Month: December 2021

4:57 AM ET Lynn Williams scored in her first A-League Women start for Melbourne Victory. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images After her star turn off the bench in last week’s derby, United States international Lynn Williams marked her first A-League Women start for Melbourne Victory in style with a 3-2 win at Brisbane Roar. The 28-year-old was the
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12:23 PM ET Caitlin Murray United States women’s national team player Kristie Mewis was the highest profile player traded during Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League expansion draft, with San Diego Wave FC picking her before immediately agreeing a deal with NJ/NY Gotham for her rights. Mewis had been left unprotected by Houston Dash for the
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5:11 PM ET Violence erupted in the stands during the match between Paris FC and Lyon. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images The French Cup last 64 game between Paris FC and Lyon was abandoned following crowd trouble on Friday, a stadium announcer said as violence continued to hit French football. Supporters appeared to be fighting each
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5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel has urged Chelsea fans to rally behind his team after they were booed off against Everton but said he was struggling to explain their stuttering form. Chelsea fell four points behind leaders Manchester City on Thursday following a 1-1 draw with Everton which was greeted by jeers from some home
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4:31 PM ET Robert Lewandowski broke the record for most league goals in a calendar year as the champions Bayern Munich crushed VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 on Friday to go into the winter break with a nine-point lead at the top of the standings. Lewandowski capped off the rout with three minutes from the end, volleying
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12:35 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Xavi Hernandez has admitted that turning things around at Barcelona is proving harder than he thought and said some players don’t understand the style of football he wants to play. Barca won two of their first three games under new coach Xavi, who replaced Ronald Koeman in November,
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8:29 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Diego Simeone has refused to rule out Joao Felix leaving Atletico Madrid in the January transfer window. The 22-year-old joined from Benfica in 2019 in a deal worth €126 million — the second highest fee ever paid to sign a teenager — but has failed to perform consistently
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9:50 AM ET Manchester United‘s game against Brighton on Saturday and Tottenham‘s trip to Leicester City on Thursday have become the latest Premier League fixtures to be called off as the COVID-19 Omicron variant surges in the United Kingdom. United were unable to fulfil their last Premier League clash at Brentford on Tuesday and the
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6:57 AM ET Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is “not available for selection” when Arsenal face Leeds on Saturday, according to boss Mikel Arteta. The 32-year-old was stripped of the captaincy on Tuesday following a series of disciplinary issues, the latest of which saw him returning from an overseas trip later than agreed last week. Aubameyang was left
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4:00 AM ET Thomas Tuchel has a list of targets to plug Chelsea’s leaky defence — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Anthony Martial’s agent comments did not have the desired effect, and the MLS hotshot on the radar of Premier League teams. Jump to: MLS star attracts Premier League interest | Martial exit
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4:52 PM ET Liverpool‘s Trent Alexander-Arnold scored with a spectacular strike as they overcame the absence of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests and conceding an early goal to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday. Liverpool move onto 40 points from 17 games, one behind leaders Manchester City who beat
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8:46 PM ET Caitlin Murray The Washington Spirit’s Trinity Rodman has been announced as U.S. Soccer’s Young Female Player of the Year for 2021 after a successful rookie campaign, while Lindsey Horan took the senior award for U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year. The winners were announced live on Thursday during Futbol Americas on
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