“El Kaiser.”

Keylor Navas is the best goalie in the history of the Concacaf federation, and he still has years of soccer in his future. 

The new European season is quickly approaching, and teams are scrambling to solidify their rosters as current players are busy training and competing in preseason friendlies, both domestically and abroad. 

With the season rapidly approaching, clubs across Europe are like a mob of ravenous fish attacking a few flakes of smelly fish food at the top of a tank. Teams are wheeling and dealing, panicking, spending, selling, buying, succeeding, and failing. 

You’ve probably heard the tale at least once by now. 

With the Women’s World Cup, Copa America, and Concacaf Gold Cup officially in the books, your significant other is breathing a sigh of relief because a break in summer soccer has finally arrived, right? 

Talent doesn't guarantee success. It doesn't take a genius or Ph.D. in history to know this. 

There were plenty of goals to go around on Wednesday night at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., as La Liga side Real Betis downed D.C. United 5-2 in a friendly game. The visitors, fresh off their season ending win over Real Madrid on Sunday, scored twice in the first half, and then outlasted two goals from the Black-and-Red in the second half to win their first of two games on their US tour.

D.C. United have the chance to put behind their most recent setback and test themselves against quality opposition when they take on Spanish outfit Real Betis in a Wednesday night friendly at Audi Field. The visitors completed their domestic campaign on Sunday, while the Black-and-Red are coming off a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. First kick is set for 8 PM ET and the match will be broadcast on FloFC for DMV viewers.

Federico Chiesa is a hot name on the transfer market — partly to do with his famous surname, but mostly to do with his incredible ability at just 21 years old. The Fiorentina star has been linked with moves away from the club for almost as long as he has been in the first team, and those rumors took another step forward in Wednesday morning’s edition of Italian sports newspaper Corriere dello Sport.