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Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Down two goals, NYCFC earn draw vs. Nashville SC
Hannes Wolf scored a brace in the second half as visiting New York City Football Club rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 draw with host Nashville SC on Saturday afternoon. Matthew Freese finished with three saves for New York City , which moved into sole possession of seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Sam Surridge scored a first-half brace for Nashville, his third multi-goal game of the season. Surridge moved into second place in the MLS with 11 goals, two behind Philadelphia's Tai Baribo. Joe Willis made two saves for Nashville , which extended its MLS unbeaten streak to eight games , and to 10 games across all competitions. Nashville, which had a 8-0 advantage in shot attempts over the first 20 minutes of action, took a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute on Surridge's right-footed shot into the right corner off a nifty drop pass by Hany Mukhtar. Surridge made it 2-0 in the 41st minute with his fifth goal in three games, converting a back-heel pass from Alex Muyl with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box into the far left corner of the net. NYCFC cut the lead to 2-1 in the 54th minute on Wolf's right-footed shot from the left side of the box into the far right corner, with Keaton Parks assisting. Surridge almost got a hat trick in the 62nd minute but his right-footed shot from the middle of the box hit the left post, and Mukhtar's rebound try was denied at the goal line by Freese. Wolf tied it in the 87th minute with a rebound of a Parks header on a corner, tapping in a left-footed shot from the edge of the six-yard box for his sixth goal of the season. Field Level Media
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Donald Trump inexplicably asked the dumbest LA Olympic stadium question
Donald Trump inexplicably asked the dumbest LA Olympic stadium question Unless President Donald Trump is back to renaming long-established geographical regions, it sure seems like he either forgot where Los Angeles is, can't remember where the 2028 Summer Olympics are being held or has no clue that the World Cup is an entirely different event. During his tour of the Middle East this week, Trump was seen in Abu Dhabi getting a look at a mock-up of the New York City Football Club's new stadium in Queens featuring the naming rights of Etihad — an airline based in UAE. While marveling at the graphics and mentioning how he grew up in Queens, Trump then bizarrely asked if the stadium would be ready for the 2028 are being held in Los Angeles. Just as awkward is how everyone tried to respond to the question without correcting the president. Maybe Trump was thinking of the World Cup in 2026? But that wouldn't really make the situation much better. For starters: The stadium will not be ready by then. Etihad Park is slated to open in 2027. As someone with a long history in real estate and development, you'd think Trump would know how long these projects take. Second, the World Cup stadiums have long been announced and New York is already one of the host cities. Except the games will be played at MetLife Stadium — which has a capacity of 82,500. Etihad Park will hold only 25,000 by the time it opens. So really what we have here is a guy who doesn't know ball pretending like he does and an audience too afraid to tell him they know he doesn't know ball. On the other hand, Trump's team might want to make sure they booked the right travel accommodations for 2028. Those hotel rooms go quick.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Donald Trump inexplicably asked the dumbest LA Olympic stadium question
Unless President Donald Trump is back to renaming long-established geographical regions, it sure seems like he either forgot where Los Angeles is, can't remember where the 2028 Summer Olympics are being held or has no clue that the World Cup is an entirely different event. During his tour of the Middle East this week, Trump was seen in Abu Dhabi getting a look at a mock-up of the New York City Football Club's new stadium in Queens featuring the naming rights of Etihad — an airline based in UAE. While marveling at the graphics and mentioning how he grew up in Queens, Trump then bizarrely asked if the stadium would be ready for the 2028 are being held in Los Angeles. Just as awkward is how everyone tried to respond to the question without correcting the president. Maybe Trump was thinking of the World Cup in 2026? But that wouldn't really make the situation much better. For starters: The stadium will not be ready by then. Etihad Park is slated to open in 2027. As someone with a long history in real estate and development, you'd think Trump would know how long these projects take. Second, the World Cup stadiums have long been announced and New York is already one of the host cities. Except the games will be played at MetLife Stadium — which has a capacity of 82,500. Etihad Park will hold only 25,000 by the time it opens. So really what we have here is a guy who doesn't know ball pretending like he does and an audience too afraid to tell him they know he doesn't know ball. On the other hand, Trump's team might want to make sure they booked the right travel accommodations for 2028. Those hotel rooms go quick. This article originally appeared on For The Win: Donald Trump inexplicably asked if NYC stadium will be ready for LA Olympics
