9:53 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour has joined Norwich City on a season-long loan, the newly promoted Premier League club announced on Friday. Gilmour played 11 games in all competitions for Chelsea last season as they finished fourth in the league and won the Champions League by
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7:45 AM ET An online petition calling for the Euro 2020 round-of-16 clash between France and Switzerland to be replayed has been signed by more than a quarter of a million people. The petition was posted on French website Les Lignes Bougent by an aggrieved fan of Les Bleus, who was remonstrating over a perceived
7:28 AM ET There’s a sense of inevitability about most matches involving the United States women’s national team. The opposition might hang with the U.S. for a bit. They might even threaten the goal on occasion. But eventually, like a steamroller in the process of smoothing out a new road, the U.S. will run over
6:23 PM ET Perhaps you consider the idea ridiculous. Spain, admittedly, have just scored 10 times split evenly across their past two matches — no team has ever done that in the history of the European Championship. La Roja have only twice scored more goals at any tournament than the 11 they’ve smashed home so
9:24 PM ET The United States women beat Mexico 4-0 in a friendly on a rainy night in East Hartford, Connecticut, in the the team’s second-to-last tune up ahead of this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo.. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Mexico stood tall in the opening 20 minutes, but the U.S.
7:44 PM ET A “big misunderstanding” between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the supporters group the American Outlaws led to the decision by the USSF to take down an “Equal Pay” banner put up by the AO ahead of Thursday’s friendly between the women’s national team and Mexico in Hartford, Connecticut. – Stream ESPN FC
1:56 PM ET Only eight teams remain in Euro 2020, but the picture as to who is going to win this thing has barely cleared up at all. Some of the original batch of favorites are gone — France, Portugal, Germany — but according to ESPN’s Soccer Power Index (SPI), no remaining team has even
9:00 AM ET After a thrilling round of 16, eight countries retain hope of winning Euro 2020. The quarterfinals begin on Friday, with Switzerland meeting Spain and Belgium taking on Italy. The following day, Czech Republic and Denmark clash, before Ukraine face England. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S.)– Tournament bracket
1:21 PM ET Putting together a roster for a national team tournament is full of innumerable moving parts. There’s the form and health of the players, as well as the willingness of clubs to have their performers take part. Timing is also an issue. The CONCACAF Gold Cup would at first glance appear to be
7:00 AM ET Alex Morgan and other female athletes have spoken out against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) guidelines on bringing young children. Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images USWNT player Alex Morgan leaves for the Tokyo Olympics in a week’s time, but says she is still unsure whether eased COVID-19 restrictions for nursing mothers will