Soccer

1:03 PM ET With two final friendlies before the World Cup starts in November, the United States men’s national team turned in a lesson in how to inspire pessimism. A disjointed 2-0 loss to Japan preceded a dull 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia, leaving the team utterly momentumless 55 days before they kick off against

6:56 PM ET MURCIA, Spain — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said there “weren’t many players who performed up to their level” in the just concluded international window, the last before the start of the 2022 World Cup. Berhalter was speaking in the wake of his team’s 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia

4:43 PM ET MURCIA, Spain — The United States men’s national team played its final warmup match for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and while the performance was an improvement over last Friday’s 2-0 defeat to Japan, a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday wasn’t exactly what the Americans were hoping for either.

11:53 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of John Stones ahead of the Manchester derby after the defender picked up an injury on international duty. Stones was forced off during the first half of England‘s 3-3 draw with Germany at Wembley on Monday night with a hamstring problem. – Stream

4:43 PM ET England rallied from two goals down to take the lead momentarily before drawing 3-3 with Germany in a thrilling UEFA Nations League group stage finale at Wembley Stadium on Monday night. Second-half goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kai Havertz looked to have Germany on their way to victory, but Luke Shaw and

Sep 25, 2022 MURCIA, Spain — When the U.S. men’s national team takes the field against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, it will mark 43 days until manager Gregg Berhalter names his 26-player roster for the 2022 World Cup. For the likes of Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams — assuming they’re healthy — their

12:01 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation hired former media, advertising and technology executive J.T. Batson to be its next CEO and secretary general, the federation announced Monday. Batson, 40, is a former member of U.S. Soccer Finance Committee, and he takes on his new role having previously served as CEO of Hudson MX, a

4:45 PM ET Captain Virgil van Dijk netted a second-half winner as the Netherlands beat neighbours Belgium 1-0 on Sunday to clinch top spot in their Nations League group and a place in next year’s finals tournament. Van Dijk powered home a header from a corner in the 73rd minute at the Amsterdam Arena on

7:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Cristiano Ronaldo says he’s not going anywhere — not yet anyway. The 37-year-old Manchester United forward will be with Portugal in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November, but beyond that, he’s also got his sights set on the next European Championship, set to be held in Germany

11:30 AM ET Cesar Hernandez PASADENA, Calif. — For a little over 80 minutes on Saturday night against Peru, it looked as if a dark period for Mexico‘s men’s national team would extend one game further as they approach the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Before kicking off the weekend’s friendly at the Rose Bowl, Mexico

6:00 AM ET Wael Jabir The 2022 FIFA World Cup is not only unique because it kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere winter for the first time in the competition’s 92 years of existence, but also because it will take place in an Arabic speaking country for the first time. So it’s a good time

10:18 AM ET DUSSELDORF, Germany — Giovanni Reyna comes into the room. He sits down. He leans back in his chair and, after maybe 30 seconds of small talk, he says, “Listen, I don’t want to look back in the past. At all.” He smiles. Reyna isn’t being unreasonable. He has had, by any measure,

5:00 AM ET Thirty years after its inaugural season, the Premier League can rightly celebrate its status as the world’s most popular football league. There’s not one factor behind it; there are many, and you might be familiar with them. In no particular order, you might cite the following: heritage (the game was invented here,

4:39 PM ET England will be relegated to the second tier of the UEFA Nations League after their poor form continued with a 1-0 defeat to Italy at Milan’s San Siro on Friday. In a game of few chances, Giacomo Raspadori scored the only goal with a stunning strike in the 68th minute to leave

3:56 PM ET DUSSELDORF, Germany — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter conceded that his side has “work to do” ahead of the World Cup following a 2-0 friendly defeat to Japan in which the Americans struggled against the Samurai Blue’s press. Japan applied pressure throughout the opening 45 minutes, limiting the U.S.

11:06 AM ET DUSSELDORF, Germany — With the World Cup less than two months away, the United States men’s national team was hoping to sharpen up its game against Japan, but if anything, it was the Samurai Blue who looked more ready for the showpiece tournament, riding goals either side of halftime from Daichi Kamada

11:36 AM ET COLOGNE, Germany — United States manager Gregg Berhalter has said Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner will start in Friday’s friendly against Japan, and he will be joined by center backs Aaron Long of the New York Red Bulls and Nashville SC’s Walker Zimmerman. “Aaron and Walker are going to play, going to start,

1:15 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Only two months separate the Mexico men’s national team from their World Cup group-stage opener against Poland on Nov. 22. Before the trip to Qatar, El Tri have two upcoming friendlies in California, against Peru (Sept. 24) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and against Colombia (Sept. 27) at Levi’s