Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 27, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. United States women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher said she was “nervous” to tell manager Emma Hayes about her intention to retire from international soccer, but that it was a “great conversation”…
Nov 27, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Welcome to the second day of matchday five of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season. It’s another day of Europe’s premier club competition in its new format with nine matches across the continent on Wednesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the games…
Nov 27, 2024, 01:05 PM ET Bayern Munich apologised to Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi after the German club’s fans displayed a banner that personally attacked him during Tuesday’s Champions League game between the two teams at the Allianz Arena. The banner questioned how Qatari Al-Khelaifi could be a club owner, a UEFA Executive Committee…
Nov 27, 2024, 12:11 PM ET Ligue 1 club Lille say two of their supporters were stabbed when a group of fans were attacked in a bar ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League game at Bologna. Lille issued a statement on social media condemning “this cowardly and intolerable attack,” which they said happened on Tuesday. “During…
Nov 27, 2024, 11:30 AM ET We are now down to four teams in the MLS Cup playoffs. In the Western Conference final, two sides with plenty of MLS history face each other as the LA Galaxy will host the Seattle Sounders with seven MLS Cups combined between the two teams. It has been a…
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 27, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award on Wednesday — the youngest winner of the prize for the best under-21 men’s player in the world — while Barça Femenà star Vicky López scooped the Golden Girl award. Yamal, 17, becomes the…
Inter Miami forward Luis Suárez signed a one-year contract extension, meaning he will continue to star in Major League Soccer next season.
Nov 27, 2024, 08:03 AM ET FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. In November 2022, world football’s governing body FIFA had promised the legacy…
Nov 27, 2024, 07:18 AM ET Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has apologised for suggesting he wanted to hurt himself after his side threw away a three-goal lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday. Guardiola sat down at a news conference after the 3-3 draw with Feyenoord with a cut on his nose…
Nov 27, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique acknowledged in an angry retort that he is to blame for Tuesday’s Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich. Playing down with 10 men since the 58th minute after Ousmane Dembélé‘s sending off, PSG fell to a 1-0 loss in Munich, their third defeat in…