Football

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJul 8, 2023, 10:03 AM ET David de Gea has announced he is leaving Manchester United this summer and has said that “now, it’s the right time to undertake a new challenge” in his career. The goalkeeper failed to agree terms on a new contract to extend his stay at Old Trafford and

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 8, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. SAN JOSE, Calif. — The announcement that the upcoming Women’s World Cup will be the last for U.S. women’s national team winger Megan Rapinoe was, to a degree, expected. But for U.S.

ESPN News Services Jul 8, 2023, 01:17 PM ET United States forward Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday that she will retire from professional soccer at the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season. The 11-year league veteran and U.S. women’s national team standout will play her final regular-season match at Seattle’s Lumen Field on

Cesar Hernandez Jul 7, 2023, 01:46 PM ET On the field, the U.S. women’s national team has much to prove at this month’s World Cup. As back-to-back champions, there’s immense pressure on the youthful group of players aiming to win an unprecedented third title in a row. Off the field, though, non-sporting goals have already

Julien Laurens Rodrigo Faez Jul 7, 2023, 07:03 AM ET Kylian Mbappe is still not planning to extend his contract beyond June 2024 at Paris Saint-Germain despite the latest threat from president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and he is beginning to assume he may have to leave this summer with Real Madrid as his preferred option, sources

Cesar Hernandez Jul 7, 2023, 11:01 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team made their first real impression on Concacaf during the 1991 Gold Cup. Concacaf Much has changed since the first Concacaf Gold Cup in 1991. Now the top men’s competition for national sides from North and Central America and the Caribbean — including the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJul 6, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Bernardo Silva is being offered three times his Manchester City salary to move to Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal, sources have told ESPN. Silva earns around £150,000-a-week ($191,205) at the Etihad Stadium but he is being tempted to move to Saudi Arabia with a deal worth

Cesar Hernandez Jul 6, 2023, 09:05 AM ET Even within a globally recognized U.S. women’s national team roster that is filled with celebrity superstars and World Cup winners, older co-workers can sometimes seem a bit odd to their younger colleagues. “Some of the songs they play, [what] they’re all listening to, I have no idea

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Former Germany winger Bastian Schweinsteiger said Pep Guardiola is partly to blame for the national team’s decline, telling British radio station Talksport that Germany lost some of their values because of the way the Spaniard coached during his time in the Bundesliga. “When Pep Guardiola joined

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 6, 2023, 06:32 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 As the players celebrated their Euro 2022 win, England coach Sarina Wiegman was, amid the euphoria, dancing with

Jul 5, 2023, 10:17 AM ET AC Milan have submitted a new bid worth over €20 million ($21.8m) for Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic, sources have told ESPN. ESPN reported last week that Pulisic had agreed personal terms in principle with Milan, who can offer the United States star the chance to remain playing Champions League

Jul 5, 2023, 01:26 PM ET After a spend approaching $750 million over the previous two transfer windows, Chelsea‘s priorities in this transfer window were pretty clear. In order to remain compliant with financial sustainability rules — those of both the Premier League and UEFA (when they next qualify for European football) — they needed

Jul 5, 2023, 02:57 AM ET Manchester United have completed the signing of midfielder Mason Mount from Chelsea, the club announced on Wednesday. Mount has signed a contract until the end of the 2027-28 season with the option of a further year. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) ESPN reported last week the

Jul 4, 2023, 03:16 PM ET We’re back! After a brief hiatus caused by the winter World Cup in Qatar, ESPN presents its seventh annual ranking of the best men’s players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to FC 100. The FC 100 is different because we truly take into account all 11 positions on

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 4, 2023, 09:28 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 Tim Ream accomplished his boyhood dream last winter, when he featured for the U.S. at the 2022 World

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2023, 08:07 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. United States attacker Brenden Aaronson is close to finalizing a loan to Union Berlin, a source told ESPN. Aaronson moved to Leeds United from FC Salzburg last year in a transfer worth roughly

Jon Arnold Jul 3, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Of the small number of women who have represented the United States on the international level, even fewer make up the USWNT’s one-cap club. Brad Smith/USSF/Getty Images The cross from Aly Wagner came in and the ball bounced once, twice and, just before it took a third hop,

Breidablik and Buducnost Podgorica face off in Kopavogur, Iceland in the preliminary round final of the Champions League 2023-24 season. Anton Brink for ESPN KOPAVOGUR, Iceland — Antonio Barretta had just realised a childhood dream. The delivery driver from San Marino, playing for the country’s league champion, Tre Penne, had scored in the Champions League under