Football

6:36 PM ET In the 285 days since the U.S. men’s national team last played, it seemed like there was a sea change for the Americans. The U.S. now has a player at Juventus in Weston McKennie, while Sergino Dest and Konrad de la Fuente are on the first-team roster at Barcelona. That’s to go

2:45 PM ET The United States men’s national team wore messages calling for social justice on their tracksuits prior to their international friendly with Wales on Thursday in Cardiff. The players and coaches marched out for the pregame anthems wearing jackets emblazoned with the words “Be the Change” on the front, with each displaying different

4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Louis van Gaal still says he should have seen his dismissal coming at Manchester United six months before it happened, and while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not there yet, the similarities are striking. Two managers wrestling with the suspicion they were not backed by the club when it mattered, an

8:30 AM ET Ronaldo, Pele, Zidane and Messi are all legends, but are they the greatest from their own countries? ESPN Illustration Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona? Is Pele the undisputed best from Brazil? Clint Dempsey or Landon Donovan? What about the No. 1 from England? After asking our writers to nominate the most iconic players

2:31 PM ET United States midfielder Christian Pulisic will not play in Thursday’s friendly against Wales, and will leave camp on Wednesday night as he recuperates from a hamstring injury, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced. The Chelsea midfielder had always been unlikely to play in the match after sustaining the injury while warming up prior

4:00 AM ET Penalty taking has never been more important than it is in 2020. The introduction of VAR across Europe’s top leagues, combined with revisions to the handball law, have contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of spot kicks awarded throughout the game. 2 Related There have been 41 penalties in 78

10:55 AM ET As their most recent squad announcement for this month’s matches against Wales and Panama showed, the United States men’s national team has some exciting individual talents coming through. With an average age of 21 years, 10 months, the likes of Christian Pulisic and Giovanni Reyna will take the headlines, but a team

11:05 AM ET Sergino Dest flew into Barcelona on a Tuesday and finally signed for the Catalan club that Thursday. Between landing at El Prat airport and penning a five-year deal at Camp Nou, Bayern Munich were on the phone trying to resurrect a deal they had been working on since January. The German giants

5:30 AM ET This is the story of how Valencia‘s historic 4-1 thrashing of Real Madrid on Sunday owes something to a grandmother, a grandad, Dani Parejo, Peter Lim, Getafe‘s Djene Dakonam, an angel, a demon and, of course, one of Los Che’s most famous ball boys. This is the jam-packed, Keystone Kops, eye-of-the hurricane

11:27 AM ET Decision Day produced its share of drama. The Philadelphia Union clinched the Supporters’ Shield, the first trophy in their history, by beating the New England Revolution 2-0. At the other end of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, the Montreal Impact and Inter Miami each produced wins to earn their way

10:42 AM ET Liverpool and Man City showed their weaknesses, Arsenal were beaten by Aston Villa, Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund but have an unwelcome injury to contend with, while Barcelona were saved by super-sub Lionel Messi. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past

5:36 PM ET Arsenal were crying out for the structure and stability Mikel Arteta has brought to the team, but nights like Sunday with a crushing 3-0 defeat to Aston Villaunderline why they will need more to succeed in the long run. It is just a week since the Spaniard was widely praised for facilitating

3:20 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — After 90 minutes between the Premier League’s best two teams there was no clear winner, and if anything, Manchester City‘s 1-1 draw with Liverpool served as more evidence that this season’s title race is open to anyone. After a weekend that saw Southampton, Tottenham and Leicester all

2:40 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has backed Manchester United‘s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after he hit out at the fixture schedule and said it set his side up to fail. United beat Everton in the early kick-off on Saturday after losing to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday with Solskjaer saying the

Nov 6, 2020 This weekend’s marquee game in the Premier League sees the best two teams in England and the winners of the past three titles, Liverpool and Manchester City, square off at the Etihad. It’s their first meeting since City’s 4-0 win over the Reds on July 2, a result that came a week

4:11 PM ET Bayern pulled even with RB Leipzig at the top of the Bundesliga after a 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that showcased much of what makes them special. They absorb setbacks, they adjust and they move on. And they can beat you in so many different ways. The pregame hype, naturally,

10:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LIVERPOOL, England — It will take more than victory at Everton to prove Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s prematch assertion that he remains the right man to resurrect Manchester United, but for now it will stop the bleeding. After coming out fighting at his usual Friday news conference Solskjaer, under pressure following

9:16 AM ET MLS Decision Day is upon us. For the league, simply getting to this point is an achievement amid the COVID-19 pandemic, though we’ll see how the MLS Cup playoffs themselves fare. – MLS Playoffs: Who’s in, Who’s out and all key info– MLS regular season: Updated points-per-game table– Stream MLS games LIVE,