Month: May 2022

4:53 AM ET SEATTLE — Seattle Sounders manager Brian Schmetzer hailed attacking duo Nico Lodeiro and Raul Ruidiaz as being instrumental in his side’s historic CONCACAF Champions League triumph over Pumas. The Sounders stormed a 3-0 win in Wednesday’s second-leg at Lumen Field to claim a 5-2 aggregate victory and become the first Major League

5:26 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid hero Rodrygo has revealed he lost a bet with his father as he believed he would score a hat trick against Manchester City in Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal second leg. With Madrid trailing 1-0, and 5-3 on aggregate, heading into the 90th minute of the encounter at the

12:02 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz scored a brace to help Seattle Sounders FC make their mark on CONCACAF Champions League history on Wednesday night, beating Liga MX side Pumas UNAM 3-0 in the second leg and 5-2 on aggregate to win the title. The Sounders become the first Major League Soccer side to win the

9:16 PM ET Last weekend’s slate of season opening National Women’s Soccer League matches smashed previous attendance records and Commissioner Jessica Berman says it’s part of a surge in interest in the women’s game. Average attendance for the kickoff of the 10th NWSL season was over 10,000 fans per game, boosted by expansion team Angel

8:35 PM ET Austin FC forward Cecilio Dominguez has been reinstated by MLS following a suspension and investigation into possible off-field misconduct, the league announced on Wednesday. Dominguez is now free to participate in all team activities, though his reinstatement is contingent on participation in “ongoing counseling,” the league said in a statement. Dominguez will

6:57 PM ET MADRID — Pep Guardiola might just be starting to believe that he will never win the Champions League with Manchester City. Leading by two goals on aggregate against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu and just a matter of stoppage time away from facing Liverpool in the final, City imploded to commit

4:50 PM ET Karim Benzema celebrates after scoring Real Madrid’s winning goal against Manchester City in the Champions League semifinals. Getty Images Real Madrid produced one of the all-time great European comebacks to stun Manchester City and book a most unlikely spot in the Champions League final against Liverpool. A brace from Rodrygo and a Karim

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11:49 AM ET Chelsea‘s sale may be edging closer to completion, but the most turbulent period in the club’s 117-year history is far from over as fans, staff, and players face an uncertain future. Although British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe attempted to gatecrash the process with a last-ditch offer of his own, the consortium led

11:10 AM ET Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is the latest big name to acquire a stake in NJ/NY Gotham FC. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant has been named as a minority owner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club NJ/NY Gotham FC, it was announced Wednesday. Thirty Five Ventures (35V),

11:16 AM ET Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup quarterfinal jersey has broken the world record for most spent on a match-worn jersey. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby’s The jersey Argentina‘s Diego Maradona wore when he scored the “Hand of God” goal against England in the 1986 World Cup has sold for a world record price of

8:34 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Antoine Griezmann has told ESPN he is “pissed” by his lack of goals, with Atletico Madrid facing an end-of-season battle to finish in the LaLiga top four starting with this weekend’s Madrid derby. Atletico host champions Real Madrid — who confirmed their league title win last Saturday —

8:10 AM ET Chelsea are facing a race against time to sell the club after the U.K. government insisted the transaction must be completed by May 31, sources have told ESPN. New York-based merchant bank Raine Group, appointed by Chelsea to handle the process, last week confirmed a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner