Football

9:27 AM ET Back in 2005, DaMarcus Beasley didn’t think of himself as a trailblazer. He wasn’t thinking about being the first American to play in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, or how doing so might eventually pave the way for future U.S. players. He was just a 22-year-old midfielder trying to make

7:27 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Favourites to regain the Premier League title this season, Manchester City have hit a rich vein of form with a record 18 wins in a row, yet one area where they have not been as dominant as in recent years is in front of goal. They’ve averaged above 2.5 goals

7:01 PM ET Alex Kirkland Goalkeeper Jan Oblak has denied Atletico Madrid are facing a “crisis” after a 1-0 Champions League defeat to Chelsea on Tuesday saw the La Liga leaders lose back-to-back games for the first time this season. The round-of-16 first leg result in Bucharest — which saw Olivier Giroud‘s overhead kick give

12:53 PM ET Australia and Qatar will no longer feature in the postponed Copa America tournament. Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year’s Copa America, have pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)

5:08 AM ET Adriana Garcia Christoph Metzelder faces trial on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. TF-Images/Getty Images Former Germany international and ex-Real Madrid defender Christoph Metzelder will face trial in his home country on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Metzelder is accused by the prosecutors’ office of 29 charges of

12:29 PM ET What a weekend of action! Inter Milan took a decisive step towards the Serie A title, Liverpool lost again (this time to rivals Everton) at Anfield, La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid slipped up to give Real Madrid and Barcelona faint hope, and there was further joy for both Manchester City and Manchester

9:08 AM ET Manchester City are running away with the Premier League title race and seemingly on course to be crowned champions for the third time in four seasons, but while the biggest prize appears destined for the Etihad again, the battle for Champions League qualification is intensifying with every round of fixtures. West Ham

MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is saying all the right things about pushing Manchester City to the wire, but he would be forgiven if he doesn’t even believe it himself. Manchester United are back up to second in the Premier League table after a 3-1 win over Newcastle on Sunday, but with City making

8:40 PM ET Watching the United States women’s national team is an exercise akin to finding flaws in the Sistine Chapel. On most days, there is nary an imperfection to be found. But on the rare occasions when a defect is located in the Americans’ play, there’s a discussion to be had about whether it’s

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4:02 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Jurgen Klopp has grown accustomed to making history as Liverpool manager, but he and his team are now creating it for all the wrong reasons. Times have been bad in recent weeks at Anfield, but the reigning Premier League champions are now in a full-blown crisis after losing 2-0

2:25 PM ET Liverpool‘s losing run continued as rivals Everton earned a rare Merseyside derby victory with a 2-0 result at Anfield on Saturday. Goals from Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson in each half were enough for Everton to secure their first derby victory at Anfield since 1999. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.

8:11 AM ET Thomas Tuchel has said he wants Christian Pulisic to stay at Chelsea but admitted “no decisions” have yet been taken over the club’s summer plans. The USMNT international has only started in the FA Cup fifth-round win at Barnsley on Feb. 11 during Tuchel’s six-game tenure. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on

12:57 PM ET Inter Milan and AC Milan have a real shot of ending Juve’s run of Serie A titles. Whoever wins this weekend will move into pole position. Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images While the return of the Champions League is, for very obvious reasons, the top story of the week, the European soccer weekend will provide

9:33 AM ET Lionel Messi is one of the best to ever play the game, and he has three clubs to choose from when his contract expires this summer. ESPN Illustration Lionel Messi needs little introduction: he’ll go down in history as one of the best to ever play soccer, with six Ballons d’Ors to his

3:40 AM ET Jose Mourinho could be spared until the end of the season, as Tottenham Hotspur ponder his future — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why Man United passed on Dayot Upamecano. Jump to: Man United passed on Upamecano | Alaba to Madrid not certain | Lazio to face relegation over COVID?

3:08 PM ET A brace from Bruno Fernandes and goals from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James gifted Manchester United a comfortable 4-0 win over Real Sociedad in Turin in a frenetic encounter in the Europa League round of 32 on Thursday. United were always dangerous on the attack, but it was Fernandes, who scored his