Month: February 2021

2:35 PM ET NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird has been named to the U.S. Soccer Federation’s board of directors, USSF president Cindy Parlow Cone announced at Friday’s board meeting. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Baird replaces Steve Malik, the owner of the NWSL’s North Carolina Courage and USL League One side North
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3:17 AM ET LeBron James dismissed Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s criticism of his social activism and pointed out the hypocrisy of the AC Milan star’s comments on Friday. Ibrahimovic, whose time playing for his former team the LA Galaxy coincided with James’ first season with the Lakers, criticized James on Thursday in an interview with UEFA for
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he shouts at his players too much. City are on a 19-match winning run and remain in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple but Guardiola says he is still demanding more from his squad. “Sometimes I shout at my players and I should not
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7:52 PM ET Major League Soccer announced on Friday that the expansion team set for Sacramento, scheduled to begin play in 2023, is now on indefinite hold after Ron Burkle, the primary investor of the proposed team, informed MLS officials that he has “decided not to move forward with the acquisition of an MLS expansion
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4:38 PM ET Werder Bremen‘s United States forward Joshua Sargent scored the winner as his struggling side came from a goal down at halftime to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday and hand the visitors a first league defeat of the year. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Bundesliga
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8:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Ronald Koeman has said Lionel Messi needs more help from his teammates as Barcelona fight to stay in the La Liga title race. Messi, 33, has scored 18 times in the league this season, which equates to around 34% of Barca’s goals in the Spanish top flight. Antoine
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5:42 AM ET Adriana Garcia Mexico’s Jorge Enriquez celebrates winning Olympic gold at London 2012. Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Mexican midfielder Jorge “Chaton” Enriquez has blessed the thieves that stole “nothing but things” from his house, including his 2012 Olympic gold medal. The former Mexico international, on the books of Venado FC, said on social
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8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Anthony Martial is going through “a difficult patch” but has backed him to bounce back. Martial has managed just four Premier League goals this season and hasn’t scored in a game he has started since Jan. 1. – Stream ESPN FC Daily
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11:27 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has courted controversy throughout his career. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic criticized LeBron James and others on Thursday for their activism in what the former LA Galaxy star called “politics.” Speaking in an interview for UEFA for Discovery+ in Sweden on Thursday, the outspoken striker said
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6:55 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has revealed that he fined himself after arriving late to a team meeting, but put the blame on teammate Paul Pogba. Matic, 32, joined United from Premier League rivals Chelsea in 2017 and is in charge of handling club fines around the training ground alongside captain Harry
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6:22 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — With a 4-0 lead from the first leg against Real Sociedad, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could have picked himself for the second leg and still been sure of progress in the Europa League. Instead, the Manchester United manager, who celebrates his 48th birthday on Friday, fielded his best
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2:50 PM ET Arsenal scored two second-half goals to beat Benfica on Thursday. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images Arsenal advanced to the Europa League round of 16, 4-3, on aggregate with a dramatic 3-2 second-leg defeat of Benfica on Thursday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice — including an 87th-minute winner — to lead the Gunners at the
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