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U.S. seizes 3-1 lead in Solheim Cup morning session
Nelly Korda, Allisen Corpuz, Rose Zhang and Lauren Coughlin powered the United States team to an early edge over Team Europe in the first session of the Solheim Cup on Friday in Gainesville, Va.,The Americans lead the Europeans 3-1 after Friday morning's foursome (alternate-shot) matches at Robert T...

Davis Cup: USA, Spain secure sweeps on Day 2
Reilly Opelka and Brandon Nakashima won their respective singles matches before Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram teamed up to polish off the United States' 3-0 win over Chile on the second day of the Davis Cup Finals group stage Wednesday in Zhuhai, China.,Opelka, No. 309 in the ATP rankings, bombarde...

Pair of first-half goals all DC United need to top slumping Fire
D.C. United scored twice in three minutes in the first half, including Christian Benteke's MLS-leading 18th goal of the season, to notch a 2-1 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday.,The victory moved United (8-12-8, 32 points), who has won four of its past five matches, into the final playoff s...

Austin Hill wins in Atlanta for fourth Xfinity victory this year
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Seizing the lead for the first time on Lap 152 of 163 of the Focused Health 250 on Saturday, Austin Hill stayed out front the rest of the way to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track.,The 30-year-old driver from Winston, Ga., won for the ...

Pair of first-half goals all DC United needs to top slumping Fire
D.C. United scored twice in three minutes in the first half, including Christian Benteke's MLS-leading 18th goal of the season, to notch a 2-1 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday.,The victory moved United (8-12-8, 32 points), who has won four of its past five matches, into the final playoff s...

Minnesota United loan M Alejandro Bran to English club
Minnesota United loaned midfielder Alejandro Bran to English third-tier side Burton Albion FC, the MLS club announced Thursday.,The 23-year-old native of Costa Rica is on loan with a purchase option with the EFL League One club through the summer of 2025.,Minnesota permanently acquired Bran from Cos...

Atlanta United fire VP, technical director Carlos Bocanegra
Atlanta United parted ways Wednesday with longtime vice president and technical director Carlos Bocanegra.,Bocanegra, 45, joined the front office in 2015, oversaw Atlanta's roster construction as a 2017 expansion franchise and celebrated an MLS Cup championship in 2018.,Atlanta United missed the pla...

Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Minnesota United nip Quakes 2-1
Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored a brace and Robin Lod dished off his 12th assist of the season to help lead visiting Minnesota United to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,Dayne St. Clair finished with one save for the Loons (10-11-6, 36 points) who snapped a seven-match ro...

Ajani Fortune's 1st MLS goal powers Atlanta United past Charlotte FC
Ajani Fortune scored a second-half goal for his first career MLS tally to give Atlanta United a much-needed victory over host Charlotte FC 1-0 on Saturday night., ,Goalkeeper Brad Guzan made six saves for Atlanta (8-12-7, 31 points) and has five clean sheets this year., ,The United are in a 2-4-1 st...

D.C. United downs Toronto FC with two late goals
Dominique Badji's late goal broke a 1-1 deadlock as visiting D.C. United defeated host Toronto FC 3-1 on Saturday evening.,Martin Rodriguez and Gabriel Pirani also scored for D.C. (7-12-8, 29 points), which has now won three of its last four matches. ,Toronto (10-15-3, 33 points) saw its brief two-m...

100 Thieves stay alive in LCS Summer Split playoffs
100 Thieves came from behind to beat Dignitas 3-2 on Friday at the League Championship Series Summer Split playoffs in Los Angeles.,The result sends 100 Thieves to the lower-bracket semifinal, where they will oppose Cloud9 on Sunday.,Dignitas won the first map on red before 100 Thieves responded wit...

Toronto FC aim to bolster playoff hopes vs. D.C. United
Toronto FC are looking to strengthen their chances at their first MLS playoff appearance since 2020. A win against visiting D.C. United on Saturday would be a big help.,Toronto (10-14-3, 33 points) sits eighth in the Eastern Conference standings thanks to three wins in its past four league matches, ...

Minnesota United eye another victory over last-place Quakes
Minnesota United heads to last-place San Jose on Saturday night one point below the Western Conference playoff line and trying to a snap a nearly four-month road winless streak., ,The Loons (9-11-6, 33 points) are 0-5-2 in their last seven road contests with their last win coming at Atlanta United o...

New Liverpool boss facing first big test at Manchester United
First-year Liverpool manager Arne Slot will get his first big test on Sunday when he takes his side to visit Dutch compatriot Erik ten Hag's Manchester United.,Liverpool (2-0-0, 6 points) have earned comfortable 2-0 wins away to newly promoted Ipswich Town and home to Brentford in their first compet...

D.C. United loan F Kristian Fletcher to Nottingham Forest
D.C. United loaned homegrown forward Kristian Fletcher to Nottingham Forest FC of the English Premier League, the MLS club announced Friday.,Fletcher, 19, is set to join Nottingham's U-21 team. The loan period runs through June 2025.,"This is another important milestone in Kristian's development and...

Atlanta United aim to get back on track vs. Charlotte FC
Fitting together pieces of the lineup in a hurry is the mandate as Atlanta United and host Charlotte FC prepare to square off on Saturday night.,It's crucial for both clubs as they jockey for playoff positioning, particularly Atlanta (7-12-7, 28 points).,Atlanta had a rough July by going 1-3-1 in ML...

Marco Reus' goal, assist in MLS debut lift Galaxy past Atlanta
Marco Reus had a goal and an assist in his MLS debut after entering the game just beyond the hour mark, and the LA Galaxy pulled away for a 2-0 victory over visiting Atlanta United on Saturday night.,Reus -- in his first action since completing a move from his longtime German club Borussia Dortmund ...

Marco Reus gets goal, assist in MLS debut to lead Galaxy past Atlanta
Marco Reus had a goal and an assist in his MLS debut after entering the game just beyond the hour mark, and the LA Galaxy pulled away for a 2-0 victory over visiting Atlanta United on Saturday night.,Reus -- in his first action since completing a move from his longtime German club Borussia Dortmund ...

FC Dallas put up 4 goals, edge D.C. United
Sebastian Lletget had a goal and two assists as visiting FC Dallas recorded a 4-3 victory over 10-man D.C. United on Saturday.,Tsiki Ntsabeleng collected a goal and an assist and Nkosi Tafari and Paul Arriola also scored in FC Dallas' first win in 13 road matches this season (1-8-4). The Toros (9-11...

Sounders relinquish two leads, but edge Minnesota United
Albert Rusnak scored the go-ahead goal in the 75th minute and added an assist to lead the Seattle Sounders to a 3-2 victory over Minnesota United on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Jordan Morris and Jackson Regan also scored for Seattle (11-8-7, 40 points) which moved into fifth place in the Wes...