Connor O’Halloran Aug 17, 2023, 01:21 AM ET BURNLEY, England — Before J.J. and Kealia Watt could spread the gospel of Burnley across the United States, they first had to learn its story. They heard how it’s a centuries-old mill town; the Queen Street Mill, for example, which sits in a suburb on the town’s
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 17, 2023, 11:02 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Vlatko Andonovski has stepped down as head coach of the United States women’s national team, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Thursday. Assistant coach Twila Kilgore has been appointed as interim coach
Aug 10, 2023, 11:29 AM ET AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Step one for the U.S. Soccer Federation may be to fire coach Vlatko Andonovski, who led the U.S. women’s national team to a worst-ever round-of-16 exit at the Women’s World Cup. There have been no announcements yet, but it seems pretty inevitable based on the
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has expressed “big worries” over player welfare after defender Jurriën Timber joined a list of significant injuries at the start of the new season. Timber is facing up to the prospect of missing the majority of the 2023-24 campaign as he prepares to undergo surgery on an anterior cruciate ligament injury
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 03:54 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Sergino Dest joined Barcelona in 2020. Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images PSV are keen on bringing in U.S. international
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 16, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Vlatko Andonovski has stepped down as manager of the U.S. women’s national team, sources have confirmed to ESPN. An announcement from the U.S. Soccer Federation confirming Andonovski’s exit is expected on Thursday.
Neymar has said he has moved to a “very competitive” league by joining Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and praised Cristiano Ronaldo for igniting the growth of the Saudi Pro League, despite being called “crazy” when he moved to the Middle East last December. Brazil forward Neymar, 31, quit French champions Paris Saint-Germain to join
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Aug 16, 2023, 02:32 PM ET Antoine Griezmann has admitted that he’s following the exploits of the “incredible” Lionel Messi at Inter Miami, with the Atletico Madrid forward saying that he still hopes to end his career playing in MLS. Messi, 36, has scored in every one of his Inter Miami
Manchester City beat Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after they drew 1-1 on Wednesday at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, to win the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in their history. The first nine spot kicks of the shootout were all converted, but Nemanja Gudelj struck his penalty against the crossbar to
Arsenal have suffered a major setback, with team confirming that new signing Jurriën Timber will undergo surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The £34 million ($43m) arrival suffered the injury on his competitive debut, limping off after 50 minutes of last weekend’s 2-1 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest. No timescale