ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Spanish club owned by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow secured promotion to LaLiga on Sunday. Leganés beat Elche 2-0 to win the second-division title. Their promotion came four years after they were relegated, and two years after the investment group
Month: June 2024
Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Saint-Etienne drew 2-2 at 10-man Metz to win promotion back to Ligue 1 on Sunday, with substitute Ibrahima Wadji scoring the decisive goal deep into extra time for a 4-3 aggregate score. Both legs of the relegation-promotion playoff finished 2-1 to the home side
Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate has said that he believes Luke Shaw has “a good chance” of making England‘s final Euro 2024 squad despite the defender having not played competitive football since February. Shaw’s last appearance for club or country came on Feb. 18 when he limped off with a muscular problem early in the
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jun 2, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid celebrated their Champions League win on Sunday, taking to streets of the Spanish capital in an open top bus parade before partying with fans at the Bernabéu. Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday
ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann said he’s shocked that a public broadcaster asked participants in a survey if they would prefer more white players in the national soccer team. Nagelsmann agreed Sunday with midfielder Joshua Kimmich‘s comments the day before that the survey for German state broadcaster
Jeff Kassouf Jun 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET COMMERCE CITY, Colorado — If the United States women’s national team’s 4-0 win over South Korea on Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park was any indication, the stagnant attack from last year’s World Cup is fully an issue of the past. The era of Emma Hayes as
Lizzy Becherano Jun 2, 2024, 02:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Following Saturday’s final whistle, Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo Martino addressed the media with a calm yet serious facade while knowing he would have to answer a series of questions about another questionable performance. For the second consecutive game, Miami lost
Jun 2, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The focus for Arsenal this offseason will be finding improvements in the squad which should finally bridge the small gap between themselves and Premier League champions Manchester City. There’s one obvious priority here, and we’d expect the club to deal with it pretty quickly: manager Mikel
Lizzy Becherano Jun 2, 2024, 03:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions St. Louis City goalkeeper Roman Bürki has said he expects to see Marco Reus join Major League Soccer either this summer or next year, and revealed he continues to convince his former Borussia Dortmund teammate to join the second-year expansion team. “I talked to
Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 07:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The auction of a trophy awarded to the late Diego Maradona that was planned for this week has been postponed, French auction house Aguttes said on Sunday, amid a judicial investigation looking into the possible resale of stolen goods. Maradona’s heirs this week failed
Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has said he wants Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos to reconsider his decision to retire after helping the Spanish club win a record 15th Champions League title in a 2-0 victory against Borussia Dortmund. Kroos clinched his sixth Champions League winners’ medal — five with Madrid and one with Bayern
Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Real Madrid boss José Mourinho will be unveiled as the new coach of Turkish Super Lig team Fenerbahce later on Sunday, the club said. Following days of strong indications that Mourinho was to take charge, the Istanbul club said in a post on
Open Extended Reactions Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said Jadon Sancho will play in another Champions League in his career, but admitted he does not know if the on-loan Manchester United winger’s future will be with the Bundesliga team. Sancho, 24, was unable to prevent Dortmund from sliding to defeat against Real Madrid in the
Salomón Rondón scored a pair of goals and Pachuca won its sixth Concacaf Champions Cup title with a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night. Emilio Rodriguez added a goal in the victory at Pachuca’s Estadio Hidalgo that earned the club a spot in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be
Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 10:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi scored his 12th goal of the season in his last Major League Soccer match before the Copa America, and MLS-leading Inter Miami CF came from behind to tie St. Louis City 3-3 on Saturday night. Miami (10-3-5, 35
Jeff Kassouf Jun 1, 2024, 09:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COMMERCE CITY, Colorado — Forward Mallory Swanson scored for the United States for the first time in 15 months to lead her side to a 4-0 victory over South Korea on Saturday at Dick’s Sporting in Emma Hayes’ first match as head coach. Afterward,
Open Extended Reactions Toni Kroos called his record of six Champions League titles “crazy” after ending his club career by helping Real Madrid to their 15th European Cup in a 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. Kroos, 34, announced earlier this year that he will retire from football after representing Germany at Euro 2024,
Open Extended Reactions LONDON — You wonder what went through Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti’s head as the half-time whistle blew at Wembley on Saturday night. His team, the heavy favorites and finalists in six of the last 10 years (and winners each time), could well have been two or three goals down against Borussia
Jun 1, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham has described Real Madrid‘s Champions League final win over Borussia Dortmund as “the best night of my life” as the Spanish giants claimed their record-extending 15th European crown. Bellingham assisted Vinícius Júnior for the second goal that secured the 2-0 victory after Dani Carvajal
Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid won a record-extending 15th Champions League title with a 2-0 victory against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, but the LaLiga champions were pushed to the limit by the Bundesliga side which went into the game as a heavy underdog. Second-half goals from Dani Carvajal, the full-back’s first Champions League goal since