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8:20 AM ET Caitlin Murray For the players who want to represent the U.S. women’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, the window to make their mark is closing rapidly. USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski must submit his final 23-woman roster to FIFA by July 10, and the tournament starts July 20, when the

12:53 PM ET Everyone at Bayern Munich, both on and off the field, bears some responsibility for the malaise the club is trying to fight through. The key now is getting on the same page so they can still try and win the Bundesliga. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images The European soccer weekend offered plenty to talk about

12:24 PM ET Manchester City‘s potential title-decider against Arsenal on Wednesday rightly takes top billing in a crucial round of Premier League games this midweek, but the clash at the Etihad is not the only fixture that could make-or-break a club’s season in the space of 90 minutes in the days ahead. Every key issue

4:29 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close Jeff Carlisle U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Matt Crocker, right, is a leading candidate to become the next sporting director

10:16 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and plenty of action to sink our teeth into. The Bundesliga title race is set up for a thrilling finish, while in the English Premier League, the season is going from bad to worse for Tottenham Hotspur. In LaLiga, Barcelona are comfortably ahead

3:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LONDON — Manchester United set up an FA Cup final against neighbours Manchester City with a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Brighton on Sunday at Wembley. After 120 goalless minutes and six successful penalties each in the shootout, Solly March missed Brighton’s seventh kick before Victor Lindelof stepped up to

1:37 PM ET Riyad Mahrez scored a hat trick as Manchester City snapped their losing streak in FA Cup semifinals with a 3-0 stroll over second-tier Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday. After exiting at the semi-final stage for the last three seasons, Pep Guardiola’s treble-chasing side were not about to suffer the same fate

6:02 PM ET WREXHAM, Wales — It was like asking the tide to stop rolling in. “Please stay off the pitch!” the Wrexham stadium announcer pleaded, as hundreds became thousands and the Racecourse Ground playing surface was swamped in seconds by supporters waving scarves and lighting flares. They had waited 15 years for this; of

3:22 PM ET Mark Ogden WREXHAM — Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched alongside Ant-Man star Paul Rudd as the team won promotion from the National League to the English Football League with a dramatic 3-1 win against Boreham Wood on Saturday. Wrexham, bought by Reynolds and McElhenney from a supporter-backed Trust

6:45 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta insists he “cannot wait” to face Manchester City and said he believes Arsenal must win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to lift the Premier League title. The Gunners came from two goals down to salvage a 3-3 draw against bottom club Southampton on Friday but handed a

LONDON — Arsenal handed control of the Premier League title race to Manchester City despite scoring twice in the final three minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw against Southampton at Emirates Stadium. An unexpected night of high drama in north London began with a dreadful mistake from Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, gifting possession to Carlos

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4:46 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez How special is Gabriel Veiga? Just ask anyone who’s spent any time watching LaLiga this season. The Celta Vigo midfielder, 20, has been Spanish football’s breakout young star, his performances leading to the avalanche of hype and headlines that only the emergence of a top new talent can

10:18 AM ET Almost all the great clubs are worse: That’s been a running theme in European soccer for the 2022-23 season. Chelsea have gotten worse with every transfer purchase it made. Liverpool chased shiny scoring objects, forgot about its stale midfield and paid the price. Bayern Munich lost forward Robert Lewandowski, replaced him with

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11:39 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent It started with a statement. In November, while the eyes of the football world were watching the World Cup in Qatar, the Glazer Family made the surprise announcement that Manchester United could be up for sale. The board, led by Joel and Avram Glazer, revealed they would consider “all strategic

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