11:07 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain must win the Champions League the hard way after being paired with Real Madrid in the re-drawn Round of 16 on Monday, following a software error that led to the initial draw — which had PSG facing Manchester United — being declared void by UEFA. – Champions League draw: PSG-Real
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola believes New York City FC striker Valentin Castellanos is ready to leave MLS and take the next step in his career in Europe. Castellanos, 23, finished the regular season with 19 goals before adding three in the play-offs as New York City claimed the first MLS Cup triumph
12:38 PM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team made its closing written argument on Friday in a bid to overturn the dismissal of its equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, calling the lower court’s original decision “flatly wrong.” The USWNT’s primary argument stayed the same: that the women were paid at
2:55 PM ET San Diego Wave FC announced on Monday that they have signed United States women’s national team forward Alex Morgan ahead of their inaugural National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Morgan joins Wave FC from the Orlando Pride, where she has played since 2017 besides a short stint with Women’s Super League team
2:04 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sergio Ramos has said he would have preferred Paris Saint-Germain to avoid his former club Real Madrid in the Champions League round-of-16 draw. PSG were pitted against Madrid in Monday’s redraw — after issues with the initial draw, which had paired PSG with Manchester United and Madrid with
10:01 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid are furious with UEFA over their “shameful” handling of the Champions League round-of-16 draw, sources told ESPN, with the club accusing European football’s governing body of “lying” over the problems that led to the process being repeated. Madrid were initially paired with Benfica on Monday before
10:09 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are in discussions with the Premier League about postponing their fixture against Brentford after the club were forced to close down their training ground because of an outbreak of COVID-19. United shut their Carrington training base on Monday after confirmation of positive coronavirus cases following PCR testing. –
In an extraordinary turn of events on Monday, UEFA was forced to announce that the Champions League round of 16 would have to be redrawn after the first attempt was marred by technical issues. The first draw, at the scheduled time of noon CET / 6 a.m. ET sparked administrative chaos as the software utilised
8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Interim Manchester United coach Ralf Rangnick has said forward Anthony Martial should have the courage to submit a formal transfer request if he wants to leave the club January. Martial’s agent, Philippe Lamboley, said on Friday that the 26-year-old wants to leave Old Trafford in the next transfer window. –
8:31 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will take on Italian side Napoli in the Europa League playoff round after being knocked out of the Champions League last week. Barca finished third in their group behind Bayern Munich and Benfica, which saw them drop into Europe’s secondary competition for the first time in 17