Football

12:53 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team won the 2022 SheBelieves Cup after beating Iceland 5-0 in a must-win game on Wednesday, and goal-scorers Catarina Macario and Mallory Pugh were among the players that successfully auditioned for the chance to lead the USWNT into the future. While the USWNT’s fifth SheBelieves Cup

6:27 PM ET MADRID — Anthony Elanga is quickly becoming indispensable to Manchester United, and at just 19 years old, he may have kept his club’s Champions League ambitions alive with a crucial equaliser to earn a 1-1 round-of-16 first-leg draw against Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Metropolitano. Prior to Elanga’s goal, United had been

8:43 PM ET Weston McKennie is helped from the pitch during Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Villarreal on Tuesday. EPA/Domenech Castello With the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying roughly a month away, it appears the United States will have to prepare for a Weston McKennie-sized hole in midfield. McKennie, who has been the United States’

8:30 PM ET The U.S. men’s national team will likely be without midfielder Weston McKennie for their coming World Cup qualifying matches. Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images Juventus and United States midfielder Weston McKennie is looking at a lengthy spell on the sidelines after sustaining a broken left foot in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Villarreal in the UEFA

6:46 PM ET LONDON — It is the dichotomy at the heart of Christian Pulisic‘s career right now that at the same time he is learning not to feel the need to “save” the United States men’s national team, Chelsea are searching for a talisman as Romelu Lukaku continues to falter. Pulisic revealed in an

11:28 AM ET Caitlin Murray It’s one thing for the decision-makers around women’s soccer to vow, after a year plagued by off-field problems, that they are finally listening to the players. It’s apparently quite another thing for everyone to actually do it. Look no further than the Washington Spirit, where an ugly and unnecessary ownership

4:53 AM ET Russia was originally due to host the Champions League final in 2021. Photo by RUSLAN SHAMUKOV/AFP via Getty Images UEFA are exploring contingency plans to move this season’s Champions League final from Saint Petersburg amid concerns over the prospect of military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, sources have told ESPN. The Krestovsky Stadium,

11:07 AM ET Noah DavisESPN The story of Major League Soccer in recent seasons is one of expansion and growth. Since the beginning of the 2017 campaign, eight teams have been introduced, including a Charlotte FC franchise that kicks off its inaugural campaign against D.C. United on Saturday (6 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+).

9:45 AM ET Manchester United will begin a crucial three-month period when they face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday. What happens between now and the end of the season will have a critical impact on the big decisions that must be taken by United’s owners,

7:23 PM ET Caitlin Murray When your opponent has a historically bad performance and a player scores an unheard-of three own goals, how do you evaluate a win? That is the question for the United States women’s national team and coach Vlatko Andonovski, who beat New Zealand 5-0 in the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday with

12:43 PM ET LEEDS, England — Elland Road had waited 19 years for a Premier League clash between Leeds United and Manchester United in front of supporters. If the world was wondering what all the fuss was about, the teams delivered a classic encounter that ended with a 4-2 win for Ralf Rangnick’s visitors on

10:25 AM ET Phil Foden is a part of the Manchester City team that leads the Premier League. Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images Manchester City have said they are offering support to Phil Foden and his family after a video appeared to show them involved in a scuffle at Saturday’s fight between Amir Khan and Kell

Feb 17, 2022 In this edition of his weekly column, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae writes that while Borussia Dortmund are technically in with a shout in the league title race, no one at the club wants to speak boldly about catching all-conquering Bayern Munich. Squad plans for the future are intriguing, but have

4:23 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — A title race broke out at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening and although this one won’t involve Harry Kane, the England striker got a glimpse of what might be possible at Tottenham under Antonio Conte. – Report: Kane superb as Spurs topple Man City Kane’s 95th-minute

2:06 PM ET Cesar Hernandez A much-anticipated World Cup qualifying clash between Mexico and the United States has officially been set for March 24, with the Estadio Azteca expected to be back at full capacity. Mexico had played its last two home qualifiers with only 2,000 fans in attendance as part of a punishment over

2:13 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Dembele’s cameo vs. Napoli was a good one, especially given the tension between him, Barcelona and the fans in 2022. Eric Alonso/Getty Images “Well, the fans didn’t take any notice of me, that’s for starters,” Xavi Hernández said. Twenty-five days after FC Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele had been handed an

8:33 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Jurgen Klopp has said he now possesses the best squad during his time at Liverpool but warned that the players are “not the Harlem Globetrotters” and said he is happy with the team’s attitude rather than quality. Liverpool took a huge step to making the Champions League quarterfinals with a

4:30 AM ET Harry Kane isn’t the sort of person to show it, but there will likely be a tinge of regret somewhere in his mind when Tottenham Hotspur‘s team bus pulls up at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The England captain attempted to push through a move to Manchester City last summer after informing Spurs