being outplayed by the hosts, the visiting Colorado Rapids put their only two attempts on goal in the back of the net Saturday to sink FC Cincinnati 2-0 at TQL Stadium. Diego Rubio bagged the first in the 21st minute while Jonathan Lewis added the...
    • Eastern Conference

      Gallery: Revolution blank FC Cincy to remain atop Eastern Conference

      CINCINNATI — The New England Revolution remained atop the Eastern Conference on 17 points after blanking FC Cincinnati 1-0 on Saturday in the second match ever played at TQL Stadium. A 70th-minute connection from Carles Gil to Adam Buksa put the visitors up for good. Follow Jamie on Twitter: @JamieSmed....
    • TQL Stadium

      Gallery: Inter Miami crashes FC Cincy’s TQL Stadium christening

      CINCINNATI — In the inaugural match at TQL Stadium, FC Cincinnati rallied from two goals down to tie it late before Gonzalo Higuain’s game-winning strike in the 85th minute handed Inter Miami CF a 3-2 road win and three points. Brek Shea scored the first-ever goal at the stadium...
    • nil-nil

      Gallery: FC Cincy, D.C. United settle for point each in nil-nil affair

      CINCINNATI — In each club’s first game back since the conclusion of the MLS Is Back tournament, FC Cincinnati and D.C. United settled for a nil-nil draw Friday at Nippert Stadium. Both teams are currently in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference with FCC sitting on...
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      Gallery: USWNT blanks England in SheBelieves Cup

      ORLANDO, Fla. — Second-half strikes by Christen Press and Carli Lloyd propelled the U.S. women’s national team to a 2-nil blanking of England at Exploria Stadium on Thursday in the SheBelieves Cup group stage. The teams last met in the semifinals of the World Cup in July, a match...
    • Vlatko Andonovski

      Gallery: USWNT tops Sweden in Vlatko Andonovski’s debut

      COLUMBUS, Ohio — Making his U.S. women’s national team managerial debut, Vlatko Andonovski led his side to a 3-2 victory over Sweden on Thursday at MAPFRE Stadium. Carli Lloyd bagged a brace and Christen Press scored the other to put the USWNT up 3-0 at halftime, and a second-half...
    • Jill Ellis

      Gallery: Jill Ellis’ final match as USWNT boss

      CHICAGO — The U.S. women’s national team wrapped up its 2019 Victory Tour with a Sept. 6 draw against Korea Republic at Soldier Field. The 1-1 result marked the final time that decorated manager Jill Ellis roamed the touchline as the USWNT boss. Ji So-Yun put the visitors on...
    • FC Cincinnati reeling

      Gallery: More direct Galaxy keep FC Cincinnati reeling

      CINCINNATI — The LA Galaxy were out-passed and out-possessed at FC Cincinnati on Saturday, but were much more efficient with their opportunities to earn a 2-0 road win. Emmanuel Boateng and Favio Alvarez tallied for the visitors, with the latter also providing the assist on the former’s goal. The...
    • Venezuela

      Gallery: 3 first-half Venezuela strikes spell disaster for USMNT

      CINCINNATI — If Gregg Berhalter’s USMNT squad was hoping for a confidence boost heading into the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, it’ll have to look elsewhere for inspiration beyond the tape of Sunday’s 3-0 shellacking by Venezuela at Nippert Stadium. A brace from Jose Salomon Rondon and another from Jefferson...
    • looms

      Gallery: USWNT tops Mexico in friendly as World Cup looms

      HARRISON, N.J. — As the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France looms ever-so close to its start, the U.S. women’s national team squeezed in one final dress rehearsal May 26 at Red Bull Arena against Mexico. Strikes from Tobin Heath, Mallory Pugh and Christen Press carried the hosts to...