Month: August 2020

11:56 AM ET Mexico’s Jesus Corona helped Porto to a pair of titles this season. JOSE COELHO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Mexico international Jesus “Tecatito” Corona was named the Portuguese league’s MVP for the 2019-20 season, with the 27-year-old helping Porto to a league and cup double. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The Monterrey youth product
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11:03 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. A coalition of Black players from the National Women’s Soccer League pledged to continue fighting for progress and expressed their unified support for the ongoing investigation of Utah owner Dell Loy Hansen
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3:16 PM ET Rodrigo Faez and Alex Kirkland Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United are favourites to land Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek, sources have told ESPN. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The 23-year-old has featured for Ajax in preseason but was left out of their squad for
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2:35 PM ET Lionel Messi has told Barcelona he will not attend coronavirus testing on Sunday or preseason training on Monday, sources have told ESPN. Messi formally notified Barca on Tuesday that he intended to leave the club this summer using a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave at the end
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5:04 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Juventus have signed USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie on loan from Schalke, the club announced on Saturday. McKennie, 22, has put pen-to-paper on a one-year loan deal with an option to permanently join at the end of the 2020-21 season. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+–
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11:44 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email New Chelsea signing Timo Werner scored less than four minutes into his Blues debut in a preseason friendly against Brighton on Saturday. In a move started by Hakim Ziyech, who was also making his first start for Chelsea, the ball found itself on the head
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12:17 PM ET Arsenal‘s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dedicated his goal against Liverpool in the Community Shield to the actor Chadwick Boseman with his iconic Black Panther celebration (stream LIVE on ESPN+ in the U.S.). Boseman, 43, starred as Black icon Jackie Robinson in “42” before rising to fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel
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7:34 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Leeds United have signed Valencia forward Rodrigo for a club record £26 million, the club announced on Saturday. The 29-year-old has signed a four-year deal with Marco Bielsa’s side who return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+–
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8:26 PM ET Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will take a leave of absence from the Major League Soccer club’s operations amid investigations into allegations he used racist language. Hansen, who also owns United Soccer League club Real Monarchs and National Women’s Soccer League side Utah Royals, has also come under criticism after
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1:02 PM ET Two-times World Cup winner and OL Reign midfielder Megan Rapinoe is opting out of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) fall series starting next month, the Washington-based franchise said in a statement on Friday. 1 Related U.S. international Rapinoe is among 10 Reign players who are not available for the tournament, which
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5:01 AM ET Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey is set miss a large part of the club’s preseason after Jamaican authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on him after he attended Usain Bolt’s birthday party. Bailey, 23, was present at the party last Friday after which eight-time Olympic gold medalist Bolt tested positive for the coronavirus.
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11:03 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Manchester City are confident Lionel Messi would snub any other approach to join them if Barcelona soften their stance and decide to negotiate the sale of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, sources have told ESPN. Paris Saint-Germain have expressed an interest in signing Messi, too, and sources have
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6:34 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Thiago Silva has signed a one-year deal with Chelsea after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, the club have announced. The Brazil defender ended his time in the French capital after PSG decided not to offer their captain an extension. – Insider Notebook: Real
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8:05 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said there is “no chance” the club will sign Barcelona captain Lionel Messi this summer. Messi has told Barca he wants to leave the club and sources have told ESPN that Pep Guardiola and Messi spoke on the phone
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