Open Extended Reactions MLS expansion side San Diego FC has traded two draft picks as they chase a “starting center back” and possible Designated Player signing this winter ahead of their 2025 debut. “We’re really excited because we’re using that money to fund a starting center back that’s gonna be a part of this spine
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ESPN News Services Dec 11, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States internationals Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah were a big part of the reason Juventus toppled Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday. The two also made history in the process. Weah played a perfect cross into his USMNT teammate in
ESPN News Services Dec 11, 2024, 08:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bukayo Saka led Arsenal to victory in the Champions League on Wednesday, but was left with some regrets after being denied his first hat trick for his boyhood club by one of his teammates. The England winger had already scored twice against Monaco
Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he is questioning himself as Manchester City manager after his team’s nightmare run extended to a seventh defeat in 10 games as goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie sealed a 2-0 Champions League victory for Juventus in Turin. City travel to Paris Saint-Germain on matchday seven next month
ESPN News Services Dec 11, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Borussia Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck was carried off on a stretcher with what seemed to be a severe ankle injury near the end of his team’s loss to Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday. It leaves last season’s Champions League runner-up without
Substitute Ferran Torres scored twice including an 85th-minute winner as Barcelona earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday to move to the brink of qualification. In a pulsating five-goal second half, Torres struck twice in 10 minutes after coming on in the 71st minute to lift Barcelona to
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 11, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PLZEN, Czechia — Ruben Amorim has admitted that Dan Ashworth’s shock departure from Manchester United is “not the best situation,” but insisted Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s vision for the future of the club remains on track. Ashworth was heralded by Ratcliffe as a key addition
Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States and AS Monaco striker Folarin Balogun will undergo surgery on his recently dislocated shoulder. Speaking ahead of his team’s Champions League game at Arsenal on Wednesday, Monaco coach Adi Hütter said he did not know how long Balogun will be out for
Open Extended Reactions TURIN, Italy — Manchester City are facing elimination and Pep Guardiola now looks as vulnerable and troubled as any other manager who has suffered a seventh defeat in 10 games. Both statements would have seemed unthinkable just a month ago, but after Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League loss against Juventus, the old certainties
Dec 11, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Matchday six of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League is in the books as we enter the business end of the league phase and the 36-team table continues to take shape. Manchester City‘s loss to Juventus leaves Pep Guardiola’s chances of staying in the competition on a