5:14 AM ET Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham has called for patience following the club’s exit from the MLS is Back tournament and said Manchester United and Real Madrid weren’t built in a day. Beckham, who played for both clubs during a playing career that also saw him star for LA Galaxy in MLS, saw
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11:04 PM ET Watford captain Troy Deeney has dismissed reports a fight broke out in the dressing room during Friday’s 3-1 defeat by West Ham United. Manager Nigel Pearson was sacked after the defeat, which left the Hornets three points above the relegation zone. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook: Arsenal vs. Ozil,
1:57 PM ET The FA Cup semifinals produced two great games (and one unlikely finalist), while La Liga ended its season with a new mark for Lionel Messi and a league title for Real Madrid. It’s Monday, so Gab Marcotti reacts to the weekend’s biggest moments. Jump to: Man United’s De Gea problem | Inter’s
6:29 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea eye Ake Manchester City are close to agreeing a £35 million deal with AFC Bournemouth that would see 25-year-old centre-back Nathan Ake move
7:16 PM ET LA Galaxy striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has returned to Los Angeles and will miss the rest of the MLS is Back Tournament due to injury. – Stream MLS is Back on ESPN networks, App | FC Daily on ESPN+– Marshall: Inside the bubble, positive tests raise tension in games– Schedule, TV info:
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he does not have much respect for Arsenal‘s behaviour off the pitch. City chiefs have been frustrated with some of Arsenal’s conduct this season, first in their approach for Mikel Arteta in December and also with their suspected role in a letter from Premier
11:47 AM ET Mexico plans to play a friendly against the Netherlands on Oct. 7. AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco The Mexico men’s national team has confirmed it will face the Netherlands in the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on Oct. 7. El Tri hasn’t played since November of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the
8:15 AM ET Football is a sport of fantasy, ferocity, failure, fun and phenomenal talent. So when a season ends the normal, reassuring, thing would be to immediately reach for adjectives to help us appreciate Zinedine Zidane‘s majesty, the brilliance of Karim Benzema, Lionel Messi‘s misery, another Monchi project which wins A+ marks or tall
8:33 AM ET The Ballon d’Or has been awarded every year since 1956. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images The Ballon d’Or has been cancelled for the first time in the award’s history due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the football calendar. Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi won the 2019 award while OL Reign’s Megan Rapinoe took home
11:33 AM ET Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scored in the 64th minute to lift New York City FC to a 1-0 victory over expansion Inter Miami CF on Monday morning in a Group A match at the MLS is Back Tournament near Orlando. The win allowed NYCFC (1-4-0 season, 1-2-0 tournament) to keep their flickering hopes alive