1:18 AM ET Cristhian Paredes and Diego Valeri electrified the 150th consecutive sellout crowd at Providence Park with late first-half goals, and the host Portland Timbers rolled to a 4-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday night. Paredes ended the night with two goals, his second one coming in the 81st minute. The frustrations
Manchester United are back home after a gruelling preseason tour to Australia and the Far East, but what did we learn from it? Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team ended their summer tour with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in Shanghai on Thursday after wins over Perth Glory, Leeds United and Inter Milan. The United boss has
9:47 AM ET Raheem Sterling celebrates after scoring Manchester City’s second. Matt McNulty – Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Manchester City ended their preseason tour of Asia on a high with a 3-1 win over Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring for the Premier League champions after 18 minutes,
Jurgen Klopp heaps praise on Trent Alexander-Arnold’s growth at such a young age, as the Liverpool local is getting a mural of himself. Jurgen Klopp speaks exclusively to ESPN to explain why Liverpool’s “perfect performance” vs. Barcelona was his favorite moment so far. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all
10:26 AM ET Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte handed debuts to summer signings Diego Godin and Nicolo Barella as the Nerazzurri beat Paris Saint-Germain 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in their preseason friendly in China. PSG had looked set to claim the victory when Thilo Kehrer opened the scoring on 41 minutes. However,
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol explains why Frank Lampard is facing an uphill battle in his first season in charge at Chelsea. Frank Lampard secured his first win as Chelsea boss as his side came out 2-1 winners against Barcelona in Japan. Real Madrid’s Eden Hazard said that he believes the man replacing him in the Chelsea
By Andrew Cesare Richardson After Eric Bailly’s injury against Tottenham, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol says Manchester United’s needs at the centre-back position are more dire than ever. ESPN FC’s Ian Darke and Stewart Robson share their thoughts on the likelihood Harry Maguire joins Manchester United this summer. Manchester United starlet Mason Greenwood comes of the
12:44 AM ET Los Angeles FC scored four goals in a 12-minute stretch of the first half, including one from Carlos Vela, the MLS leader in goals scored, to overcome an early deficit and then held on for a wild 4-3 victory Friday night over visiting Atlanta United FC. Adama Diomande, Diego Rossi and Eduard
Julien Laurens questions whether Joao Felix will be able to express himself at Atletico Madrid like he’s done with Benfica. At just 19 years old and after barely half a season of regular senior football, Joao Felix became the fourth-most expensive footballer in history when Atletico Madrid paid Benfica €126 million for the striker dubbed
Miralem Pjanic is going to see a lot of the ball this season. In Maurizio Sarri’s early training sessions as Juventus coach, Pjanic has taken on a central role, sitting at the base of midfield in practice matches and spraying passes to his teammates in the same metronomic fashion as Jorginho under Sarri at Napoli
10:02 PM ET Diego Costa scored four goals as Real Madrid were embarrassed 7-3 by rivals Atletico Madrid in the final match of their United States tour in New Jersey on Friday. Real fielded a strong side once again, with new signings Eden Hazard and Luka Jovic starting up front and Gareth Bale again on
After Eric Bailly’s injury against Tottenham, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol says Manchester United’s needs at the centre-back position are more dire than ever. Eric Bailly will miss the start of the Premier League season after suffering a meniscus injury that will sideline the Manchester United defender for at least six weeks, according to ESPN FC
10:09 AM ET Mark Ogden HONG KONG — Leroy Sane scored twice for Manchester City as the Premier League Champions coasted to a 6-1 friendly win against Kitchee in Hong Kong. City, playing the third game of their preseason tour of the Far East, were forced to overcome stifling humidity in the Hong Kong Stadium
LAFC is closing in on the signing of Penarol midfielder Brian Rodriguez, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. Reports in South America suggest that Penarol would not let Rodriguez go for less than $11.5 million, though it remains to be seen if the final number will be that high if and when the deal gets
NEW YORK — Jurgen Klopp doesn’t remember the name of the street but he recalls the staggering traffic that delayed his arrival in Manhattan for the meeting that started it all. He can’t distinguish exactly which high-rise building it was in given the scale of steel structures painting the New York skyline, but he reminisces
10:20 AM ET Sam Marsden Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley helped Chelsea beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Rakuten Cup on Tuesday as Ernesto Valverde’s side kicked off their preseason with a defeat in Tokyo. Abraham opened the scoring in the first half after a mistake from Sergio Busquets, with Barkley wrapping up the
ESPN FC’s Matteo Bonetti finds the silver lining to AC Milan’s one-year ban from European competition. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Moscardelli ends the bottlecap challenge Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
The European transfer window is open. Click here to review all the latest transfers and keep up to date with the latest gossip below. Top free agents in 2020 | What do Europe’s elite need? TOP STORY: Arsenal run the rule on Rugani Unai Emery is interested in making Juventus defender Daniele Rugani his latest Arsenal
Shaka Hislop believes that Newcastle United’s problems are higher up than the recent appointment of manager Steve Bruce to replace Rafa Benitez. Shaka Hislop makes sense of Newcastle’s £50 million valuation of Man United target Sean Longstaff, who only made nine league appearances in 2018-19. Alejandro Moreno sifts through the latest transfer rumours in this
The FC crew discusses the next step in Gareth Bale’s career and whether he will return to Tottenham or move somewhere else. This has been a strange summer in the transfer market. The Gareth Bale-Real Madrid saga has become increasingly nasty. Neymar‘s desired divorce from PSG isn’t going as he’d hoped. It felt like Barcelona