2:56 PM ET Former FC Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said that the club asked him to apologize for comments he made about fans who booed the team when players took a knee during the national anthem. Speaking on The Crack Podcast with host Mabricio Wilson and former U.S. internationals Oguchi Onyewu and DaMarcus Beasley —
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4:10 PM ET Desperate times call for desperate measures, but even as many clubs in English football stare over the precipice at a financial catastrophe, the rescue plan fronted by Liverpool and Manchester United — with the working title “Project Big Picture” — sounds good, but looks to be nothing less than a big cheque
10:41 AM ET USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie has said he represents a country which “possibly doesn’t even accept me just for the colour of my skin.” McKennie paid tribute to George Floyd during a Bundesliga match for former club Schalke as he wore an armband with the words “Justice For George.” Floyd, who is Black,
3:32 PM ET Former U.S. women’s national team manager Jill Ellis is on the list of candidates for the vacant managerial post at D.C. United, a league source confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic was the first to report Ellis’ candidacy. Other candidates mentioned were former Real Salt Lake and New York City FC manager Jason
4:08 PM ET Sergino Dest is targeting World Cup glory with the United States men’s national team after becoming the first-ever U.S. international to play for Barcelona. Dest, 19, joined Barca from Ajax Amsterdam for €26 million earlier this month in a move that adds to the optimism surrounding the emerging generation of talent from
2:27 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg For the second week in a row, Toronto FC is on top of MLS Power Rankings, thanks to a pair of clean sheets and a pair of wins from second- and third-choice
11:48 AM ET To what degree was the 2020 summer transfer window impacted by COVID-19, the subsequent empty stadiums, rebates offered to TV companies, fleeing sponsors and the circa €4.5 billion loss across two seasons predicted by the European Club Association? It depends which numbers you choose to look at and how you read them.
8:00 AM ET As the player with the highest strength rating in FIFA 21, it’s perhaps no surprise that Adebayo Akinfenwa has revealed he could be tempted into a second career as a professional wrestler once his footballing days are over. The muscular striker, who has a 97 for strength in the latest edition of
5:14 AM ET Adriana Garcia Former Brazil international Robinho has returned to his boyhood club Santos. NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images Former Manchester City forward Robinho has signed a five-month contract with former club Santos and will earn €229 (R$1.500) a month which is just above the country’s minimum wage. The 36-year-old re-joined his boyhood club
6:15 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent A number of Manchester United players have expressed their disappointment at the treatment of goalkeeper Sergio Romero, sources have told ESPN. Romero has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford after the return of Dean Henderson but was priced out of a move away on deadline day because of