Cesar Hernandez Mar 7, 2024, 02:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Katia Itzel García is set to become the first woman in two decades to center referee a Liga MX match, the Mexico federation’s referee’s commission said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, who officiated Wednesday’s Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal win for the U.S. women’s national
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Mar 7, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has responded to Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s claim that Liverpool‘s trophies mean more than City’s, saying the defender doesn’t know what it feels like to win the treble. The provocative back-and-forth between England’s two most successful teams over the past five years has
AC Milan battled to a 4-2 win over Slavia Prague in an entertaining first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie at San Siro Stadium on Thursday, with United States attacker Christian Pulisic putting the game away late. Milan opened the scoring through Oliver Giroud’s close-range header from Rafael Leao’s cross in the 34th minute
Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMar 7, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Luca de la Torre has told ESPN he’s “ready to play more” for the United States men’s national team ahead of the Concacaf Nations League finals and this summer’s Copa América. Midfielder de la Torre, 25, has impressed for Celta Vigo this season
An early penalty by Alexis Mac Allister and a Darwin Nunez brace helped Liverpool to thrash Sparta Prague 5-1 in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie on Thursday. After Mac Allister was taken down inside the box, the Argentine gave Liverpool the lead from the spot in the sixth minute. He sent
Cesar Hernandez Mar 7, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Closer to water polo than a game of soccer, Wednesday’s Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal win for the United States women’s national team over Canada played out as a bizarre rainy spectacle at Snapdragon Stadium. With stormy weather impacting a waterlogged
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Mar 7, 2024, 04:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham hit out at his two-game suspension in LaLiga on Wednesday, calling it “a bit ridiculous” and claiming that “because I’m new [to the league], they want to make an example [of me].” He was handed a two-game
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 7, 2024, 06:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted the Catalan club are in a much better position now than when he was elected three years ago. Thursday marks three years since Laporta edged out Victor Font to return to the presidency, having previously held
Tom Chambers Mar 7, 2024, 09:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Mauricio Pochettino said on Thursday that he “completely understands” the anger directed towards him from some of the Chelsea fans in attendance during the team’s 2-2 draw with Brentford and admitted that his squad may contain too many young players. A section
Mar 7, 2024, 09:14 AM ET Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson is suffering from multiple small blood clots on both sides of his brain as a result of an extremely rare inflammatory condition in his brain vessels, the player’s club FC Midtjylland said on Thursday. The 28-year-old has been in hospital and put on a ventilator