ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti shares his best solution for both Real Madrid and Gareth Bale to part ways following his underwhelming season. Real Madrid’s season ended with a fizzle, allowing Real Betis to score twice and finish the year with away wins at both the Santiago Bernabeu and the Camp Nou. Despite reports suggesting Real

11:24 AM ET Philipp Klement celebrates his goal as Paderborn went up. Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images SC Paderborn completed a remarkable return to the Bundesliga next season despite a 3-1 defeat to Dynamo Dresden on Sunday. Paderborn, who reached the Bundesliga for the first time in 2014-15, were relegated that season and again the following

There was a truly evocative sequence in Sunday night’s A-League Grand Final. As penalties loomed in the 99th minute, a series events occurred that underscores the state of the game in Australia both for better and for worse. Numbers desperately waited in the Sydney FC penalty area, Diego Castro sends in a hopeful cross. Despite

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will leave the club this summer, having secured an historic domestic treble. Kompany, 33, is City’s longest-serving player, having joined in August 2008, but his contract runs out at the end of the season — and though ESPN FC had been told that there was a willingness from both the club

LONDON — It is never easy to put history into context just as it’s being made, so it may be many more years before the real magnitude of Manchester City’s domestic Treble can be properly judged. But by inflicting a 6-0 defeat on Watford in the FA Cup final on Saturday, Pep Guardiola’s City achieved

12:17 PM ET MADRID, May 18 (Reuters) – Valencia secured Champions League football for the second year in a row by winning 2-0 at Real Valladolid on Saturday, clinching fourth place in La Liga at the expense of Getafe who drew 2-2 at home to Villarreal. Marcelino’s side had to win to guarantee finishing fourth

ESPN FC’s Herculez Gomez asks Walker Zimmerman about LAFC’s rivalry with the LA Galaxy and how he plans on stopping Zlatan Ibrahimovic. NYCFC extended their unbeaten run to seven matches with a win at LA Galaxy, but the match ended in controversy involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been suspended two games for violent conduct

Manchester City may be odds on favourite to win the FA Cup ahead of Watford, but it is by no means a stretch to think Isaac Success can become the next Nigerian to walk out of Wembley with a winners medal around his neck. It is nearly a quarter of a century since Daniel Amokachi

USMNT’s Gregg Berhalter praises the Mexican Federation for their success in CONCACAF and says they’ve set the benchmark for MLS and U.S. Soccer. Mexico national team goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is looking to leave Belgian club Standard Liege this summer, with Sunday’s game against Genk likely to be his last in the Belgian first division. “There’s