Club World Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction - Blues take on MLS opposition in Group D curtain-raiser in Atlanta

Enzo Maresca is convinced that Chelsea’s new centre-forward Liam Delap will succeed Harry Kane and become England’s “number nine”. Ahead of Chelsea’s first group game in the Club World Cup, against Los Angeles FC, there is much anticipation as to whether Delap will be given his debut.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has selected recent signing Liam Delap on the substitutes' bench for Monday night's Club World Cup opener against Los Angeles FC. The 22-year-old is missing the European Championship with England Under-21s to feature in the United States, but the £30m will have to remain patient for his debut.

Enzo Maresca has tipped Liam Delap to feature at striker for England, but maintained he will not be guaranteed a starting spot at Chelsea as he chases a first senior international call-up.

The FIFA Club World Cup is slowly beginning to catch fire after a quiet start as Chelsea take on Los Angeles FC in a Group D clash.

Chelsea FC were founded on March 10, 1905 at the Rising Sun pub, now known as the Butcher's Hook. This was a year after businessman Gus Mears bought the Stamford Bridge Athletics Ground in Fulham with a view to staging soccer games there.

LONDON (AP) — The top women’s soccer league in England is set to expand from 12 to 14 teams for the 2026-27 season. Women’s Super League clubs voted Monday for the change that still requires approval from the Football Association board.

In the defeat to Senegal, Trevoh Chalobah became the eighth different Chelsea player to make his England debut since the start of 2019 (after Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Tomori, James, Colwill, Palmer & Madueke); the most for any club in this period.

Chelsea captain Millie Bright has undergone minor knee surgery, the club has confirmed. The news follows Bright’s decision to withdraw from selection for England ahead of Euro 2025.