Soccer

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 01:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Veronica Latsko scored in the 87th minute to give OL Reign a 1-0 victory over Angel City FC on Friday night in the opening round of the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. Phoebe McClernon whipped a cross into the box and Latsko beat her

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2023, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentine World Cup winner Alejandro “Papu” Gómez has been given a two-year ban for failing an anti-doping test, his Italian club Monza announced Friday. Gomez tested positive last October while playing for Sevilla, shortly before joining the Argentina squad that went on to

Jeff Kassouf Oct 20, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Angel City FC look like the one NWSL team entering the playoffs that no other team will want to face. That’s in part due to the play of midfielder Jun Endo, seen here (center) on Oct. 15, 2023. Kiyoshi Mio/USA TODAY Sports The most competitive

Open Extended Reactions We’re already almost a quarter of the way through the 2023-24 Premier League season and, unsurprisingly, VAR controversies have not gone away. But which clubs have been the winners and losers from the influence of the video referee? ESPN brings you the VAR Effect Table. So far there has been 16 VAR

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 09:41 AM ET UEFA said on Thursday the result of the European Championship qualifying game between Belgium and Sweden, which was abandoned this week after two Swedish fans were killed before kickoff, will stand. The game was called off at half-time with the score 1-1. Both the Belgian and Swedish

Oct 19, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been an extraordinary few months for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which owns the vast majority of Newcastle United. Over the summer, the fund (commonly known as PIF) spent nearly $1 billion to acquire some of the world’s best players, from Ballon d’Or winner

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 03:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi has said he intends to play in the final match of Inter Miami‘s season on Saturday, although the MLS club is yet to confirm that is the case. Messi — who scored both goals for Argentina in its 2-0 World Cup qualifying

ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Wednesday called for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 18, 2023, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England booked their place at Euro 2024 with Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley, a game in which they were down 1-0 before two Harry Kane goals and one from Marcus Rashford lifted the Three Lions to all three

Open Extended Reactions How VAR could have changed football’s future Illustration by T.M. Detwiler It’s six years since the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) arrived in soccer. Today it is, for better or for worse, fully woven into the fabric of the game around the world. Before 2017, football was so much simpler. When a referee made

Harry Kane scored a brace and Marcus Rashford joined him on the scoresheet as England came from behind to beat holders Italy 3-1 and march into the Euro 2024 finals in a Group C qualifier at Wembley on Tuesday. The visitors stunned the home crowd when Gianluca Scamacca swept in a cross from Giovanni di

Oct 17, 2023, 11:38 AM ET The Italian FA (FIGC) has banned Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli for at least seven months over breaches of betting rules, according to a statement released Tuesday. The FIGC ban is for 12 months in total, five of which are suspended provided Fagioli completes a six-month course of therapy for

ESPN News Services Oct 16, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden was suspended at half-time after two Swedes were shot dead in Brussels earlier on Monday. The Swedish players told UEFA that they did not want to play the second half, and the Belgians agreed, Swedish

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 15, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Prior to the U.S. men’s national team’s match with Germany on Saturday, manager Gregg Berhalter said “we need to learn” from playing such a high-powered

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 16, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Saturday’s match against Germany gave U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter a chance to try out what he calls his “Plan B” in the

Open Extended Reactions British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is close to acquiring a significant stake in Manchester United after being “more savvy in his deal execution” than rival bidder Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, a source with knowledge of the process has told ESPN. Sheikh Jassim, a Qatari billionaire, withdrew his interest in buying

Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after Gavi‘s second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on Sunday and they will be joined by their Group A rivals Scotland and Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying. Spain and Scotland both secured spots in the top two with 15 points

Ross Devonport Oct 15, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi‘s Inter Miami will embark on a two-game postseason tour to China, the team announced Sunday. Just over two weeks after their 2023 MLS campaign ends, Inter Miami will travel to face Chinese Super League sides Qingdao Hainiu FC