[ad_1] Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMay 30, 2023, 06:00 AM ET The shutters came down on Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday as Spanish champions Barcelona beat Mallorca 3-0 in the penultimate LaLiga game of the season (stream the replay on ESPN+). The stadium that has been the home of Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi … Read more
[ad_1] May 29, 2023, 04:38 AM ET Lionel Messi has been named in Argentina‘s squad for their upcoming international friendlies in Asia. The 2022 World Cup winners take on Australia in Beijing on June 15 before facing Indonesia in Jakarta four days later. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Messi, who scored in … Read more
[ad_1] Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The 2022-23 Premier League is now consigned to the history books. Manchester City are the champions, Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton have been relegated, and Erling Haaland has broken countless records to end up as the division’s top scorer with 36 goals. … Read more
[ad_1] Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 29, 2023, 10:49 AM ET Another Premier League season is over, and the winners and losers have been confirmed. Manchester City have won a fifth title in the past six years and might yet end the campaign with a historic treble. Arsenal ran them close, while Manchester United and Newcastle returned … Read more
[ad_1] May 29, 2023, 06:30 PM ET The summer transfer window may not be open yet in Europe, but teams are getting ready for it, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: PSG eye Arsenal’s Odegaard … Read more
[ad_1] Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 29, 2023, 03:35 PM ET Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said he told club president Joan Laporta that he would like to have Lionel Messi back next season and said he speaks to his former teammate regularly about a possible return to the team. Messi, 35, left Barca two years … Read more
[ad_1] May 29, 2023, 02:24 PM ET Tigres are celebrating another Liga MX title, and are firmly now part of Mexican soccer’s elite teams. Cesar Gomez/Jam Media/Getty Images What makes a club an equipo grande (“big team”) in Mexican soccer? Often a talking point for fans and media, the discussion is one that highlights a team’s … Read more
[ad_1] Chelsea have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino to take over as manager, the club announced on Monday. Pochettino, 51, signed a two-year deal with the option of a further year and will start work on July 1 ahead of the club’s preseason tour to the United States. – Stream … Read more
[ad_1] Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 29, 2023, 11:38 AM ET Well, well, well … that was quite the weekend? On Saturday, we had final day drama in the German Bundesliga as Borussia Dortmund let the title slip away and allowed Bayern Munich to claim a remarkable 11th straight title. Then, on Sunday, we … Read more
[ad_1] Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMay 29, 2023, 09:11 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. It’s a new World Cup cycle now, and the USMNT depth chart is poised for change ahead of the Concacaf Nations League semifinal against Mexico. Marvin Ibo Guengoer/GES Sportfoto/Getty Images Ever since … Read more