Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 26, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Robert Lewandowski scored twice, while Lamine Yamal and Raphinha tallied goals each, as Barcelona capped a remarkable week by routing Real Madrid 4-0 in Saturday’s Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu. With the lopsided loss, Real Madrid saw their 42-game unbeaten streak
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Manchester City‘s Erling Haaland scored an early goal to take the champions provisionally top of the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over lowly Southampton at the Etihad on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s team have 23 points after nine games, two ahead of Liverpool, who visit Arsenal on Sunday. Southampton are still without a win in
Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 12:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi had chances at goals time and time again, only to keep being denied. Turns out, all he needed to do was deliver the right pass at the right time. Jordi Alba turned a pass from Messi into the go-ahead goal in the
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 25, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Following the U.S. Soccer Federation’s settlement of an equal pay lawsuit with players from the U.S. women’s national team in 2022, the organization reached a second, previously undisclosed, financial
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 25, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hansi Flick has been involved in some of the biggest games in football as a player, assistant coach and manager, but Saturday’s trip to Real Madrid — his first Clásico as Barcelona boss — may end up topping the lot. Those who have
Jeff Kassouf Oct 25, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, the United States women’s national team picked up where it left off in August: on the podium. Two hours before kickoff of the team’s first game since winning the 2024 Olympics, the 18 players present from that squad filed
Jeff Kassouf Oct 24, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Alyssa Thompson scored her first goal for the United States women’s national team, and Jaedyn Shaw and Sophia Smith scored late on Thursday at Q2 Stadium as the Americans defeated Iceland 3-1 in their first match since winning a fifth Olympic
Jeff Kassouf Oct 24, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Emma Hayes era of the U.S. women’s national team got off to a fairy-tale start this summer, when the Americans returned to the top of the podium in Paris for the program’s fifth Olympic gold medal. Now comes Hayes’ primary assignment. She was
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 23, 2024, 08:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona forward Raphinha said Wednesday’s thumping 4-1 Champions League win over Bayern Munich served as “revenge” for the club’s supporters for past results against the German giants. Raphinha starred with a hat trick on his 100th appearance for Barça as the Catalan
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 23, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA, Spain — There is often something iconic about a celebration spilling on to the running track behind the goal, as Raphinha‘s did at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday after he sealed Barcelona‘s emphatic 4-1 UEFA Champions League win over Bayern Munich with
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 23, 2024, 09:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ISTANBUL, Turkey — It’s about 40 minutes before kick-off on Sept. 21 when Jose Mourinho steps out at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium and braces himself for a taste of the atmosphere ahead of his first Intercontinental Derby as Fenerbahçe manager. Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray is one
Adriana Garcia Oct 23, 2024, 05:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior has made the declaration that he wants to stay at Real Madrid “forever” amid ongoing reports linking him with a move to Saudi Pro League. The Brazil forward, who is the favourite to lift the Ballon d’Or award on Oct. 28, has
Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCOct 22, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — “Our crown, our trophy,” read the banner, held up by fans behind the Santiago Bernabeu’s south goal before kickoff. Real Madrid are the reigning European champions, the 15-time UEFA Champions League winners, and, of course, the comeback kings, as they showed
Graham Hunter, Spain writerOct 22, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions The rarified atmosphere around Barcelona which encompasses their often myopic, hysterical media, their downtrodden and traumatised fans, plus a directorate which has spent
Oct 22, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We are still only two gameweeks into the new 36-team, one-group UEFA Champions League format, but it has already caused quite a stir. Change can be difficult to process for soccer fans, especially to longstanding mechanisms in the game, and this latest one has been seismic.
Adam Brown Oct 21, 2024, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The winter transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY:
Open Extended Reactions This is a big week for Arsenal, and another which they will have to take on without at least one of their top players. Whether it be through injury or self-inflicted disciplinary problems, Mikel Arteta’s squad is being tested like never before and the strain is already beginning to show. The 2024-25
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 20, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said the reception given to Gavi gave him goosebumps as the midfielder returned from an 11-month injury layoff during Sunday’s 5-1 win over Sevilla in LaLiga. Gavi has not played since tearing his ACL while playing for Spain last