9:20 AM ET MLS commissioner Don Garber. MLS Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Today we released the 2020 Major League Soccer Racial and Gender Report Card (MLS RGRC) in the midst of a tumultuous year for the global community and, consequently,
Month: October 2020
7:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is facing a vote of no confidence and could be ousted before the end of the year after a motion to have him removed from his position gathered more than the required 16,500 verified signatures. The Mes que una Mocio campaign was launched
11:12 AM ET Football had a plan. Qualification for the 2022 World Cup would wrap up by March of that year, with the draw a month later and the tournament itself kicking off on Nov. 21, 2022, in Qatar. Then came the global pandemic and, with it, the scrambling, adjusting and, above all, negotiating between
6:06 AM ET The San Jose Earthquakes and LA Galaxy have been found to be in violation of Major League Soccer’s mass confrontation policy after the two sides clashed in their game on Oct. 3. As this is the clubs’ first violations, they were issued with a warning while Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and Galaxy
9:50 AM ET Manchester United failed to sign any of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s priority targets during the summer transfer window, sources have told ESPN. United completed their transfer business on deadline day on Monday by sealing deals for Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, Amad Traore and Facundo Pellistri, having secured the £40 million signing of
5:32 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has said that staying at the top is hard for the Premier League champions as “everyone wants to see you fall.” The side won the 2019-20 Premier League after a 30-year wait for the title but Van Dijk said it there has been “challenging times” for them
5:52 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have gone back in time and taken inspiration from NBA legend Michael Jordan for their 2020-21 third kit, which was unveiled by star striker Kylian Mbappe. 2 Related The French giants have left it late to release their new kit, considering the season is already well underway. But, with their
4:00 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
3:24 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg The reign of the youth-oriented Philadelphia Union atop the MLS Power Rankings lasted just one week, with a veteran-laden Toronto FC taking the reins at the top of the league — a
5:53 PM ET Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez has the requisites to step up and become a leader in Mexico‘s national team, said El Tri coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino ahead of the squad’s friendly against the Netherlands on Wednesday. “There are natural occurrences in football, cycles that change and that open the path for other
10:54 AM ET The longest transfer window in history has finally closed and as you’d expect, some clubs and players have done better than others. Some teams did their business early, while others left it to the last minute after scrambling around for deadline-day bargains — although time will tell whether they are canny transfers
7:39 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain, 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. Big 2021 planned for Real Madrid As reported by
9:00 AM ET Adriana Garcia Manchester United fans’ hopes of seeing new signing Edinson Cavani dancing through Premier League defences may be helped by the striker’s passion for ballet. The Uruguay international, who arrived at Old Trafford on Monday to sign hours before the transfer deadline, spent some time back in his homeland after his
5:03 PM ET Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo‘s legal fight against a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial before a federal judge in Nevada. No date was immediately set, but U.S. District Judge Jennifer
3:57 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Edinson Cavani says he’s ready for the “responsibility” of wearing Manchester United‘s No. 7 shirt. The striker, who signed a two-year contract at Old Trafford on Monday, will follow in the footsteps of Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo by inheriting United’s No.7 and the 33-year-old is determined to
3:01 PM ET PSV Eindhoven are in advanced negotiations with World Cup-winner Mario Gotze, sources have told ESPN. – Eredivisie on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Gotze, 28, was photographed earlier on Tuesday in Eindhoven, sparking interest on social media. And sources have told ESPN Eredivisie side PSV are in talks with
1:01 PM ET Atletico Madrid are angry with Thomas Partey for the way his last-minute deadline day move to Arsenal was conducted, sources have told ESPN. Partey, 27, joined the Premier League club on Monday night after they paid his €50 million buyout clause. – Deadline Day: All the winners and losers– Stream FC Daily
10:49 AM ET Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has offered to pay the salary of Gunnersaurus in an attempt to avoid the club mascot’s redundancy. Jerry Quy, the man who wore the dinosaur costume since the character’s creation in 1993, has been told his job no longer exists as a result of the absence of fans
11:45 AM ET Kathleen McNamee Sales of jerseys with the names of United States stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press outsold any of Manchester United‘s men’s players for the first three days after their signing, a club spokesperson has confirmed to ESPN. Heath and Press joined United in September on one-year deals from the Portland
9:28 AM ET France national team boss Didier Deschamps has claimed that Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann is unhappy at the club. Griezmann, 29, endured a difficult debut campaign at Camp Nou last season, only scoring nine goals in 35 La Liga appearances. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Deadline Day: Every move, as it happened–
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