Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 18, 2023, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions England booked their place at Euro 2024 with Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley, a game in which they were down 1-0 before two Harry Kane goals and one from Marcus Rashford lifted the Three Lions to all three
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Open Extended Reactions LONDON — England booked their place at Euro 2024 on Tuesday night with the sort of victory that suggests they might soon be ready to clear the final hurdle in their path to tournament glory. Perhaps the last challenge Gareth Southgate has to overcome in ending the Three Lions’ 58-year wait for
Adriana Garcia Oct 18, 2023, 05:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi has quashed speculation that he will leave Inter Miami on loan to play for another club once the MLS season ends. Inter Miami, who did not reach the MLS playoffs, take on Charlotte FC in their last game on Saturday. – Stream
Giovanni Reyna scored his first goals for the United States since 2021 in an impressive 4-0 friendly win over Ghana at Geodis Park in Nashville on Tuesday night. The Americans bounced back in fine fashion following a 3-1 draw with Germany on Saturday, as Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun found the back of the net
Lionel Messi proved he is back to full fitness after scoring both goals in Argentina‘s 2-0 win over Peru in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Messi made his return to a starting lineup after being sidelined or coming from the bench for the last four weeks due to a muscle problem. His last
An equalizer from Borussia Dortmund‘s Niclas Füllkrug secured a 2-2 draw for Germany in a friendly against Mexico on Tuesday. Held in front of more than 62,000 fans at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the international exhibition quickly hit the ground running with Germany’s Florian Wirtz forcing a short-range save from Mexico goalkeeper and captain
Darwin Nunez and Nicolas de la Cruz scored to give Uruguay a 2-0 win over Brazil in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday as Neymar was forced off late in the first half after suffering what appeared to be a serious knee injury. Nunez opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with a diving
Open Extended Reactions How VAR could have changed football’s future Illustration by T.M. Detwiler It’s six years since the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) arrived in soccer. Today it is, for better or for worse, fully woven into the fabric of the game around the world. Before 2017, football was so much simpler. When a referee made
Oct 17, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Forward Anwar El Ghazi was suspended by Mainz on Tuesday for a social media post about the Israel-Hamas war that the Bundesliga club felt was “unacceptable.” El Ghazi, who joined Mainz in September, has since deleted the post. Hamas fighters killed more than 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7 in
ESPN News Services Oct 17, 2023, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina winger Ángel Di María said on Tuesday that the 2024 Copa America will be his last tournament with the Albiceleste, ending a 16-year run with the national team. “I will leave the Argentina national team after the Copa America. It’s over for