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Graham Hunter, Spain writerNov 14, 2023, 04:02 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 You may have noticed that, almost two months before the January transfer market even opens, Real Madrid have completed some extraordinary business during

Jeff Kassouf Nov 13, 2023, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NWSL championship is the marquee event for the National Women’s Soccer League, and that was no truer than over the weekend as a more polished version of the event showed the new heights the league is reaching. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images SAN DIEGO — Change

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerNov 13, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions They say the table doesn’t lie, and it is certainly telling some harsh home truths for the Premier League‘s bottom three as we head into the November international break. With roughly one third of the 2023-24 campaign already played, the trio of

Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has apologised to Pep Guardiola and the match officials after his furious outburst at the end of Chelsea‘s 4-4 draw with Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea boss strode onto the pitch at full-time to argue with referee Anthony Taylor about stopping the game when Chelsea were searching for

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — These were the moments Cole Palmer joined Chelsea for. Deep into stoppage-time at the end of a breathless, enthralling encounter between the Blues and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old was entrusted to convert a 95th-minute penalty to salvage a 4-4 draw against the Premier League champions. It is

Manchester City moved a point clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday after a pulsating 4-4 draw at Chelsea with Erling Haaland scoring twice only for former City man Cole Palmer to level the match from the penalty spot in added time. City scored first when Spanish defender Marc Cucurella pulled Haaland’s

World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday night in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship match that was in its first few minutes when Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch in

ESPN News Services Nov 11, 2023, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique said he was “not very happy” with Kylian Mbappé, despite the France forward scoring a hat trick to send his team top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 win at Reims on Saturday. The visitors did not take

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 11, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United cleared an awkward hurdle against Luton Town on Saturday, winning 1-0 in the Premier League, but there’s a mountain to climb after the international break. Erik ten Hag’s team scraped past Luton thanks to Victor Lindelöf‘s second-half goal but

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi held the Ballon d’Or over his head as fireworks lit up the sky to bring a pregame ceremony to a close. And with that, Inter Miami CF got to celebrate the game’s greatest player one more time in 2023. Messi was on

Nov 10, 2023, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Two days ahead of the highly anticipated 2023 NWSL championship between NJ/NY Gotham FC and OL Reign — and shortly after the league announced a historic new media rights deal that includes a package of matches across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes,

Nov 10, 2023, 11:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil forward Kerolin, of North Carolina Courage, has been named the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League’s Most Valuable Player, the league said on Friday. Kerolin, who scored a career-high 10 goals in 19 games during her second NWSL season and finished as the Golden Boot runner-up,

Jeff Kassouf Nov 9, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The illustrious careers of Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger will each end on the same field on Saturday, at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California, the site of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League championship. The match-up between Rapinoe’s OL Reign and Krieger’s NJ/NY

Joseph Lowery Nov 8, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions No matter what happens in NWSL final on Saturday, there will be a new NWSL champion. OL Reign, who took down the top-seeded San Diego Wave last weekend, and NJ/NY Gotham FC, who pushed past the Portland Thorns in extra time, will battle for

Nov 9, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After matchday four of the 2023-24 Champions League group stage, several clubs have booked their place in the round of 16: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad. Manchester United have given themselves a tough task after Wednesday’s loss at

Open Extended Reactions The Video assistant referee (VAR) doesn’t seem to cause as much controversy in the Champions League, with the cream of Europe’s referees involved, but every now and then a game does hit the headlines. – How VAR decisions have affected every Prem club in 2023-24– VAR in the Premier League: Ultimate guide

Open Extended Reactions COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Only Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United could win a game twice and still lose. When the full story of their crazy 2023-24 season is told, there won’t be a more inexplicable chapter than the one which describes their Champions League meltdown in Copenhagen on Wednesday. A pre-match tifo unfurled

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 7, 2023, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manuel Akanji is sitting in a room at Manchester City‘s training ground surrounded by pictures of himself lifting the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. The question is about whether, after winning the treble in his first season following a