7:00 AM ET Kathleen McNamee It has been five days since Trinity Rodman became the youngest player ever to be drafted into the National Women’s Soccer League, and the 18-year-old is busy packing up her college dorm room at Washington State University in Pullman. An avid painter in her spare time, her artwork still hangs
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3:42 PM ET Stephan Uersfeld 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 On Friday, Borussia Dortmund visit Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga (2:20 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+) with
5:56 PM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp called his side’s Premier League loss to Burnley on Thursday a “massive punch in the face” and downplayed the Reds’ chances of staying in the title race. Burnley stunned Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield, ending their 68-match home Premier League unbeaten streak in the process. The defeat dropped Liverpool
5:28 PM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool‘s incredible 68-game unbeaten run at Anfield came to an end as the champions were beaten 1-0 on home turf by a resilient Burnley side. Ashley Barnes picked himself up off the turf to fire home the game’s only goal from the spot having previously been brought down by the
10:00 AM ET Everton boss Ancelotti, Liverpool’s Jota and the Spurs duo of Son and Kane all stand out in different midseason rankings. ESPN Illustration The end of Tuesday’s Chelsea–Leicester City match on Tuesday marked the rough midway point of the 2020-21 Premier League season. With the coronavirus still looming large, it has been a fraught
6:21 PM ET LONDON — Sir Alex Ferguson often used to suggest that Manchester United like “doing things the hard way,” but this incarnation are taking things more literally than surely even Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would like. United returned to the top of the Premier League on Wednesday with a 2-1 win at Fulham in
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10:00 AM ET Video game developer Epic Games is bringing a major soccer collaboration to its wildly popular free-to-play Battle Royale game Fortnite, allowing fans to play wearing the kits of clubs from across the globe and to “emote” using Pele’s iconic goal celebration. Fortnite will launch the “Kickoff Set” on Jan. 23, featuring uniforms
6:24 PM ET They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place and Frank Lampard will certainly be hoping that old maxim rings true after his Chelsea team were beaten by a Leicester side which moved to the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 victory at the King Power Stadium. Brendan
5:23 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer Chelsea remain eighth in the Premier League after crashing to a 2-0 defeat to title contenders Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday evening. Poor marking from a short corner granted Wilfred Ndidi a rare goal in the opening minutes when his powerful strike from outside the
6:10 PM ET Arsenal‘s post-Christmas revival will really gather pace if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s brace in this 3-0 win over Newcastle signals a return to form. For 50 minutes or so, this appeared likely to be another evening spent in the shadow of his former self, bereft of confidence and lacking conviction when chances presented themselves.
8:46 PM ET We used to have a saying on the national team way back in the day: “Adversity builds character.” So whenever we were staying at a “roach motel,” we’d holler: BUILDING CHARACTER! When we had to fly across the country with 2-3 layovers (to save money): BUILDING CHARACTER! Middle seat, back row, smoking
12:54 PM ET It was another massive weekend in soccer with a string of big results changing the narratives (and the title races) across Europe. In the Premier League, Liverpool and Man United battled to a 0-0 draw that might leave them both on the outside looking in when it comes to the title, while
8:00 AM ET What has happened to Liverpool‘s strikeforce? The team that won the Premier League last season on a seemingly endless wave of goals and attacking moves involving Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino are now on a barren run which is threatening to derail their hopes of retaining the title. After 18
9:08 PM ET When Lionel Messi‘s moment came it was, of course, spectacular. Stage? The Spanish Supercopa final. State of play? Defeat or victory balanced infinitely delicately. Classic Messi territory. For 753 Barcelona matches, sufficient to make him the greatest player in history, this has always very specifically been Messi territory. From his first Liga
2:30 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Manchester United really are Premier League title contenders again, and Sunday’s 0-0 draw against Liverpool at Anfield proved it once and for all. It was hard to watch at times, with two old rivals showing too much respect to the other to cut loose and really go for the
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10:15 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 Rob Dawson The rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United has been quiet in recent years due to the dominance of
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