Football

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe favours building a new stadium for Manchester United rather than redeveloping Old Trafford, a source has told ESPN. The club have put together a task force to assess options for “regenerating the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester,” including Manchester mayor

Luis Suarez struck in stoppage time and Lionel Messi scored shortly after half-time to help Inter Miami tie Nashville 2-2 Thursday night in the Concadaf Champions Cup. The teams will meet Wednesday night in Miami for the second leg of the home-and-home portion of the round of 16, with Miami holding a decisive edge thanks to the

Cesar Hernandez Mar 7, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Closer to water polo than a game of soccer, Wednesday’s Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal win for the United States women’s national team over Canada played out as a bizarre rainy spectacle at Snapdragon Stadium. With stormy weather impacting a waterlogged

Ryan Rosenblatt Mar 7, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions From left to right, Abby Dahlkemper, Naomi Girma and Alex Morgan show off San Diego Wave FC’s new 2024 primary kit, which gets its inspiration from the beaches of the Southern California locale. San Diego Wave FC It’s a big year for NWSL kits. Not

Alyssa Naeher saved three penalty attempts and made one herself as the United States beat Canada in a shootout to earn a hard-fought win at rain-soaked Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on Wednesday night to set up a showdown with Brazil in the Concacaf W Gold Cup final. Heavy rains before kickoff left the field

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMar 6, 2024, 05:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — If Kylian Mbappé‘s Champions League masterclass for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday had Real Madrid fans dreaming about the future, Madrid’s limp 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig a day later — narrowly scraping through to the quarterfinals 2-1 on aggregate — brought

Open Extended Reactions Roberto De Zerbi, Thomas Frank and Gareth Southgate are being assessed as potential successors to Erik ten Hag at Manchester United should the Dutchman leave his post as manager at Old Trafford this summer, sources have told ESPN. While ESPN sources have said that no decision has been made on Ten Hag’s

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions A week before she broke the women’s world transfer record on Feb. 14, Racheal Kundananji

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé may be on his way out of the French capital, but as long as he’s still in the starting lineup for Paris Saint-Germain, they remain a dangerous team. The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, as he scored a pair

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 5, 2024, 08:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland has said he is “really happy” at Manchester City but the striker left the door open for a move away from the Etihad Stadium in the future. Haaland signed a contract with City until 2027 after arriving from Borussia Dortmund in a

ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Sam Kerr, captain of Australia’s women’s soccer team, is to face trial in England accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The West Australian, who plays for Chelsea in London, appeared in court in the British capital on Monday accused of using insulting,

Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMar 4, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s been another action-packed weekend in European soccer, so let’s review. Sunday brought the Manchester derby and with it, a fresh reminder as to how far back Man United are from Pep Guardiola and Man City. Real Madrid returned to Valencia,

The United States women’s national team bounced back from a shocking loss to Mexico in its previous Concacaf Gold Cup match to make short work of Colombia in a 3-0 quarterfinal win Sunday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. First-half goals from Lindsay Horan, Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw gave the U.S. a comfortable lead

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 3, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — By the end, the 192nd Manchester derby had provided a fair idea of where the city’s two biggest clubs are at. Manchester City, dominant for so much of the afternoon at the Etihad Stadium, won 3-1 to stay in the hunt

COLOGNE, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen went 10 points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich with a 2-0 Bundesliga win over struggling neighbours Cologne, who were reduced to 10-men in the first half of a hotly-contested Rhein derby on Sunday. Leverkusen, who have now gone 34 games without defeat in all competitions this season,

Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez scored two goals each as Inter Miami routed Florida rivals Orlando City 5-0 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale Saturday. Messi had consecutive goals during a quick span early in the second half to take his tally for the season to three goals in as many games. – Stream on

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 2, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti said an “unprecedented” refereeing decision saw what would have been a last-second winning goal from Jude Bellingham ruled out in Real Madrid‘s 2-2 draw at Valencia on Saturday. Valencia led 2-0 with half an hour played at Mestalla with goals