12:30 AM ET Cesar Hernandez Atlas are seeking back-to-back Liga MX titles after beating Pachuca in the first leg of the Clausura final. Hector Vivas/Getty Images Atlas took a step toward consecutive Liga MX titles by defeating Pachuca 2-0 in the first leg of the Clausura final on Thursday. At home in a packed Estadio Jalisco,
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12:00 PM ET Leeds United have signed United States men’s national team star Brenden Aaronson from FC Salzburg, the club announced. The midfielder has joined the Premier League club for a fee believed to be $29.5 million, sources have told ESPN, and on a contract until 2027. Aaronson becomes Leeds’ first signing of the summer
1:31 PM ET Ligue 1 president Vincent Labrune has hit back at his LaLiga counterpart Javier Tebas who attacked Paris Saint-Germain following Kylian Mbappe‘s contract extension, saying his denigration of the French league and its players was ‘unacceptable’. Mbappe, who had been linked with a move to Real Madrid, rejected an offer to join the
6:26 PM ET Canada Soccer has cancelled a friendly between the men’s national team and Iran next month, the national governing body said on Thursday, following widespread opposition to the fixture. No reason was given for the cancellation of the game that was set to be played on June 5 in Vancouver and would have
7:23 PM ET Associated Press Eduardo Berizzo previously spent close to two years in charge of Paraguay. Elvis Gonzalez – Pool/Getty Images Chile hired Eduardo Berizzo as national team coach on Thursday as they seek to recover from another disappointing performance in South American qualifying for the World Cup finals tournament. The Chilean soccer association said
4:24 AM ET The Premier League is over for another season. The prizes have been handed out, the tickets to Europe delivered and passports to obscurity in the EFL rubber-stamped. And with it, we draw the curtain on the third season of VAR, and with it another 38 rounds of controversy and arguments over refereeing
With the UEFA Women’s Euros coming up this summer, now is the perfect time to assess which young players are making their mark on the game. Borussia Dortmund (and soon to be Manchester City) striker Erling Haaland walked away with the No. 1 spot in ESPN’s list of male players, but who makes the grade
7:24 AM ET Investcorp said an agreement wasn’t reached to buy AC Milan. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Investcorp and U.S. fund Elliott have ended talks over the buyout of Italian champions AC Milan, a top executive of the Bahrain-domiciled asset manager said on Thursday. Reuters reported last week that Investcorp had put on hold its plans
6:40 AM ET The exodus at Manchester City is continuing as they announced on Thursday that defender Lucy Bronze will leave the club at the end of her contract this summer. Georgia Stanway, Caroline Weir and Karima Benameur Taieb have also said that they will leave the club this summer. – Euro 2022: England’s kit
7:20 AM ET Moises Llorens Rodrigo Faez AS Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni‘s transfer to Real Madrid has been held up due to a tax issue, multiple sources have confirmed ESPN. LaLiga champions Madrid are prepared to pay around €80 million to land Tchouameni, who joined Monaco for €20m from Bordeaux in 2020. However, the Spanish