1:12 PM ET Napoli have won their appeal against the decision to hand them a 3-0 defeat and deduct one point for failing to play their Serie A match at Juventus in October amid confusion over Italian soccer’s COVID-19 rules. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream Serie A games on ESPN+
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11:00 AM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna has been voted U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Player of the Year for 2020. Reyna, 18, burst onto the international scene with the German giants in 2020 and capped the year by making his first appearance for the United States in a 0-0 draw with Wales back in
12:13 PM ET When whispers began circulating at the end of the summer that a number of high-profile United States women’s national team players would be making their way to England, there was curiosity on both sides of the Atlantic as to what this might mean for the global game. Several players had done stints
4:56 PM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
8:30 AM ET Jose Mourinho’s fears over Stoke City‘s away dressing room, described as a “pigsty” by some managers, have been eased after the Championship club upgraded their facilities in time for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarterfinal against Tottenham. The Spurs boss said he had been shown a video of conditions at the Bet365 Stadium which
6:20 AM ET Manchester United are confident of securing a work permit for Atalanta winger Amad Diallo in order to add the teenager to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad during the January transfer window. Sources told ESPN that United are now in the process of applying for his Governing Body Exemption with the English Football Association.
8:29 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jesse Lingard is set to return to the Manchester United squad for their Carabao Cup quarterfinal against Everton (Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET, live on ESPN+) after being forced to isolate multiple times because of COVID-19 guidelines. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Lingard, who has made just two appearances this
5:32 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona presidential hopeful Agusti Benedito says he will knock down Camp Nou and build a new stadium if he’s elected in January. Plans are already in place to renovate Camp Nou as part of the Espai Barca project, which will also see the regeneration of the area around
8:00 AM ET Neatly sandwiched between all the festive games in England are the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup. Four of the usual Big Six in the Premier League are in action, with Arsenal hosting Manchester City, while Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton will look to continue their gradual rise with a victory over resurgent Manchester United.
5:49 PM ET The last time a team from Major League Soccer won CONCACAF’s continental club competition, Destiny’s Child topped the Billboard chart with “Independent Women,” Carlos Vela was playing for a junior club in Cancun and the likelihood of Andre-Pierre Gignac making it as a pro in France was slim. In other words, it’s