Steve Nicol dismisses any naysayers that VAR is not a positive after he feels it correctly ruled off Man City’s goal late on versus Tottenham. Steve Nicol explains why Raheem Sterling has been so efficient so far this season for Man City and what’s to come from the England international. Stewart Robson and Craig Burley
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8:31 PM ET The Montreal-Toronto FC rivalry reached a new level of intrigue Wednesday when the Impact fired coach Remi Garde and replaced him with Wilmer Cabrera. Cabrera, who was fired by the Houston Dynamo on Aug. 13, will be in charge when the Impact (10-13-4, 34 points) travel to Toronto on Saturday for a
8:18 PM ET Real Salt Lake looks to capture the Rocky Mountain Cup for the fourth consecutive year and 11th time in 13 seasons on Saturday when it hosts the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (12-10-4, 40 points) won the first leg with a 3-2 victory in Colorado on May 11 to
The heckling was next level. Here was Atlanta United goalkeeper Brad Guzan, attempting to do his bit for the MLS All-Stars against Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. But even though he was ostensibly playing for the home team, the fans in Orlando’s Exploria Stadium were having none of it. The game clock had barely hit three
As time wound down in Leicester City’s second league game of the new Premier League season, a 1-1 draw with Frank Lampard’s regenerating Chelsea, the camera panned to the Foxes bench, catching Kelechi Iheanacho with a forlorn gaze plastered across his visage. For the second match in a row, the Nigerian sat for 90 minutes
Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol break down Gareth Bale’s scintillating performance against Celta Vigo and wonder if Zidane will be forced to make Bale a regular again for Real Madrid. Real Madrid have loaned Japanese teenager Takefusa Kubo to Spanish league rival Mallorca for the season, the club announced on Thursday. – ESPN fantasy: Sign
BEIJING — Former FIFA female player of the year Sun Wen has been elected a vice president of the Chinese Football Association as China seeks to revamp its lagging national program. Sun, who became captain of the Chinese team in 2000, is currently director of the women’s youth training department at the CFA. Sun scored
ESPN FC’s Serie A correspondents Gab Marcotti and Mina Rzouki discuss the teams who have the best shot at stopping Juventus this season. New Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri will not be on the bench for the club’s first two Serie A matches, including against former team Napoli. Sarri is recovering from pneumonia and underwent further
ESPN FC’s Serie A correspondents Gab Marcotti and Mina Rzouki discuss the teams who have the best shot at stopping Juventus this season. Alejandro Moreno says Juventus need more from Cristiano Ronaldo in both the Champions League and Serie A this season. Gab Marcotti and Mina Rzouki are at odds about how far Carlo Ancelotti
Sporting KC beat Minnesota 1-0 behind Erik Hurtado’s goal in the 88th minute, keeping them within touching distance of the playoff picture. To watch MLS sign up to ESPN+. Erik Hurtado scored on a breakaway two minutes from full time, lifting Sporting Kansas City to a desperately needed 1-0 victory over Minnesota United on Thursday