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Jeff CarlisleFeb 7, 2025, 01:33 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions PSV Eindhoven on Friday said United States men’s national team striker Ricardo Pepi is likely out for rest of season after undergoing meniscus surgery in the United States following a knee injury
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Two goals from Jhon Durán on his Al Nassr debut and another from Cristiano Ronaldo helped the side to a 3-0 win over Al Feiha in the Saudi Pro League on Friday. Durán took just 22 minutes to open his account for the club after joining from Aston Villa before January’s transfer deadline, striking home from
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Feb 7, 2025, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has insisted that new loan signing Marcus Rashford has trained “fantastically” and has “big potential” despite Manchester United‘s willingness to part ways with the forward. Following weeks of speculation after falling out of favour under Ruben Amorim, Rashford joined Villa on
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Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said he hopes to continue working with captain Virgil van Dijk “for a long time” amid continued uncertainty over the defender’s long-term future. Van Dijk, alongside teammates Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, is out of contract at the end of the season and is now free
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Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have included injured midfielder Rodri in their updated Champions League squad for the knockout phase while there are also places for new signings Omar Marmoush, Nico González and Abdukodir Khusanov. Vitor Reis, who also arrived in January in a €35 million ($36.2m) deal from Palmeiras, has been omitted. Marmoush, González
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Manchester City striker Khadija “Bunny” Shaw withdrew from Gareth Taylor’s squad for Thursday’s 2-1 League Cup semifinal win over Arsenal after facing racist and misogynistic abuse over the weekend. Shaw ruled herself out of the midweek clash for her mental well-being, and City have stated they are giving their full support for the striker after
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Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said Marcus Rashford had to leave Manchester United because he could not get the forward to buy into his ideas. Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under Amorim. And the United head coach has hinted that, because he
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Feb 6, 2025, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga President Javier Tebas criticised Real Madrid on Thursday, saying the club had “lost their minds” after lodging an letter of complaint against the Spanish league’s referees. Madrid sent the letter following their 1-0 defeat by Espanyol on Saturday, with controversy surrounding a decision not to
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Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has described external criticism of his team as “irrelevant” following their 4-1 aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semifinals. Spurs took a slender advantage into the second leg at Anfield thanks to Lucas Bergvall‘s late winner in north London last month. However, they were
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Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick praised Ferran Torres‘ ability to fill in for Robert Lewandowski after the forward netted a hat trick in Thursday’s 5-0 Copa del Rey quarterfinal win over Valencia at Mestalla. Fermín López and Lamine Yamal were also on target as Barça joined Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad
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Open Extended Reactions Liverpool outclassed a blunt Tottenham Hotspur team 4-0 on Sunday to book their spot in the Carabao Cup final, but captain Virgil van Dijk said he was disappointed with aspects of his side’s performance during the dominant win. Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk saw Liverpool thrash
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Holders Liverpool booked their return ticket to Wembley and a Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United after dashing Tottenham Hotspur‘s dreams 4-0, and 4-1 on aggregate, at Anfield on Thursday. The favourites took the lead, to level 1-1 on aggregate against the injury-depleted visitors, when Cody Gakpo fired in a right-foot shot in the 34th
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League and the city’s as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between teams from both leagues. Both women’s teams are owned by the Bhathal family, which also
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Open Extended Reactions Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted that he’s “fighting for his job” in the second half of the season while accepting that the club has taken “a risk” with their approach in the January transfer window. Amorim has lost seven of his 13 Premier League games since taking over as
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Feb 6, 2025, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso‘s joy at winning the women’s World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in the following hours and days, three of her teammates testified on Thursday. The 2021 and 2022
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