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Graham Hunter, Spain writerNov 14, 2023, 04:02 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions You may have noticed that, almost two months before the January transfer market even opens, Real Madrid have completed some extraordinary business during

Jeff Kassouf Nov 13, 2023, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NWSL championship is the marquee event for the National Women’s Soccer League, and that was no truer than over the weekend as a more polished version of the event showed the new heights the league is reaching. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images SAN DIEGO — Change

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerNov 13, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions They say the table doesn’t lie, and it is certainly telling some harsh home truths for the Premier League‘s bottom three as we head into the November international break. With roughly one third of the 2023-24 campaign already played, the trio of

Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has apologised to Pep Guardiola and the match officials after his furious outburst at the end of Chelsea‘s 4-4 draw with Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea boss strode onto the pitch at full-time to argue with referee Anthony Taylor about stopping the game when Chelsea were searching for

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — These were the moments Cole Palmer joined Chelsea for. Deep into stoppage-time at the end of a breathless, enthralling encounter between the Blues and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old was entrusted to convert a 95th-minute penalty to salvage a 4-4 draw against the Premier League champions. It is

Manchester City moved a point clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday after a pulsating 4-4 draw at Chelsea with Erling Haaland scoring twice only for former City man Cole Palmer to level the match from the penalty spot in added time. City scored first when Spanish defender Marc Cucurella pulled Haaland’s

Jeff Kassouf Nov 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — When NJ/NY Gotham FC coach Juan Carlos Amoros thought about the moments that made his team an NWSL championship contender, his mind kept coming back to Snapdragon Stadium. It was here, in August, that Gotham lost four players to significant injuries

World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday night in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship match that was in its first few minutes when Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch in

Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat trick as Paris Saint-Germain moved top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 victory at fourth-placed Reims on Saturday. Champions PSG top the standings with 27 points, one ahead of Nice who played out a goalless draw at Montpellier on Friday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Mbappe scored after three

Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi held the Ballon d’Or over his head as fireworks lit up the sky to bring a pregame ceremony to a close. And with that, Inter Miami CF got to celebrate the game’s greatest player one more time in 2023. Messi was on

Sophie Lawson Nov 10, 2023, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has said that the “time is right” to leave the club after 12 years in charge of the six-time Women’s Super League (WSL) champions. Sources have told ESPN that Hayes is set to be appointed as the new head coach

Nov 10, 2023, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Two days ahead of the highly anticipated 2023 NWSL championship between NJ/NY Gotham FC and OL Reign — and shortly after the league announced a historic new media rights deal that includes a package of matches across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes,

Jeff Kassouf Nov 9, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The illustrious careers of Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger will each end on the same field on Saturday, at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California, the site of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League championship. The match-up between Rapinoe’s OL Reign and Krieger’s NJ/NY

Joseph Lowery Nov 8, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions No matter what happens in NWSL final on Saturday, there will be a new NWSL champion. OL Reign, who took down the top-seeded San Diego Wave last weekend, and NJ/NY Gotham FC, who pushed past the Portland Thorns in extra time, will battle for

Nov 9, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After matchday four of the 2023-24 Champions League group stage, several clubs have booked their place in the round of 16: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad. Manchester United have given themselves a tough task after Wednesday’s loss at

Open Extended Reactions The Video assistant referee (VAR) doesn’t seem to cause as much controversy in the Champions League, with the cream of Europe’s referees involved, but every now and then a game does hit the headlines. – How VAR decisions have affected every Prem club in 2023-24– VAR in the Premier League: Ultimate guide

Open Extended Reactions COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Only Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United could win a game twice and still lose. When the full story of their crazy 2023-24 season is told, there won’t be a more inexplicable chapter than the one which describes their Champions League meltdown in Copenhagen on Wednesday. A pre-match tifo unfurled

Alex Kirkland Jordi Blanco Nov 8, 2023, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have “total” faith in Xavi Hernandez and his position as coach, a club source told ESPN, despite the team’s dip in form and recent results. The Catalan club were beaten 1-0 by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday and