9:41 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed himself to turn around Manchester United‘s form amid increasing pressure surrounding his job at Old Trafford. United have lost three of their last four games and face a crucial Champions League clash with Villarreal on Wednesday. Solskjaer’s team have lost in the Champions League, Carabao
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10:21 AM ET N’Golo Kante will miss Chelsea‘s Champions League trip to Juventus on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19 but boss Thomas Tuchel insisted he will not push his players to increase protection by getting the vaccine. Kante is now quarantining as per government guidelines and joins a growing list of squad members to
5:00 AM ET The last time a player stood triumphantly towering over a clamour of Camp Nou worshippers it was, of course, Lionel Messi in 2017. Barcelona had just crushed Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 in the greatest European comeback in history, and the little Argentine genius ran to the fans behind the goal, leaping up onto
12:25 PM ET The European soccer weekend offered up a ton of tasty talking points, as per usual. We had lessons galore from Manchester City‘s win over Chelsea and Arsenal‘s derby rout of Tottenham, while Barcelona welcomed back a star in Ansu Fati after a long injury layoff — oh, and he scored in a
5:02 PM ET UEFA have nullified legal action against breakaway Super League clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus after a Madrid court ruled that European football’s governing body should not sanction the rebel clubs. UEFA had opened a probe against the three clubs but in June it suspended proceedings after being notified by Swiss authorities
10:20 AM ET Jaap Stam has struggled to find success with FC Cincinnati. Sam Greene/The Enquirer Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati have fired coach Jaap Stam with the club’s Under-19 and U23 coach Tyrone Marshall appointed on an interim basis. Former Manchester United defender Stam leaves with Cincinnati second-bottom of the Eastern Conference having only
2:58 PM ET Adriana Garcia Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala have been included in the Argentina squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite injury concerns for both players. The two players had been doubtful because of injuries but both are on the 30-man list selected by coach Lionel Scaloni for matches againt Paraguay, Uruguay
10:57 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Mauricio Pochettino has called for time to turn Paris Saint-Germain‘s squad of superstars into a team capable of winning the Champions League. Despite adding Lionel Messi to a forward line that already included Kylian Mbappe and Neymar over the summer, PSG were held to a 1-1 draw by Club Brugge
2:01 PM ET Ellen Fokkema’s love of the game has led to her making history. Soccrates Images for ESPN VV Foarut midfielder Ellen Fokkema has a typical matchday routine: ride her bicycle through the beautiful Friesland fields to the Schatzenburg sports complex in the small village of Menaam, in the north of the Netherlands (about 90
11:51 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. New England and Seattle continue their reign atop the order, but second-year side Nashville SC has slipped