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2:31 PM ET United States midfielder Christian Pulisic will not play in Thursday’s friendly against Wales, and will leave camp on Wednesday night as he recuperates from a hamstring injury, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced. The Chelsea midfielder had always been unlikely to play in the match after sustaining the injury while warming up prior

8:30 AM ET Ronaldo, Pele, Zidane and Messi are all legends, but are they the greatest from their own countries? ESPN Illustration Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona? Is Pele the undisputed best from Brazil? Clint Dempsey or Landon Donovan? What about the No. 1 from England? After asking our writers to nominate the most iconic players

4:57 PM ET United States men’s national team goalkeeper Zack Steffen feels he’s already grown on the field with club side Manchester City, even though he’s only been with the first team for a little over two months. Steffen, 25, signed with Man City back in July of 2019, but spent the 2019-20 season on

12:36 PM ET England Football Association chairperson Greg Clarke has resigned from his role following the use of a racist term during a press briefing. When asked why there isn’t an openly gay men’s footballer at the elite level in England, Clarke said, “The answer is I don’t know, right, because I’ve spent a lot

11:05 AM ET Sergino Dest flew into Barcelona on a Tuesday and finally signed for the Catalan club that Thursday. Between landing at El Prat airport and penning a five-year deal at Camp Nou, Bayern Munich were on the phone trying to resurrect a deal they had been working on since January. The German giants

10:55 AM ET As their most recent squad announcement for this month’s matches against Wales and Panama showed, the United States men’s national team has some exciting individual talents coming through. With an average age of 21 years, 10 months, the likes of Christian Pulisic and Giovanni Reyna will take the headlines, but a team

11:27 AM ET Decision Day produced its share of drama. The Philadelphia Union clinched the Supporters’ Shield, the first trophy in their history, by beating the New England Revolution 2-0. At the other end of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, the Montreal Impact and Inter Miami each produced wins to earn their way

10:42 AM ET Liverpool and Man City showed their weaknesses, Arsenal were beaten by Aston Villa, Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund but have an unwelcome injury to contend with, while Barcelona were saved by super-sub Lionel Messi. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past

5:36 PM ET Arsenal were crying out for the structure and stability Mikel Arteta has brought to the team, but nights like Sunday with a crushing 3-0 defeat to Aston Villaunderline why they will need more to succeed in the long run. It is just a week since the Spaniard was widely praised for facilitating

5:57 PM ET Sergio Santos and Cory Burke each scored one goal to lift the host Philadelphia Union to their first-ever Supporters’ Shield following a 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday. The Union improved to 9-0-0 at home and earned the first trophy since the franchise’s expansion season in 2010. Standout goalkeeper

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2:30 PM ET Bayern Munich edged Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a thrilling Klassiker at Signal Iduna Park in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The win gives Hansi Flick’s men a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga, while Dortmund settled in third, three points behind after seven games played. Dortmund opened the scoring just before

4:11 PM ET Bayern pulled even with RB Leipzig at the top of the Bundesliga after a 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that showcased much of what makes them special. They absorb setbacks, they adjust and they move on. And they can beat you in so many different ways. The pregame hype, naturally,

10:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LIVERPOOL, England — It will take more than victory at Everton to prove Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s prematch assertion that he remains the right man to resurrect Manchester United, but for now it will stop the bleeding. After coming out fighting at his usual Friday news conference Solskjaer, under pressure following

12:29 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Yunus Musah had taken a circuitous route to be where he is, but he’s put his foot down and sped off fast and straight, accelerating directly into history. A Ghanaian England youth international born in New York, raised in Castelfranco Veneto near Venice, Italy, and in Barking, east London,

9:16 AM ET MLS Decision Day is upon us. For the league, simply getting to this point is an achievement amid the COVID-19 pandemic, though we’ll see how the MLS Cup playoffs themselves fare. – MLS Playoffs: Who’s in, Who’s out and all key info– MLS regular season: Updated points-per-game table– Stream MLS games LIVE,

9:00 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld Saturday will bring the biggest game in the Bundesliga to date and perhaps the biggest game across all

4:54 PM ET Milan have seemingly found the right blend of youth, versatility and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his pomp to go on an unbeaten tear. Xinhua/Alberto Lingria via Getty Images A lot of American soccer fans only dove fully into European club soccer when the Premier League started showing up live on their television about a