Football

9:49 AM ET Associated Press Shannon Boxx, a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the United States and member of their 2015 World Cup team, has been appointed vice chair of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s participant safety task force. Maryland State Youth Soccer Association executive director Greg Smith was also picked as a vice chair. –
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10:18 AM ET England and Chelsea full-back Ben Chilwell will miss the World Cup in Qatar after scans showed he had “significant” damage to his hamstring, the Premier League club said on Saturday. Chilwell pulled up in stoppage time of Chelsea’s 2-1 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday. The 25-year-old grabbed the back
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5:12 AM ET Wolverhampton Wanderers have appointed Julen Lopetegui as their new head coach, the Premier League club announced on Saturday. Former Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla coach Lopetegui replaces caretaker manager Steve Davis, who was put in charge of the team following Bruno Lage’s dismissal last month. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS,
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5:45 PM ET Philadelphia Union midfielder Paxten Aaronson is set to sign for Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt after the two clubs agreed a fee for the United States youth international, a source has confirmed to ESPN. Aaronson, brother of Leeds United’s Brenden Aaronson, is set to be transferred to the Bundesliga club for an
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11:36 AM ET Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has criticised English football’s decision to resume domestic matches just three days after next month’s World Cup final. The 2022 showpiece in Qatar will take place on Dec. 18 but the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is scheduled for the following midweek, provisionally Dec. 21 and 22,
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11:21 AM ET Manchester United face a struggle to find a place to play their postponed Premier League games after failing to win their Europa League group. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) United needed to beat Real Sociedad by 2+ goals to take first place and require only two games, to
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3:30 PM ET Barcelona and England defender Lucy Bronze says women’s international football is no longer just about the United States women’s national team ahead of next summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The USWNT have won the World Cup four times since 1991, including the last two, in France in 2019 and
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