1:37 PM ET LAFC and Uruguay international forward Diego Rossi will miss his club side’s first playoff game against the Seattle Sounders after testing positive for COVID-19. Rossi’s positive test was first announced by the Uruguay Football Association and later confirmed by an LAFC spokesperson. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Major
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2:36 PM ET Teams that suffer from an outbreak of the coronavirus during the MLS Cup playoffs will likely be forced to forfeit their match, and thus exit the postseason, sources have told ESPN. – Carlisle: Can MLS complete playoffs outside bubble?– MLS Cup playoffs: Who’s in, fixtures and more– MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE
2:30 PM ET Chivas head coach Victor Manuel Vucetich has launched an attack on the Mexican federation after the club’s star forward Alexis Vega was injured during the past Under-23s national team camp. Vega was called up to Mexico’s U-23s for training in preparation for the Olympic qualifiers next March and in a friendly against
5:09 AM ET Adriana Garcia Monaco midfielder Cesc Fabregas has said he considers his former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho a friend while he has no relationship with ex-Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola. Fabregas, 33, played one season under Guardiola at the Camp Nou before the manager left in the summer of 2012 to take a sabbatical.
7:08 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool‘s injury crisis has worsened with the news Rhys Williams was left out of the England under-21 squad as a precaution due to a hip injury. Manager Jurgen Klopp is without two members of his first-choice back four for the foreseeable future with Virgil van
6:24 AM ET FIFA is to push ahead with trials of Artificial Intelligence-driven semi-automated VAR offside technology, aimed at speeding up the process and making it more accurate. Three technology providers will move into the next development phase in 2021, with FIFA hoping it can be rolled out fully by 2022 and be used at
6:58 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the
12:45 PM ET Every day at 6 a.m., Minnesota United manager Adrian Heath wakes up, and the first thing he does is look at his phone. Did the latest COVID-19 tests for players and staff come in? Did anyone test positive? With four positive tests in his team since the start of October, his tension
6:28 PM ET Germany FA chief Oliver Bierhoff compared the way his country lost 6-0 to Spain in the Nations League to the 7-1 drubbing Die Mannschaft laid on Brazil at the 2014 World Cup. Germany’s only five-goal loss in a competitive game had been West Germany’s 8-3 defeat to Hungary at the 1954 World
4:46 PM ET Spain forward Ferran Torres scored a first career hat-trick as his side crushed helpless Germany 6-0 at home on Tuesday to storm into the final four of the Nations League. The schellacking in Seville was the Germans’ worst ever loss in a competitive match, with keeper Manuel Neuer conceding six goals in