Month: July 2021

4:05 PM ET LAS VEGAS — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter called out Mexico‘s players for overly physical play in the past, and asked that the referee be “fair” ahead of Sunday’s Gold Cup final between the two sides. Speaking to reporters ahead of the game, Berhalter referenced previous matches against Mexico
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3:19 PM ET Sam Marsden Memphis Depay made it two goals in two games for Barcelona as the La Liga side beat VfB Stuttgart 3-0 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday. Barca blew their German opposition away with a blistering first-half display, with Memphis opening the scoring before Yusuf Demir added the second. – Stream
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11:15 AM ET Francisco Cordova celebrates after scoring Mexico’s fifth in Yokohama. Berengui/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Mexico overcame South Korea 6-3 in a a goal fest to reach the semifinals of the men’s Olympic football tournament in Yokohama. El Tri, gold medal winners at London 2012, helped eliminate France in the group stage as they
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11:46 AM ET Matheus Cunha celebrates after scoring Brazil’s only goal. Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images Holders Brazil reached the Olympic men’s football tournament semifinals following a narrow 1-0 victory over Egypt. Hertha Berlin forward Matheus Cunha scored the game’s only goal in the first half to maintain Brazil’s charge for the gold medal. – Men’s
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11:15 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Aston Villa have announced that they have reached a deal with Bayer Leverkusen for the transfer of Leon Bailey. The winger had a productive 2020-21 season in the Bundesliga, scoring nine goals and assisting nine more. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)–
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9:32 AM ET Rafa Mir celebrates with his Spain teammates after his dramatic equaliser. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images Spain ended a 21-year wait to reach the men’s Olympic football semifinals as substitute Rafa Mir scored a hat trick to secure a 5-2 victory over Ivory Coast in extra-time on Saturday. Winger Max Gradel appeared to have secured
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6:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Trophies aren’t handed out in July, but Manchester United have at least used the summer to show they remain interested in winning some. Toward the end of his time as manager at Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho came to believe the club were happy simply to compete in the big competitions
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5:13 PM ET Manchester City and U.S. international defender Erik Palmer-Brown is on the verge of being transferred to Serie A side Venezia FC, multiple sources have told ESPN. MLSMultiplex earlier linked Palmer-Brown to both Venezia and Ligue 1 side Troyes. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) If the deal
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9:27 AM ET Caitlin Murray As the equal pay lawsuit between the United States women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation enters its next phase, representatives from the U.S. men’s team have entered the fray, accusing U.S. Soccer of treating the women as “second-class citizens” and sending “a corrosive public message to women and
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3:56 PM ET Associated Press Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold signed a contract extension on Friday to stay with his boyhood club though the 2024-25 season. Alexander-Arnold called signing the deal a “no brainer.” “It’s the only club I’ve ever really known, so to be here for this amount of time and extending to be here
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8:46 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have put together a £100 million ($140m) package in a bid to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, sources have told ESPN. Aston Villa were informed on Friday that City are willing to pay £90m for the 25-year-old, while highly rated winger Morgan Rogers has also been proposed
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12:35 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus celebrated a victory over UEFA on Friday as a Spanish court ruled the governing body could not act against the founding members of the European Super League. Nine of the 12 founders quickly backed out of the failed project in April, including six
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11:12 AM ET Arsenal have signed defender Ben White from Brighton & Hove Albion on a five-year contract, the club have announced. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said of the signing: “Ben was a top target for us and it’s great that we’ve completed his signing. Ben has been educated with two very good clubs, Brighton
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7:09 AM ET Raphael Varane posted a message on Instagram where he said will always carry Real Madrid in his heart ahead of his move to Manchester United. Varane, who has spent 10 years with the Spanish capital side, is set to join United after the Old Trafford club announced on Tuesday they had agreed
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12:29 PM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team is in the semifinals of the 2020 Olympic Games after beating the Netherlands in a thrilling back-and-forth affair that eventually went to penalty kicks. – Report: USWNT reach Olympic semifinals with shootout win– Lavelle: Naeher has saved us so many times Whether the win feels
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