ESPN.com · Apr 23, 2025
Red Sox manager Alex Cora awed by grueling soccer schedules
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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he didn't become a soccer fan until a visit to Anfield in 2019 for Liverpool vs. Manchester City, but since that moment has full admiration for just how much the overloaded soccer schedule compares to the grueling Major League Baseball season.
"I'm in awe to the fact that if you finish fourth, it's actually a great season because you make it to the Champions League," Cora told Men in Blazers Media Network founder Roger Bennett about Premier League play. "You guys have so many battles in between the standings that it is crazy, right? Even if you're going to get relegated, it is like, oh s--t, this game means something, right?"
