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Oct 21, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The international break is over and with that, another Saturday of European football has come and gone. If you had checked the box scores, you’d think there were few surprises as the weekend’s action got underway, but those full-time figures tell only half the story. We

Oct 21, 2023, 11:07 AM ET Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86, the Premier League club announced on Saturday. Charlton was part of England’s World Cup-winning side in 1966, and two years later scored twice as Manchester United won the European Cup at Wembley. A club

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 01:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Veronica Latsko scored in the 87th minute to give OL Reign a 1-0 victory over Angel City FC on Friday night in the opening round of the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. Phoebe McClernon whipped a cross into the box and Latsko beat her

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2023, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentine World Cup winner Alejandro “Papu” Gómez has been given a two-year ban for failing an anti-doping test, his Italian club Monza announced Friday. Gomez tested positive last October while playing for Sevilla, shortly before joining the Argentina squad that went on to

Luis Miguel Echegaray, ESPNOct 20, 2023, 09:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to Onside/Offside! Each week, Luis Miguel Echegaray discusses the latest from the soccer world, including standout performances, games you might have missed and what to keep an eye on in the coming days. This week, LME discusses Lionel Messi‘s plans for the

ESPN News Services Oct 19, 2023, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States men’s national team captain Tyler Adams will be out of action until next year following a second surgery on his hamstring, The Athletic reported Thursday. The Bournemouth midfielder, 24, had the surgery two weeks ago is expected to recover in about

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 09:41 AM ET UEFA said on Thursday the result of the European Championship qualifying game between Belgium and Sweden, which was abandoned this week after two Swedish fans were killed before kickoff, will stand. The game was called off at half-time with the score 1-1. Both the Belgian and Swedish

Oct 19, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been an extraordinary few months for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which owns the vast majority of Newcastle United. Over the summer, the fund (commonly known as PIF) spent nearly $1 billion to acquire some of the world’s best players, from Ballon d’Or winner

ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Wednesday called for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 18, 2023, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England booked their place at Euro 2024 with Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley, a game in which they were down 1-0 before two Harry Kane goals and one from Marcus Rashford lifted the Three Lions to all three

Open Extended Reactions How VAR could have changed football’s future Illustration by T.M. Detwiler It’s six years since the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) arrived in soccer. Today it is, for better or for worse, fully woven into the fabric of the game around the world. Before 2017, football was so much simpler. When a referee made

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2023, 12:36 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions After two more than two years, Giovanni Reyna‘s goalless drought with the United States is over. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder bagged his first-ever international brace as the U.S. overwhelmed Ghana,

Harry Kane scored a brace and Marcus Rashford joined him on the scoresheet as England came from behind to beat holders Italy 3-1 and march into the Euro 2024 finals in a Group C qualifier at Wembley on Tuesday. The visitors stunned the home crowd when Gianluca Scamacca swept in a cross from Giovanni di

Oct 17, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) officials involved when Liverpool were wrongly denied a goal in last month’s Premier League loss at Tottenham Hotspur will return for this weekend’s fixtures. Officials Darren England and Dan Cook were replaced for two matches that same weekend, before being excluded

ESPN News Services Oct 16, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at half-time after two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels earlier on Monday. The Swedish players told UEFA that they did not want to play the second half, and the Belgians agreed, Swedish

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 16, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Saturday’s match against Germany gave U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter a chance to try out what he calls his “Plan B” in the

Open Extended Reactions England are the team to beat at next summer’s European Championship. There are no more excuses or mitigating factors for coach Gareth Southgate and his squad to fall short again. Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Kyle Walker, plus Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford, are players

Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after Gavi‘s second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on Sunday and they will be joined by their Group A rivals Scotland and Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying. Spain and Scotland both secured spots in the top two with 15 points