Month: March 2024

ESPN News Services Mar 8, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAFC has signed prolific goalscorer Dénis Bouanga to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season. The deal announced Friday, which includes a team option for 2028, allows LAFC to move forward with the centerpiece of its attack secured for at least four
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says he’s facing playing the rest of the season without a recognised left-back because of injuries to Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia and revealed that on-loan Sergio Reguilón was allowed to leave in January because he was assured
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 8, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Two weeks into the MLS regular season, and one of the biggest stories has nothing to do with Lionel Messi‘s star-studded Inter Miami CF, the seemingly revived LA Galaxy
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Mar 8, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham played Chelsea last summer in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Getty Wrexham and Chelsea will play each other in a preseason friendly on July 24 in Santa Clara, California, both clubs announced Friday. This is the second successive summer the two sides will face each other —
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe favours building a new stadium for Manchester United rather than redeveloping Old Trafford, a source has told ESPN. The club have put together a task force to assess options for “regenerating the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester,” including Manchester mayor
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Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States midfielder Weston McKennie could return from injury this weekend, making it likely he will be available for the Concacaf Nations League finals in two weeks. It was thought McKennie would miss the matches at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium after dislocating his left
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he believes Jurgen Klopp “will be back” despite his decision to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season. Klopp is calling time on his nine-year stint at Anfield, citing exhaustion as the reason behind his decision, and
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United are going in the “right direction” despite back-to-back Premier League defeats. United have slipped 11 points off the top four and could lose a third successive league game for the first time since 2015 when
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Open Extended Reactions Chelsea are one of a number of clubs tracking Nico Williams but a summer bid for the Athletic Bilbao winger depends on several circumstances, sources have told ESPN. The 21-year-old agreed a new contract with the Spanish club last December which contains a release clause in the region of €50 million ($71m),
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Adriana Garcia Mar 8, 2024, 05:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid‘s appeal to overturn the two-match ban handed to Jude Bellingham has been dismissed by the Spanish Football Federation’s Competition Committee. Bellingham, LaLiga‘s leading scorer with 16 goals, will miss Sunday’s league game against Celta Vigo and the clash at Osasuna on March
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ESPN News Services Mar 7, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cole Campbell, a Borussia Dortmund youth team forward who turned 18 last month, has been approved by FIFA for a change of affiliation to the United States from Iceland. Campbell is the son of former Iceland women’s team forward Rakel Karvelsson, who was
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ESPN News Services Mar 7, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Argentina topflight club Vélez Sarsfield suspended four players on Thursday after a woman accused them of raping her last week. Velez said they suspended goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, defender Braian Cufré, midfielder José Ignacio Florentín and striker Abiel Osorio after learning that prosecutors had launched an investigation.
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Luis Suarez struck in stoppage time and Lionel Messi scored shortly after half-time to help Inter Miami tie Nashville 2-2 Thursday night in the Concadaf Champions Cup. The teams will meet Wednesday night in Miami for the second leg of the home-and-home portion of the round of 16, with Miami holding a decisive edge thanks to the
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AC Milan battled to a 4-2 win over Slavia Prague in an entertaining first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie at San Siro Stadium on Thursday, with United States attacker Christian Pulisic putting the game away late. Milan opened the scoring through Oliver Giroud’s close-range header from Rafael Leao’s cross in the 34th minute
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Mar 7, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has responded to Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s claim that Liverpool‘s trophies mean more than City’s, saying the defender doesn’t know what it feels like to win the treble. The provocative back-and-forth between England’s two most successful teams over the past five years has
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Mar 7, 2024, 11:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The New England Revolution signed captain Carles Gil to an extension through the 2026 season on Thursday. The 31-year-old midfielder’s deal includes a club option for 2027. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The three-time All-Star, two-time MLS Best XI selection and 2021 league
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