Month: September 2023

Graham Hunter, Spain writerSep 26, 2023, 04:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. On Monday morning in Spain, Álvaro Morata got up early — much earlier than his aching body wanted to — and drove his kids to school.

Sep 26, 2023, 05:00 AM ET A group of Manchester United supporters based in the United States have flown a banner reading “Glazers Out” over the Raymond James Stadium in Florida. The banner was seen over the stadium ahead of the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers —

Ryan Rosenblatt Sep 25, 2023, 03:41 PM ET New York City FC are clinging on to the ninth and final playoff place in the Eastern Conference. Mark Smith-USA TODAY Sports When MLS expanded the playoffs to include 18 teams, the league said it wanted to keep teams invested all the way to the end of the

Associated Press Sep 25, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko is tired of being compared to Erling Haaland. Those comparisons, though, are somewhat inevitable. Both players are 6-foot-4 strikers who took formative steps in their careers at Austrian team Salzburg before moving to German clubs, with Sesko joining Salzburg’s sister club Leipzig this

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 25, 2023, 04:51 PM ET Jadon Sancho has been urged to apologise to Erik ten Hag by his Manchester United teammates, a source has told ESPN. Sancho has been banished from first team training following his public rift with Ten Hag over being left out of the squad for United’s match against

Morata, right, and Atletico were sensational in defeating their local rivals this weekend, but it also spoke volumes of how Real’s depth isn’t as solid as previously thought. Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images The European soccer weekend didn’t disappoint as a string of high-profile clashes offered up plenty of entertainment and talking points. There

Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR decisions have affected

Sep 25, 2023, 07:58 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi has refuted Lionel Messi‘s claim that he was not recognised by the French club for his World Cup triumph last year. Messi scored twice in the final in Qatar and converted his spot kick in the penalty shootout as Argentina beat France to claim

Manchester City step up their pursuit of a first-ever quadruple this week. It’s still only September and the 2023-24 season is just over a month old, but Pep Guardiola’s team have become so formidable that talk of previously unimagined glory has now become the norm. City have re-written the record books since Guardiola arrived in

James Maddison said Tottenham are showing signs of shedding their “Spursy” tag after twice coming from behind to earn a 2-2 draw at Arsenal. Cristian Romero‘s own goal put the Gunners in front before Son Heung-Min scored the first of two goals, netting smartly from Maddison’s cutback. Bukayo Saka then scored a 54th-minute penalty —

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 24, 2023, 10:30 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. CHICAGO — Megan Rapinoe‘s teammates were egging her on. After Emily Sonnett scored a header after Rapinoe’s corner had been punched right to her in the 49th minute, she celebrated by jumping