Apr 26, 2024, 03:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Enzo Fernández will play no further part in Chelsea’s season due to injury. Getty Images Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernández has undergone groin surgery and will miss the remaining six games of the season, the Premier League club said. The Argentina international, who suffered a hernia in December,
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Megan Swanick Apr 22, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s Monday, another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Our rankings are derived from a combination of key season statistics (points per game, goal differential, expected goal differential), recent performance, the Opta computer ratings
Jeff Kassouf Apr 25, 2024, 08:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sophia Smith of the Portland Thorns was the NWSL’s MVP in 2022. Is she on track for another MVP-worthy season this year? Troy Wayrynen/USA TODAY Sports The 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season is five matchweeks old. Too early to start talking about contenders for
Tony Mabert, Senior Editor, ESPN FCApr 25, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City enjoyed a comfortable 4-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, closing the gap with Premier League leaders Arsenal to one point with a game in hand. (Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images) BRIGHTON & HOVE, England — Manchester
Jeff Kassouf Apr 25, 2024, 05:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Diego Wave forward Alex Morgan will miss Saturday’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match against Bay FC due to an ankle injury, Wave head coach Casey Stoney confirmed on Thursday. “She’s got an ankle injury and she’s out for this weekend, and then
PSV Eindhoven paid tribute to injured defender Sergiño Dest before putting on a show in a 8-0 thrashing of Heerenveen, in which Dest’s United States teammate Malik Tillman scored twice. The win equaled PSV’s record road victory and saw them move to within touching distance of winning their 22nd Dutch Eredivisie title. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
Manchester City chalked up another big win in their hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title, as Phil Foden continued his career-best scoring season with two goals in a 4-0 thrashing of Brighton on Thursday. Foden’s first-half double came between goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Julián Álvarez as City extended their unbeaten run
ESPN News Services Apr 25, 2024, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Feyenoord manager Arne Slot said he wanted to become the next coach at Liverpool and that the two clubs “are in negotiations” ahead of his team’s Eredivisie match against Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday. “The only thing I can say about it is
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 25, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions What started with a 5-3 defeat at home to Villarreal in January ended on Wednesday with a sushi order at Barcelona president Joan Laporta’s house to mark Xavi Hernández agreeing to stay on as the club’s coach. That shocking loss at the
Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 10:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FIFA deepened its ties to Saudi Arabia by confirming a sponsorship with the kingdom’s state oil firm Aramco on Thursday. The deal was expected and became inevitable once Saudi Arabia was all but sealed last October as the 2034 host of the men’s World
Open Extended Reactions The timing was impeccable. Just 48 hours after Nottingham Forest‘s outrageous social media statement called the impartiality and integrity of Premier League referee Stuart Attwell into question, after they were denied three penalty appeals against Everton, UEFA announced that Attwell had been appointed as a VAR for Euro 2024. It perfectly illustrates
Apr 25, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS Roma and relegation-threatened Udinese are to play out the final 18 minutes of their Serie A clash on Thursday, nearly two weeks after Evan Ndicka‘s on-pitch collapse caused the game to be suspended. Unlike in other leagues, where the full match would have to be
Apr 25, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham have added fixtures against Bournemouth and Vancouver Whitecaps to their preseason “Wrex Coast Tour,” the Welsh club announced on Thursday. Having previously confirmed a match against Chelsea on July 24 in Santa Clara, California, Wrexham will now face Bournemouth four days earlier on July 20,
Apr 25, 2024, 09:10 AM ET The Spanish government announced the creation of a special committee on Thursday that will oversee the country’s football federation (RFEF) until the governing body holds new elections. The decision was taken “in response to the crisis in the organisation and in defence of the general interest of Spain,” the
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentApr 25, 2024, 08:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández said on Thursday that he has unfinished business at Barcelona after backtracking on his decision to step down as head coach at the end of the season. Xavi announced in January that he would leave the job in the summer, despite
Apr 25, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Thursday that Xavi Hernández’s choice to stay on as Barcelona manager is the “correct decision.” Xavi, 44, had announced in January that he would walk away from the post at the end of the season, but has now
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentApr 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With everything that’s going on with Barcelona at the moment — still reeling from their loss in El Clasico at the weekend and their manager doing a U-turn over his decision to leave this summer, all amid their continued financial peril — the
Apr 25, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have been the highest scoring team in the Premier League this year. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images The Premier League record for most goals scored in a 20-team season was broken on Wednesday night. Last season’s tally of 1084 goals had been the previous record
We are counting down to the start of Euro 2024, with host nation Germany kicking it off on June 14 when they take on Scotland. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) All 24 teams are starting to make their final plans for the tournament, hoping that star players don’t get struck down
Apr 25, 2024, 02:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has said Arne Slot “could be a Liverpool coach” due to his playing style and philosophy. Slot, who won the Eredivisie title in 2023 and the KNVB Cup last weekend, is the frontrunner to take charge of Liverpool next season. –