1:12 PM ET Sometime in 2010, Heather O’Reilly and Abby Wambach were standing behind the goal during a U.S. women’s national team five-a-side tournament, watching the new addition to the team, 21-year-old Alex Morgan. The kid was still in college; they’d heard about her before she arrived, the youth national team sensation with lightning speed
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5:07 AM ET Associated Press Dragan Skocic is out as IR Iran coach. Photo by Mohammad Karamali/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Iran have fired head coach Dragan Skocic four months before the World Cup is set to begin. IRNA, the national news agency, on Monday said the 53-year-old Croatian would not be taking the Iran team
6:30 AM ET Liverpool are famed for embodying manager Jurgen Klopp’s philosophy of “heavy metal football,” but they will be bringing the spirit of house music to the Premier League with their new 2022-23 away kit. 2 Related The Reds have used their new alternate jersey to pay homage to the city’s famous music scene
11:01 AM ET Rob Dawson BANGKOK, Thailand — Erik ten Hag got off to a dream start as Manchester United manager by kicking off the summer tour of Thailand and Australia with a comfortable 4-0 win over Liverpool. Ten Hag picked a vastly more experienced team than Jurgen Klopp and it paid off with United
10:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas will miss the 2022-23 season and faces a race against time to be fit for next summer’s World Cup after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. Putellas, 28, tore her anterior cruciate ligament last week while preparing for the European Championship with Spain and returned
9:01 AM ET Plans for a European Super League collapsed barely two days after its announcement last year after outcry from fans and governments. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images From Spain to Ireland to Italy, European countries gave full-throated support to UEFA over the rebel European Super League at Europe’s top court, praising its open model
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Rodri will remain at Manchester City until 2027. Matt McNulty, Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Rodri has signed a new contract with Manchester City, the club have confirmed. The midfielder has signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2027. – Man City’s
12:34 AM ET Kristie Mewis scored in the 89th minute against 10-player Mexico for a 1-0 victory in the final Group A match of the CONCACAF W Championship in San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, on Monday. The United States women’s national team won Group A with nine points (3-0-0). Jamaica (2-1-0, six points) came
7:32 PM ET If everything goes according to plan, Gareth Bale insists his stay in Los Angeles won’t be a short one. “I still have many years to come,” Bale said at his introductory press conference with LAFC on Monday. “I haven’t come here just to be here for six months, 12 months. I’ve come
10:47 PM ET Melbourne Victory have signed former Manchester United winger Nani for the 2022-23 A-League Men‘s season. The 35-year-old spent eight years at Old Trafford, winning the 2008 UEFA Champions League title as well as four Premier League crowns and four FA Cups. – Lynch: Melbourne Victory gambling on Nani ‘sugar hit’ Nani has