5:27 AM ET World Cup qualifying has entered its final stretch, with 19 of the 32 finalists now known. But who could take the 13 places that remain? We take a look at how qualifying looks. – World Cup 2022 qualifying: How it works around the world Europe Qualified (10/13):GermanyDenmarkBelgiumFranceCroatiaSpainSerbiaEnglandSwitzerlandNetherlands – Olley: England still a
Month: March 2022
5:30 PM ET LONDON — Experimentation is the name of these friendly games and England‘s 2-1 win over Switzerland on Saturday exemplified the conundrum Gareth Southgate is wrestling with ahead of this year’s World Cup finals. On the one hand, England reached the semifinals of the previous World Cup and last year’s Euros final under
3:37 AM ET Sophie Lawson When the draw for the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League was made at the end of last year, there was a hopeful buzz of expectation over all four ties. With the first legs now in the books — the return fixtures will be played this Tuesday and Wednesday —
3:23 PM ET England needed a late Harry Kane penalty to seal a 2-1 comeback victory over Switzerland in a friendly match at Wembley on Saturday. The Swiss took a first-half lead through Breel Embolo but Luke Shaw levelled before the break and Kane grabbed the winner from the spot late on. Kane’s strike made
5:55 PM ET Germany eased past Israel 2-0 in their friendly international on Saturday, scoring twice in the first half with Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, to make it eight wins in eight matches under coach Hansi Flick. The Germans, who next face Netherlands in Amsterdam on Tuesday, are eager to get their team ready
8:03 PM ET In a marathon competition of 18 rounds, it is probably reckless to talk of one decisive moment. But such an incident is hard to ignore as South America completes its World Cup qualification campaign on Tuesday. Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay have snared the continent’s four automatic slots in Qatar. There is
5:20 PM ET In his first appearance for his country since he suffered cardiac arrest during a match, Christian Eriksen scored just two minutes after coming on as a substitute for Denmark against the Netherlands in a friendly on Saturday. After arriving on the pitch as a half-time substitute for Jesper Lindstrom, Eriksen made an
7:01 PM ET Luke Thrower The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Rashford draws interest from Gunners Arsenal are set to make a move
10:25 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said no exceptions will be made with potential new signings regarding wages. The Catalan club, who have a negative €144 million spending limit according to LaLiga, continues to work on cutting down spending. – La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)–
4:11 PM ET ORLANDO — As the U.S. men’s national team prepares for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Panama, and with the possibility that the U.S. could clinch a spot in Qatar, manager Gregg Berhalter has a simple message for his players: Stick to the process. “I preach to the team about just one game
12:39 PM ET MEXICO CITY — When the final whistle blew, bodies started dropping. The Estadio Azteca was every bit the energy sucking force the young United States men’s national team had been warned of and after 90-plus minutes, there was nothing left in the tank. Even striker Jordan Pefok, a 60th-minute substitute, immediately dropped
Mar 25, 2022 MEXICO CITY — There are too many times the United States men’s national team has walked out of Estadio Azteca seething, on the wrong end of a scoreline, to count. Usually it was because the visitors had been subjected to death by 1,000 passes, no match for Mexico‘s methodical possession game, and
8:25 AM ET Adriana Garcia Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he wants to play football until “someone better” than him comes along. The veteran AC Milan forward recently said that he feels a “sense of panic” at the prospect of retiring from football. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get
6:32 AM ET Soccer had already begun to change when Roman Abramovich became the controlling owner of Chelsea in the summer of 2003. The Champions League had grown enough in stature that virtually every major soccer player in the world wanted to play in it. The Bosman ruling of 1995 and the UEFA’s discontinuation of
12:33 PM ET Cesar Hernandez MEXICO CITY — Even if you wanted to, it was impossible to escape the attention of Thursday’s World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico. Walking around North America’s oldest metropolis, countless images of the two rival soccer teams appeared on newsstands while restaurants buzzed with chit-chat about the
Mar 24, 2022 Less than five years ago, Ben White was so far removed from top-level football that his typical matchday experience involved a pregame curry and a half-time fistfight. In August 2017, White was sent on a season-long loan to League Two side Newport County by parent club Brighton & Hove Albion, with the
7:30 PM ET Mexico manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino will miss his side’s World Cup qualifying match on Sunday at Honduras as he recovers from a retinal detachment procedure on his right eye. The Mexican Football Federation made the announced on Friday, saying that assistant Jorge Theiler will coach El Tri for the match in San
6:55 PM ET Luke Thrower The 2022 January transfer window is closed, but there’s still plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Salah may leave Liverpool for Spain Barcelona have begun their rebuild under
11:38 PM ET Associated Press Lionel Messi says he will reconsider his future in soccer later this year but said it’s likely “many things will change” after the World Cup in November and December in Qatar. Messi’s comments came after Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 on Friday in the remaining match of the penultimate round of
1:44 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer David Raya’s call-up for Spain might seem odd, but the timing and the logic by Luis Enrique makes total sense. Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images “Who is David Raya?” It’s the kind of headline you might expect here, but not there. It’s one thing to need to tell an
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