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Maybe we shouldn’t have slammed our laptops closed so hard before the holiday weekend. Let’s dive into a very full inbox together:
🧤 England’s goalkeeper abruptly retired.
🏆 Arsenal upset the mighty Barcelona.
💰 Bayern Munich took home $2.5M in a seven-a-side tournament.
🇺🇸 There’s a USWNT game this weekend.
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Stunners
England goalkeeper calls time
The England women’s national team starts its European Championship title defense in 39 days. The Lionesses will take on France on July 5, so today wasn’t a great day for fans who found out their previous starting goalkeeper has left the building.
Mary Earps turned up to St. George’s Park (the Football Association’s national center) yesterday as the team prepares for another round of UEFA Nations League action. But the goalkeeper did not train like the rest of the squad. Instead, she paid out of her own pocket to fly from Paris, where she plays for Paris Saint-Germain, to England to say goodbye in person. Though she had been named to the squad for this month’s games, her decision to retire is effective immediately.
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