Soccer

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 30, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Before the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008 transformed Manchester City into a European superpower, things were very different for the youngsters growing up with dreams of playing for the first team. Thomas Krucken is City’s youth academy director, but for a year in the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 29, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag craved control at Manchester United but it meant that, with problems piling up, there was nowhere to hide. In the end, his fingerprints were all over too much of the failure — there were no excuses left — and Sunday’s 2-1

Jeff Kassouf Oct 29, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has criticized the Ballon d’Or ceremony being held during a women’s FIFA window. Hayes picked up the inaugural Ballon d’Or for best women’s coach on Monday but, along with most players and coaches from the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 29, 2024, 07:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City are not planning on getting involved in the pursuit for Rúben Amorim, a source has told ESPN, leaving Manchester United with a clear run as they negotiate with Sporting CP for the Portuguese coach. Amorim has emerged as the frontrunner to replace

Oct 28, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been awarded the Ballon d’Or after a stellar season that saw him pick up silverware with both club and country. Rodri was handed the award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, organised by the French magazine France Football in collaboration

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 28, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The European soccer weekend is over, but we have so much to talk about as a result — where to begin? How about Barcelona‘s young stars visiting Real Madrid in El Clasico and emerging 4-0 winners to take a six-point lead

ESPN Oct 28, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has been sacked as Manchester United manager following Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat against West Ham United, the club announced on Monday. Jarrod Bowen scored a stoppage-time penalty to leave United 14th in the table with only three wins from

Oct 27, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Another entertaining weekend of European football action is in the books, with the main headlines going to Barcelona, sending a statement to Real Madrid with a 4-0 thrashing at the Santiago Bernabeu to remain top of LaLiga. Meanwhile in the Premier League, Arsenal were unable to

Tom Chambers Oct 27, 2024, 01:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — It’s becoming increasingly difficult to come to the same conclusions about Manchester United as Erik ten Hag. Asked on Thursday about the 3-0 drubbing they received at home to Tottenham Hotspur, Ten Hag said he chooses to “deny” and “ignore” the defeat

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 27, 2024, 07:16 AM ET Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid in a devestating 4-0 win at the Bernabéu on Saturday. David Ramos/Getty Images LaLiga will report racist insults aimed at Barcelona‘s players during the Clásico to police and prosecutors, the league said on Sunday. Video footage appeared to show Lamine Yamal being

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

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