12:40 PM ET One of the most important roles that advanced stats can play in sports conversation is helping us to understand what’s real and what isn’t. Luck and randomness play such a large part of a given outcome — especially in the two sports I write the most about, college football and soccer —
Month: September 2020
9:20 AM ET Jose Mourinho has said Tottenham‘s hectic fixture list is “not human” and that he could be forced to field a youth team in the Carabao Cup to cope with the workload. Spurs start their Premier League campaign with a home clash against Everton on Sept. 13, beginning a hectic period which could
8:00 AM ET EA Sports have released their Top 100 overall player ratings for FIFA 21 and, as usual, the updated grades have made waves among both gamers and the players themselves. 1 Related The major headline news is that Lionel Messi has seen his FIFA rating fall for the first time in four years
3:44 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest news on Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden’s misdemeanour on England duty. Plus: Arsenal are pushing to sign Lyon’s Houssem Aouar. Jump to: Arsenal push for Aouar | Arteta eager
12:15 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz and Joevin Jones each had two goals and two assists and the defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders scored four times in the opening 20 minutes en route to a 7-1 victory against the visiting San Jose Earthquakes on Thursday night. It was the biggest win for the Sounders in
10:03 PM ET Lionel Messi can play in Argentina‘s opening World Cup qualifier next month because the statute of limitations has run out on the ban he was given during last year’s Copa America, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on Thursday. Messi was banned for one game after being sent off
4:34 PM ET Mikel Arteta will now carry the title of Arsenal first-team manager instead of head coach as part of a restructuring that reflects his growing influence at the club. Arteta, 38, was only appointed in December but an upturn in performances coupled with his leadership throughout the coronavirus pandemic has prompted Arsenal to
7:19 PM ET Mexico striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez will return for LA Galaxy on Sunday against San Jose Earthquakes, following a period of almost two months out with a calf injury. The 32-year-old has had a stop-start beginning to his career at the Galaxy since signing from Sevilla in January, with the break in the
5:30 PM ET Arsenal‘s new chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has defended the club’s restructuring and suggested the Gunners could “afford to miss out” on Champions League football next season. Earlier on Thursday, Mikel Arteta’s job title was changed from “head coach” to “first-team manager,” which was the latest move in a wider overhaul aimed at
5:17 PM ET French champions Paris Saint-Germain, missing several players who tested positive for COVID-19, lost 1-0 at Lens in their first Ligue 1 game of the season on Thursday after a terrible error by goalkeeper Marcin Bulka. Bulka, 20, tried to play the ball out along the floor to a teammate but Cameroonian forward
6:16 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Click here to check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. Two-way
1:03 PM ET It took Julian Nagelsmann a week to get over RB Leipzig‘s loss in the Champions League semifinals to Paris Saint-Germain. He talks through their wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid with me on Zoom, and evaluates where they fell short against PSG; you can sense him playing the matches again in
1:45 PM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Editor’s note: Tor-Kristian Karlsen is a Norwegian football scout and executive and is the former chief executive and sporting director at AS Monaco. He will write regularly for ESPN on the business of soccer and the process of scouting. In his latest column, he looks at some of the most
6:38 PM ET FC Dallas announced the transfer of Reggie Cannon to Portugal’s Boavista FC on Wednesday. The transfer fee for the 22-year-old United States men’s national team defender was a reported $3 million. Cannon has earned 11 caps to date with the USMNT. 1 Related “I’ve always had aspirations to be one of the
12:06 PM ET The Premier League announced on Thursday that the Black Lives Matter message will be replaced by ‘No Room for Racism’ on players’ and officials’ kits for the duration of the 2020-21 season. The League added that it will continue to support any players who wish to take a knee. – Stream ESPN
6:55 AM ET Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has urged the club to use the recent success of Liverpool and Manchester City as “motivation” for the upcoming season. Liverpool lifted their first league title in 30 years last season while City won back-to-back titles over the previous two campaigns and secured a domestic treble in
3:59 AM ET Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic has been handed the No. 10 jersey ahead of the new season, the club announced on Thursday. Pulisic, 21, enjoyed a successful debut campaign in England following his €64 million move from Borussia Dortmund in 2019. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Premier League preview: Big questions, new
12:41 AM ET CONCACAF bowed to the inevitable this week, and put back its World Cup qualification campaign until March of next year. Further south, though, CONMEBOL are still holding the line, retaining faith that the Qatar qualifiers can kick off in less than a month. And yet the state of the coronavirus pandemic is
4:46 AM ET Gabriel Marcotti Think back, a little less than six months ago, and you’ll journey to apocalyptic predictions about the future of football. This was a time when leagues had stopped and it wasn’t clear whether they’d be returning at all; a time when a KPMG study suggested that the Big Five leagues
10:19 PM ET Jozy Altidore‘s first goal of the season gave Toronto FC a dramatic 2-1 road victory over the Montreal Impact on Wednesday. With the game tied in the 89th minute, Nick DeLeon sent a long pass downfield to an open Altidore, who buried the chance. It was the striker’s first goal in eight
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