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Wrexham began their preseason tour of North America’s west coast with a credible 1-1 draw against Premier League Bournemouth in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday. In front of a sell-out crowd at Harder Stadium on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Wrexham took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Bournemouth defender James

Jul 21, 2024, 07:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said they are on the front foot in the transfer market thanks to the club’s leadership making quick and decisive moves to secure new players following the signings of Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee. Since British billionaire and INEOS chairman

Jul 19, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On July 7, 2024, Brazil played Uruguay in the Copa América quarterfinals. Brazil’s 17-year-old centre-forward Endrick was playing in the biggest game of his career to date, two weeks before he would officially sign for Real Madrid. Endrick was wearing the Brazil No. 9 shirt once

Jul 20, 2024, 04:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has backed Jadon Sancho to “click” after his return to the club following a public fallout between the pair last season. Sancho made his first appearance for Man United since last August in a preseason friendly against Rangers on Saturday.

Lizzy Becherano Jul 19, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Fire announced Friday that they will provide compensation to fans if Lionel Messi is unable to feature due to injury when Inter Miami CF visit Soldier Field on Aug. 31. The Argentina forward suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle during

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 19, 2024, 10:58 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions AFC Bournemouth and United States men’s national team midfielder Tyler Adams is looking at yet another lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing back surgery, according to the Cherries

Adriana Garcia Jul 19, 2024, 06:25 AM ET Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has said Argentina teammate Enzo Fernández is facing undeserved backlash for the video that shows the Chelsea midfielder singing a discriminatory chant. Fernández apologised this week after he posted a video on Instagram following his team’s 1-0 win over Colombia in the

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United‘s £52.1 million signing of 18-year-old defender Leny Yoro is the game-changer in minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s attempt to reset the club’s recruitment policy and make decisiveness, rather than desperation, the new guiding principle at Old Trafford. For the first time in longer than anyone cares to remember — potentially

Jul 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States women’s national soccer team is in action at the 2024 Olympic soccer tournament in Paris, the team’s first competitive games with Emma Hayes at the helm as head coach. She takes over following USWNT’s worst finish in World Cup history last year, when

Jul 18, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Multiple lawsuits have been filed by fans against South American soccer’s governing body CONMEBOL and the operators of Hard Rock Stadium in the wake of the chaos surrounding Sunday’s Copa América final. The complainants claim that they purchased tickets for the final but that crowd-control issues

Jon Molyneux-Carter, Senior EditorJul 18, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Euro 2024 is over, but the tournament’s true impact is just beginning to be felt as players who impressed in Germany this summer will be high on the shortlists of interested clubs looking to make a transfer. While transfer fees are almost always

Field Level Media Jul 18, 2024, 02:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Joseph Paintsil recorded one goal and two assists to help the LA Galaxy produce a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night at Carson, Calif. Diego Fagundez and Riqui Puig added goals and Gabriel Pec had two assists as the Galaxy

ESPN News Services Jul 17, 2024, 09:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cavan Sullivan broke Freddy Adu’s longstanding record as the youngest player to feature for a senior MLS side when he took the field for the Philadelphia Union in their match against the New England Revolution on Wednesday. Sullivan, who is 14 years 293

Open Extended Reactions Messi and Argentina claimed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the second of three straight trophies they’ve won as a nation, but what will 2026 hold? Michael Regan – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images What a summer of football we have just witnessed. Spain were crowned European champions by winning Euro 2024, defeating England

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are close to overcoming competition from Real Madrid to seal a £52.1 million ($67.9m) deal for Leny Yoro after the Lille defender was granted permission to travel to Old Trafford for a medical, sources have told ESPN. United, who completed the £35.8m ($46.7m) signing of Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee from

The United States women played to a 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday night in its final exhibition tune-up game before the Paris Olympics. It was 98 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius) at kickoff after Washington tied the hottest day on record in the nation’s capital at 104 (40C) hours earlier. Coach

Graham Hunter, Spain writerJul 16, 2024, 09:04 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions Spain‘s statistics in winning Euro 2024 are so historic and so startling that it’s easy to be overwhelmed and distracted by them. But

Jul 16, 2024, 06:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Gareth Southgate has left his role as England manager following the team’s Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain, the English Football Association (FA) confirmed on Tuesday. Under his stewardship, England reached the semifinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the final of Euro 2020 (played