Vanessa DiBernardo scored the first goal for Kansas City in its new stadium and the Current held off the Portland Thorns 5-4 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Debinha‘s rebound shot deflected off Thorns goalkeeper Shelby Hogan and fell to DiBernardo, who scored in the 22nd minute. Rookie
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Championship side Coventry City stunned Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 with two injury-time goals in their FA Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, as United States men’s national team forward Haji Wright‘s strike booked his side’s place in the semifinals for the first time since 1987. Coventry’s Ellis Simms opened the scoring at the Molineux Stadium in the 53rd
Shubi Arun Mar 15, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Chelsea boss Emma Hayes has said she let herself down by calling intrasquad player relationships “inappropriate” and added that she will no longer be providing “clickbait headlines.” Hayes, who will be taking over as coach of the U.S. women’s national team in June, expressed her disapproval of
Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 10:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HARRISON, N.J. — Alex Morgan scored in the 88th minute and the San Diego Wave won the Challenge Cup with a 1-0 victory over Gotham FC on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Morgan started the second half as a substitute. She
Tom Chambers Mar 15, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou said on Friday that people who label supporters of Premier League clubs living outside of the UK as “plastic fans” are being “really harsh” and “disrespectful.” Last Wednesday, Spurs announced a 6% rise in the price of
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal for Al Nassr to give his side a 1-0 win over Al Ahli and cement second place in the Saudi Pro League on Friday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner struck the game’s only goal from the penalty spot in the 68th minute after an intervention from VAR led to
Open Extended Reactions With eight strong sides in the pot for Friday’s Champions League quarterfinal draw, we knew we would get some incredible pairings in Europe’s elite competition, but this draw really did deliver in terms of talking points, drama and entertainment value. From Manchester City vs. Real Madrid — a rematch of last season’s
ESPN News Services Mar 15, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women’s national team has fallen to fourth in the latest FIFA ranking, its lowest point since FIFA began ranking women’s teams in 2003. Before Friday, the U.S. women had never been ranked below No. 2 in the world. Spain, England
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 15, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Erik ten Hag has said Manchester United intend to keep Marcus Rashford this summer despite the financial benefit that would come with sanctioning the England forward’s departure. Moving Rashford on would boost United’s Financial Fair Play compliance because rules favour clubs
Mar 15, 2024, 08:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool were drawn against Atalanta in the Europa League quarterfinals as Jurgen Klopp’s team continue their quest to complete the quadruple in the German coach’s final season in charge. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen, who came back in remarkable fashion to overcome Qarabag in the round of