MANCHESTER, England — Marcus Rashford’s 28th goal of the season sealed a narrow 1-0 win against Brentford and lifted Manchester United back into the top four in the race to qualify for the Champions League. The win was United’s first in the Premier League since a 3-1 Old Trafford victory against Leicester City in February, and it also avenged their 4-0 loss at Brentford in August. United moved three points…
Karim Benzema scored a hat trick as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-0 in the second leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal in a fiery affair at Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday night. The hosts came into the match with a three-game win streak over their biggest rivals, having beaten them in the Spanish Supercopa in January and the Copa del Rey first leg and LaLiga in March. However, a…
Imagine that you, like Franck Kessie, either caused or scored each of the winning goals in the past two Clasicos for Barcelona in your first season at the club. You’d feel like the king of the world, right? Now imagine that, despite beginning to look like Real Madrid’s kryptonite, despite you being a reigning champion of Serie A (having joined from AC Milan), and despite there being serious absences in…
What might go down as Aly Wagner’s greatest assist occurred long after she retired as a professional soccer player. It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time, Wagner was hoping the couple would come on board as individual investors. “Charlotte comes…
Manchester United will face Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in July in Las Vegas as a part of the club’s summer tour to the United States, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The match will be played at the Allegiant Stadium on July 30 and is the second fixture of the tour, after United announced in March they will face non-league Wrexham in San Diego on July 25. – Stream…
Pep Guardiola will escape sanction for his provocative goal celebration in front of Liverpool’s Kostas Tsimikas during Manchester City’s 4-1 win at the Etihad on Saturday, sources have told ESPN. The City manager reacted to Julian Alvarez’s first-half equalising goal by appearing to taunt Liverpool substitute Tsimikas as the defender walked past Guardiola’s technical area after warming up further down the touchline. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)…
Katie Johnson’s goal on the final play of the match gave Angel City FC a 2-1 victory against the Orlando Pride in the lone National Women’s Soccer League match on Sunday. Claire Emslie converted on a penalty for Angel City (1-1-0) in the first half at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium after Alyssa Thompson, selected first in the 2023 NWSL draft, was taken down on a breakaway in the box. Emslie sent…
Nike has revealed a collection of brand-new kits that will be worn by 13 different countries at the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup. The array includes fresh home strips for the two host nations: Australia and New Zealand, along with a bold if potentially divisive new home jersey for the United States, who go into the tournament as back-to-back world champions. There are also new kits for European champions England,…
Second-half goals from Joe Willock and Callum Wilson helped Newcastle United to a 2-0 home win over Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday and leapfrog Erik ten Hag’s side in the bid to secure Champions League qualification. Newcastle created plenty of chances throughout but did not convert, thanks in part to another solid performance from United goalkeeper David De Gea, until Willock arrived unmarked to convert an Allan…
Karim Benzema scored three goals in seven first-half minutes as Real Madrid thrashed Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday to cut Barcelona’s lead in LaLiga to 12 points. The hat trick moved Benzema up to 14 league goals this season and second on the list of top scorers — three behind Barca’s Robert Lewandowski. Rodrygo’s opener from a smooth counter-attack after 22 minutes opened the flood gates as Benzema took charge…