ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Sam Kerr, captain of Australia’s women’s soccer team, is to face trial in England accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The West Australian, who plays for Chelsea in London, appeared in court in the British capital on Monday accused of using insulting,
Month: March 2024
Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester
Mar 4, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid are set to appeal Jude Bellingham‘s red card against Valencia, sources have told ESPN. The England midfielder was sent off after the final whistle of Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Valencia for dissent. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The referee’s report claimed
ESPN news services Mar 4, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FC Cincinnati announced the signing of Inter Miami defender DeAndre Yedlin for $172,799 in General Allocation Money on Monday. Sources had confirmed the transfer to ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle on Sunday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) “We’re excited to welcome DeAndre
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMar 4, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s been another action-packed weekend in European soccer, so let’s review. Sunday brought the Manchester derby and with it, a fresh reminder as to how far back Man United are from Pep Guardiola and Man City. Real Madrid returned to Valencia,
Cesar Hernandez Mar 4, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This season’s Major League Soccer‘s All-Star Game will feature a match against the best of Liga MX for a third time in the last four years of the league’s exhibition game, MLS announced on Monday. Scheduled for July 24 at Columbus, Ohio’s Lower.com Field,
Adriana Garcia Mar 4, 2024, 04:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil forward Neymar said on Saturday that he would like to play again with Inter Miami‘s Lionel Messi in the future. The two are good friends and played together at both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, but will not face off in this summer’s Copa
Cesar Hernandez Mar 4, 2024, 06:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — As the rain dissipated into an idyllic sunset sky at BMO Stadium on Sunday, so too did a storm that has been surrounding the U.S. women’s national team. Days after falling to rivals Mexico for just the second time in a
Open Extended Reactions New minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has a three-year plan to restore Manchester United to a position of dominance over Manchester City. There’s nothing wrong with ambition and bold targets, but reality sometimes gets in the way. Sunday’s 3-1 derby defeat against Pep Guardiola’s team showed the Everest-sized mountain United must climb
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 3, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions FC Cincinnati is set to acquire Inter Miami defender DeAndre Yedlin for $172,000 in General Allocation Money, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Cincinnati Enquirer was the first to report
COLOGNE, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen went 10 points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich with a 2-0 Bundesliga win over struggling neighbours Cologne, who were reduced to 10-men in the first half of a hotly-contested Rhein derby on Sunday. Leverkusen, who have now gone 34 games without defeat in all competitions this season,
The United States women’s national team bounced back from a shocking loss to Mexico in its previous Concacaf Gold Cup match to make short work of Colombia in a 3-0 quarterfinal win Sunday night at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. First-half goals from Lindsay Horan, Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw gave the U.S. a comfortable lead
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 3, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United midfielder Casemiro has said that the club’s new minority owners should use Manchester City as “a mirror” in their bid to get the team back to the top of English football. United were swept aside by City at the Etihad Stadium on
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 3, 2024, 04:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona are facing an injury crisis in midfield after both Frenkie de Jong and Pedri were forced off in the first half of Sunday’s LaLiga draw with Athletic Club at San Mames. De Jong was taken off on a stretcher in the
Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said that Erling Haaland‘s ability to miss chances and “forget in an instant” is what defines him as a great player after the forward scored in Manchester City‘s 3-1 win against Manchester United following a series of wasted opportunities. Two earlier goals from Phil Foden enabled City to cancel out
ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nathalie Björn, Mayra Ramírez and Catarina Macario all netted their first Women’s Super League goals for Chelsea as they cruised to a 4-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday to go back to the top of the table, above Manchester City on goal
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 3, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — By the end, the 192nd Manchester derby had provided a fair idea of where the city’s two biggest clubs are at. Manchester City, dominant for so much of the afternoon at the Etihad Stadium, won 3-1 to stay in the hunt
Phil Foden kept Manchester City‘s Premier League title challenge on track with a second-half double as his side hit back to clinch a 3-1 home victory over Manchester United on Sunday. Marcus Rashford‘s eighth-minute thunderbolt gave United the lead against the run of play and it looked like the visitors might put a dent in
Arsenal kept their hopes of winning the Women’s Super League (WSL) title alive on Sunday with a hard-earned 1-0 win over north London rivals Tottenham, in front of a sell-out crowd at the Emirates. Alessia Russo‘s 49th minute goal from a Beth Mead assist proved to be the difference as Arsenal remained in third place, but
Mar 2, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Another weekend of European football action is underway, and there was no shortage of drama — particularly in Spain. There was more referee drama with Real Madrid, there were protests in Valencia, and there was vindication for Vinícius Júnior. Elsewhere on the continent, Luis Enrique stirred