Month: June 2022

4:00 AM ET Erik ten Hag played a key role in Ralf Rangnick’s sudden exit from Manchester United — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why Man City are happy to lose Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus this summer. Jump to: Liverpool receive FA support | Why City are happy to lose Sterling, Jesus

9:45 AM ET When U.S. Soccer sends out press releases to announce upcoming match rosters, there are always a few stats and facts included. But I think this bullet from the announcement of the 23-player roster for CONCACAF’S World Cup qualification tournament sums up the state of the U.S. women’s national team perfectly: Honestly, when

2:36 PM ET Oliver McBurnie, pictured, and teammate Rhian Brewster were charged with common assault by the Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday. Getty Images Sheffield United duo Rhian Brewster and Oliver McBurnie were charged with assault by Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday following the disorder that marred their Championship playoff semifinal at Nottingham Forest last month. The club

12:29 PM ET Associated Press FIFA has approved bigger 26-man squads for the World Cup in Qatar, deciding Thursday to extend football’s relaxation of rules that help coaches and players during the COVID-19 pandemic. The move was expected from the FIFA Bureau — comprising the presidents of FIFA and football’s six confederations — after 23-player

9:18 AM ET The European soccer season ended in May, and there’s no major men’s international tournament on deck this summer. The NBA season just ended, and the NHL season is about to. Happily distracted by the Men’s and Women’s College World Series? The latter is over, and the former will be soon. Granted, the

8:21 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have made a first offer to Bayern Munich for Robert Lewandowski and would also like to sign Sevilla‘s Jules Kounde to bolster their defence, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Bayern want more than €40 million for the Polish striker, who has expressed a desire to leave, but

6:00 AM ET Chelsea may end up spending well over £100 million on new signings this summer, with a new centre-back, full-back, midfielder and centre-forward already on coach Thomas Tuchel’s list of priority acquisitions, but the biggest problem facing the Premier League club’s new American owners cannot be solved by any kind of transfer fee.

6:26 AM ET There had been no specific ruling in Germany for footballers on the issue before now. Photo by John Walton – PA Images via Getty Images Transgender and non-binary footballers can now decide themselves whether to play for a men’s or women’s team instead of being bound by personal identification data, the German Football

4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Relevent Sports CEO Daniel Sillman has said LaLiga games will be played on North American soil before the 2026 World Cup. LaLiga signed a 15-year marketing agreement with Relevent Sports in August 2018 to promote the game in North America and have tried since without success to stage several league

9:44 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. This summer’s transfer window will have a slightly different flavor than those in previous years. With the

6:27 PM ET Eight people who took care of soccer legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, according to a ruling released on Wednesday following an investigation into his November 2020 death due to cardiac arrest. In the 236-page document seen by Reuters, the judge in charge of the case questioned

5:39 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain are set to hire Nice‘s Christophe Galtier as the club’s next manager, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 champions have reached an agreement with Nice and Galtier, with an official announcement expected in the coming days. PSG will pay a fee of around €10 million to Nice — where