Soccer

9:26 PM ET Gyasi Zardes scored a late goal to lead the United States men’s team into the Gold Cup final with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Qatar in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night. – Gold Cup fixtures, results, schedule and more Both sides traded chances in the opening 20 minutes, but it was Qatar

5:02 PM ET Caitlin Murray If the U.S. women’s national team wants to win their fifth gold medal in an Olympic women’s football tournament, they need to get through Friday’s quarterfinal (7 a.m. ET) against a team that has looked like an early favorite: The Netherlands. While the U.S. is limping out of Group G

9:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen When it comes to the transfer market, Premier League clubs have all embraced the analytics approach over recent years to find new talent, while scouting habits and finances have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But clubs still differ in the various strategies that can be used to find success.

6:26 PM ET Danny Lewis Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Arsenal eye Maddison, keep Odegaard on radar Arsenal may

2:12 PM ET Caitlin Murray Crystal Dunn wants you to know her face and hear her voice. If you follow soccer, you probably should pay attention to her anyway. She’s the attacker-turned-defender who has been playing out of position at left-back for the U.S. women’s national team in recent years — and doing it well

3:30 AM ET Steven Gerrard is a winner again, and he is determined to make up for lost time by winning over and over as Rangers manager. And he wants the pressure and expectancy that comes with it, too. Having ended the Glasgow club’s 10-year wait for the Scottish title last season by delivering a

6:45 PM ET Danny Lewis Euro 2020 and the Copa America are over and the summer transfer window is open, leaving Europe’s biggest clubs clear to make a splash in the market. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Man City, Villa at odds over Grealish move Manchester

11:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer When the board went up, so did Carlo Ancelotti. They were coming towards the end of Real Madrid‘s first proper preseason game at Ibrox, just not quite quick enough. Their new coach, who is also one of their old coaches, had seen enough so he approached the referee and

7:55 AM ET Caitlian Murray With one minute left in the final match of Group G in the Olympic women’s football tournament between the United States women’s national team and Australia, the Tokyo Games broadcast feed cut to Alex Morgan on the bench. She was staring out on to the field and she just shook

5:13 AM ET Adriana Garcia Raphael Varane trained with some of his Real Madrid teammates on Monday morning amid speculation his transfer to Manchester United could be completed this week. Reports in Spain claim that United have started negotiating with Madrid regarding Varane’s transfer to Old Trafford. – Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access Varane,

1:44 PM ET … And then there were four. The CONCACAF Gold Cup hits the business end this week with a mouth-watering pair of semifinals — Qatar vs. the United States and Mexico vs. Canada — on Thursday night before Sunday’s final in Las Vegas. – Gold Cup fixtures, results, schedule and more– Stream ESPN

6:00 AM ET Manchester United signed Paul Pogba from Juventus for £89.3 million to turn them into Premier League contenders in 2016 but, five years on, offloading the France midfielder now holds the key to their title prospects. Raising £50m or more by allowing Pogba to leave the club before his contract expires in June

1:44 AM ET Matthew Hoppe rose up, got his head on a deflected cross and, by the time his feet hit the ground, the United States had a 1-0 lead against Jamaica in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. The decisive 83rd-minute goal was Hoppe’s final involvement in the game, capping his first breakthrough international performance. At

12:50 PM ET Christian Pulisic has said featuring in his first full preseason at Chelsea is a “big positive” ahead of the new campaign. The 22-year-old joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in 2019 but missed the start of the preseason training and only met up with his teammates later that summer. – Stream ESPN FC

7:27 AM ET THE CICADAS HAVE arrived at Rose Lavelle’s woodsy childhood home, surrounding the Cincinnati cul-de-sac in a siren of shrieking and clattering. A doorbell rings and Janet Lavelle, matriarch of the family, answers and eagerly steps outside. She wants to show a squeamish visitor the backyard, once the playground for one of the

10:56 PM ET Ricardo Pepi became the young player in Major League Soccer history to score a hat trick, leading FC Dallas to a 5-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday evening in Frisco, Texas. Pepi, who is 18 years, 197 days of age, increased his season goal total to a team-high eight with

5:42 PM ET Atlanta United FC has had some of the world’s biggest music acts attend games in the past, with Wocka Flock and Outkast’s Big Boi among those professing their love for the Five Stripes. But Saturday’s contest against the Columbus Crew went to a different level, with none other than Kanye West taking

11:58 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team can breathe a big sigh of relief after beating New Zealand by a comfortable 6-1 score in Saitama on Saturday. – Report: U.S. score six vs. New Zealand The win is enough to neutralize the threat of crashing out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which