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FIFA Best Awards: Who voted for winner Vinicius Junior, Rodri and Lionel Messi?
Vinicius Junior was crowned the men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best awards on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Brazilian, who won the Champions League and La Liga with…

Marcus Rashford’s transfer options, contract status and Man Utd’s position
“Next game, new week, new life,” was Ruben Amorim’s message to Marcus Rashford after dropping him from the squad for Sunday’s Manchester derby. And Rashford appears willing to take up…

How the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup could help lessen disparity in player loading
The global union for professional soccer players, FIFPro, released a study Tuesday in combination with Football Benchmark on the state of the global women’s football calendar. Its research found a…

Chris Henderson hunts Atlanta United revival and promises ‘leaders’ as DPs
ATLANTA – Change is sweeping through Atlanta United as the year comes to a close. The club’s new $23million addition to its training ground is underway. It will feature a…

The European Super League (sorry, the Unify League) is back – but where is the imagination?
Unicorns, in Silicon Valley, tend to be conceived accidentally. Take, for example, an app called Cicada, established with the admirable purpose of hosting three-to-five-minute videos on a wide range of…

How Liverpool 2.01 was built – and FSG abandoned any plans to sell
With Christmas approaching two years ago, Fenway Sports Group’s ownership of Liverpool Football Club was at a crossroads. Uncertainty reigned. U.S. banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had been tasked…

How did restaurant owner Salt Bae end up holding the World Cup in 2022?
Burak Yilmaz was the first. The first of many. Baetient Zero, if you will. April 28, 2013. The then-Galatasaray forward started a trend which in the subsequent decade has swept…

TAFC: What now for Rashford and Man United? Plus: Another European Super League idea…
eScored FC is eScored’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello. The cat is out of the bag. Marcus Rashford is ready…

Becky Sauerbrunn, former USWNT captain and 2-time World Cup champion, retires from pro soccer
U.S. women’s national team and Portland Thorns defender Becky Sauerbrunn announced her retirement from professional soccer Tuesday, after a 16-year career that will end with 219 appearances for the national…

Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk drugs ban explained: What is meldonium and what punishments could he face?
Mykhailo Mudryk is among Chelsea’s most expensive signings — a player who once represented the club’s ambitious direction of travel in the post-Roman Abramovich era. But less than two years…

European Super League relaunches as ‘Unify League’: What’s different – and will it work this time?
The company behind the controversial European Super League idea has tweaked its proposal once more, completely scrapping the original closed-shop format, in a bid to make it more attractive to…

The Athletic FC: Mudryk tests positive for banned substance, will Olmo leave Barca for free?
eScored FC ⚽ is eScored’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. A shock development at Premier League title contenders Chelsea…

