Month: November 2020

8:28 AM ET English Football Association chairman Greg Clarke was forced to apologise on Tuesday for using the phrase “coloured footballers” at a parliamentary committee hearing into the future of English football. Clarke was appearing at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) gathering to discuss the lack of progress in conversations between the
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2:02 PM ET United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has listed Chelsea attacker Christian Pulisic as “day-to-day” ahead of the USMNT’s upcoming friendlies. 1 Related There is still uncertainty as to whether Pulisic will play for the USMNT’s matches against Wales in Swansea on Wednesday and against Panama in Austria four days later.
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5:15 PM ET United States midfielder Tyler Adams said the USMNT is planning to make some sort of gesture in support of racial justice prior to its friendly against Wales on Thursday. The RB Leipzig player, however, wouldn’t say precisely what the team has planned. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) “We
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1:45 PM ET Domenec Torrent had seen his side suffer two lopsided losses in the past three matches. Photo by ALEXANDRE VIDAL/FLAMENGO COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTME/AFP via Getty Images Brazilian champions Flamengo fired Spanish coach Domenec Torrent just 10 weeks after hiring the former New York City FC boss, the club announced on Monday. The move was made
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10:39 AM ET Barcelona forward Ansu Fati will be out for four months after undergoing an operation to repair a meniscus tear in his knee, the Catalan club have confirmed. Fati, 18, was forced off at half-time in Saturday’s 5-2 win against Real Betis and was treated by Dr. Ramon Cugat at a clinic in
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2:18 PM ET France men’s national team manager Didier Deschamps has come to the defence of Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, suggesting that the player “cannot be happy” with his situation at Old Trafford. 1 Related Pogba has been dropped for five of the last seven games of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side across all competitions,
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11:27 AM ET Decision Day produced its share of drama. The Philadelphia Union clinched the Supporters’ Shield, the first trophy in their history, by beating the New England Revolution 2-0. At the other end of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, the Montreal Impact and Inter Miami each produced wins to earn their way
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11:00 AM ET What do Cristiano Ronaldo, Christian Pulisic, Ansu Fati, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joshua Kimmich all have in common? Other than being some of the biggest names in world football, they have all suffered injuries that have left them either out of, or likely to miss, this week’s international break. Here we are, two
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5:23 AM ET USWNT international Megan Rapinoe has called Manchester United “disgraceful” for the time it has taken the club to form a professional women’s team. The club formed the team in 2018 and Casey Stoney’s side won promotion to the Women’s Super League (WSL) in their first season. United sit at the top of
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5:57 PM ET Sergio Santos and Cory Burke each scored one goal to lift the host Philadelphia Union to their first-ever Supporters’ Shield following a 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday. The Union improved to 9-0-0 at home and earned the first trophy since the franchise’s expansion season in 2010. Standout goalkeeper
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10:24 PM ET Defender Jorge Villafana scored the tying goal on a header in the 90th minute to give the Portland Timbers a 1-1 tie with host LAFC on Sunday. Midfielder Diego Valeri set up the tally with a long-range cross from the right flank, and Villafana timed it perfectly and easily slammed it home
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