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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 4, 2024, 12:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has suggested that Jadon Sancho could start the season as Manchester United‘s central striker to fill in for the injured Rasmus Hojlund. Hojlund is set to miss six weeks with a hamstring injury suffered during the first game of the U.S.

Aug 4, 2024, 04:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arne Slot’s Liverpool beat Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United on Saturday. Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images New Liverpool manager Arne Slot said his side still have plenty of room for improvement despite wrapping up their preseason tour of the United States with a 3-0 win over

Aug 4, 2024, 06:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said he does not doubt his side is making progress but was frustrated after they conceded two early goals in their 4-2 loss to Manchester City on Saturday. Erling Haaland scored goals in the 4th and 5th minutes at Ohio Stadium and

Jeff Kassouf Aug 3, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For 106 minutes, the United States and Japan slogged through their 2024 Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinal to the point of occasional jeers from the crowd due to the slow, passive nature of the game. To call it a chess match would be generous; tactical

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 3, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Trinity Rodman doesn’t remember much about her stunning, staggering extra-time strike that sent the United States women’s national team into the Olympic semifinals on Saturday. In truth, Rodman confessed afterward, the

Aug 3, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina captain Nicolás Otamendi has been left fuming after an all-in brawl following their 1-0 Olympic quarterfinal defeat to France in Bordeaux on Friday. Argentina were booed throughout the match by a hostile home crowd and fighting broke out between the players immediately after the final

Jeff Kassouf Aug 2, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nothing in soccer can match the drama of a penalty shootout, and there are few individual moments more exhilarating than when a goalkeeper saves a shot during penalties. U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher does it regularly. And, over the past year, she

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — In the aftermath of the U.S. men’s Olympic team being bounced in the quarterfinals from the Paris Games on Friday, defender Walker Zimmerman was asked what he hopes his teammates take

Aug 2, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fulham have signed Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal in a deal reported to be worth £34 million ($43.7m), a fee which makes him the most expensive signing in the club’s history. Smith-Rowe, 24, becomes Fulham’s second permanent transfer of the summer as they look to reinvest

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions At the end of a summer that’s been full of disappointment for fans of the U.S. men’s national team, the success of the men’s Olympic squad here has been a welcome change. At

Aug 1, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The contenders at the 2024 Olympic Games women’s soccer tournament are down to the final eight as the United States gears up for a quarterfinal clash on Saturday against Japan. The USWNT won all its games in the group stage under new coach Emma Hayes in

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 1, 2024, 05:46 AM ET LOS ANGELES — For most clubs, the summer transfer window is about refreshing the playing squad. For Manchester United, it’s also been about clearing out manager Erik ten Hag’s coaching staff and pretty much starting again. Aside from bringing back one of the greatest goal scorers the

Marissa Lordanic Jul 31, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s the hope that kills you. Arguably even more so when the hope has no right to exist. Nothing about this Olympic campaign suggested the Matildas deserved to make it to the knockout stage at Paris 2024, and there was even less evidence that

Jeff Kassouf Jul 31, 2024, 04:25 PM ET Time is not the enemy, U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has consistently said. Time is simply a circumstance — one she cannot fight against. The new coach had just four friendly matches and less than two months on the sidelines with the USWNT to

Jul 31, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canada‘s appeal against their soccer team’s points deduction at the Paris Games amid a drone scandal was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the CAS said Wednesday. The CAS said its panel of three judges dismissed Canada’s appeal and confirmed the six-point deduction imposed

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterJul 30, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions SAINT-ETIENNE, France — After three group stage matches away from the main stage of this Summer Games, the U.S. men’s Olympic team is finally — finally — headed to Paris. What’s waiting for

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterJul 30, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Kevin Paredes, left, scored twice in the U.S.’s 3-0 win over Guinea in men’s Olympic soccer on Tuesday. John Todd/ISI/Getty Images SAINT-ÉTIENNE, France — In the 42nd minute on Tuesday night, Kevin Paredes took

Emily Keogh Jul 30, 2024, 08:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Lionesses will host the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) in a blockbuster friendly at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 30 after facing Germany on Oct. 25 in preparation to defend their 2022 Euros title. It will be the first time Emma Hayes will