Month: March 2024

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 1, 2024, 07:38 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The labor impasse over a new collective bargaining agreement involving the union that represents MLS referees and their employer — the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) — looks set to

Adam Brown Mar 1, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The summer transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY:

ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique said it was “my decision” to substitute Kylian Mbappé at half-time during his team’s 0-0 draw at Monaco on Friday. It was the second game in a row that Mbappé has been withdrawn early by Enrique, after being

Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco played out a 0-0 draw at Stade Louis II on Friday, with PSG forward Kylian Mbappé substituted at half-time. Mbappé’s early exit from the game came just days after PSG boss Luis Enrique said the team need to prepare for life without the France star ahead of

SC Freiburg forward Lucas Höler scored an 87th-minute goal on Friday to snatch a 2-2 draw against visitors Bayern Munich, whose Bundesliga title hopes suffered a further blow. The result left Bayern seven points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who have 61 and can pull 10 points clear with a win over Cologne on Sunday. –

ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2024, 03:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi will lead an Argentina squad featuring four players aged under 20 in two friendlies in the United States in March with the Copa América and Paris Olympics in mind. One of the biggest surprises of coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad named on

Adriana Garcia Mar 1, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brazil boss Dorival Junior has named uncapped teenagers Sávio and Lucas Beraldo in his first squad since taking over as head coach in January. Sávio, 19, and Beraldo, 20, have been rewarded for their performances at Girona and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively, and are included

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 1, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the format for the 2023-2024 U.S. Open Cup on Friday, confirming that only eight out of a possible 26 MLS teams will have their

Sid Lowe, Spain writerMar 1, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Javi Guerra (R) of Valencia celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Real Valladolid on April 27, 2023. (Photo by Jose Miguel Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Six guys stand in a line. Fran Pérez, Pablo Gozálbez, Cristhian Mosquera, Diego López, Javi Guerra and Alberto Marí are taking

Adriana Garcia Mar 1, 2024, 11:29 AM ET Spain’s state prosecutors will appeal against the four-and-a-half year sentence handed to Dani Alves and seek a longer prison term, judicial sources told Efe. A Spanish court on Feb. 22 found the former Brazil international guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December

Mar 1, 2024, 07:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall has said star forward Vivianne Miedema is to undergo minor surgery on her knee after dealing with irritation for several weeks. Miedema, 27, returned to Women’s Super League (WSL) action in October after 10 months out with an anterior cruciate ligament tear,

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 1, 2024, 08:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has given Manchester United hope of a revival under new minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe by saying that Manchester City‘s era of dominance won’t last forever. United have gone more than 10 years without winning the Premier League title while City, under

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 1, 2024, 08:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has said the racist abuse suffered by Vinícius Júnior away at Valencia last season shouldn’t be forgotten ahead of the player’s return this weekend. Real Madrid visit Valencia’s Mestalla in LaLiga on Saturday for the first time since the Brazil

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 1, 2024, 06:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions André Onana has admitted he didn’t feel good for the first six months of his Manchester United career. The goalkeeper, signed for £47 million ($59.4m) from Inter Milan in the summer, was responsible for a series of mistakes during the first half of the

Adriana Garcia Mar 1, 2024, 05:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said Barcelona can solve most of their financial problems by offloading “two or three of their top-class players.” Barça recently had their annual spending limit cut by €66 million ($71m) by LaLiga, going from €270m to €204m. – Stream

Tor-Kristian Karlsen, ESPNMar 1, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona are great at bringing through young players and the new sensation is Pau Cubarsi. Cristian Trujillo/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Welcome back to the ESPN FC Hot List, which each month highlights some of the most in-form talent aged 23 or under across Europe. Generally, young

Brothers Inaki and Nico Williams scored to help Athletic Bilbao secure a 3-0 semi-final win over Atletico Madrid on Thursday and a 4-0 aggregate victory that sent the Basque side into their third Copa de Rey final in the last five years. Ernesto Valverde’s team punished the visitors with clinical counter-attacks, starting when Inaki Williams