Month: October 2020

5:55 PM ET Former United States international Freddy Adu has signed with Swedish third-division side Osterlen FF, according to multiple reports. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The 31-year-old, who last played for the USL’s Las Vegas Lights in 2018, appeared to confirm the deal on social media. “Missed this sport so
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4:44 PM ET Goals from Bernardo Silva and a brace from Diogo Jota gave Portugal a comfortable 3-0 win over Sweden in the Nations League on Wednesday as the hosts cracked on despite the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo due to a positive COVID-19 test. – UEFA Nations League on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays
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12:32 AM ET Caden Clark scored the tying goal in the 77th minute and the visiting New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw against league-leading Toronto FC Wednesday night at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Connecticut. The 17-year-old became the youngest player in MLS history to score in his first two games after entering
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11:40 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Italy after testing positive for the coronavirus in Portugal, Juventus confirmed on Wednesday. Ronaldo flew to Turin to continue his quarantine there, the club said in a statement. “Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Italy with a medical flight authorised by the competent health authorities at the
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10:56 AM ET Juventus and USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club has announced. McKennie, 22, becomes the second Juventus player to test positive this week, following Cristiano Ronaldo‘s result on Tuesday. Juventus under-23 coach Lamberto Zauli also tested positive on Wednesday. – Stream new episodes of ESPN FC Monday-Friday
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12:06 PM ET Napoli have been handed a 3-0 defeat and had one point deducted for failing to play their Serie A match away to Juventus earlier this month amid confusion over Italian soccer’s coronavirus rules. Napoli did not travel to Turin for the match on Oct 4., saying their local health authority (ASL) had
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12:12 PM ET The Mexican men’s national team will be returning to Europe next month for friendlies against South Korea (Nov. 14) and Japan (Nov. 17). 1 Related El Tri will travel to Austria for both games in the next FIFA international window, although the exact venues have not yet been confirmed. Mexico defeated the
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9:54 AM ET United States defender Chris Richards is unavailable for Bayern Munich‘s cup match against minnows Duren on Thursday (live on ESPN+ at 2:40 p.m. ET) due to injury, coach Hansi Flick said. The 20-year-old earned his first Bundesliga start for Bayern in the 4-3 win against Hertha Berlin on Oct. 4. – Bundesliga
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5:22 PM ET The radical overhaul of English football proposed by Liverpool and Manchester United labelled “Project Big Picture” was unanimously rejected at a Premier League shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday. Representatives of the 20 clubs met to discuss the future of the game after details of a bailout package to help the English Football League
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4:47 AM ET Alex Kirkland Spain coach Luis Enrique has defended David De Gea after the Manchester United goalkeeper put in another disappointing display for his country in a 1-0 loss to Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League. Viktor Tsygankov‘s 76th minute winner on Tuesday night saw De Gea caught out of position as Spain
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press Leading clubs allegedly threatened to quit the Premier League in a bid to push through a transformation of English football being engineered by Liverpool and Manchester United that would hand them more power and wealth. Football Association chairman Greg Clarke disclosed the warning by elite clubs as the reason he
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6:40 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic made the transfer market unlike any before it, but there was still plenty of action on Deadline Day. With the window closed across the major leagues in Europe, you can check out the latest major completed transfers across the globe. TOP STORY: Barca ponder Pogba pursuit Mundo Deportivo reports
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9:00 AM ET The recently concluded European transfer window has the potential to be a watershed moment for U.S. players. It wasn’t so much how many players moved, but where they went. Weston McKennie left Schalke 04 to join Italian giants Juventus, and Sergino Dest completed a transfer from Ajax to Barcelona, amid significant interest
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