12:29 PM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team is in the semifinals of the 2020 Olympic Games after beating the Netherlands in a thrilling back-and-forth affair that eventually went to penalty kicks. – Report: USWNT reach Olympic semifinals with shootout win– Lavelle: Naeher has saved us so many times Whether the win feels
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11:47 PM ET Gyasi Zardes‘ international career has been harder to kill off than one of those horror movie heroes. No matter how many times The Next Big Striker comes around, ready to supplant him, the Columbus Crew forward keeps coming back to score goals for the United States. Thursday’s Gold Cup semifinal against Qatar
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5:02 PM ET Caitlin Murray If the U.S. women’s national team wants to win their fifth gold medal in an Olympic women’s football tournament, they need to get through Friday’s quarterfinal (7 a.m. ET) against a team that has looked like an early favorite: The Netherlands. While the U.S. is limping out of Group G
11:18 AM ET Time was running out for Matthew Hoppe, in more ways than one. There was little more than seven minutes left in Sunday’s Gold Cup quarterfinal between the U.S. and Jamaica, but Hoppe’s night was going to end before the full-time whistle. Nicholas Gioacchini was on the sidelines ready to replace him. The
6:26 PM ET Danny Lewis Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Arsenal eye Maddison, keep Odegaard on radar Arsenal may
2:12 PM ET Caitlin Murray Crystal Dunn wants you to know her face and hear her voice. If you follow soccer, you probably should pay attention to her anyway. She’s the attacker-turned-defender who has been playing out of position at left-back for the U.S. women’s national team in recent years — and doing it well
3:30 AM ET Steven Gerrard is a winner again, and he is determined to make up for lost time by winning over and over as Rangers manager. And he wants the pressure and expectancy that comes with it, too. Having ended the Glasgow club’s 10-year wait for the Scottish title last season by delivering a
6:45 PM ET Danny Lewis Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Man City, Villa at odds over Grealish move Manchester
11:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer When the board went up, so did Carlo Ancelotti. They were coming towards the end of Real Madrid‘s first proper preseason game at Ibrox, just not quite quick enough. Their new coach, who is also one of their old coaches, had seen enough so he approached the referee and
2:04 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have confirmed on Tuesday that they have agreed a deal with Real Madrid for Raphael Varane. United are set to pay an initial €41 million for the defender with another €8.2m in add-ons. Madrid have agreed to cover a solidarity payment due to Varane’s previous club Lens. –
5:52 AM ET United States Women’s National Team forward Alex Morgan had a goal disallowed by VAR as Vlatko Andonovski’s side drew 0-0 with Australia in their final game of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics group stage. The result means that the USWNT qualifies in second position while Australia wait for later results to see if
1:44 PM ET … And then there were four. The CONCACAF Gold Cup hits the business end this week with a mouth-watering pair of semifinals — Qatar vs. the United States and Mexico vs. Canada — on Thursday night before Sunday’s final in Las Vegas. – Gold Cup fixtures, results, schedule and more– Stream ESPN
11:57 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. It was a wild week for Major League Soccer thanks to two full rounds of matches and
1:44 AM ET Matthew Hoppe rose up, got his head on a deflected cross and, by the time his feet hit the ground, the United States had a 1-0 lead against Jamaica in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. The decisive 83rd-minute goal was Hoppe’s final involvement in the game, capping his first breakthrough international performance. At
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7:27 AM ET THE CICADAS HAVE arrived at Rose Lavelle’s woodsy childhood home, surrounding the Cincinnati cul-de-sac in a siren of shrieking and clattering. A doorbell rings and Janet Lavelle, matriarch of the family, answers and eagerly steps outside. She wants to show a squeamish visitor the backyard, once the playground for one of the
5:42 PM ET Atlanta United FC has had some of the world’s biggest music acts attend games in the past, with Wocka Flock and Outkast’s Big Boi among those professing their love for the Five Stripes. But Saturday’s contest against the Columbus Crew went to a different level, with none other than Kanye West taking