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Last-second goal helps Austin beat Seattle, trim standings gap
Myrto Uzuni's stunning goal six minutes into second-half stoppage time lifted host Austin FC to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Sunday evening in a wild and important Western Conference match., ,Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver made five saves, including two spectacular, sprawling s...
Austin FC handles San Jose to help playoff chances
Osman Bukari and Myrto Uzuni scored first-half goals for Austin FC, who defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 on Saturday night.,Austin (10-9-8, 38 points) ended a three-match winless streak (0-1-2) with the win. Its last victory was a 4-2 win over D.C. United on July 26. Austin also conclu...
Without leading scorer, Austin FC to host Revolution
Austin FC will be without its main offensive weapon when it hosts the New England Revolution for the first time ever on Saturday night in an interconference match between teams craving points to move up in the standings., ,Austin (7-8-5, 26 points) is in ninth place in the Western Conference, while ...
Austin FC acquire M Robert Taylor from Inter Miami
Austin FC acquired midfielder Robert Taylor from Inter Miami CF on Wednesday night.,Inter Miami will receive up to $750,000 in general allocation money in exchange for the Finnish international.,Taylor, 30, had 18 goals and 18 assists in 116 matches in all competitions for Miami since his 2022 MLS d...
Myrto Uzuni helps Austin FC edge St. Louis City
Myrto Uzuni and Osman Bukari combined to score the match's lone goal and Austin FC's defense did the rest as the visiting Verde outlasted St. Louis City 1-0 on Sunday afternoon in a Western Conference match.,The match was delayed for nearly an hour in the 68th minute by a torrential rain storm.,It's...
MLS All-Stars to face best of LIGA MX in Austin
The 2025 MLS All-Star Game once again will pit the league's top players against a team of All-Stars from Mexico's LIGA MX on July 23 in Austin, Texas.,It's the fourth time using that format for the showcase, previously done in 2021, 2022 and 2024.,"We are thrilled to once again host LIGA MX at the 2...
Zach Steffen records another shutout as Rapids edge Austin
Rafeal Navarro's goal in the 18th minute and Zach Steffen's second clean sheet of the season was enough for visiting Colorado Rapid to defeat Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday in an early-season Western Conference match.,The Rapids (1-0-2, 5 points) struck early on, with Navarro finding the net off an assis...
Christopher Bell surges late at Austin for back-to-back wins
The NASCAR Cup Series schedule just moved to March, but Christopher Bell finds himself streaking early in 2025.,The Joe Gibbs Racing driver finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Serie...
Christopher Bell closes late at Austin for back-to-back wins
Christopher Bell finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.,In a restart with 14 circuits left on the first road course of 2025, Be...
Jessica Pegula wins Austin final for seventh career title
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula defeated fellow American and No. 5 seed McCartney Kessler 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATX Open final in Austin, Texas and record the seventh singles title of her career.,Pegula converted 6 of 10 break points while downing Kessler in 83 minutes. Kessler committed four doub...
Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace sweep front row for 23XI Racing
AUSTIN, Texas --Tyler Reddick led 23XI Racing to a front row lockout for Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Chased by teammate Bubba Wallace during the Group 2 session of time trials, Reddick turned a lap in 98.076...
Jessica Pegula, McCartney Kessler to meet in All-American final at Austin
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula recorded 31 winners while posting a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday to advance to the championship match of the ATX Open at Austin, Texas.,Pegula took advantage of the serving issues of Tomljanovic (11 double faults) and controlled the th...
New surface, new layout and new driver await field in Austin
NASCAR's former two-race road course schedule is all grown up and has reached six.,Sunday's Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) will be the first of a half-dozen twisting layouts, a demanding, complex track in the wonderfully weird Texas capital of Austin.,A new racing surface, Goo...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler advances to Austin QFs
No. 5 seed McCartney Kessler rallied past Spain's Cristina Bucsa 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.,Kessler trailed 4-3 in the third-set tiebreaker before ripping off the final four points of the match. The American saved 8 of 14 break points w...
WTA roundup: No. 3 seed Peyton Stearns ousted in Austin
France's Varvara Gracheva fended off 5 of 6 break points to defeat No. 3 seed Peyton Stearns 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 32 at the ATX Open on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.,Stearns, who had six aces with six double faults, saved three match points but not a fourth in the final game of the match.,No. 1 seed...
WTA roundup: Defending champ loses opener in Austin
Australia's Kimberly Birrell delivered in two tiebreakers, beating defending champion Yuan Yue of China 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the ATX Open on Monday in Austin, Texas.,Each player broke serve twice in the first set and three times in the second before Birrell closed each set on her f...
Cade Cunningham, Pistons stay hot against Spurs
Cade Cunningham amassed 25 points and 12 assists to lead a balanced Detroit attack as the Pistons took charge in the third quarter and strolled to a 125-110 win over the short-handed San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas.,The game was the second in two nights for the Spurs in the Texas capita...
Cade Cunningham leads Pistons to fifth straight win
Cade Cunningham amassed 25 points and 12 assists to lead a balanced Detroit attack as the Pistons took charge in the third quarter and strolled to a 125-110 win over the short-handed San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas.,The game was the second in two nights for the Spurs in the Texas capita...
Short-handed Spurs battle Suns in Kevin Durant's return to Austin
The San Antonio Spurs will be the de facto home team when they square off against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday in Austin, Texas, but they won't have the game's most popular player in their huddle.,That's because the contest will be a homecoming for the Suns' Kevin Durant. It will mark the first time...
Drivers unclear why Max Verstappen wasn't penalized in Austin
Formula 1 drivers are seeking clarity about why Max Verstappen was not penalized for a controversial move during Sunday's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.,With four laps to go, McLaren's Lando Norris veered off the track to pass Red Bull's Verstappen and incurred a five-second penalty. Ver...