New York Post
16-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Trump wraps Mideast tour touting UAE role in Queens soccer stadium: ‘I was born there'
ABU DHABI — President Trump praised Emirati leaders Friday for their role in building a $780 million soccer stadium in Queens, proudly telling his hosts 'I was born there.' 'We are spending over $300 million,' an Emirati dignitary told Trump with an image of New York City Football Club's 25,000-seat Etihad Park — due to open in 2027 — projected on a large screen at an investment presentation. 'I know the area well. I grew up in Queens,' Trump said of the location in Willets Point, near Citi Field. 'That's great. That's where they used to fix the cars, and a lot of other things got fixed there. It's a great site.' 'You did well with this,' the president gushed. 'I know this location. See, you were born here, I was born there. You picked a good location.' Groundbreaking on Etihad Park, named after the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, took place in December 2024, almost exactly one month after Trump won a second term in November. NYCFC is owned by the City Football Group, which is 81% owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group — founded and owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's vice president and a prominent member of the country's royal family. In addition to NYCFC, City Football Group owns majority shares of English club Manchester City, Melbourne City of the Australian A-League, Mumbai City of the Indian Super League and Italian club Palermo. 5 AFP via Getty Images 5 New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends a ground-breaking ceremony at Etihad Park Stadium as New York City Football Club prepares to open its new stadium at Willets Point on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 in Queens, N.Y. James Keivom 5 NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends a ground-breaking ceremony at Etihad Park Stadium as New York City Football Club prepares to open its new stadium at Willets Point on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 in Queens, N.Y. James Keivom Trump's hosts also touted their 'phenomenal' deal announced May 7 to build a Disney park on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island — telling the president it would 'bring a whole world of imagination to the region.' 'It's good, it's really good,' Trump said as he stood before an image of an Arabian-style Magic Castle mock-up at the first new Disney park being built in 15 years and the fifth outside the US. Disneyland Abu Dhabi — which was already being advertised on billboards in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Trump began his trip Tuesday — is expected to open in the early 2030s. Companies in the UAE have built other projects with American licensing, including an outpost of SeaWorld — the first one outside the US. Emirati officials also touted a commitment from Emirates Global Aluminum to build a $4 billion smelter employing 1,000 people in Oklahoma. 'The money that's made here, comes back to us,' Trump said of American companies expanding in the region. 'That's amazing. These are all American companies. They're doing very well here. We work together. So it's not only the investment coming in by the hundreds of billions into our country, like you see in Oklahoma, like you see all over, many of the jobs with Exxon and Boeing and so many great companies — but we work together, and the money that's made here comes back to us,' he said. 'And many of the contractors, I would imagine, come even for this, they come from here. Plus a lot of the entertainment itself comes here. So it's, it's an incredible thing.' 5 President Donald Trump attends a business forum in Abu Dhabi on May 16, 2025. AFP via Getty Images During the course of Trump's three-country trip, the White House claimed the president had sealed investment deals worth more than $2 trillion. 'We have a president of the United States doing the selling,' Trump exclaimed at Friday's business expo. 'Do you think Biden could do this? I don't think so.' Among the biggest investments inked on Trump's tour were Etihad and Qatar Airways agreeing to spend more than $110 billion on 238 American-made Boeing passenger jets. 5 Trump capped his Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi after signing another raft of multi-billion-dollar deals, while also securing a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE. AFP via Getty Images In Saudi Arabia, Trump signed a deal to sell $142 billion in American-made weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, part of a $600 billion investment package. Trump did not mention his own business empire's under-development projects in each of the three nations he visited. 'We're in pretty good shape. There's no more wooing,' Trump summed up his trip before returning to Washington. 'I've been friends with these leaders, the key leaders in particular that we saw over the last three, four days, five days, and they're great people. They're great people, and they love our country, and we love them.'
