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Graham Hunter, Spain writerNov 27, 2023, 01:29 PM 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 I accept that many of you won’t have either seen Terry Venables at his impish, clever best as a midfielder at Spurs and

Nov 27, 2023, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions And then there were four. The 2023 Major League Soccer playoffs have whittled us down to the four teams doing battle in the conference finals: Columbus Crew will face “Hell is Real” rivals FC Cincinnati in the East, while LAFC will do battle with the Houston

Sophie Lawson Nov 27, 2023, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea forward Lauren James has been in fine form. Tom Dulat/Getty Images In the last weekend of domestic football before the final international window of the year, Women’s Super League teams showed just how much work still needs to be done between the top four

SEATTLE — Denis Bouanga scored his fourth goal of the MLS Cup playoffs in the 30th minute, goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau made seven saves, and defending champion Los Angeles FC advanced to the Western Conference final with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night. Bouanga got one chance at goal and didn’t miss,

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 26, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOODISON PARK, England — If this is the beginning of Manchester United turning a corner, Erik ten Hag can thank two teenagers for grabbing the steering wheel. Playing an in-form Everton at Goodison Park, which at times felt like a bear pit given the

Nov 26, 2023, 07:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terry Venables pictured in 2013. Photo by Tony Marshall – PA Images via Getty Images Former England manager Terry Venables has died at the age of 80, following a long illness. The news was announced in a statement released by the League Managers’ Association on behalf of

Nov 25, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale had shown courage after getting away with two first-half errors in the side’s 1-0 Premier League victory at Brentford on Saturday. Kai Havertz grabbed the spotlight with a late headed winner to send Arsenal top of the table

Nov 25, 2023, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The final international break of 2023 is officially history as we are back in league action all across Europe with some mouthwatering performances and surprise results happening amongst the major leagues. In England, we saw Manchester City unable to extend their lead atop the Premier League

Nov 25, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has become the fastest player in Premier League history to reach 50 goals, beating Andrew Cole’s previous record of 65 games. Haaland opened the scoring in the 27th minute of City’s Premier League game against Liverpool on Saturday to hit the

Nov 24, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has dismissed reports of a rift with defender Raphaël Varane. Varane, 30, has started just one of United’s last eight games and has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in January. Ten Hag has a record of

Bayern Munich‘s Harry Kane tapped in from close range midway through the first half for a 1-0 victory at FC Cologne on Friday, stretching his sensational record scoring run in the Bundesliga while lifting his team provisionally to the top of the table. The England captain, who became the Bundesliga’s most expensive transfer when he

Ian Darke, ESPN.com writerNov 24, 2023, 06:49 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 23, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rodrygo said he received racist insults on social media after Brazil‘s 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The game at the Maracana stadium kicked off almost 30 minutes late after clashes between Brazilian police and

Nov 22, 2023, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Norway and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will pay for fans of his former club Bryne FK to attend the team’s playoff game on Saturday. Second-tier Bryne, Haaland’s boyhood club, have reached the playoffs for the first time since 2006 and have a chance of getting

Open Extended Reactions You can’t say we weren’t warned. The first taste of vast amounts of added time came at the 2022 World Cup as FIFA moved to increase effective playing time, and this season it has hit the club game. In Qatar, average stoppage time — the total played above the allotted 90 minutes

Rob Dawson Julien Laurens Nov 22, 2023, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United fans were excited for a fresh start when the Glazer family announced a year ago that they would be open to selling the club. Instead, they’ll be getting Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s minority investment, which is expected to be formally announced

DOHA, Qatar — It is one year since the most controversial World Cup in history began with a sales pitch from FIFA president Gianni Infantino. After years of criticism over the decision to award the biggest sporting event of all to Qatar, taken prior to his appointment, Infantino launched a scathing attack on what he

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 22, 2023, 06:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have denied allegations that workers carrying out the renovation of Spotify Camp Nou are being exploited. Spanish newspaper El Periodico reported this week that labourers are being overworked, underpaid and forced to work in deplorable conditions. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,