Month: November 2023

Nov 19, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions France captain Kylian Mbappé was prouder of his team’s achievement than his own personal milestone as Didier Deschamps’ side ran riot in a record 14-0 win over Gibraltar on Saturday. Mbappé’s hat-trick in Nice saw him become the youngest player to reach 300 goals in Europe’s
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Striker Romelu Lukaku scored four goals in 20 first-half minutes as brilliant Belgium cruised to an emphatic 5-0 victory over 10-man Azerbaijan in a Euro 2024 Group F qualifier in blustery Brussels on Sunday. Lukaku put on a magnificent display of clinical finishing as he took his tally in the pool to 14 in eight
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Nov 19, 2023, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Teenage midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery is to miss “several weeks” for Paris Saint-Germain with an ankle injury suffered in France‘s record-breaking rout of Gibraltar on Saturday, according to national team coach Didier Deschamps. Zaïre-Emery, 17, sustained the injury scoring on his international debut, when he became France’s
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LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov has said UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin made his players “angry” when he said it would be a “disaster” for Euro 2024 if Italy fail to qualify for the tournament. Reigning European champions Italy face Ukraine the German city of Leverkusen on Monday — all of Ukraine’s Group C
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Barcelona dominated Real Madrid from start to finish in Sunday’s El Clásico as they recored an in impressive 5-0 win in front of a crowd of 38,707 at the Olympic Stadium. Aitana Bonmatí, Caroline Graham Hansen and Mariona Caldentey all scored in the first half, with Clàudia Pina and Vicky López chipping in late on
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ESPN News Services Nov 18, 2023, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States lost 3-0 to France on Saturday at the Under-17 World Cup in Indonesia, but still finished second in Group E behind the 2001 champion thanks to earlier wins over South Korea and Burkina Faso. Joan Tincres scored in first-half added
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Striker Wout Weghorst’s early goal ensured the Netherlands clinched a berth at next year’s European Championship as they beat Ireland 1-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena on Saturday to finish second in Group B. Weghorst broke free from just inside the Irish half and, despite options to his left, decided to steam straight towards goal
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France recorded their biggest-ever victory with a 14-0 rout of 10-man Gibraltar in a Euro 2024 Group B qualifier on Saturday as Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat trick and Warren Zaire-Emery scored on his debut. The margin of victory was also a record for European Championship qualification matches. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterNov 18, 2023, 11:40 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions United States midfielder Weston McKennie has left the team’s camp ahead of the second leg of its CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal against Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, U.S. Soccer announced
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Nov 18, 2023, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham were criticised for making “mistimed stupid statements” by Accrington Stanley owner Andy Holt after a row over ticket prices erupted ahead of the two teams’ League Two fixture on Saturday. Accrington beat Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s side 2-0 at Wham Stadium after both sides
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 18, 2023, 09:33 AM ET Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, the LaLiga club confirmed on Saturday, dealing another blow to a team that is already managing several long-term injuries this season. Sources have told ESPN that he is expected to be unavailable for
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Nov 18, 2023, 07:31 AM ET Erling Haaland will miss Norway’s final European Championship qualifier against Scotland after injuring his foot in a friendly match against Faroe Islands, his country’s team doctor said on Saturday. The Manchester City striker suffered a knock in Thursday’s friendly but was able to finish the match. – Stream on
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Goals from Anthony Lozano and Bryan Rochez led Honduras to a 2-0 win against Mexico in the opener of a two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal series that will serve as a qualifier for next year’s Copa America. Hosted in Honduras’ Estadio Nacional Chelato Ucles on Friday, the match first began with early complications for Mexico
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 17, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions D.C. United has hired Ally Mackay to be its general manager and chief soccer officer, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Washington Post was first to report the news.
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Nov 17, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Australia‘s players will donate a portion of their match fees from their World Cup qualifying fixture with Palestine on Tuesday towards Oxfam’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in Gaza, with midfielder and player’s union president Jackson Irvine calling the ongoing conflict in the region “unfathomable.” The Socceroos will face Palestine in
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