Leagues Cup champions the Columbus Crew made a winning return to MLS as they beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0.
The Crew beat Philadelphia 3-1 last week in the Leagues Cup semi-finals, before going on to defeat Los Angeles FC in the final.
And the reigning MLS Cup winners continued their excellent form in Wednesday s rearranged contest against the Union.
Substitute Yaw Yeboah grabbed the decisive goal, heading home from Max Arfsten s delivery in the 75th minute.
The Union had hit the woodwork twice in the first half, with Patrick Schulte tipping Tai Baribo s close-range attempt onto the post before Quinn Sullivan struck the crossbar.
Columbus are third in the Eastern Conference, though have two games in hand on the teams around them, while the Union…
Liverpool have suffered a fresh injury blow to their depleted defensive ranks that makes Ozan Kabak a major doubt for Sunday s Anfield clash with Fulham.
Jurgen Klopp revealed the setback in a news conference on Friday, explaining on-loan centre-back Kabak complained of an issue after Thursday s 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea.
The defending Premier League champions have endured a nightmarish run of injuries to their rearguard players, undermining their efforts to be competitive this season.
After losing Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip to long-term injuries, even stand-ins such as midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson have been hit by knocks.
And now Kabak joins the extensive list, meaning Liverpool could turn to Nat Phillips or Ben Davies for…
Newly appointed Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui said leaving his role with Spain was the saddest day of his life after the death of his mother.
Lopetegui was announced as Zinedine Zidane s successor on Tuesday, prompting the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to dismiss him from his position as national team coach less than 24 hours later, just two days before their opening World Cup game against Portugal.
An emotional Lopetegui reflected on the lowest point of his career in football and said the Spain squad trained well after hearing the news that he would be joining Madrid.
The 51-year-old told reporters at his official presentation as Madrid boss: Yesterday [Wednesday] was, after the death of my mother, the saddest of my life. Today is the happie…
Two-goal Everton hero Richarlison has expressed thanks to father figure Marco Silva for giving him a platform to shine in the Premier League.
The Brazilian winger netted both of his new side s goals in the 2-2 draw with Wolves at Molineux, the second coming despite Phil Jagielka s earlier dismissal.
It was a performance befitting the £40million the Toffees reportedly paid to sign the 21-year-old from Watford, for whom Silva originally signed him 12 months ago.
The pair are now reunited at Everton and Richarlison was quick to thank his Portuguese manager for providing him with a Premier League opportunity.
I m very happy for the two goals. It was a very difficult match because we had to run double, the former Fluminense man told BT Sport.
W…
Angel Di Maria has signed a new one-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain.
The Argentina international, 33, has agreed to a new deal that will keep him at the club until the end of next season, with the option of an additional year.
Di Maria has won 16 trophies with PSG since signing from Manchester United in 2015 for a fee in the region of €63million.
In 248 games in all competitions, the midfielder has scored 86 times and provided 99 assists, the second-highest figure in the club s history behind Safet Susic on 103.
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Speaking last month, sporting director Leonardo confirmed Di Maria was one of four key contract extensions PSG were keen to complete.
As well as high-profile talks over new …
Finland marked their first appearance at a major tournament with a 1-0 win over Denmark but their opening Euro 2020 Group B match was overshadowed by the collapse of Christian Eriksen.
The match at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen was suspended shortly before half-time after Inter midfielder Eriksen collapsed to the ground with no one around him.
Team-mates and referee Anthony Taylor called for immediate help from medical staff, with the players forming a protective barrier around Eriksen while efforts were made to resuscitate him.
The 29-year-old was carried from the pitch, but positive news followed with the Danish Football Union stating Eriksen was awake and set for further examinations after being taken to hospital.
Both sets of players decided to…
Kevin De Bruyne scored twice either side of half-time to hand Belgium a winning start to their Nations League campaign, beating Israel 3-1 at the Nagyerdei Stadion.
De Bruyne got the ball rolling with a fine finish early on, only for Timothy Castagne s own goal to level things up on neutral ground in Hungary.
But the Red Devils rallied after the break, with Belgium s captain scoring from the spot shortly after Youri Tielemans had restored their advantage.
Belgium took the lead in the 21st minute as Manchester City s Jeremy Doku skipped to the byline before finding his club team-mate De Bruyne, who finished emphatically.
Despite their dominance, Belgium were pegged back nine minutes before half-time as Anan Khalaili s goal-bound header deflected off Castag…
Mikel Arteta believes Willian is the player who can drive Arsenal towards a push for more silverware and a top-four finish.
Willian, 32, signed a three-year deal with Arsenal in August after leaving Chelsea as a free agent.
The playmaker – who joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013 – scored 37 goals and provided 33 assists in 234 Premier League appearances for the Blues.
Arteta thinks the Brazil international will provide Arsenal s squad with much-needed balance, and he has no concerns over Willian s age or ambition.
With all the conversations I ve had with him, the thing that stands out is his ambition that he wants to be the man who can drive this team forward, Arteta told a news conference.
Another thing with him is he is always av…
Alexis Sanchez has experienced a traumatic, very tortuous year , according to Chile boss Reinaldo Rueda.
Manchester United sent Sanchez on loan to Inter for the 2019-20 season but he made just nine appearances for the club before the coronavirus pandemic brought the campaign to a halt.
After suffering an injury while representing Chile at last year s Copa America he had to undergo surgery in October due to an ankle problem sustained in a friendly against Colombia.
Rueda believes Sanchez s difficulties can be traced back to his move to United in January 2018 in a swap deal that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan join Arsenal.
The 31-year-old scored just three goals in 32 Premier League appearances for the Red Devils but Rueda is confident he can rediscover his best f…
Dimitar Berbatov has announced his retirement from football, saying: I played the way I wanna play, and I scored the goals I wanted to score!
The 38-year-old former Manchester United, Tottenham and Bayer Leverkusen striker played his last game for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League in February 2018.
He announced his retirement on the ninth anniversary of his hat-trick for Manchester United in a memorable 3-2 win over rivals Liverpool.
After starting his career at CSKA Sofia, Bulgarian Berbatov made a name for himself in the Bundesliga with Leverkusen and then enjoyed success in the Premier League with Spurs.
United paid £28million to take him to Old Trafford in August 2008 and he won two Premier League titles with the club, before going on to pl…