Soccer

5:58 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — If there was ever any doubt over the importance of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to Liverpool, Takumi Minamino provided the only proof you need in the 90th minute of the club’s goalless Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg draw against Arsenal at Anfield on Thursday. Minamino, handed a starting role

11:12 AM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has told ESPN Brasil that he is aiming to continue his footballing career until the age of 42. Despite his club’s struggles this season, the 36-year-old is United’s top scorer with 14 goals in all competitions. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have

10:08 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has backed interim boss Ralf Rangnick to do a good job at the Premier League club but said the German needs time to bed in his ideas and improve the team’s performances. Rangnick was appointed until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar

6:11 PM ET Alex Kirkland Sam Marsden Wednesday’s Supercopa de Espana clash between Clasico rivals didn’t disappoint, as Real Madrid hung on to defeat Barcelona 3-2 in front of an enthusiastic crowd in Saudi Arabia. (Stream highlights here: U.S. only.) After Barca twice battled back from a goal down to take the game to extra

12:33 PM ET There was a moment in December when, for the first time in two years, Daryl Dike got a moment to reflect. After two years of nonstop soccer, he had earned one. From scoring for Virginia in the NCAA finals against Georgetown in December 2019, to going fifth in the MLS SuperDraft in

5:59 PM ET Cindy Parlow Cone is facing predecessor Carlos Cordeiro for the U.S. Soccer Federation presidency. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone, facing a re-election battle from predecessor Carlos Cordeiro, said she feels she is “the right person” to lead the USSF, and that “we need to continue to look forward,

3:19 PM ET This week is all about the Supercopa de Espana — stream LIVE on ESPN+ — as four of LaLiga’s biggest teams head to Saudi Arabia to battle for the trophy. (Oh, and we’ve got a “bonus Clasico” as Real Madrid battle old rivals Barcelona on Wednesday: 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+.) So how

10:00 AM ET It has been only a few weeks since Xavi commented that “there’s an abysmal gap” between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Frankly, it’ll be quite the surprise if Los Blancos don’t underline the truth of his words in the Supercopa de Espana semifinal on Wednesday (stream LIVE, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+) by handing

8:00 AM ET Philippe Coutinho has the chance to relaunch his career in the Premier League with his loan move to Aston Villa following another disappointing season at Barcelona in which the third-most expensive transfer of all-time — €160 million from Liverpool in 2018 — started just five games in all competitions and failed to

6:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — There was an FA Cup shock at Old Trafford on Monday night as Manchester United somehow managed to cling on against Aston Villa to scrape through their third round tie with a 1-0 win. Steven Gerrard’s side had two goals ruled out, one after a lengthy VAR

10:15 AM ET Kathleen McNamee North Carolina Courage have traded United States women’s national team forward Lynn Williams to Kansas City Current, it was announced on Monday. As part of the deal, the Courage will receive $200,000 in allocation money as well as the rights to goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland and the Current’s first round pick

4:01 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — The FA Cup was Mikel Arteta’s making as a manager. Now he has to prove it doesn’t matter. Arsenal‘s abject 1-0 third-round exit to Nottingham Forest on Sunday was precisely the sort of performance he had hoped to consign to history, riddled with indifference and lacking the focus their

5:10 PM ET Dani Alves made history as Barcelona’s oldest-ever player when he started, and contributed in Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Granada. Fran Santiago/Getty Images Despite the Premier League taking a break, the European soccer weekend was far from boring, with talking points galore from the FA Cup third round, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and

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9:38 PM ET Paraguay youth international Sebastian Ferreira is nearing a move to Houston. CARLA CARNIEL / POOL / AFP The Houston Dynamo are closing in on a deal for Libertad and Paraguay youth international striker Carlos Sebastian Ferreira Vidal, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Telemundo’s Roberto Rojas was among the first to report the news.

3:42 PM ET It’s the juxtaposition that gets you. Davy Propper and Christian Eriksen made their professional debuts on the very same day and on Tuesday — 4,370 days later — they made radically different different choices when faced with an almost existential question: How do I feel about football? One is in love. The

9:05 AM ET Lorenzo Insigne will join Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. Matteo Ciambelli/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Toronto FC will sign Lorenzo Insigne from Serie A side Napoli in the summer, the Major League Soccer club said on Saturday. Insigne has signed a four-year deal and will be added to the squad’s roster as

4:56 AM ET The FA Cup third round begins on Friday with Swindon Town hosting Manchester City — (stream all games LIVE on ESPN+ in the U.S.) — and as England‘s biggest teams enter the competition, it means we’ll get a good look at the next generation of young stars set to break through. The