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Gold Cup: Costa Rica edge Dominican Republic on late goal
Costa Rica overcame an early deficit and broke a second-half stalemate with a dramatic Josimar Alcocer goal in the 85th minute to put away the Dominican Republic in CONCACAF Gold Cup play Wednesday evening in Arlington, Texas.,In the decisive sequence, Manfred Ugalde gathered a cross in the center o...
Controlling share in San Jose Earthquakes up for sale
The San Jose Earthquakes are for sale.,The MLS club announced Wednesday that the ownership group has put controlling interest in the franchise on the market, with investment bank Moelis & Co. hired to guide any potential sale.,The Earthquakes have been owned by John Fisher since 2008. In that time, ...
Report: Earthquakes owner John Fisher to sell team
The San Jose Earthquakes have been put on the market by owner John Fisher, according to a Sportico report on Tuesday night, with Fisher apparently hiring an investment bank to help facilitate the sale. ,The Earthquakes, MLS and Moelis & Co., the investment bank, declined to comment. But Sportico rep...
Gold Cup: Tajon Buchanan, Canada thrash Honduras
Tajon Buchanan scored two second-half goals and Canada routed Honduras 6-0 on Tuesday in Vancouver in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both sides.,Niko Sigur and Tani Oluwaseyi added first-half goals for the hosts before Promise Akinpelu and Nathan Saliba rounded out the scoring.,The result leaves C...
CONCACAF Gold Cup: Curacao, El Salvador play to 0-0 draw
Goalie Mario Gonzalez made three saves to help El Salvador earn a scoreless draw against Curacao on Tuesday at San Jose, Calif., in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both sides.,The match started Group B action, with the group's other two nations, Canada and Honduras, set to face off later Tuesday ni...
Guatemala edges Jamaica in Gold Cup opener
Oscar Santis netted a first-half goal and Guatemala squeezed past Jamaica 1-0 on Monday in the Group C opener for both squads in the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Carson, Calif.,The decider came in the 32nd minute.,A back-to-the-goal Darwin Lom collected a deflection after a long feed, then backheeled the ba...
Ismael Diaz powers Panama past Guadeloupe in Gold Cup
Ismael Diaz tallied twice as Panama beat Guadeloupe 5-2 Monday at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Carson, Calif.,Panama took its opening game of Group C play by sprinting out to a 4-0 lead in the first 22 minutes and by controlling possession for 63 percent of the match. Panama also outshot Guadeloupe 23-1...
Fire release renderings for $650M downtown Chicago stadium
The Chicago Fire FC released renderings on Monday for the club's privately financed $650 million soccer-specific stadium in downtown Chicago that is expected to open in 2028.,The project was first announced earlier this month and is part of the first phase of a 62-acre master plan known as The 78, a...
Costa Rica sinks Suriname on late PK in Gold Cup
Costa Rica upended Suriname 4-3 with a penalty-kick goal in the 13th minute of stoppage time in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Sunday night in San Diego.,Capitalizing on a foul in the penalty area by Suriname's Dion Malone, Manfred Ugalde converted the winner on a right-footed shot to the bottom ...
Saudi Arabia tops Haiti 1-0 in Gold Cup on penalty kick
Saleh Al-Shehri's penalty kick in the 21st minute held up as the winner as Saudi Arabia shut out Haiti 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Sunday night in San Diego.,Al-Shehri drew a foul in the penalty area on Frantzdy Pierrot in the 18th minute, then converted a right-footed shot to the botto...
Saudi Arabia edges Haiti 1-0 in Gold Cup on penalty kick
Saleh Al-Shehri's penalty kick in the 21st minute held up as the winner as Saudi Arabia shut out Haiti 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Sunday night in San Diego.,Al-Shehri drew a foul in the penalty area on Frantzdy Pierrot in the 18th minute, then converted a right-footed shot to the botto...
USMNT dominates Trinidad & Tobago in Gold Cup opener
Malik Tillman scored his first two international goals and Diego Luna and Max Arfsten each had two assists as the U.S. men's national team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in their Group D opener in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday.,The U.S. raced to a 3-0 halfti...
Mexico edges Dominican Republic in Gold Cup opener
Edson Alvarez registered a goal and a assist to help Mexico post a 3-2 victory over the Dominican Republic in CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A play on Saturday night in Inglewood, Calif.,Defending champion Mexico (1-0-0, 3 points) also got goals from Raul Jimenez and Cesar Montes.,Peter Gonzalez and Edison...
Real Salt Lake blanks D.C. United to end winless streak
Johnny Russell and Zavier Gozo scored in each half to give Real Salt Lake a 2-0 win over visiting D.C. United on Saturday in Sandy, Utah.,The result ended Salt Lake's seven-match (0-4-3) winless streak. While the victory was paramount, it was also just the sixth time that low-scoring RSL (5-10-3, 18...
Martin Ojeda scores 9th goal as Orlando City blank Colorado
Martin Ojeda scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season and visiting Orlando City earned a 1-0 victory over struggling Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.,Pedro Gallese made two saves for Orlando (8-4-6, 30 points) to keep his eighth clean sheet in league play. Five of those have come in the Li...
Luciano Acosta's brace gives FC Dallas win over Sporting KC
Luciano Acosta scored a brace, leading FC Dallas to a 4-2 win over the host Sporting KC on Saturday night.,Petar Musa and Bernard Kamungo also scored for Dallas (5-6-6, 21 points), which won in MLS play for the first time since a victory on April 27 over Inter Miami, snapping a six-match winless str...
San Diego FC overcome two early deficits to top Minnesota
Anders Dreyer scored two goals, including a highlight-reel score from near midfield, and also had an assist and Milan Iloski came off the bench to score a brace in the second half as San Diego FC rallied for a 4-2 victory over Minnesota United on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,CJ dos Santos finis...
Prince Owusu nets a pair in CF Montreal's stunner in Houston
Prince Owusu's first half brace Saturday night enabled visiting CF Montreal to win for just the second time in 18 matches this year with a 3-1 verdict over the Houston Dynamo.,Jalen Neal also scored for Montreal (2-11-5, 11 points), while Ondrej Lingr had the only tally for Houston (5-8-5, 20 points...
Brandon Vazquez makes up for earlier mistake to lift Austin FC over Red Bulls
Brandon Vazquez made amends for an own goal by booting home the game winner in the 51st minute as host Austin FC did just enough to beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 on Saturday in just the third ever meeting between the interconference rivals.,Vazquez ran to the near post to take a perfect pass from ...
Hany Mukhtar, Sam Surridge score to help Nashville blank Fire
Hany Mukhtar scored in the 56th minute and Nashville SC went on to extend its unbeaten streak to nine matches by defeating the host Chicago Fire 2-0 on Saturday night.,Sam Surridge added a goal in the 75th minute. Andy Najar assisted on both goals.,Joe Willis made eight saves for Nashville (9-4-5, 3...