ESPN News Services Nov 2, 2023, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta United striker Giorgos Giakoumakis was named the 2023 MLS Newcomer of the Year on Thursday, beating Inter Miami star Lionel Messi to the award. Greece international Giakoumakis, 28, tallied 17 goals and three assists in 27 matches (21 starts) this season. –
Month: November 2023
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 02:12 PM ET Colombia‘s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN, was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the father of Liverpool and Colombian national soccer team forward Luis Díaz. The peace delegation of the government, which is currently in negotiations with ELN, said
Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou said Tottenham fans will show Mauricio Pochettino “nothing but respect” upon his return to the club next week but insisted there would be no guard-of-honour-style staged show of gratitude. Pochettino will make his first appearance at Spurs on Monday night when Chelsea travel to N17, having previously managed the club
Open Extended Reactions Former Manchester United winger Nani has accused the squad of lacking fighting spirit and failing to follow the example set by captain Bruno Fernandes. The 36-year-old won 12 trophies during seven years at Old Trafford which ended with a season-long loan move back to Sporting CP prior to joining Fenerbahce in 2015.
Leading players from the U.S. women ‘s national team and across Europe have joined forces in an effort to tackle rising mental health issues within football through a new initiative called “Create the Space.” USWNT stars Naomi Girma, Sophia Smith and Sofia Huerta are among the stars to back the project, which aims to provide
Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, England — There’s a tough crowd at Birmingham City and Wayne Rooney has already experienced the wrath of the club’s long-suffering supporters, who booed him at the end of his first home game (a 2-0 loss to Hull City) as manager last month. Birmingham are a blue-collar team and proudly so,
Darwin Núñez came off the bench to score a go-ahead goal for Liverpool in a 2-1 Carabao Cup fourth-round win over AFC Bournemouth at The Vitality Stadium on Wednesday night. Cody Gakpo opened the scoring for Liverpool just after 30 minutes when he put back the short rebound from his own shot — a deflected
Associated Press Nov 1, 2023, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Getafe and Real Betis both scored 12 goals against lower-division clubs in the first round of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Getafe routed sixth-tier Tardienta 12-0, with Mason Greenwood scoring a goal in each half and Óscar Rodríguez getting a hat trick. –
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said he is disappointed Arsenal failed to heed his warning about the task they faced at West Ham United after losing 3-1 at London Stadium on Wednesday to exit the EFL Cup and now his side is “feeling the pain.” The Gunners were knocked out at the fourth-round stage
ESPN News Services Nov 1, 2023, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United‘s reward for knocking out Carabao Cup holders Manchester United will be a trip to take on Chelsea in the quarterfinals, while record nine-time winners Liverpool will host West Ham United. In the two other ties drawn Wednesday, Everton will welcome Fulham
Third-tier Saarbrücken stunned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 with a last-gasp winner on Wednesday to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round. Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time to complete a sensational comeback and trigger wild celebrations from the home crowd as the Bayern players
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 1, 2023, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Midway through the first half, with Manchester United already 1-0 down, the 9,000 Newcastle fans inside Old Trafford started singing to United manager Erik ten Hag: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” With the score at 2-0 before the end of
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 1, 2023, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag admitted his Manchester United team are “in a bad place” after another humiliating defeat to Newcastle United, but insisted he’s “a fighter” as questions mount about his job at Old Trafford. United lost 3-0 at Old Trafford for the second time
Manchester United were humbled 3-0 at home by Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup fourth round as their dismal start to the season took a serious turn for the worse on Wednesday. Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag looked shocked on the sidelines as his team were booed off the pitch, with the Dutchman under
Nov 1, 2023, 12:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions England‘s Alex Greenwood was carried off the pitch on a stretcher following a clash of heads in their Women’s Nations League defeat in Belgium on Tuesday, and will now return to Manchester City for assessment, her club said on Wednesday. Greenwood clashed heads with Belgium’s Jassina
Nov 1, 2023, 11:27 AM ET A new statement by Mainz forward Anwar El Ghazi regarding the Israel-Hamas war has left his Bundesliga club perplexed considering he was sanctioned just days ago after posting another comment about the conflict on social media. El Ghazi, who was handed a warning and suspended following his previous remarks
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 1, 2023, 09:29 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Although it’s been far from perfect, Christian Pulisic is the USMNT player who may be enjoying the best 2023-24 season in Europe thus far after a successful move to
Ross Davenport Nov 1, 2023, 09:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Inter Miami have announced that their scheduled two-game postseason tour of China has been canceled after tour promoter NTN pulled the plug, blaming the recent death of Chinese premier Li Keqiang for the decision. The MLS side was scheduled to
Sophie Lawson Nov 1, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When Spain‘s World Cup winner Aitana Bonmatí strode to the stage to collect her well-deserved Ballon d’Or Féminin award on Monday night, there was a sense of disrespect. And not for the first time. The moment should have been a celebration of women’s football,
Nov 1, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In the voting for the 2019 Ballon d’Or, Liverpool‘s Virgil van Dijk lost out to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi by just seven votes. While defenders rarely win the award (Fabio Cannavaro, in 2006, remains the only player to have done so in the past 25 years)