Month: September 2023

Kerolin and Manaka Matsukubo each scored and the North Carolina Courage beat Racing Louisville 2-0 on Saturday to win the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year. After a two-hour lightning delay, Kerolin scored in the 28th minute, getting a ball over the top from Narumi Miura and beating goalkeeper Katie
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Sep 9, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Germany coach Hansi Flick said he was still the right man to lead the team after their shock 4-1 loss at home against Japan in their international friendly on Saturday and despite mounting pressure following a string of bad results. The Germans, four-time world champions, had hoped the match
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 9, 2023, 10:00 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. ST. LOUIS — Gregg Berhalter praised the mindset of his U.S. men’s national team in the last 10 minutes of the 3-0 win over Uzbekistan, but admitted that there was plenty of
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Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 11:08 PM ET Bruce Arena has resigned as sporting director and head coach of the New England Revolution. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Bruce Arena quit as coach of the New England Revolution on Saturday night, six weeks after he was placed on administrative leave by Major League Soccer
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The United States men’s national soccer team stuttered to a 3-0 win over Uzbekistan in an international friendly in St. Louis on Saturday that marked Gregg Berhalter’s first game back as coach. The goals came early and late. Tim Weah put the U.S. in front in the fourth minute before substitute Ricardo Pepi and AC
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Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 02:56 PM ET Arsenal terminated the contract of former club-record signing Nicolas Pépé on Saturday, letting the winger leave on a free transfer. Arsenal paid £72 million ($90m) to sign Pepê from French club Lille in 2019 but will get nothing for his departure, with the Ivory Coast international reportedly
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Euro 2024 hosts Germany slumped to a shock 4-1 home loss to Japan in their international friendly on Saturday, deepening the sense of crisis hanging over them after their third straight loss less than nine months before the continental tournament. The four-time world champions, who crashed out of last year’s World Cup group stage after
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England fought back to salvage a 1-1 draw in their Euro 2024 qualifier against Ukraine on Saturday to stay four points clear atop Group C after Kyle Walker scored from a sublime pass by Harry Kane for his first international goal. England dominated possession but Ukraine opened the scoring against the run of play in
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Sep 9, 2023, 11:24 AM ET Congo and Gambia‘s African Cup of Nations qualifier in Marrakech will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday despite the powerful earthquake that struck the city on Friday night and has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds more. However, Saturday’s match between Morocco and Liberia in Agadir, some
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Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCSep 8, 2023, 02:55 PM ET The latest development in the fallout from Spanish football federation president (RFEF) Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss of forward Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s World Cup final win came on Wednesday, when it emerged that Hermoso had filed a legal complaint with Spanish prosecutors. Hermoso’s decision to participate
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Harry Kane has backed Dele Alli to revive his playing career after going public with the details of his traumatic upbringing. Alli revealed in July that he was sexually abused at the age of six and sold drugs aged eight in a shocking childhood, which created issues that eventually led him to enter rehab earlier
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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentSep 8, 2023, 02:08 PM ET Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal became the youngest player and youngest goalscorer for Spain‘s men’s senior team after finding the net on his debut in Friday’s 7-1 European Championship qualifying win against Georgia. At 16 years and 57 days old, he takes the record as Spain’s youngest
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Portugal‘s Bruno Fernandes scored in the first half to earn a 1-0 away win over Slovakia in their Euro 2024 qualifier on Friday as they moved five points clear of their opponents atop Group J and maintained their perfect record after five games. Fernandes’ low strike two minutes from halftime beat Martin Dubravka inside his
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 8, 2023, 04:07 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. ST. LOUIS — U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has revealed his lineup ahead of Saturday’s friendly against Uzbekistan, highlighted by an attack led by AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic and
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 8, 2023, 04:29 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. ST. LOUIS — U.S. men’s national team attacker Christian Pulisic says Lionel Messi’s performances with Inter Miami “absolutely helps” push MLS forward. Speaking to reporters ahead of Saturday’s game between the U.S.
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Ross Devonport Sep 8, 2023, 12:05 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami CF coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said Friday he doesn’t think Lionel Messi sustained any kind of serious injury in Argentina‘s opening World Cup qualifying win over Ecuador on Thursday, but that he should know more soon regarding his star’s status. Messi
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