Football

Jeff Kassouf Nov 4, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Imagine a cursed franchise or suffering fan base — say, the Cleveland Browns, to name one easy example. Now imagine that team putting together the best season in league history, rattling off 23 games without defeat. What sounds unthinkable is reality for the Orlando

Nov 3, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Premier League season is only three months old, but this weekend may have gone some way to shaping how it will look come May. Manchester City? They’re no longer top after getting beaten by AFC Bournemouth. Arsenal? Not even in the top four following their

Nov 3, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Moisés Caicedo put the brakes on Manchester United‘s mini-revival under Ruud van Nistelrooy by earning a Premier League point for Chelsea with a stunning second-half volley in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday. Van Nistelrooy, who is in charge as interim

Two second-half goals from Dominic Solanke and a sublime James Maddison free-kick helped Tottenham Hotspur come from behind to overwhelm Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday and end the visitors’ seven-match unbeaten run in the Premier League. Spurs climbed to seventh in the table on 16 points, two points behind Villa who stayed fifth. Dominic Solanke

Lizzy Becherano Oct 30, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Lionel Messi transformed Inter Miami from a bottom-table team to one of the greatest in the history of Major League Soccer. Under his helm, the Herons lifted the 2023 inaugural Leagues Cup trophy, 2024 Supporters’ Shield and set the new league record for most points recorded in

Open Extended Reactions NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, England — The handshakes were cursory and the celebrations prolonged. Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe said Saturday’s 1-0 win over Arsenal “means so much more” because of recent poor results, but there is another reason; Alexander Isak‘s 12th-minute header not only dented the Gunners’ Premier League title hopes, but also deepened

Alexander Isak‘s early headed goal lifted Newcastle to a 1-0 victory over Arsenal on Saturday at St. James’ Park as Eddie Howe’s men delivered a blow to Arsenal’s title chase with their first win in six Premier League outings and dented their opponent’s lofty title ambitions in the process. Mikel Arteta’s Gunners remained provisionally third

Lizzy Becherano Nov 1, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami head coach Gerardo Martino has addressed the rumors linking Neymar to the club and insisted a deal would be impossible to negotiate at the moment given MLS roster and salary restrictions. “With [Lionel Messi] and the boys already here, anything that can

Adriana Garcia Nov 1, 2024, 08:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rúben Amorim has said he wanted to delay his move to Manchester United from Sporting CP until the end of the season but was told by the Premier League club that it was “now or never.” Man United confirmed the appointment of Amorim as

Nov 1, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have agreed to a deal bringing Sporting CP coach Rúben Amorim in to replace Erik ten Hag, but what type of manager are they getting? In only his third senior job, Amorim, 39, guided Sporting to two Portuguese league titles after arriving from Braga

Jeff Kassouf Oct 31, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions If there was any doubt about how much the most recent United States women’s national team roster deviated from the historical norm of consistency, the starting lineup for Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over Argentina provided confirmation. USWNT head coach Emma Hayes followed through on her

Connor O’Halloran Oct 30, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — You could feel the relief in the stands at the final whistle when Tottenham fans lept from their seats, as head coach Ange Postecoglou strolled calmly onto the pitch and the song “Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur” rang out of the stadium speakers.

Oct 31, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Borussia Dortmund have again dominated the German football headlines this week, and sadly not for the right reasons. The sense that Schwarzgelben are falling hard continues apace on the back of successive defeats at FC Augsburg and VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal, respectively. That,

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It was one of the weirdest scenes of a strange season at Manchester United. Moments after sealing a 5-2 Carabao Cup win against Leicester City at Old Trafford in the first game following the firing of manager Erik ten Hag, the players performed a lap of honour before leaving the

Open Extended Reactions Ruud van Nistelrooy said he is ready to stay at Manchester United “in any capacity” whenever a new manager is appointed after overseeing a 5-2 Carabao Cup win against Leicester City at Old Trafford in his first game as interim head coach following Monday’s dismissal of manager Erik ten Hag. United are

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 30, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Before the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008 transformed Manchester City into a European superpower, things were very different for the youngsters growing up with dreams of playing for the first team. Thomas Krucken is City’s youth academy director, but for a year in the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 29, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag craved control at Manchester United but it meant that, with problems piling up, there was nowhere to hide. In the end, his fingerprints were all over too much of the failure — there were no excuses left — and Sunday’s 2-1

Jeff Kassouf Oct 29, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has criticized the Ballon d’Or ceremony being held during a women’s FIFA window. Hayes picked up the inaugural Ballon d’Or for best women’s coach on Monday but, along with most players and coaches from the