Apr 25, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have been the highest scoring team in the Premier League this year. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images The Premier League record for most goals scored in a 20-team season was broken on Wednesday night. Last season’s tally of 1084 goals had been the previous record
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Apr 25, 2024, 09:10 AM ET The Spanish government announced the creation of a special committee on Thursday that will oversee the country’s football federation (RFEF) until the governing body holds new elections. The decision was taken “in response to the crisis in the organisation and in defence of the general interest of Spain,” the
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentApr 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With everything that’s going on with Barcelona at the moment — still reeling from their loss in El Clasico at the weekend and their manager doing a U-turn over his decision to leave this summer, all amid their continued financial peril — the
Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp hugged Everton manager Sean Dyche, patted his Liverpool players on the back and then disappeared down the players’ tunnel with 38,000 Evertonians singing “You lost the league at Goodison Park” at full volume. Klopp didn’t need the reminder. The manager knew it was all over for him and for Liverpool.
Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool need a “crisis” at Arsenal and Manchester City to revive their Premier League title hopes after a 2-0 defeat in the Merseyside derby at Everton left his side three points off top spot with four games left to play. Goals by Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed Everton’s
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentApr 24, 2024, 10:05 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The San Jose Earthquakes have signed Argentine attacking midfielder Hernan Lopez to a designated player contract, sources confirmed to ESPN, paying a club record transfer fee of around $6
Jacen Russell-Rowe contributed the winning goal and an assist as the host Columbus Crew earned a 2-1 victory over Monterrey on Wednesday in the first leg of a Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal series. The two-leg, total-goal series will conclude on May 1 in Guadalupe, Mexico. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Russell-Rowe headed home
Kylian Mbappé scored twice to make more history with Paris Saint-Germain and put the club on the verge of a record-extending 12th Ligue 1 title, with a 4-1 away victory against second-from-bottom Lorient on Wednesday. Luis Enrique’s side will now seal the Ligue 1 crown if they beat Le Havre at home on Saturday after
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes came to his side’s rescue with two goals in a 4-2 home victory over the Premier League’s bottom club Sheffield United on Wednesday just when more trouble loomed for beleaguered manager Erik ten Hag. Twice United trailed with Jayden Bogle and Ben Brereton Diaz both on target for the visitors
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentApr 24, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga president Javier Tebas said the Spanish league is hopeful of playing competitive games in the United States as soon as the 2025-26 season. Tebas originally planned to stage a league match involving Barcelona and Girona at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium in 2018