9:33 AM ET Juergen Klinsmann Juergen Klinsmann won the World Cup and European Championship with Germany during a glittering career in which he played for Inter, Tottenham and Bayern, among others. As a coach, he led Germany to a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup and managed the U.S. men’s national team from 2011-16.
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4:59 AM ET Adriana Garcia Brazilian club Santos have said their team bus was stoned after Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Boca Juniors in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal. Santos said the attack occurred when the bus that was carrying their players arrived at the team’s hotel in Buenos Aires. They posted a
11:41 PM ET The 18th edition of the Asian Cup, the region’s flagship national team competition, will take place in China from June 16 to July 16, 2023, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Thursday. Ten cities across China will host the 24-team tournament, which will be held over 31 days, three days more
Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Mallory Pugh headline the roster for this month’s training camp for the U.S. women’s national team. All told, U.S manager Vlatko Andonovksi named 27 players to the group that will gather in Orlando, Fla. from Jan. 9-22. The camp will conclude with two games against Colombia on Jan. 18 and
6:09 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said before the Carabao Cup semifinal with Manchester City there could be “no excuses” if Manchester United did not reach the first final of his reign, and he is right. The 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford will feel a huge missed opportunity for the
4:38 PM ET Federico Chiesa and Weston McKennie helped Juventus to a big 3-1 win over AC Milan at the San Siro on Wednesday night. Nine-time holders Juventus came into the match in the unusual position of trailing in the Serie A title race, with first-placed Milan — unbeaten in 27 league games — leading
11:15 AM ET Inter Milan‘s eight-match winning run in Serie A game to an end as two of their former players, Antonio Candreva and Keita Balde, struck to give Sampdoria a shock 2-1 win in Genoa on Wednesday. Candreva converted from the penalty spot before Keita guided home a finish to give the hosts a
10:45 AM ET David Beckham has held talks with former Manchester United teammate Phil Neville to discuss the coaching position at Inter Miami, sources have told ESPN. Neville, a co-owner of EFL League Two club Salford City alongside Miami part-owner Beckham, is due to leave his post as head coach of the England Women’s team
7:04 AM ET Antwerp’s Didier Lamkel Ze has issued a public apology after he turned up to training in an Anderlecht shirt. Photo by Jef Matthee/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Antwerp forward Didier Lamkel Ze has apologised after he arrived to training wearing the shirt of the club’s fiercest rivals Anderlecht. Lamkel Ze was denied entry
5:17 PM ET AC Milan take on Juventus on Wednesday — 2:30 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN2 — from their perch at the top of the Serie A table, a spot they’ve held since the start of the campaign, or 15 matchdays. The last time they were top for this long was 10 years,
6:15 PM ET Major League Soccer submitted a verbal proposal to the MLS Players Association on Tuesday in which it won’t insist on salary cuts for the upcoming season in exchange for extending the current collective bargaining agreement for two years. Multiple sources told ESPN that the proposal would freeze compensation growth between 2021 and
6:26 PM ET Jose Mourinho has form for using the EFL Cup as a catalyst for bigger successes. It was the first silverware he won in each of his two spells with Chelsea in 2005 and 2015, and his maiden trophy with Manchester United a year later. Both clubs went on to better things, and
4:59 AM ET January shapes up as an absolutely colossal month for Barcelona given that: Their greatest-ever player is suddenly free to commit to a rival club for no fee, and they could kiss goodbye to three trophy chances (Supercup, Copa and League) by the time February dawns. Plus, please don’t forget there are Camp
3:48 PM ET USWNT forward Alex Morgan said she has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of upcoming call-ups for the national team’s January training camp. – Alex Morgan to leave Tottenham, return to U.S.– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) “Unfortunately, my family and I closed out 2020 learning that we had contracted
11:11 AM ET The Premier League has revealed a record number of positive COVID-19 test results among players and club staff but said it remains “confident” matches will continue as planned. During two rounds of testing between Dec. 28 and Jan. 3, 40 cases were found from 2,295 tests carried out. That figure is a
10:18 AM ET South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL has expressed their solidarity with Edinson Cavani after the Manchester United forward was handed a three-match ban and fined £100,000. Cavani was sanctioned after replying to a friend on Instagram, using the Spanish term “Gracias negrito” — which can be interpreted as racist in the United
5:30 AM ET COVID-19 is threatening to wreck the Premier League schedule. There were three matches postponed in the English top flight in December and one in January, the first since “Project Restart” saw football return in June, with further matches threatened due to a spike in positive cases and number of stars in self-isolation.
3:00 AM ET The world of football transfers is full of errors; no club can get it 100% right the whole time. However, some have more of a track record of failure than others — whether it’s spending mountains of cash on one player (Real Madrid), consistently making poor decisions in certain positions (Man United),
1:15 PM ET Kathleen McNamee Rahman’s penalty-taking marathon was a huge success, just like her work around the globe to improve girls’ access to the sport. Courtesy of Deena Rahman Deena Rahman’s lifelong love of football has taken her from England to Egypt, Bahrain to Tanzania and even further afield. In 2017, she travelled to Mt.
12:06 PM ET Marta is considered one of the greatest women’s players ever. Photo by Fred Lee/Getty Images Brazil legend Marta announced her engagement to her Orlando Pride teammate Toni Pressley on social media on Monday. Marta, who was the first player in either the men’s or women’s game to score at five World Cup tournaments,