Month: March 2024

An early goal from Lorenzo Pellegrini and a late strike from Nicolo Barella gave a revamped Italy side a 2-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, on Sunday. Italy coach Luciano Spalletti made 11 changes to the lineup from Thursday’s 2-1 win over Venezuela, handing more players
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Mar 24, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire have withdrawn from the England camp with injuries, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Sunday. The duo, along with goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, will return to their respective clubs for further assessment on injuries they picked up in recent days as
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Mar 24, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An early strike from Chelsea‘s Agnes Beever-Jones and a late goal from Erin Cuthbert sent the Blues back to the top of the Women’s Super League (WSL) table as they beat West Ham United 2-0 away on Sunday to edge ahead of Manchester City on goal
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A Caroline Graham Hansen-inspired Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on Sunday to move 12 points clear at the top of Liga F. The Norway international helped create the opening goal for Fridolina Rolfö, laid on the second for Aitana Bonmatí and scored the third herself as Barça made it 14
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Mar 24, 2024, 08:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Christoph Baumgartner’s goal made history for Austria. Christian Hofer/Getty Images Austria‘s Christoph Baumgartner scored six seconds after kick-off in a friendly against Slovakia on Saturday, the fastest recorded goal in the country’s history. The 24-year-old sprinted from the centre circle and skipped past three challenges before firing
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Mar 24, 2024, 06:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Isabel Rodriguez opened the scoring for Kansas City Current in their NWSL win against San Diego Wave. Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports Isabel Rodriguez scored in the 44th minute and Lo’eau LaBonta converted a penalty kick in the 71st minute as the Kansas City Current came back from
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Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 on Saturday in Frisco, Texas to secure a spot in this year’s Copa América where they will play the tournament’s opening match against Lionel Messi and World Cup champions Argentina. Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg each scored for Canada in a Concacaf Nations League playoff match that was a
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Florian Wirtz scored Germany‘s fastest international goal after seven seconds as the Euro 2024 hosts earned a confidence-boosting 2-0 friendly victory over France on Saturday to bag their first win in their last four games. Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann was desperate for a good start to the year ahead of the tournament on home soil
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ESPN News Services Mar 23, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil‘s 17-year-old prodigy Endrick admitted he was almost overcome by emotion after the Real Madrid-bound forward became the youngest men’s player to score an international goal at Wembley. Endrick, who will move from Palmeiras to Madrid at the end of the season when
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 23, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said his side has the chance to “create a legacy” when it takes on rival Mexico in Sunday’s Concacaf
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 23, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — England striker Harry Kane is being sent back to Bayern Munich to continue his recovery from an ankle injury, Gareth Southgate has confirmed, and won’t feature against Belgium at Wembley on Tuesday. Kane joined up with the England squad ahead of the
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An injury-hit Brazil beat England 1-0 in coach Dorival Junior’s first match in charge as 17-year-old substitute Endrick scored the 80th-minute winner in a friendly at Wembley on Saturday. Endrick, who is due to join Real Madrid in July from Palmeiras, tapped into an empty net after England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford could only parry a
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Mar 23, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson fulfilled his dream of managing Liverpool, after leading the club in a charity legends game against Ajax at Anfield on Saturday. Eriksson announced in January that he’d been diagnosed with cancer, adding that doctors had told him he had a year
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Wrexham took a further step towards securing automatic promotion from League Two with comfortable 3-1 win away from home at lowly Grimsby Town. All three goals for the Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds-owned side came in the first half, courtesy of a brace from midfielder Andy Cannon and a well-taken volley from Paul Mullin. –
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Mar 23, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Khadija Shaw became Manchester City‘s record goalscorer on Saturday, with her goal against Manchester United taking her past Georgia Stanway‘s tally of 67 goals and carrying City to the top of the Women’s Super League (WSL) table. The 27-year-old, who joined City in 2021, has reached
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Mar 23, 2024, 08:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Russia have cancelled Monday’s friendly international against Paraguay in Moscow following Friday’s shooting rampage near the capital city, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said on Saturday. At least 115 people were killed after gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons in a concert hall near Moscow, with
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Cristian Romero opened the scoring for Argentina against El Salvador. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Argentina began preparations for their Copa America defence with a convincing 3-0 win against El Salvador on Friday. The 2021 champions were without captain Lionel Messi due to injury but prevailed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia thanks to goals
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