Month: January 2022

1:28 PM ET Orlando City SC acquired forward Ercan Kara from Rapid Vienna in Austria’s top league and he is set to join the Lions as a designated player. Kara, 26, was signed to a three-year deal through 2024, with club options for 2025 and 2026. – ESPN+ viewers guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup,

1:52 PM ET Arsenal has agreed to terms with the New England Revolution on the transfer of United States international goalkeeper Matt Turner, sources tell ESPN’s Taylor Twellman. A source with knowledge of the discussions told ESPN that the fee for Turner’s transfer is $6 million up front, and could be as much as $10m

12:00 PM ET Bruce Schoenfeld Yedlin’s career has taken him across multiple countries, but at this point in life, he’s excited at the prospect of getting back to the United States. Kirk Irwin/Getty Images ISTANBUL, Turkey — It was six o’clock on a December evening. Inside his apartment in one of the wealthiest areas of Istanbul,

8:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick is open to as many as four first team players leaving Manchester United in January because of the emergence of Anthony Elanga, sources have told ESPN. Anthony Martial has already departed to Sevilla on loan until the end of the season and Rangnick is relaxed about the prospect

7:05 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid are tracking Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni and Ajax’s Ryan Gravenberch, sources have told ESPN, with the France international the leading candidate to refresh the team’s veteran midfield. Tchouameni, 22, has become one of Europe’s most sought-after midfield prospects since becoming a first team regular at Monaco last

5:43 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez The European Court of Justice will decide if the Super League is protected by EU law. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images A court in Madrid has rejected a bid from UEFA to have the judge who granted an injunction protecting the Super League removed from the case. Judge

3:58 AM ET Erling Haaland has said it is time to “move on” from comments he made earlier this month about Borussia Dortmund pressuring him to made a decision over his future. Haaland, 21, is expected to leave Dortmund at the end of the season, with top clubs in the Premier League as well as

11:49 PM ET Associated Press United States defender DeAndre Yedlin has terminated his contract with Turkish soccer club Galatasaray after one year. – How USMNT can qualify for the World Cup this week– ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Futbol Americas on ESPN+: MLS, Liga MX, USMNT, El Tri The team said

6:19 PM ET Associated Press Abby Wambach will be part of a U.S. Soccer advisory council on inclusion. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Former players Abby Wambach, Robbie Rogers and Cobi Jones were appointed Wednesday to a seven-person advisory council on inclusion by the U.S. Soccer Federation. Titled Game Changers United, a council on Diversity,

7:42 PM ET Associated Press Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle are back with OL Reign. The National Women’s Soccer League club re-signed Rapinoe to a one-year deal while Lavelle’s new deal is for two. Terms were not released. Rapinoe and Lavelle were on the U.S. team that won the World Cup in 2019. Both spent

6:42 PM ET United States forward Christian Pulisic said he has struggled with an up-and-down year at Chelsea but that he he looks forward to helping the USMNT reach the World Cup. In 2021, Pulisic won the Champions League with Chelsea in May and the CONCACAF Nations League with the U.S. in the June. However,

4:36 PM ET After a two-month break, the United States men’s national team resumes World Cup qualifying with a game against El Salvador in Columbus, Ohio (Thursday, 7 p.m. ET; stream LIVE on ESPN2, ESPN+). It’s the first of a pivotal three-match window that includes a trip to Canada on Sunday before returning home to