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A Christian Pulisic goal was enough to give AC Milan a 1-0 home win over struggling Empoli on Sunday, and move provisionally into second place in Serie A. Milan are on 59 points, two ahead of Juventus who host Atalanta later on Sunday, with Inter Milan top on 75 points. Empoli are 16th on 25

Mar 9, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On a Saturday in which Arsenal looked like they might lose pace with the Premier League‘s title protagonists, they dug deep to steal a vital result. Barcelona, too, kept their title hopes alive — if only just. Inter Milan already have one hand and four fingers

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 9, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — As the Manchester United players walked off at half-time, 2-0 up against Everton, they disappeared down the Old Trafford tunnel to a chorus of “Viva Garnacho” coming from the fans in the Stretford End. Manager Erik ten Hag followed wearing his

Harry Kane scored a hat trick in Bayern Munich‘s 8-1 demolition of Mainz on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points. Kane, who joined this season for a league record €100 million ($109m) from Tottenham, became the first player to score at least twice

Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said his decade-long battle with Pep Guardiola is a “not a rivalry” and that the Spanish coach is the “outstanding manager” of his lifetime as he prepares to face the Manchester City man for the final time in a Premier League game as Liverpool boss. Klopp announced he will

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 8, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Two weeks into the MLS regular season, and one of the biggest stories has nothing to do with Lionel Messi‘s star-studded Inter Miami CF, the seemingly revived LA Galaxy

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 8, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he believes Jurgen Klopp “will be back” despite his decision to step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season. Klopp is calling time on his nine-year stint at Anfield, citing exhaustion as the reason behind his decision, and

Luis Suarez struck in stoppage time and Lionel Messi scored shortly after half-time to help Inter Miami tie Nashville 2-2 Thursday night in the Concadaf Champions Cup. The teams will meet Wednesday night in Miami for the second leg of the home-and-home portion of the round of 16, with Miami holding a decisive edge thanks to the

Cesar Hernandez Mar 7, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Closer to water polo than a game of soccer, Wednesday’s Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal win for the United States women’s national team over Canada played out as a bizarre rainy spectacle at Snapdragon Stadium. With stormy weather impacting a waterlogged

Ryan Rosenblatt Mar 7, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions From left to right, Abby Dahlkemper, Naomi Girma and Alex Morgan show off San Diego Wave FC’s new 2024 primary kit, which gets its inspiration from the beaches of the Southern California locale. San Diego Wave FC It’s a big year for NWSL kits. Not

Alyssa Naeher saved three penalty attempts and made one herself as the United States beat Canada in a shootout to earn a hard-fought win at rain-soaked Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on Wednesday night to set up a showdown with Brazil in the Concacaf W Gold Cup final. Heavy rains before kickoff left the field

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMar 6, 2024, 05:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — If Kylian Mbappé‘s Champions League masterclass for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday had Real Madrid fans dreaming about the future, Madrid’s limp 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig a day later — narrowly scraping through to the quarterfinals 2-1 on aggregate — brought

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions A week before she broke the women’s world transfer record on Feb. 14, Racheal Kundananji

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé may be on his way out of the French capital, but as long as he’s still in the starting lineup for Paris Saint-Germain, they remain a dangerous team. The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, as he scored a pair

Kylian Mbappé scored twice in San Sebastian to secure PSG’s path to the Champions League quarterfinal. Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé scored twice to lead them into the Champions League quarterfinal with a comfortable 2-1 win away to Real Sociedad in their round of second leg that wrapped up a 4-1 aggregate victory on Tuesday. Bidding to

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 5, 2024, 08:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland has said he is “really happy” at Manchester City but the striker left the door open for a move away from the Etihad Stadium in the future. Haaland signed a contract with City until 2027 after arriving from Borussia Dortmund in a

Arsenal matched their biggest Premier League away win with the 6-0 pummelling of Sheffield United on Monday after scoring five times in the first half when they tore the home side apart to close within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s team are third with 61 points after 27 games, a point behind Manchester

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMar 4, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s been another action-packed weekend in European soccer, so let’s review. Sunday brought the Manchester derby and with it, a fresh reminder as to how far back Man United are from Pep Guardiola and Man City. Real Madrid returned to Valencia,