Month: January 2023

2:40 PM ET Borussia Dortmund substitute Gio Reyna tapped in a stoppage-time goal to give his team a 2-1 victory at Mainz 05 on Wednesday and lift them back into third place in the Bundesliga. The U.S. men’s national team midfielder has now scored winning goals in both Dortmund games since the Bundesliga season resumed
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5:06 PM ET Ousmane Dembele‘s second-half strike gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over 10-man Real Sociedad in their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday, stretching their unbeaten streak to 12 games. Real Sociedad came into the match on the back of nine consecutive wins in all competitions and almost scored in the 29th minute when
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4:51 PM ET Manchester United moved to within touching distance of a place in the Carabao Cup final after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 at the City Ground on Wednesday in the first leg of their semifinal. United scored at the beginning and end of the first half to put themselves in control, with Marcus Rashford
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7:27 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez lauded “lethal” Ousmane Dembele after the France forward’s goal downed Real Sociedad in Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal at Camp Nou. Dembele sealed a scintillating performance with his third goal in six games as Barca beat 10-man La Real 1-0 to book their place
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4:26 PM ET Associated Press The late Grant Wahl will be honored with this year’s Colin Jose Media Award, given to journalists who made long-term contributions to soccer in the United States. Wahl died at age 49 on Dec. 10 after collapsing while covering the World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and the Netherlands at Lusail,
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1:53 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona beat Levante Las Planas 7-0 at the Estadi Johan Cruyff on Wednesday to extend their winning run in Liga F to 50 games. Asisat Oshoala struck a hat-trick, Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic scored two, Mariona Caldentey was also on target and 16-year-old Vicky Lopez scored her first goal for
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9:51 AM ET Former Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls coach Chris Armas will join the coaching team of fellow American Jesse Marsch at Leeds United. Armas, 50, who was an assistant under Marsch from 2015-2018 at NYRB, was most recently an assistant coach at Manchester United, working under Ralf Rangnick last season. The
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8:13 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has criticised the Argentina players who mocked France following their World Cup final victory last month. Argentina won their first World Cup since 1986 following a 4-2 penalty shootout win over Les Bleus, after the entertaining match ended 3-3 following 120 minutes of action. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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5:52 AM ET World Cup bronze medallists Croatia were drawn against hosts the Netherlands in the Nations League semifinals in June while Italy and Spain will reprise their rivalry in the competition in the other game. The four countries were winners of their respective League A groups last year and will compete in the mini-tournament
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5:01 AM ET Cedric Soares joined Arsenal in January 2020. Photo by Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images Fulham are expected to complete the loan signing of Arsenal defender Cedric Soares this week, sources have told ESPN. Negotiations have accelerated in recent days and the two clubs have now agreed in principle a six-month loan deal with no option
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7:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona’s women were made to collect their own medals after winning the Women’s Super Cup on Sunday. Angel Martinez/Getty Images The Spanish Players’ Association [AFE] has accused the Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] of undervaluing the women’s game, saying Barcelona were “victims of clear discrimination” following their Super Cup
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6:18 PM ET Cesar Hernandez CARSON, California — Dual-national Alejandro Zendejas said he hasn’t closed the door to Mexico, despite accepting a first senior call up for the United States men’s national team this month. Speaking ahead a friendly against Serbia on Wednesday at LAFC’s BMO Stadium, the Club America winger was asked how open
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4:38 PM ET Associated Press The husband of United States women’s team defender Crystal Dunn illegally distributed a controlled substance to Portland Thorns players in his role as the team’s athletic trainer, the National Women’s Soccer League announced following an outside investigation. The trainer, Pierre Soubrier, was fired on Tuesday along with Thorns assistant coach
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12:24 PM ET Three men were arrested following reports of alleged homophobic chanting at the goalless draw between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield, Merseyside Police said on Tuesday. The men, aged 23, 37 and 49, were arrested on suspicion of “homophobic intentional harassment alarm and distress” in Saturday’s game, the police said in a statement
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1:28 PM ET Rodrigo Faez Julien Laurens Arnaut Danjuma is set to sign for Tottenham on loan after they hijacked his move from Villarreal to Everton, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Forward Danjuma, 25, had agreed a switch to Goodison Park — even undergoing a medical — before Spurs moved to convince the player to
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