Oct 3, 2022 Do you have a love-hate relationship with soccer? As fans of the beautiful game, we have plenty to be passionate about and enough to take issue with, too. The domestic leagues, continental competitions and international tournaments all elicit strong opinions, some of which are more drastic than others. 2 Related On the

7:45 PM ET Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson and Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler are both stepping away from decision-making roles with their respective National Women’s Soccer League clubs until the findings are released from an ongoing investigation into numerous reports of sexual misconduct and abuse around the league. Paulson, who is also the

2:23 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jorge Sampaoli previously coached Sevilla between 2016 and 2017. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Sevilla have reached an agreement with former manager Jorge Sampaoli to return to the club to replace Julen Lopetegui, sources have told ESPN. Lopetegui, who secured Champions League qualification for Sevilla in each of

1:01 PM ET The independent investigation into player abuse in women’s professional soccer found a long list of failures by National Women’s Soccer League coaches and executives, as well as the United States Soccer Federation itself. “Our investigation has revealed a league in which abuse and misconduct — verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct

7:00 AM ET Associated Press Relatives grieved on Monday after a crush killed at least 125 people at a football match. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts on Monday, and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer

7:39 PM ET William Agada scored his eighth goal in his last nine matches to lift host Sporting Kansas City to a 1-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday. John Pulskamp finished with one save to notch his third clean sheet this season for Sporting Kansas City (11-15-7, 40 points), who improved to 5-0-2

Oct 2, 2022 Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Florentino Perez wants European football competitions to change. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Florentino Perez said that football is “sick” and “losing the global entertainment battle” with U.S. sports, and he backed the dormant European Super League (ESL) project as the way to retain its position as the world’s

6:30 PM ET European club football is back in full swing following the international break. We saw a couple of big derbies in the Premier League — Arsenal beating Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City seeing off Manchester United — while Barcelona now sit over Real Madrid in LaLiga standings. Meanwhile, Liverpool and Internazionale are all

2:00 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland is the best player in the world right now, and he has transformed Manchester City from a great team into one that is capable of blowing everyone else away this season. Just ask Manchester United, beaten 6-3 at the Etihad on Sunday, following another Haaland hat trick.

7:13 PM ET Associated Press United States men’s national team forward Ricardo Pepi scored in his second straight game for FC Groningen, getting a first-half goal in a 4-1 home loss to AZ Alkmaar on Saturday in the Dutch Eredivisie. The 19-year-old ran onto a Neraysho Kasanwirjo pass that went from deep in his own