Month: December 2020

6:23 PM ET It says everything about the crisis at Arsenal these days that a teenager can make his first start in nine months, touch the ball 11 times and come off injured after 49 minutes yet still be their best player by some distance. Gabriel Martinelli was the brief flicker of light on another

12:13 PM ET When whispers began circulating at the end of the summer that a number of high-profile United States women’s national team players would be making their way to England, there was curiosity on both sides of the Atlantic as to what this might mean for the global game. Several players had done stints

11:00 AM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna has been voted U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Player of the Year for 2020. Reyna, 18, burst onto the international scene with the German giants in 2020 and capped the year by making his first appearance for the United States in a 0-0 draw with Wales back in

1:12 PM ET Napoli have won their appeal against the decision to hand them a 3-0 defeat and deduct one point for failing to play their Serie A match at Juventus in October amid confusion over Italian soccer’s COVID-19 rules. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream Serie A games on ESPN+

4:56 PM ET Holders Manchester City advanced to the Carabao Cup semifinals by defeating 4-1 Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The game was even at the break thanks to a third-minute goal from Gabriel Jesus and an Alexandre Lacazette strike just after the half-hour

3:06 PM ET United States midfielder Becky Sauerbrunn said the USWNT had failed its Black players by not taking a stand against racial injustice sooner. The U.S. women displayed their support before a 2-0 friendly defeat of the Netherlands in late November, with the players wearing warm-up jackets with the words “Black Lives Matter” emblazoned

5:22 PM ET Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi has overtaken Brazil legend Pele to become the player to score the most goals for a single club after taking his tally to 644 on Tuesday. The record-breaking goal came in the second half of Barca’s match at Valladolid, with Messi took the ball in stride off a flick