Goals from Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic steered Croatia to a deserved 2-0 win over France in their Nations League quarterfinal first leg in Split on Thursday, as the return of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele failed to get the visitors to fire.
Manchester City’s hopes of catching Chelsea from in the Women’s Super League (WSL) title race were seriously dented on Sunday as Everton claimed an unlikely 2-1 victory at Walton Hall.
A last-gasp goal by Andy Robertson gave Scotland a 2-1 away win over Poland in a pulsating Nations League Group A1 clash on Monday, a result that saw the Scots enter a relegation playoff while the Poles are relegated to the second-tier League B.
The end of the U.S. team’s World Cup dominance came as a shock, but in other ways this early exit has been a long time coming. Here are the many factors that contributed to their demise in 2023.