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5:20 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Liverpool will not be winning back-to-back Carabao Cups after Manchester City sent them home on Thursday with a dramatic 3-2 fourth round win for City at the Etihad. Man City advance to the quarterfinals, with the draw to learn their opponent taking place shortly after the match. Goals from

7:00 AM ET Buon Natale! Salernitana’s Diego Valencia and Antonio Candreva model their club’s Christmas sweaters. Twitter @OfficialUSS1919 Thanks to the unusual timing of the 2022 World Cup, the festive build-up took a backseat for a while this year, but that hasn’t deterred football clubs from across Europe’s top leagues cramming their stores full of Christmas

11:14 AM ET Before penalties started at the end of the World Cup final, I left the room on the second floor of the Football Cafe in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood, where I was watching the match along with a friend, a foot or so from Susan Sarandon (somehow), and ran up to the

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Burnley on Wednesday night at Old Trafford in their first game back following the break for the World Cup. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US) Christian Eriksen and

5:00 AM ET With the excitement on the pitch as prominent as the controversies surrounding it, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will go down as one of the most unique in history. Lionel Messi leading Argentina to triumph over France in an epic final will live on forever, but questions will continue over the

4:30 AM ET The World Cup in Qatar had its curtain call last Sunday when Argentina were crowned champions, but that doesn’t mean the footballing world is now devoid of top action. In fact, it has already kicked off as the Carabao Cup and Copa del Rey return on Tuesday. 2 Related Thanks to the

2:00 PM ET Major League Soccer released its regular season schedule on Tuesday, revealing the full slate of games for opening day on Feb. 25, and setting the date for Decision Day on Oct. 21. The MLS Cup playoff schedule will be released at a later date. The first match of the 2023 season will

6:00 AM ET James Tyler Close Senior Editor, ESPN FC James Tyler is an ESPN editor for soccer. Bill Connelly Close ESPN Staff Writer Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Phew! The 2022 World Cup is over, Lionel Messi has that elusive prize and Argentina have bragging rights over the soccer world for

10:00 AM ET Argentina now have a third star embroidered on their famous white-and-blue-striped shirts after Lionel Messi and his teammates emerged victorious over France in one of the most enthralling, topsy-turvy World Cup finals of all time. 2 Related The Albiceleste eventually won the game on penalties, but only after surrendering a two-goal lead

5:18 PM ET This World Cup in Qatar had its share of highs and lows, both on and off the pitch, but the brilliance of some of the individual performances will be a lasting memory of the tournament. It’s easy to name-drop Lionel Messi and the other goal scorers of the tournament, but there were

6:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The 2022 World Cup is over, but the transfer rumour mill is only just starting up as the January window opens next month for Europe’s top leagues. 2 Related Qatar 2022 has seen some incredible performances on the pitch, not least from shock semifinal side Morocco, and players young and

3:41 PM ET Lionel Messi has said he will not retire from international football after scoring twice as Argentina lifted the 2022 World Cup in a thrilling penalty shootout victory over France on Sunday. Messi scored the opener from the penalty spot at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar, before striking again in extra time

6:25 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Kylian Mbappe had converted France’s first penalty in the shootout, the fourth time he’d beaten Argentina keeper Emi Martinez in the World Cup final, following his earlier hat-trick. And so Lionel Messi walked up to take Argentina’s opening penalty. – Report: Messi, Argentina win 2022 World Cup on penalties

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6:00 AM ET It’s the World Cup final — France against Argentina, the reigning world champions versus the champions of South America, Kylian Mbappe taking on Lionel Messi — and it will end with one of football’s heavyweight nations winning the World Cup for a third time. Qatar 2022 has had its highlights, including great

12:58 PM ET AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Wheeling out an inflatable World Cup before kick-off just felt cruel. The giant replica has been a regular feature of the prematch build-up throughout this tournament but Saturday’s third-place play-off between Croatia and Morocco was the one game that didn’t need it. This is the only fixture where

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Dec 15, 2022 Military minds are fond of saving that “no plan ever survives first contact with the enemy.” Substitute “opposition” for “enemy” and we have a fair approximation of a situation that Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni has already faced twice in his brief coaching career. One was in his side’s opening game at the