Football

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerMay 20, 2023, 06:11 PM ET With a handful of games remaining, the 2022-23 season is drawing to a close across European club football. Two or three rounds remain in most of the continent’s top tiers, and many clubs in England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France have concerns beyond mere final

Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMay 20, 2023, 05:37 PM ET BARCELONA — Real Sociedad closed in on a place in next season’s Champions League as they beat LaLiga champions Barcelona 2-1 at Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday. Mikel Merino opened the scoring early on and Alexander Sorloth added the second after the break as Barca lost

May 20, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions following Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, moving Pep Guardiola’s side one step closer to completing a remarkable treble. City are now just two finals away from becoming the first English side since Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United

May 18, 2023, 05:45 PM ET Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla fought back to reach yet another final as substitute Erik Lamela scored with a fabulous header five minutes into extra time to earn a gritty 2-1 win over Juventus on Thursday, securing a 3-2 aggregate victory. The Spaniards will bid for a record-extending seventh Europa

Jeff Carlisle Close Jeff Carlisle U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Julien Laurens May 18, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team has had its share of victories when it comes to recruiting dual nationals. Right-back Sergino Dest and midfielder Yunus Musah both saw

May 18, 2023, 01:29 AM ET Sporting Kansas City became the first team to earn a road point against Los Angeles FC this season after Wednesday’s 1-1 draw. The red-hot Denis Bouanga scored in the 13th minute to give LAFC (6-1-4, 22 points) an early lead, but Johnny Russell brought SKC (2-7-4, 10 points) level

Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 17, 2023, 06:59 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City are the best team in Europe, which automatically makes them the best in the world, and whatever happens in the Champions League final against Inter Milan on June 10 won’t change that. Just ask Real Madrid, the reigning European

May 17, 2023, 02:00 PM ET There’s everything left to play for in this Champions League semifinal second leg, after Real Madrid and Manchester City played out a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu last week. Don’t miss a moment of the action as ESPN brings you all the latest updates, commentary and analysis beginning

May 16, 2023, 07:58 PM ET Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi acknowledged his team would be the underdogs in the Champions League final against either Manchester City or Real Madrid after his side completed a resounding 3-0 aggregate victory over AC Milan in the semifinals on Tuesday. Lautaro Martinez’s 74th-minute goal at the San Siro

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 16, 2023, 07:16 PM ET MILAN — And suddenly, they looked all grown up; freed from the insecurities, brain farts and inferiority complexes that so often derailed them. Inter Milan‘s 1-0 win over AC Milan amounts to a 3-0 aggregate win over their crosstown rivals and opens the door

May 16, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Europe’s premier club competition is down to its final four, with Inter Milan hosting eternal rivals AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League‘s semifinal. Inter are 2-0 up after the first leg, so don’t miss a moment of the action as ESPN brings you all the

Ryan Rosenblatt May 15, 2023, 02:10 PM ET After a slow start to 2023, the Philadelphia Union are rounding into the form that took them to last year’s MLS Cup final. Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports It was a banner week for teams low in the MLS standings. The West’s two bottom teams, Sporting Kansas City

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 15, 2023, 02:08 PM ET At the start of the season, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez sat his players down and told them they had to win the LaLiga title. “With this squad, the league cannot escape us,” he said in August, as revealed in a recent documentary. “We have to

Gab Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 15, 2023, 01:37 PM ET It has been another brilliant weekend on the business end of European soccer season, so let’s look at the biggest talking points and what you might have missed. Arsenal were stunned at home by Brighton, all but ending the Gunners’ hopes to clinch the

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 15, 2023, 06:02 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club can compete with Saudi Arabia’s offer for Lionel Messi, even if they cannot match it financially. ESPN reported earlier this month that Messi, who turns 36 in June, will leave Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent when

May 14, 2023, 10:58 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there was drama across the board. Barcelona secured the Spanish title, while Arsenal‘s shock 3-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion means that Manchester City has one hand on the Premier League trophy. Elsewhere, Lionel Messi was

Arsenal‘s Premier League title hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow after they lost 3-0 at home to Brighton on Sunday. Julio Enciso‘s 51st-minute header broke the deadlock before former Brighton striker Leandro Trossard gifted Deniz Undav the chance to double their lead on 86 minutes. As the game went into stoppage-time, Pervis Estupinan added a

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 13, 2023, 12:21 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United took another step towards qualifying for the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Wolves at Old Trafford. Anthony Martial and substitute Alejandro Garnacho got the goals as United bounced back from consecutive defeats to Brighton and West Ham to boost their