COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Liverpool handed Manchester United an early warning ahead of the new season with a 3-0 win at Williams-Brice Stadium. Arne Slot enjoyed a comfortable victory in his first meeting with United as Liverpool manager thanks to goals from Fábio Carvalho, Curtis Jones and KostasTsimikas. United start their campaign against Manchester City
Month: August 2024
ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil beat hosts France 1-0 in Nantes to reach the women’s Olympic soccer semifinals and extend the top-level international career of legendary forward Marta. Marta, a six-time women’s world player of the year, was suspended for the quarterfinal after receiving a red card
Erling Haaland scored a hat trick as Manchester City thrashed Chelsea 4-2 in front of over 70,000 fans at Ohio Stadium. Haaland showed no signs of the muscle injury he picked up in the 2-2 draw with Barcelona to help Pep Guardiola’s team to a comfortable win over their Premier League rivals. The Norwegian striker
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 3, 2024, 11:45 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — After a long, hot, ponderous afternoon of frustration, Trinity Rodman took the ball down, shimmied to her left and delivered a brilliant laser of light when the United States women’s national
ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Germany ended Canada‘s controversial Olympic run in a penalty shootout in Marseille on Friday to set up a soccer semifinal against the U.S. women’s national team. After a goalless draw through extra time, Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero for Germany, saving two of
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 3, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Trinity Rodman doesn’t remember much about her stunning, staggering extra-time strike that sent the United States women’s national team into the Olympic semifinals on Saturday. In truth, Rodman confessed afterward, the
Jeff Kassouf Aug 3, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For 106 minutes, the United States and Japan slogged through their 2024 Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinal to the point of occasional jeers from the crowd due to the slow, passive nature of the game. To call it a chess match would be generous; tactical
Aug 3, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina captain Nicolás Otamendi has been left fuming after an all-in brawl following their 1-0 Olympic quarterfinal defeat to France in Bordeaux on Friday. Argentina were booed throughout the match by a hostile home crowd and fighting broke out between the players immediately after the final
Jeff Kassouf Aug 2, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nothing in soccer can match the drama of a penalty shootout, and there are few individual moments more exhilarating than when a goalkeeper saves a shot during penalties. U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher does it regularly. And, over the past year, she
ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New AS Roma signing Artem Dovbyk, coming off a breakout season in LaLiga, referred to his former side Girona as a “small team” during his introduction with the Serie A mainstay Friday. The 27-year-old Ukrainian striker scored 24 goals and contributed eight assists
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 2, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have stepped up attempts to bolster their defence with an offer for Bayern Munich pair Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, a source has told ESPN. De Ligt and Mazraoui are available this summer with Bayern valuing the pair at a combined
ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An early goal was enough for France to beat Argentina 1-0 and reach the men’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Friday, in a match where the Argentines were booed throughout by a hostile home crowd in Bordeaux. While primarily an under-23
Rodrigo Faez, Madrid correspondentAug 2, 2024, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlético Madrid are growing more optimistic over the prospect of signing Manchester City forward Julián Álvarez as the key part of Diego Simeone’s revamped lineup, sources told ESPN. In the last hours, Atleti has made progress with representatives of the Argentina international and
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — In the aftermath of the U.S. men’s Olympic team being bounced in the quarterfinals from the Paris Games on Friday, defender Walker Zimmerman was asked what he hopes his teammates take
Aug 2, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When MLS club LAFC officially unveiled their newest star Olivier Giroud on Thursday, the France striker revealed that he made his MLS decision based on the advice of former crosstown rival, Zlatan Ibrahimović. “I spoke to Zlatan — which was the wrong part of the city,”
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — After a strong finish to the group stage raised dreams of a surprising run for the United States men’s Olympic soccer team, the Americans saw their hopes erased on Friday —
Aug 2, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski has expressed concerns over the amount of football being played, adding that he thinks it is contributing to a decline in the quality of games. FIFA on Thursday offered talks with global groups of football leagues and player unions to end a
Aug 2, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fulham have signed Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal in a deal reported to be worth £34 million ($43.7m), a fee which makes him the most expensive signing in the club’s history. Smith-Rowe, 24, becomes Fulham’s second permanent transfer of the summer as they look to reinvest
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 2, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Erik ten Hag has had an eventful summer. There was a point at which it looked like he might not get the chance to stay on as Manchester United manager as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS conducted their review of
Adriana Garcia Aug 2, 2024, 05:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has said Real Madrid will be the last club of his coaching career, adding that he believes Vinícius Júnior deserves to win the Ballon d’Or. The Italian manager has a contract with Madrid until June 2026, which will keep him at the