7:30 PM ET Roughly nine months since being left off the United States‘ Olympic qualifying roster, USMNT and FC Dallas striker Ricardo Pepi called the snub a turning point to his season. “It just made me hungry,” Pepi said Friday. “It made me hungry to go on for the year. To do good for my
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5:30 PM ET Thomas Tuchel has urged Chelsea fans to rally behind his team after they were booed off against Everton but said he was struggling to explain their stuttering form. Chelsea fell four points behind leaders Manchester City on Thursday following a 1-1 draw with Everton which was greeted by jeers from some home
4:31 PM ET Robert Lewandowski broke the record for most league goals in a calendar year as the champions Bayern Munich crushed VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 on Friday to go into the winter break with a nine-point lead at the top of the standings. Lewandowski capped off the rout with three minutes from the end, volleying
12:23 PM ET Caitlin Murray United States women’s national team player Kristie Mewis was the highest profile player traded during Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League expansion draft, with San Diego Wave FC picking her before immediately agreeing a deal with NJ/NY Gotham for her rights. Mewis had been left unprotected by Houston Dash for the
5:11 PM ET Violence erupted in the stands during the match between Paris FC and Lyon. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images The French Cup last 64 game between Paris FC and Lyon was abandoned following crowd trouble on Friday, a stadium announcer said as violence continued to hit French football. Supporters appeared to be fighting each
12:35 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Xavi Hernandez has admitted that turning things around at Barcelona is proving harder than he thought and said some players don’t understand the style of football he wants to play. Barca won two of their first three games under new coach Xavi, who replaced Ronald Koeman in November,
1:27 PM ET Bernardo Silva has been Manchester City’s key player this season, all this coming months after he was reportedly heading out of the club. Lynne Cameron/Manchester City Last season, we celebrated a number of players aged 27 or older who, like Ilkay Gundogan, had either pushed their respective games to new heights or thrived
Dec 16, 2021 Thomas Tuchel has a list of targets to plug Chelsea’s leaky defence — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Anthony Martial’s agent comments did not have the desired effect, and the MLS hotshot on the radar of Premier League teams. Jump to: MLS star attracts Premier League interest | Martial exit
9:11 AM ET Inter Milan have terminated the contract of midfielder Christian Eriksen, the reigning Serie A champions announced. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark at Euro 2020 and was fitted with a heart-starting device, something which prevents him from playing in Italy. “Internazionale FC announces it has found a mutual agreement
8:29 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Diego Simeone has refused to rule out Joao Felix leaving Atletico Madrid in the January transfer window. The 22-year-old joined from Benfica in 2019 in a deal worth €126 million — the second highest fee ever paid to sign a teenager — but has failed to perform consistently