Soccer

Only one team has ever scored more goals after three Champions League games than Luciano Spalletti’s Napoli Last May, after Luciano Spalletti’s beloved Fiat Panda was stolen, Napoli’s ultras placed a banner outside the club’s stadium promising the car would be returned – if he left the club. Supporters were unhappy after Napoli’s Scudetto challenge fell away, and placed the …

Merritt Paulson removed himself as the CEO the Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers and the National Women’s Soccer League’s Thorns Tuesday in the aftermath of a bombshell investigation that uncovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the NWSL. The results of the independent investigation–commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and led by former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates and the …

Australian defender Aziz Behich scored his second goal in two games Dundee United climbed off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership as they recorded only their second league win of the season in a captivating, chance-laden encounter with Hibernian. Aziz Behich poked the home side ahead after a fine move before Mykola Kuharevich’s headed goal was disallowed for the visitors …

The National Women’s Soccer League announced Monday that it has terminated the contract of Pride head Amanda Cromwell and first assistant coach Sam Greene following an investigation into accusations that the two engaged in retaliatory behavior. The investigation—conducted by the NWSL and NWSLPA Joint Investigative Team—found that Cromwell and Greene “engaged in retaliation and attempted retaliation against Pride players whom Cromwell …

Alexander-Arnold continued after receiving treatment on his ankle but was substituted at half-time Liverpool defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip are expected to be missing for up to three weeks through injury. Both England right-back Alexander-Arnold – who has an ankle injury – and centre-back Matip, who has a calf issue, came off at Arsenal on Sunday. Winger Luis Diaz …

MLS’s 14-team playoff picture is set following another dramatic Decision Day, and while some of the major developments and the majority of the playoff berths had been sorted long before Sunday, there was still room for intrigue on the final day of the season. The big news is out west, where after seven straight years of either the Portland Timbers …

Bronze made her England debut against Japan in 2013 Lucy Bronze could make her 100th senior appearance for England as the Lionesses take on the Czech Republic in a friendly on Tuesday. The 30-year-old right-back, who made her senior international debut in 2013, previously thought injuries might stop her from reaching the milestone. “I was told at 20 years old …

Everybody at Stamford Bridge can take a breath. The Graham Potter era is properly underway and Chelsea’s 2022-23 Champions League campaign has finally got started. An emphatic 3–0 victory over AC Milan was important in lifting Chelsea to second in the group, but perhaps also in helping to dispel some of the doubts lurking in certain quarters about Potter’s credibility—although whether …

Luis Diaz is expected to miss Liverpool’s 10 remaining fixtures before the break for the World Cup Liverpool forward Luis Diaz is expected to be sidelined until December after suffering a knee injury in Sunday’s 3-2 Premier League defeat at Arsenal. The Colombia international, 25, had a scan on Monday and does not require surgery but will not play for …

The enlarged, official Leagues Cup tournament, which will comprise all 47 clubs in MLS and Liga MX and send the top three finishers to the Concacaf Champions League, will kick off July 21 with a 45-team group stage. The month-long competition will require an unprecedented pause in both MLS and Liga MX schedules and will conclude with the third-place game …