Jon Arnold Sep 11, 2023, 12:54 PM ET Inter Miami are undefeated in MLS play since signing Lionel Messi, but do they have enough to make an unlikely playoff appearance? Megan Briggs/Getty Images The playoff push in MLS is on! Well, sort of. Some teams have just six matches left in the regular season, while others
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How do you stop Scott McTominay? It’s a question plenty of international managers are asking right now, with England‘s Gareth Southgate the next to come up with a plan to nullify Scotland‘s goal-scoring midfielder when the two sides meet in Glasgow on Tuesday. On the international stage, McTominay is in the form of his life
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 11, 2023, 05:50 AM ET Jadon Sancho is set for talks with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, sources have told ESPN, following the public spat between the pair in the aftermath of the 3-1 defeat at Arsenal. Sancho is due back at Carrington on Monday along with the rest of the
Sep 11, 2023, 08:45 AM ET Paul Pogba has said that he considered retiring from professional football due to an alleged organised armed extortion attempt against him which involved his brother. Last year, an investigation was opened into allegations that Juventus and France midfielder was the target of an extortion plot by his brother Mathias
Sep 10, 2023, 09:31 PM ET Spanish world champion Jenni Hermoso received an emotional tribute from her Mexican club, Pachuca, in their 2-1 victory over Pumas on Sunday in the Liga MX women’s league. The 33-year-old returned to the Mexican club on Thursday for her first game since claiming the World Cup title. – Stream
Associated Press Sep 10, 2023, 10:55 AM ET Hansi Flick was fired as Germany head coach on Sunday, the country’s football federation (DFB) announced, one day after a 4-1 loss to Japan deepened the gloom around the squad ahead of hosting next year’s European Championship. The DFB said director Rudi Völler would be one of
Wout Weghorst came off the bench to score a second-half winner as the Netherlands fought back from conceding an early goal to beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in their European Championship Group B qualifier on Sunday. The Irish went ahead after four minutes when Adam Idah converted a penalty but the Dutch won a
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sep 10, 2023, 04:30 PM ET Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] due to the ongoing investigations against him following his unsolicited kiss on Spain forward Jenni Hermoso. Hermoso filed a criminal complaint earlier this week, which led to prosecutors filing a case
Associated Press Sep 10, 2023, 06:11 PM ET Lionel Messi will travel with the Argentina squad to Bolívia for a South American World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, but his presence on the field remains uncertain. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said he hopes to make a decision on Monday over whether to play the Inter Miami
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 10, 2023, 06:33 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. ST. LOUIS — Rarely is a 3-0 victory accompanied by the kind of emotions that were present in Saturday’s win by the United States men’s national team over Uzbekistan. Typically it’s the