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Dallas United withdraws from soccer tournament after racial slur alleged

Jun. 02, 2023 18:34 PM EDT

CARY, N.C. (AP) — The Dallas United soccer team withdrew from a 32-team, seven-on-seven soccer tournament following an alleged racial slur during a match against West Ham. West Ham led 2-0 at the end of regulation in a match with a target score of 3 on Thursday night. West Ham...

Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham secures its latest Hollywood linkup

May. 25, 2023 10:53 AM EDT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s shirts will have a taste of Hollywood next season. The Welsh soccer team has secured its latest celebrity linkup and co-owner Ryan Reynolds is keeping it in the family. Actor Blake Lively, who is married to the “Deadpool” star,...

Wrexham's Hollywood owners get their wish as Notts County promoted too

May. 13, 2023 14:18 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Wrexham's Hollywood owners got their wish. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney had thrown their support behind Notts County to gain promotion from the National League after seeing their own team win a tight title battle in England's fifth tier. And...

Sunderland goes from crisis club on Netflix to within reach of Premier League

May. 11, 2023 09:59 AM EDT

The seeds of the unlikely takeover of Wrexham by a pair of Hollywood celebrities were sewn by the binge-watching of a Netflix series charting the ups and mostly downs of another British soccer club with deep roots in its local community. It was during the height of a pandemic-induced...

Wrexham to play Como, US Women in 7x7 tourney in June

May. 04, 2023 14:48 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Wrexham will play Como from Italy’s second tier, a U.S. Women side of former national team players led by Heather O’Reilly and a Say Word team paying homage to North Carolina and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Group D of a seven-on-seven tournament from June 1-4...

Wrexham party goes on in Wales and maybe Las Vegas, too

May. 02, 2023 16:37 PM EDT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — The party continued for Wrexham on Tuesday as Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined an open-top bus parade to celebrate the Welsh soccer team's promotion. The actors reveled with players and fans, as crowds came out to mark the club's return...

Bale to Wrexham? Hollywood owners make pitch to retired star

Apr. 26, 2023 09:09 AM EDT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are making an audacious — and very public — bid to entice Gareth Bale out of retirement to play a season at Wrexham. Bale, a Wales great who retired after the World Cup at age 33, offered his congratulations to Wrexham’s...

Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds

Apr. 22, 2023 16:30 PM EDT

Ryan Reynolds held his head in his hands. Rob McElhenney leaned forward, took a deep breath and was soon wiping tears from his eyes. Below the Hollywood actors, thousands of Wrexham fans flooded onto the field at the Racecourse Ground, setting off red flares and waving Wales flags. ...

Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds looking for Hollywood ending

Apr. 21, 2023 16:42 PM EDT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Spoiler alert! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to get the Hollywood ending the first one failed to deliver. This being Wrexham, however, a last-minute plot twist isn't out of the question. It's hard to imagine that even the Welsh...

On the brink: The scenario facing Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham

Apr. 21, 2023 11:37 AM EDT

The champagne is on ice for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Soccer is the new love of the Hollywood celebrities and there's a big day in store for the Welsh club they bought unexpectedly in 2021. Wrexham, which has been thrust into the spotlight because of its famous...