Soccer

5:24 PM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Christian Pulisic is the youngest United States men’s national team player ever to appear in a World Cup qualifier, score a goal and captain the team. His transfer in 2019 from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea was the most ever paid (a reported £58 million fee) for

8:58 AM ET Christian Pulisic has said he puts himself under too much pressure to try to “save” the United States men’s national soccer team as he tries to live up to the “high standards” others set for him in his career. In an exclusive interview with ESPN, the 23-year-old revealed the difficulties he has

4:00 AM ET Manchester United’s sulking stars and a fictional American soccer coach — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest from a turbulent time at Old Trafford. Jump to: Barcelona look to sort contract issues | Cat-kicker Zouma axed by France | Lacazette in Lyon link | Zapata, West Ham and a missing signature Man

6:33 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Nine points behind Manchester City, having played a game fewer than Pep Guardiola’s team, and with a potentially crucial trip to the Etihad Stadium still to come in April, Liverpool could still pull off a remarkable Premier League title triumph this season. Diogo Jota‘s double in a 2-0 win

2:35 PM ET Chicago Red Stars founder and majority owner Arnim Whisler has broken his silence about the abuse scandal involving the team’s former manager, Rory Dames. Whisler posted a letter on the team’s website in response to the scandal’s continued fallout, which included allegations that Dames verbally and emotionally abused Red Stars players, as

3:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen With Arsenal having let five first-team players depart in January either on loan or for free, and bringing nobody in to replace them, Mikel Arteta’s squad depth for the rest of the season looks a little thin. 2 Related The Gunners opted to loan out defenders Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Roma) and

3:14 PM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Romelu Lukaku had to come to the desert to end his goal drought. The 28-year-old’s first goal in a month was enough to ensure Chelsea beat Al Hilal by a score of 1-0 and book their place in Saturday’s Club World Cup final against Brazilian side

12:30 PM ET The Chicago Fire announced on Wednesday that they have completed the transfer of Lyon and Switzerland international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, and signed him to a Designated Player contract. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but one source with knowledge of the transaction said that the Fire paid a transfer free of around

4:21 PM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 with the aim of achieving world domination and this week, two matches stand between the Blues and realising that dream. The Club World Cup might occupy a curious place in both the calendar and the public consciousness, but it remains

6:23 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BURNLEY, England — For the third time this season Cristiano Ronaldo was benched for a Premier League match, and for the third time Manchester United could only draw. United could not beat Everton or Chelsea without their Portuguese star, but the 1-1 draw with Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday

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4:00 AM ET Here is a variety of soothing thoughts for Atletico Madrid fans who, without them, would probably be inconsolable wrecks, curled up in the corner of their TV room, quaking with dread about what their next brutal Colchonero experience is going to be. 2 Related First: Atleti don’t play in the Champions League

12:37 PM ET Giroud’s heroics for Milan don’t just mean derby delight over rivals Inter. The victory also re-opens the title race with three months left in the season. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images The weekend in soccer had everything: seismic results (Milan winning the derby, Barcelona scoring four against Atletico Madrid, Senegal‘s first-ever Africa Cup of

7:00 AM ET Paul Pogba will have cost Manchester United £179.6 million in transfer fee and wages by the time his Old Trafford contract expires at the end of June. He now has less than six months to deliver some kind of value for money by helping his drifting club salvage something tangible in the

5:15 AM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has taken a swipe at Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus over their continued push for a European Super League and compared the clubs to flat-earthers. A total of 12 of Europe’s top clubs — led by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez — announced in April 2021 that they

7:55 PM ET Wow, did you catch all that weekend action? If not, do not despair: ESPN will tell you about Barcelona’s best performance of the season and Borussia Dortmund’s worst, as well as a to-and-fro Milan derby, Paris Saint-Germain scoring five and Senegal finally claiming AFCON glory. Oh, and we have some FA Cup

1:30 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez asked fans not to boo Ousmane Dembele after he was jeered as he returned to the squad for Sunday’s thrilling 4-2 win against Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou. Dembele has not featured for Barca since Jan. 12 because of a failure to agree a

10:00 AM ET Barcelona spent the final few hours of the January transfer window desperately trying to generate interest in a player president Joan Laporta has said is “better than Kylian Mbappe” and coach Xavi Hernandez insists can be “the best in the world in his position.” However, as Laporta worked until midnight at the