Sounders now first after 2-1 win over Sporting KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Cristian Roldan and Will Bruin scored after backend giveaways and the Seattle Sounders defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in a first-place showdown Sunday night. With their league-best eighth road win and first at Kansas City in more than eight years the Sounders (14-5-6) moved over Sporting (13-6-6) in the Western […]
Heat on Manchester United in Champions League after losses
Key talking points ahead of the second round of Champions League games in the group stage: UNITED STRUGGLES With 55 shots in the last two games, no goals and a pair of 1-0 losses, Manchester United’s attack is looking blunt. That’s even with Cristiano Ronaldo back at the club, although he only played in Saturday’s […]
Slonina, Fire earn scoreless draw with Nashville
CHICAGO (AP) — Young goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina picked up his second clean sheet, helping the Chicago Fire earn a 0-0 draw with high-power Nashville on Sunday. The Fire (6-15-6), well below the line, matched second-place Nashville (11-3-12) in a game with scarce chances. Slonina, in just his fourth career start, had the save of the […]
Arsenal humiliates Spurs, seasons head in opposite direction
LONDON (AP) — However bad things have seemed for Arsenal over the last decade, beating Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium can usually be relied on. Just not usually as emphatically as Sunday’s north London derby triumph — a 3-1 victory helping to clear the early-season gloom for Mikel Arteta’s side. Never before in the Premier […]
Tears as Freiburg wins its last game at Black Forest stadium
BERLIN (AP) — Freiburg coach Christian Streich shed tears and joined fans in the stand after his team beat Augsburg 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday. It was Freiburg’s last game in the scenic Dreisamstadion with its Black Forest views, which the club had been enjoying since 1954. The club’s senior team is moving after […]
Forwards shine as Monaco wins at Clermont to move into 8th
PARIS (AP) — Monaco’s improving form continued as coach Niko Kovac’s side won 3-1 at Clermont to move up to eighth place in the French league on Sunday. Strikers Wissam Ben Yedder and Kevin Volland grabbed a goal each in another boost for Kovac after Monaco’s poor start to the season. Substitute Sofiane Diop added […]
Arsenal beats Tottenham 3-1 in Premier League London derby
LONDON (AP) — Arsenal tore Tottenham apart with three goals in the opening 34 minutes in a 3-1 victory on Sunday that extended its early-season recovery and completed a miserable September for its north London rival in the Premier League. The goals from Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka completed a third successive […]
Fati scores in his triumphant return for Barcelona
MADRID (AP) — Wearing the No. 10 jersey that used to belong to Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati made a triumphant return from a long injury layoff on Sunday, scoring a goal and giving Barcelona fans hope for the future. Fati, who hadn’t played in more than 10 months because of a knee injury, scored in […]
Jimenez scores 1st post-injury goal, Wolves beat Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Raul Jimenez conjured a moment of magic to claim his first goal since suffering a career-threatening fractured skull and earn Wolverhampton a 1-0 Premier League victory at winless Southampton on Sunday. The Mexico striker, who wears protective head gear following his clash with David Luiz at Arsenal last year, ended a […]
Dybala off injured as Juventus labors to 3-2 win over Samp
MILAN (AP) — Paulo Dybala left the field in tears shortly after scoring to set Juventus on the way to a 3-2 victory over Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday. Dybala has endured a number of muscular injuries over the years and it appeared as if he had suffered another one after pulling up suddenly. […]