Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 16, 2023, 10:06 AM ET Kyle Walker has admitted criticism from Pep Guardiola “hurt” during his spell out of the Manchester City team earlier this season. Guardiola said in April that Walker was not equipped to play in the inverted full-back role and instead picked natural centre-back John Stones for the position.
Month: May 2023
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMay 16, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The USL Super League formally announced the eight markets that will take part in the inaugural season set to begin in August 2024. The markets comprising the nascent women’s league are: Charlotte,
Associated Press May 16, 2023, 08:25 AM ET Folarin Balogun has scored 19 goals on loan at Ligue 1 side Reims this season. VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images The United States can select Folarin Balogun after the England under-21 forward, who has starred for Ligue 1 side Reims this season, opted to represent the 2026 World
May 16, 2023, 05:52 AM ET Zakaria Aboukhlal also refused to take part in a campaign against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Toulouse striker Zakaria Aboukhlal will train alone pending an investigation into an alleged altercation with a local official, the club said on Tuesday. RMC Sport reported that Aboukhlal had a run-in with
Ryan Rosenblatt May 15, 2023, 02:10 PM ET After a slow start to 2023, the Philadelphia Union are rounding into the form that took them to last year’s MLS Cup final. Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports It was a banner week for teams low in the MLS standings. The West’s two bottom teams, Sporting Kansas City
Associated Press May 15, 2023, 12:18 PM ET On-loan Manchester United midfielder Marcel Sabitzer has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, the club said Monday. The Austria international joined from Bayern Munich in January on a short-term deal which runs until the end of the campaign. But after
Associated Press May 15, 2023, 06:17 PM ET Nearly 80,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona on Monday to celebrate the club’s LaLiga titles for the men’s and women’s teams. Barcelona’s men clinched their first league title since 2019 on Sunday, while the women’s side had already secured theirs a couple of weeks ago.
May 15, 2023, 07:52 PM ET Marcelo Bielsa achieved great success at Leeds before leaving last year with the club in relegation trouble. Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images Marcelo Bielsa has been named manager of the Uruguay men’s national team through the 2026 World Cup, the federation announced on Monday. Bielsa, 67, had been out
May 15, 2023, 04:57 PM ET Two goals from Curtis Jones and a sublime finish from Trent Alexander-Arnold gave Liverpool a 3-0 win away to Leicester City in the Premier League on Monday, boosting their Champions League hopes while deepening the Foxes’ relegation worries. Liverpool are fifth in the table on 65 points after 36
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 15, 2023, 02:08 PM ET At the start of the season, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez sat his players down and told them they had to win the LaLiga title. “With this squad, the league cannot escape us,” he said in August, as revealed in a recent documentary. “We have to
Associated Press May 15, 2023, 01:47 PM ET Nantes fined striker Mostafa Mohamed for refusing to play in their Ligue 1 match against Toulouse on Sunday. Getty Images Nantes has fined striker Mostafa Mohamed for refusing to play against Toulouse on Sunday, when teams across France wore rainbow-colored numbers on their jerseys in show of support
Gab Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 15, 2023, 01:37 PM ET It has been another brilliant weekend on the business end of European soccer season, so let’s look at the biggest talking points and what you might have missed. Arsenal were stunned at home by Brighton, all but ending the Gunners’ hopes to clinch the
ESPN May 15, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Wrexham announced that they will hold talks with goalkeeper Ben Foster about a new deal while confirming top scorer Paul Mullin’s contract has been extended. Both Foster and Mullin played a key role, especially during the latter stages of the campaign, to
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 15, 2023, 08:51 AM ET Manchester City have not given up hope of agreeing a new contract with Ilkay Gundogan and have not been informed that he intends to leave this summer, sources have told ESPN. Gundogan’s deal is set to expire in June and if fresh terms are not agreed, the
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 15, 2023, 06:02 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club can compete with Saudi Arabia’s offer for Lionel Messi, even if they cannot match it financially. ESPN reported earlier this month that Messi, who turns 36 in June, will leave Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent when
Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 15, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Manchester United have entered the decisive days of their season, with their prospects of success or failure resting on a handful of games in the Premier League and FA Cup. But thanks to the ongoing takeover saga surrounding the club, they are already facing
May 14, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Feyenoord wrapped up the Dutch championship with two games to spare after two early goals set them on their way to a 3-0 win over Go Ahead Eagles in Rotterdam on Sunday. Feyenoord took an unassailable lead at the top of the standings to spark wild celebrations in the
May 14, 2023, 11:04 AM ET Ilkay Gundogan scored two brilliant goals and teed up Erling Haaland for another to inspire Manchester City to a 3-0 win at Everton on Sunday as they moved four points clear of Arsenal atop the Premier League table with an 11th consecutive victory. With three games remaining, Pep Guardiola’s
May 14, 2023, 04:39 PM ET Several Toulouse players were withdrawn from the squad for Sunday’s Ligue 11 draw against Nantes after they refused to have their names associated with a league-wide gesture of support against homophobia, the club said. “Some players from the professional squad have expressed their disagreement with the association of their
May 14, 2023, 11:42 AM ET Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday to claim a third straight Women’s FA Cup title in front of a record crowd at Wembley Stadium, as Australian forward Sam Kerr‘s strike again proved to be the difference. Kerr, who also scored the winner in last season’s final, turned in
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