Month: October 2023

Tottenham Hotspur opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace as their unbeaten start to the season continued on Friday. Ange Postecoglou’s side were matched by London rivals Palace throughout an even opening period but took charge once a Joel Ward own goal gave them

Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 27, 2023, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jenni Hermoso capped a remarkable return to the Spain squad by scoring an 89th-minute winner as the world champions beat Italy 1-0 on Friday to make it three wins out of three in the UEFA Nations League. Hermoso was not selected for Spain’s

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 26, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Roman Bürki has found a new home in MLS with sensational expansion side St. Louis City SC. Scott Rovak-USA TODAY Sports ST. LOUIS — Roman Bürki just wanted to find

Oct 27, 2023, 11:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia and New England will take part in one of the tighter Round 1 matchups of this year’s MLS Cup playoffs. Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Major League Soccer is returning to the sort of postseason format with which American fans will be intimately familiar: a best-of-three series.

Oct 27, 2023, 12:46 PM ET Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola plans to sign the book of condolence for the late Sir Bobby Charlton when his team travel to Old Trafford on Sunday to face Manchester United, and condemned the “vile chanting” by two City fans. Charlton, an England World Cup winner and one of

Oct 27, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea having to play a Premier League game on Christmas Eve at Wolverhampton Wanderers has come as a double blow to manager Mauricio Pochettino as he will not be able to celebrate the holiday nor his wedding anniversary. The game was originally scheduled to be played

Sid Lowe, Spain writerOct 27, 2023, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Florentino Perez will not be going to the Clásico in Barcelona on Saturday. This time there will be no visiting president in the directors’ box alongside all the usual suspects, from former players and footballing figures to bankers, businessmen and politicians. Joan Laporta,

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has suggested the Premier League should consider expanding their 25-man squads or allowing the use of 10 substitutes after Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey were ruled out for several weeks through injury. Jesus limped out of Tuesday’s Champions League win at Sevilla and tests have subsequently confirmed the Brazil striker

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 27, 2023, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has said that Casemiro is facing a race against time to be fit for the derby against Manchester City on Sunday. The midfielder missed the 2-1 win over Sheffield United because of an ankle injury

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 27, 2023, 09:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham has said he’s “excited” but not nervous to play in his first El Clásico — a game he loved watching as a boy — for Real Madrid against Barcelona in LaLiga on Saturday (10 a.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+).

Associated Press Oct 27, 2023, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer is in line to play for the first time since breaking his leg skiing last year, coach Thomas Tuchel said. – Stream LIVE: Bayern Munich vs. Darmstadt, 10/28, 9:20 a.m. ET, ESPN+ Neuer last played at the

Oct 27, 2023, 06:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sandro Tonali could be available for Newcastle United this weekend despite being given a 10-month ban for breaches of Italian betting rules, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday ahead of the Premier League clash at Wolves. The head of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 27, 2023, 04:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions That World Cup hangover hasn’t disappeared just yet for the United States women’s national team. The USWNT and Colombia played to a 0-0 draw Thursday in the first of

Oct 27, 2023, 03:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabian second-tier club Al Qadsiah sacked manager Robbie Fowler on Friday, just four months after appointing the former Liverpool striker. The 48-year-old, who is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League and earned 26 caps for England, was appointed by the Saudi

Oct 27, 2023, 02:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is relaxed about Darwin Núñez‘s finishing after the forward missed an open goal as the Merseyside club maintained a perfect record in the Europa League this season with a 5-1 win over Toulouse. The 24-year-old, who moved to the Premier

Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 24, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As manager, Xavi has been working to turn Barcelona back into the kind of team that dazzled when he was a player in its midfield for almost two decades. Eric Alonso/Getty Images Xavi Hernandez frequently makes reference to Barcelona as being the most “difficult

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCOct 26, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham has made playing for Real Madrid look easy. You’ve heard the headline number by now: eight goals in his first nine LaLiga games. Those goals — which have come from just 22 shots, 15 of them on target — have propelled