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

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

NOTTINGHAM, England — Manchester United are just 90 minutes away from the Carabao Cup final after sealing a 3-0 semifinal first-leg win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. – Report: Nottingham Forest 0-3 Man United Goals from Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes were enough to give United a commanding lead going into

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

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

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,

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

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

4:29 PM ET There’s no such thing as a meaningless, consequence-free national team match. It remains an honor for the players involved, there are a few FIFA ratings points on the line and have you seen Twitter during a U.S. men’s national team match? The existential dread gets all over the furniture even in the

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

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