Month: September 2020

10:06 PM ET Anthony Fontana, Ilsinho and Brenden Aaronson each scored one goal to lift the host Philadelphia Union past Inter Miami 3-0 on Sunday night. Kacper Przybylko recorded assists on the first two goals for the Union, who are 4-1-0 in their past five games. The Union (8-2-4, 28 points) picked up three points
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3:30 PM ET Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has criticised Leicester’s tactics after seeing his team suffer a 5-2 home defeat. City dominated after former Leicester midfielder Riyad Mahrez gave them an early lead but their game plan crumbled after Jamie Vardy netted a 37th-minute penalty. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–
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4:13 PM ET Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said he rejected multiple offers to leave Arsenal this summer, including one from Barcelona, but was convinced to stay by manager Mikel Arteta and his relationship with the club’s supporters. Aubameyang ended months of speculation by signing a bumper long-term contract with Arsenal earlier this month. Sources told ESPN
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10:01 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has had a dig at Manchester United‘s penalty record after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer teased him in his post-match interview on Saturday. Mourinho had complained that the goals were too small ahead of his side’s Europa League qualifier against Shkendija on Thursday.
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1:23 PM ET A Jamie Vardy hat trick and goals from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans helped Leicester City beat Manchester City 5-2 on Sunday. Ederson could do little in the City goal as Vardy and Tielemans fired three penalties past him. Vardy and Maddison added two from open play while goals from Riyad Mahrez
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11:55 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has said he doesn’t want to speak about the last minute VAR penalty decision which saw Newcastle United earn a point against his side. Eric Dier was judged to have handled the ball in the box in the dying moment of the game after Andy Carroll‘s header
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7:11 AM ET Eredivisie side FC Emmen will play the 2020-21 season with a company that sells sex toys as their shirt sponsor after a request was accepted by the Dutch FA (KNVB). Initially, the idea was rejected by the KNVB on the grounds that it was against their “code of values,” but Emmen will
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11:51 AM ET Treble-winners Bayern Munich were stunned as they lost 4-1 away at Hoffenheim on Sunday — their first defeat for 32 matches. Bayern, who won the Bundesliga for an eighth-consecutive season last June, also added the German Cup and Champions League to cap off a memorable campaign. – Stream new episodes of ESPN
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7:53 AM ET Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has said Arsenal‘s bid for Houssem Aouar is “too far away” from the player’s value and he won’t be leaving the club this transfer window. Sources have told ESPN that Arsenal have offered €35 million for the 22-year-old but that was far from the €60m valuation the club
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5:26 AM ET Barcelona have had a bid of €20 million plus add ons accepted by Ajax for USMNT defender Sergino Dest, sources have told ESPN. Dest, 19, will fly to Barcelona for his medical after agreeing personal terms as Ronald Koeman closes in on his first signing as Camp Nou boss. – Stream FC
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9:24 AM ET Manchester United earned a dramatic 3-2 victory over Brighton with a Bruno Fernandes penalty awarded after the full-time whistle on Saturday. Neal Maupay scored Brighton’s first goal of the game with a penalty in the first half which he delicately chipped into the goal while Marcus Rashford hit the target for United
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1:54 PM ET The Colorado Rapids‘ Major League Soccer clash with Sporting Kansas City originally scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to a high number of positive coronavirus cases for the hosts. In a statement, MLS staid that one Rapids player and three staff members had tested positive, and that the Sunday’s game is
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5:53 PM ET USL Championship side LA Galaxy II, the reserve team of the LA Galaxy, announced on Saturday that it had “mutually agreed to part ways” with defender Omar Ontiveros in the wake of an on-field racist incident involving the player. The incident took place in the 71st minute of Wednesday’s 1-1 draw between
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