Soccer

9:45 AM ET For more than 15 years, Lionel Messi has been Barcelona‘s main man, scoring and assisting hundreds of goals and winning countless trophies. But how has his game changed over time as he has aged and his supporting cast has changed? Gab Marcotti digs into the data. Note: Statistics and data measured per

7:00 AM ET Thomas Beattie’s pro soccer career took him all over the globe. Courtesy Penoramic Publishing EDITOR’S NOTE: Thomas Beattie played professional soccer from 2008-15. A native of England, he came up through the Hull City youth academy, but his career took him across three continents as he searched for his true identity. This is

3:00 PM ET Landon Donovan, USMNT midfielder 2000-2014: I’m thinking in my head like, “I just gotta cheat up the field as much as I can.” It’s almost like [Tim Howard] had been surveying the field before he got the ball. In case he did get the ball, get his hands on the ball, he

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1:50 PM ET Danny Lewis Of the four teams chasing Chelsea for a place in the top four, Wolverhampton Wanderers were the only ones to take all three points this weekend. Therefore, the Blues will see their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa as a massive result towards solidifying their top-four position. They were so comfortable

5:06 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — For Liverpool, the wait goes on, but when you have waited 30 years to become champions of England, what’s another few days in the grand scheme of things? The perfect script would have seen Jurgen Klopp’s team — the runaway leaders at the top of the Premier League —

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12:57 PM ET Erling Haaland has said his Borussia Dortmund teammate Gio Reyna is the “American Dream,” adding that he “has a huge future in front of him.” The two attackers linked up for Dortmund’s first goal in the 2-0 win at Leipzig, which secured Dortmund second place in the Bundesliga. – Stream ESPN FC

11:42 AM ET Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champions Bayern Munich eased past Freiburg 3-1 on Saturday and the Pole became the first foreign player to score 33 goals in a Bundesliga season, while there was a late debut for 20-year United States defender Chris Richards. The Bavarians, who sealed their eighth successive title on

12:35 PM ET Harry Kettle Arsenal fell to a second defeat in two matches since the Premier League restarted when Neal Maupay‘s late strike handed Brighton & Hove Albion a 2-1 win at the Amex Stadium on Saturday. It was a game overshadowed by a horrific injury to the away side’s goalkeeper, with Bernd Leno

5:45 PM ET Watford defender Adrian Mariappa has been through a lot in 2020. Remember Watford’s win over Liverpool on Feb. 29? That seems like a lifetime ago. Having tested positive for COVID-19 and seen the pandemic sweep the country, then the death of George Floyd in America and the anger and drive for change

6:53 PM ET It was like Bruno Fernandes had never been away. Among the on-pitch imponderables as Premier League football resumed was whether one of its most in-form players would be able to continue the level of performance that had revitalised Manchester United’s season after he joined the club in January. Ninety minutes in north

3:31 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Under normal circumstances, in Manchester United‘s post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would be in trouble. Nine games to go, fifth in the table and three points adrift of the top four would normally have the Glazers’ trigger finger twitching. Every manager employed since Ferguson retired in 2013 has

3:38 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s a frantic contract scramble brewing in the Premier League. Plus: The secret behind Mikel Arteta’s fabulous hair. Jump to: United not giving up on Bellingham | Arteta’s hair secret | Messi’s

9:59 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Editor’s note: Tor-Kristian Karlsen is a Norwegian football scout and executive and is the former chief executive and sporting director at AS Monaco. He will write regularly for ESPN on the business of soccer and the process of scouting. In his latest column, he looks at Chelsea‘s new €53 million

12:37 PM ET For weeks now, the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody have been taking place all over the world. And the actions of the protesters have sparked long-overdue conversations about racial inequality and police brutality. Soccer is taking part in that dialogue. Players such as Columbus Crew

5:08 AM ET Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig. Werner, 24, will join the Premier League side in July, subject to a medical, after agreeing personal terms. “I am delighted to be signing for Chelsea, it is a very proud moment for me to be joining this great club,”

7:18 PM ET Even when everything looks and feels different, some things never change. One hundred days after the Premier League was forced to shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, English football returned with an easy Manchester City win against Arsenal and another showcase of David Luiz‘s ability to mess things up. Nobody was