2:11 PM ET The owner of the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League on Monday said he regrets not being transparent after cutting ties with then-coach Paul Riley back in 2015. The North Carolina Courage last week fired Riley amid allegations spanning over a decade of sexual coercion and inappropriate comments about players’
Month: October 2021
6:22 PM ET Major League Soccer rivals LA Galaxy and LAFC said they are investigating incidents of fan violence following their 1-1 draw on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Footage on social media shows fans pushing and fighting as they exit the home stadium of the Galaxy after Sunday’s result. According to TMZ Sports,
6:30 PM ET The stellar play of Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku hasn’t gone unnoticed at Europe’s top clubs. Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all
9:54 AM ET Former National Women’s Soccer League commissioner Lisa Baird has resigned from her position on the U.S. Soccer board of directors, sources have told ESPN. Baird resigned as commissioner of the league on Friday after a report in The Athletic that detailed allegations of sexual coercion and emotional abuse by former North Carolina
8:30 AM ET The 2021-22 Premier League season is now in full flow and, after seven matchdays, looks like it could be one of the most exciting title races in years. Just two points separate leaders Chelsea and sixth-placed Brighton, with the top four positions already occupied by this season’s Champions League participants Chelsea, Liverpool,
11:55 AM ET What a weekend! It feels like we say this every weekend, but it was especially true here. Liverpool and Manchester City put on a show, Atletico Madrid (in particular Luis Suarez) made a statement vs. Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo made a scene after Manchester United‘s frustrating home draw vs. Everton. Elsewhere, Bayern
5:21 AM ET Mohamed Salah continued his majestic run of form by scoring in his sixth straight appearance for Liverpool against title rivals Manchester City on Sunday. And what a goal it was! 2 Related Indeed, the 29-year-old became the first Reds player to score six games in a row since April 2018, when Salah
10:51 AM ET Associated Press After playing one game for the United States, defender Julian Araujo has been cleared to change his national eligibility to Mexico, FIFA said on Monday. The 20-year-old LA Galaxy defender made his debut for the U.S. last December, starting at right back in a 6-0 win over El Salvador. –
5:42 AM ET Manchester City will submit a report to Liverpool today detailing allegations that a member of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff was spat at by a supporter during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield, sources have told ESPN. Sources have said that City have video footage of a man suspected of spitting at the member
3:59 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he can get the best out of Manchester United‘s superstar squad despite Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Everton meaning United have won just two of their last six games and only one during a run of four straight fixtures at Old Trafford. Solskjaer saw his squad strengthened
7:39 AM ET Kylian Mbappe has said that he informed Paris Saint-Germain of his desire to leave the club in July and rejects the claim that he told them about his decision at the end of the transfer window. The France international was linked with a move to Real Madrid after PSG sporting director Leonardo
11:43 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Park Ji-Sung won four league titles during his time at Manchester United. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Former Manchester United and South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung has asked supporters to stop singing a song about him which contains a negative stereotype about his homeland. Park, who spent seven years at Old Trafford between
4:33 AM ET LA Galaxy unveiled the Landon Donovan statue on Sunday. Photo by Shaun Clark/Getty Images LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer unveiled a bronze statue of club legend Landon Donovan outside Dignity Health Sports Park on Sunday. It was placed near a similar statue of David Beckham that was unveiled in 2019. – Stream
5:42 PM ET It was a weekend on which several big clubs were upset, from Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain to Paris Saint-Germain in France and Manchester United in England. Meanwhile, Juventus‘ Manuel Locatelli had two reasons to celebrate and Mohamed Salah was superb for Liverpool. Here are Rob Dawson, Alex Kirkland and James
3:20 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — There are more back-slaps and hugs between players than flying pizzas and tunnel bust-ups when Liverpool take on Manchester City, but while this fixture lacks the animosity and belligerence of old Manchester United–Arsenal clashes, the sheer quality displayed during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield showed that the rivalry is
8:52 PM ET Jaroslaw Niezgoda headed down a corner kick from Sebastian Blanco in the 83rd minute, with the pair of second-half substitutes giving the Portland Timbers their seventh win in the past eight matches in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Inter Miami CF in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers ran their undefeated streak to eight games
6:32 PM ET The National Women’s Soccer League announced on Sunday that its board of governors has formed an executive committee to manage oversight of the league’s front office operations, following the resignation of commissioner Lisa Baird on Friday. The committee includes Amanda Duffy (Orlando Pride), Angie Long (Kansas City NWSL), and Sophie Sauvage (OL
2:53 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Carlo Ancelotti has called Real Madrid‘s 2-1 LaLiga loss at Espanyol the “worst game” of his second spell in charge so far, citing “confusion out on the pitch” and saying “the team looked disorganised” in a brutally honest assessment. Goals from Raul de Tomas and Aleix Vidal put Espanyol
2:53 PM ET Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City backroom staff were spat at during Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League draw against Liverpool at Anfield, a City source told ESPN. Champions City climbed into third position, behind second-placed Liverpool, after Kevin De Bruyne‘s deflected goal in the 81st minute claimed a point after Liverpool had twice
1:42 PM ET Eintracht Frankfurt‘s Filip Kostic drilled home an 83rd minute goal to stun Bayern Munich and snatch a 2-1 Bundesliga win on Sunday, earning a first league victory at Bayern in 21 years and snapping the hosts’ nine-game winning run in all competitions. Kostic picked up the ball on the edge of the