nit Page 14 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
San Diego FC, Minnesota United square off in battle for No. 2 in West
Second place in the Western Conference will be up for grabs when San Diego FC and Minnesota United kick off the second half of their MLS seasons on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,San Diego (9-5-3, 30 points) and Minnesota United (8-3-6, 30 points) enter the contest tied for the No. 2 spot in th...
Hannes Wolf, NYCFC overpower Atlanta United 4-0
Hannes Wolf finished with two goals and an assist on Thursday night to help New York City FC post a 4-0 home victory over Atlanta United.,New York (8-6-4, 28 points) picked up points for the fifth time in its last six games (4-1-1), while avenging a 4-3 loss at Atlanta on March 29. ,New York possess...
NYCFC battles Atlanta United without GK Matt Freese
Both New York City FC and visiting Atlanta United will look to shake off any rust from a two-week break when the clubs meet in an Eastern Conference matchup on Thursday.,New York (7-6-4, 25 points) last played on May 31, posting a 2-2 draw at Nashville SC. The club has fared well at home, winning si...
Switzerland sends USMNT to 4th straight loss, 4-0
With a chance to enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup on a positive note, the U.S. men's national team instead continued its slide with an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Switzerland in a friendly at Nashville on Tuesday.,The U.S. squad is missing most of its best players, but it now takes a four-match losing strea...
Tom Barlow (hat trick), Fire crush D.C. United 7-1
Tom Barlow scored his first career MLS hat trick for his first three goals of the season and the Chicago Fire romped to a 7-1 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night.,Maren Haile-Selassie, Jonathan Bamba, Philip Zinckernagel and Brian Gutierrez also scored for Chicago (7-5-4, 25 points), which ha...
D.C. United take aim at surging Fire
D.C. United and the Chicago Fire will look to build off what could be watershed results when they meet Saturday night in the nation's capital.,D.C. (4-7-6, 18 points) scored on two corner kicks in the first half of a 2-1 upset at FC Cincinnati last weekend.,Brazilian Gabriel Pirani scored the first,...
Tani Oluwaseyi's brace leads Minnesota United to road win over Seattle
Tani Oluwaseyi scored twice and Robin Lod converted a penalty kick -- all in an eight-minute span early in the second half -- as Minnesota United handed the Seattle Sounders a rare home loss 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.,The Loons (8-3-6, 30 points) won for the first time in nine regular-season matches a...
USMNT drops Folarin Balogun (ankle), 2 others from Gold Cup roster
The U.S. men's national team will be without injured forward Folarin Balogun, midfielder Sean Zawadzki and defender DeJuan Jones for the CONCACAF Gold Cup this month.,Balogun, who has scored five goals in 17 USMNT appearances, continues to deal with an ailing ankle that he injured last month playing...
Team Liquid advances to lower-bracket semifinal at 2025 Split 2
Team Liquid knocked out Dignitas 3-1 on Saturday in the lower-bracket quarterfinals in the League of Legends LTA North 2025 Split 2 in Los Angeles.,Shopify Rebellion faces 100 Thieves on Sunday in the other best-of-five lower-bracket quarterfinal, with the winner going up against Team Liquid on June...
Cameron Harper notches goal, assist as Red Bulls top Atlanta United
Cameron Harper connected on a goal then assisted on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's 10th goal of the season, helping the New York Red Bulls post a 2-0 victory over Atlanta United in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday night.,New York (8-6-3, 27 points) extended its season-long winning streak to three while recor...
D.C. United down slumping Cincinnati, halt winless skid
Gabriel Pirani scored his second goal in as many games and added an assist to lead D.C. United to a 2-1 victory at FC Cincinnati on Saturday night.,Conner Antley headed in what turned out to be the winning goal for D.C. midway through the first half.,Both goals came from corner kicks as D.C. (4-7-6,...
Jesus Ferreira looks to build on momentum as Sounders face Minnesota United
The weight is off Jesus Ferreira's shoulders.,Ferreira scored his first goal as the member of the Seattle Sounders (7-4-5, 26 points) in a 1-0 midweek victory over San Diego FC and will look for more when they play host to Minnesota United (7-3-6, 27 points) on Sunday in an MLS match.,"I hope this g...
Mexico to co-host 2031 Women's World Cup with U.S.
The United States is being joined by Mexico as a co-host of the 2031 Women's World Cup, multiple outlets confirmed.,ESPN reported Friday night that the Mexican Football Federation confirmed the arrangement.,FIFA said earlier this year that the United States was the only "valid" bidder for the 2031 e...
Atlanta United, Red Bulls ride win streaks into matchup
A pair of teams riding two-game winning streaks will look to continue their strong play on Saturday when the New York Red Bulls host Atlanta United in an Eastern Conference matchup in Harrison, N.J.,Atlanta (4-7-5, 17 points) followed an eight-game winless stretch (0-5-3) with a pair of victories th...
FC Cincinnati seeks to keep D.C. United down
FC Cincinnati will try to fix a suddenly leaky defense on Saturday night when they host a D.C. United side that has struggled to score without top striker Christian Benteke.,Manager Pat Noonan's Cincinnati (9-4-3, 30 points) has allowed seven goals over its last two matches, a 4-2 defeat at Atlanta ...
Braves RHP AJ Smith-Shawver exits start after feeling 'pop' in elbow
Atlanta Braves right-handed pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver exited Thursday's start with a right elbow injury after he "felt it pop," according to Braves manager Brian Snitker.,In the third inning of an eventual 5-4 road loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader, Smith-Shawver w...
Whitecaps tie Minnesota United, extend unbeaten streak to 10
Dayne St. Clair made three saves as visiting Minnesota United moved into a tie for second place in the Western Conference with a 0-0 draw against the first-place Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday night.,Yohei Takaoka finished with one save for his seventh clean sheet for Vancouver (9-1-5, 32 points),...
D.C. United halts scoring drought, draws with Revolution
Gabriel Pirani scored in the 91st minute as D.C. United ended a scoring drought, salvaging a 1-1 draw with the visiting New England Revolution on Wednesday night.,The goal for D.C. United (3-7-6, 15 points) was their first after failing to score in their previous four matches, covering 496 minutes.,...
Atlanta United score pair of late goals to slip past Orlando City
Jamal Thiare scored the go-ahead goal in the fifth minute of extra time to propel Atlanta United to a 3-2 victory over visiting Orlando City SC on Wednesday night.,With the score knotted at two apiece, Atlanta's Saba Lobjanidze found Thiare in the box, who scored his second goal in as many games to ...
Goal-deprived D.C. United face defensive-minded Revolution
D.C. United and the visiting New England Revolution bring contrasting streaks into their match on Wednesday night.,New England (5-4-4, 19 points) is unbeaten in its last seven MLS games with four wins. Meanwhile, D.C. United (3-7-5, 14 points) are not only winless in their last four, but have not sc...