Morgan Weaver buried her penalty kick after Portland goalkeeper Adrianna Franch stopped Nahomi Kawasumi’s attempt, and the Thorns won the NWSL Challenge Cup tournament on a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw with Gotham FC on Saturday. The Thorns did not drop a match in the NWSL preseason tournament. Following the seven-round shootout, the fans

Liverpool kept their Premier League top-four hopes alive with an important 2-0 win over Southampton at Anfield. Sadio Mane put the home side ahead just after the half-hour mark and while the visitors did have their chances, Klopp’s men rode their luck before Thiago Alcantara’s neat finish sealed all three points. – Stream ESPN FC

The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Salah in line for Chelsea return? Chelsea have added Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid played out a 0-0 draw at Camp Nou on Saturday to hand Real Madrid the advantage in the La Liga title race. Atletico stay top for now but they will be replaced by Madrid if Zinedine Zidane’s side beat Sevilla on Sunday. Barca, meanwhile, remain two points behind Atletico with just

Music icon Ed Sheeran is a big Ipswich fan. Richard Calver/Getty Images Championship side Ipswich Town announced a new shirt sponsor this week, which might not be headline news were it not for the famous face involved. 2 Related A budding local musician by the name of Ed Sheeran (who has sold more than 150 million records worldwide)

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has said that his side are on a downward trend and that there were reasons behind that decline he could not explain in public after crashing out of the Europa League. The north London side are facing the prospect of missing out on European football next season for the first time

The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea slated to be played in Istanbul on May 29 is likely to be moved from the Turkish city, sources have told ESPN, with UEFA and the English FA in talks over staging the game in England after the U.K. government’s decision to place Turkey on its

12:18 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Eden Hazard has friends at Chelsea, the monster. By the end of Wednesday night, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that what most hurt wasn’t that Real Madrid had been knocked out of the Champions League, or even that they had been defeated so completely, the fact that

Nine of the 12 Super League clubs have formally renounced the breakaway and committed to the existing European competitions, but they will have to give up 5% of UEFA revenue for one season. But Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have refused to approve what UEFA called “reintegration measures” and will be referred to UEFA disciplinary

10:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Joel Glazer has told Manchester United fans he “cares deeply” about the club and has promised to prove it with investment both on and off the pitch. The failed attempt to join the European Super League has triggered a new round of protest against the Glazer family ownership of the

8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said complaints from other clubs about his team selections during a hectic schedule of three games in five days are “not my problem.” Solskjaer has hinted that he will be forced to field two separate starting lineups against Leicester at Old Trafford on

In a year where not a whole lot went right for anyone, even silver linings were hard to find for the LA Galaxy in 2020. Once Major League Soccer’s preeminent power — and a model for cultural relevancy and on-field success — the Galaxy missed the playoffs for the third time in four years. Striker

With the Champions League semifinals complete, Manchester City and Chelsea move on to the May 29 final, while Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid wonder where it all went wrong. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens to answer some big questions. Who will win the final and why? Marcotti: Manchester City are a

Demba Ba has called for UEFA to educate its officials about racism before allowing them to referee in European competitions. Ba was involved in a player walk-off in a Champions League match in December between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir after Romanian official Sebastian Coltescu referred to Basaksehir’s assistant coach Pierre Webo as “the Black

Wayne Rooney knows his team will be relegated if they lose to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images Wayne Rooney knows all about the high stakes and nail-biting tension that accompany the final day of the season, but nothing he ever experienced with Manchester United will come close to matching the pressure

LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised, more purposeful outfit

The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Juve’s Chiellini could make MLS move Giorgio Chiellini has been a Juventus player

Manchester United booked a Europa League final place for the second time in five years despite slipping to a 3-2 defeat against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The hosts started brightly and should have taken the lead as Gianluca Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all squandered chances, only for Edinson Cavani to blast United

Eden Hazard has apologised to Real Madrid fans after laughing and joking with Chelsea players following his team’s exit from the Champions League. Cameras showed the Belgium international laughing with former teammate Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy on the Stamford Bridge pitch after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat. Hazard, who spent seven successful seasons at Chelsea

One day back in 2019, Atlanta United FC play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Egan ran into forward Josef Martinez in the parking lot of the team’s training facility. Egan asked Martinez how he was doing, and the Venezuela international responded, “Good. All I want to do is score goals.” Back then, Martinez was in a rich run