To be decided on Sunday: the Supporters' Shield, final two playoff berths, two Knockout Round byes and all four Knockout Round home dates. Read the whole story
G+A/90 PLAYER, YEAR TEAM (PRODUCTION)
1.40 (1) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2018 LA
Galaxy (22 goals, 10 assists)
1.37 (2) Diego Serna, 2001 Miami (15 goals, 15 assists)
1.35 (3) Cobi Jones, 1998 LA Galaxy (19 goals, 13 assists)
1.29 (4) Stern John, 1998
Columbus (26 goals, 5 assists)
1.25 (5) Jaime Moreno, 1997 D.C. United (16 goals, 8 assists)
1.23 (6) Sebastian Giovinco, 2015 Toronto FC (22 goals, 16 assists)
1.23 (7)
Robbie Keane, 2012 LA Galaxy (16 goals, 11 assists)
1.23 (8) Alex Pineda Chacon, 2001 Miami (19 goals, 9 assists)
1.22 (9) Robbie Keane, 2015 LA Galaxy (20 goals, 8 assists)
1.22 (10) Landon
Donovan, 2008 LA Galaxy (20 goals, 9 assists)
Source: Elias Sports Bureau
"It definitely took some convincing, but I'm proud they finally broke down."
-- Reggie Cannon, who debuted with the U.S. national team against Peru at the age of 20, on winning
over his family of high academic achievers about leaving UCLA after one semester to sign a Homegrown contract with FC Dallas. His grandfather, Dr. Warren Washington, is a Nobel Prize-winning
climate change researcher, and mother, Dr. Tracy Cannon-Smith, is an urological surgeon. (MLSSoccer.com)
Cristiano Ronaldo's second goal in Juventus' 2-1 win over Empoli was a 22-yard shot hit with incredible velocity. Read the whole story
Austria Josh Gatt, SCR Altach, 69. minutes (1-1 at Mattersburg)
Denmark Jonathan Amon, FC Nordsjaelland, 90
minutes (3-3 at Horsens)
England Cameron Carter-Vickers, Swansea City/D2, sub-13 minutes (2-0 vs. Reading)
-- Lyndon Gooch, Sunderland/D3,
73 minutes, 1 assist (3-0 vs. Southend United)
-- Eric Lichaj, Hull City/D2, 90 minutes (1-0 at Bolton Wanderers)
-- Tim Ream, Fulham, 90 minutes (0-3 vs.
Bournemouth)
-- Antonee Robinson, Wigan Athletic/D2, 90 minutes (2-4 at Sheffield United)
-- DeAndre Yedlin, Newcastle United, 90 minutes (0-0 at Southampton)
Germany John Brooks, Wolfsburg, 90 minutes (3-0 at Fortuna Duesseldorf)
-- Alfredo Morales, Fortuna Duesseldorf, 77 minutes (0-3 vs. Wolfsburg)
-- Christian Pulisic, Bor. Dortmund, sub-19 minutes (2-2 vs. Hertha Berlin)
-- Bobby Wood, Hannover 96, 90 minutes (1-2 vs. Augsburg)
-- Andrew Wooten, Sandhausen/D2,
90 minutes, 2 goals, 1 assist (3-3 at Paderborn)
Israel Jonathan Bornstein, Maccabi Netanya, 90 minutes (1-0 vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheba)
Mexico Ventura Alvarado, Necaxa, 90 minutes (2-2 vs. Atlas)
-- Omar Gonzalez, Atlas, 90 minutes (2-2 at Necaxa)
-- Michael Orozco,
Lobos BUAP 90 minutes (2-2 at Tigres)
Portugal Keaton Parks, Benfica II/POR 2, 90 minutes (3-2 vs. Covilha)
"I turned round and it made a bit of a whirring noise, like a grinding noise. The helicopter just went silent, I turned round and it was just spinning, out of control. And then there was a big bang
and then [a] big fireball."
-- Photographer Ryan Brown, who witnessed a helicopter belonging to Leicester City's owner, Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, crash in
flames in a parking lot next to at the King Power Stadium shortly after it took off from the field following the Leicester City-West Ham Premier League match on Saturday night. Sources told the BBC
that Srivaddhanaprabha was on board. (BBC Radio Leicester)
NYRBII started no player older than 23 in its 1-0 win that ended FC Cincinnati's 24-game unbeaten streak. Read the whole story
Eastern Conference
Saturday, October 27
#1 FC Cincinnati 0 #5 NY Red Bulls II 1.
(Moreno 16. Att.: 16,617.)
#2 Louisville City 2 #6 Bethlehem Steel 0.
(Ownby 34, 59. Att.: 6,881.)
Western Conference
Friday, October 26
#3 Phoenix 4 #7 Swope Park Rangers 2.
(Johnson 22, Cortez
36, Lambert 48, Drogba 90+4; Blackwood 26, Berry 33.. Att.: 7,702.)
Saturday, October 27
#1 Orange County SC 1 #5 Reno 1868 0.
(Quinn 29.
Att.: 4,021.)
Three No. 7 seeds won their conference tournaments: Florida State (ACC), Minnesota (Big Ten) and LSU (SEC). Read the whole story
Last week, we spoke to U.S. teen star Alex Mendez, Vegas-bound Eric Wynalda, and new USL New Mexico United owner Peter Trevisani. Read the whole story