Melbourne Victory have progressed to the A-League’s final four after a 3-1 win over Wellington Phoenix. Wollongong Wolves defender Nikola Djordjevic pulled off an acrobatic scorpion kick against the Sutherland Sharks in the NPL. Wollongong Wolves striker Nikola Djordjevic staked a claim for the goal of the season, with a stunning strike against the Sutherland
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12:56 AM ET David Ousted made four saves, and the Chicago Fire escaped Banc of California Stadium with a 0-0 draw against LAFC on Saturday night. The clean sheet was just the second Chicago (2-4-4, 10 points) has kept this season, against an LAFC side that still leads the Supporters’ Shield race with the league’s
12:27 AM ET Sebastian Blanco and Diego Valeri scored goals, while goalkeeper Steve Clark saved a first-half penalty shot, as the visiting Portland Timbers extended their winning streak to three games with a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Valeri’s go-ahead goal in the 68th minute came after he collected the rebound when
11:15 PM ET Wayne Rooney converted a penalty kick for his sixth goal of the season, and Luciano Acosta added his third in D.C. United’s 3-1 victory over Columbus Crew SC on Saturday, which had the losers most bothered by the decisions of referee Ted Unkel. The loss was Columbus’ fifth straight, and came after
11:08 PM ET Cristian Roldan scored in the 42nd minute as the visiting Seattle Sounders recorded a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United on Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. Stefan Frei finished with two saves for Seattle (5-1-4, 19 points), which has outscored Minnesota United by a 12-4 margin while posting a 4-0-1 mark in five
10:08 PM ET Sergio Santos scored two of Philadelphia’s five second-half goals, and the Union extended their unbeaten streak to four games Saturday with an easy 6-1 victory over the visiting New England Revolution. Jack Elliott, Ilsinho, Kacper Przybylko and David Accam also scored goals for the Union, who who improved to 6-3-2 and remained
Sid Lowe joins ESPN FC to discuss Lionel Messi’s performance against Liverpool and explains why it stood out from his other outstanding games for Barcelona. Shaka Hislop’s Power Rankings are back and while a few familiar faces are near the top, Premier League clubs may have fallen down the ranks. Steve Nicol, Craig Burley and
Rafael van der Vaart was once famous for arrowing shots in from distance for Ajax, Hamburg, Real Madrid and Tottenham. Now the former Netherlands international, who won 109 caps for his country, has turned his hand to a different kind of arrows — darts. Van der Vaart retired from football last year after a very brief
With Paul Pogba’s future at Man United hanging in the balance, ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden explains why he expects the Frenchman will depart this summer. Following another lacklustre performance, the FC crew question if Paul Pogba has his sights set on leaving Man United at the end of the season. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop sifts
Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp joked about a restaurant giving him a table on holiday in Ibiza for beating Real Madrid when he was Borussia Dortmund manager. Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Fredi Bobic has told ESPN FC there has been “no contact” with Real Madrid over the transfer of Luka Jovic. Reports in Spain from AS had