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Jack Lynn powers Orlando City past Earthquakes
Jack Lynn was at the right spot to score the game's lone goal in the 89th minute to lead visiting Orlando City to a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.,Pedro Gallese made four saves while recording his second consecutive shutout as Orlando City (4-5-4, 16 points) improved to...

Austin FC edge hapless Sporting KC, 3-2
Jader Rafael Obrian, playing on his 29th birthday, scored two goals in a nine-minute stretch in the first half to carry Austin FC past visiting Sporting Kansas City in a 3-2 victory Saturday night.,Sebastian Driussi scored 40 seconds into the second half to propel Austin to a two-goal advantage. Dan...

FaZe, Ultra earn berths in winners bracket final at CDL Stage 3 Major
The Atlanta FaZe swept the New York Subliners to advance to the winners bracket final of the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 Major in Toronto on Saturday.,The FaZe, who have won six of seven maps in their two matches, will face the Toronto Ultra, who defeated OpTic Texas 3-1 in the day's other winners...

Luciano Acosta powers FC Cincinnati past St. Louis City
Luciano Acosta scored a goal and assisted on two others Saturday night as FC Cincinnati made it six straight wins with a 3-1 decision over visiting St. Louis City FC.,Yuya Kubo and Sergio Santos also scored for Cincinnati (9-2-3, 30 points).,Cincinnati controlled most of the match, outshooting St. L...

Monsef Bakrar scores tiebreaker as NYCFC edge Red Bulls
Monsef Bakrar scored the tiebreaking goal in the 64th minute as host New York City Football Club earned a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls in the latest installment of the Hudson River Derby on Saturday night.,NYCFC (7-5-2, 23 points) moved to 7-2-2 in its past 11 matches since losing its fir...

Spirit's 4-goal first half sends Angel City to defeat
Trinity Rodman scored two of Washington's four goals in the first 36 minutes as the host Spirit beat Angel City 4-2 on Saturday night., ,Casey Krueger and Ouleymata Sarr also scored for the Spirit (7-3-0, 21 points), who won for the third time in four matches this month. Croix Bethune provided two a...

Breanna Stewart-led Liberty beat Caitlin Clark's Fever for second time
Breanna Stewart led five New York Liberty players in double figures with 24 points during a 91-80 cruising past the visiting Indiana Fever on Saturday afternoon.,The Liberty made 15 baskets from 3-point range in their home opener, helping overcome rookie Caitlin Clark's 22 points and eight assists f...

Manchester City aim to wrap up title in match vs. West Ham
Manchester City can win a record fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday with a win over a visiting West Ham side playing under David Moyes for the final time.,After defeating Tottenham 2-0 on Tuesday night, City (27-3-7, 88 points) edged two points in front of second-place Arsenal heading...

Heretics win twice, stay alive at CDL Major 3
The Miami Heretics won twice Friday and advanced to the third round of the elimination bracket at the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 Major in Toronto.,The Heretics beat the Vegas Legion 3-2 in the first round and the Los Angeles Thieves 3-1 in Round 2.,In a back-and-forth first-round match in the low...

Orlando City hits road vs. goal-prone Earthquakes
Orlando City hopes its draw against Inter Miami CF will signal a turnaround.,The Lions have struggled early this season so the scoreless tie with high-powered Inter Miami was stunning. Now the club looks to have another strong performance when it visits the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.,Mi...

St. Louis City eyes bounce-back at streaking FC Cincinnati
Like most MLS teams this weekend, St. Louis City FC and host FC Cincinnati will have to manage the rigors of a short turnaround when they meet Saturday night.,FC Cincinnati coach Pat Noonan knows there will be a time-management crunch for the team's third match in eight days, but 26 of the 29 teams ...

Host Mavericks looking to bounce top-seeded Thunder
Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are trying to stay the course and not get overly wrapped up in the consequences of Saturday's contest against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder.,The Mavericks hold a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference second-round series and a victory would propel fifth-seeded D...

Stingy Austin FC host slumping Sporting KC
Austin FC wants to make this truly a big week.,Four nights after winning its first match of the week, the team is back in action against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Austin, Texas.,"We have to rest up, and see what's available for Kansas City -- a well-rested team," Austin coach Josh Wo...

Hudson River rivals running hot as Red Bulls visit NYCFC
Heading into the latest installment of the "Hudson River Rivalry," New York City Football Club and the New York Red Bulls significantly are ascending.,As the rivals attempt to climb the Eastern Conference standings, three points separate them. NYCFC will attempt to increase their advantage Saturday ...

Caitlin Clark show comes to Big Apple as Fever visit Liberty
The New York Liberty look to remain unbeaten on Saturday afternoon when they host the Indiana Fever and rookie Caitlin Clark in their home opener in Brooklyn.,"We have to show up and play our 40 minutes of best basketball in order to win," Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu said.,It is a rematch of Thurs...

Liberty pummel Fever, spoil Caitlin Clark's home debut
Breanna Stewart scored 20 of her 31 points in the first half, helping the New York Liberty spoil Caitlin Clark's home debut with a 102-66 rout of the Indiana Fever on Thursday in Indianapolis.,Stewart added 10 rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks to avenge her lackluster performance i...

FaZe, Ultra, OpTic, Subliners open CDL Major 3 with wins
The top three seeds -- the Atlanta FaZe, Toronto Ultra and OpTic Texas -- opened the Stage 3 Major with 3-1 victories on Thursday in Toronto.,Also on Thursday, the fifth-seeded New York Subliners took down the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Thieves 3-1.,Whichever team wins the major, which runs through S...

Alonso Martinez, Hannes Wolf help NYCFC beat Union
Alonso Martinez and Hannes Wolf had a goal each in the first half as New York City FC dealt the Philadelphia Union another loss at home, winning 2-1 on Wednesday in Chester, Pa.,NYCFC (6-5-2, 20 points), who won just once in their first seven matches, are 5-1-2 over their past eight matches. The Uni...

Denis Bouanga's brace gives LAFC first road win
Denis Bouanga scored twice to lift Los Angeles FC to their first road win, 2-0 against host St. Louis City on Wednesday.,Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made seven saves for Los Angeles (6-4-3, 21 points) to earn his first MLS shutout.,St. Louis (3-2-7, 16 points) lost at home for the first time this season ...

Without Lionel Messi, Miami draws with Orlando City
Drake Callender made three saves and Inter Miami managed a 0-0 draw with host Orlando City despite not having Lionel Messi available on Wednesday night.,Messi did not make the trip as he nurses a leg injury suffered Saturday in the team's win at CF Montreal.,Miami (8-2-4, 28 points) had a five-match...