Tuesday, April 25
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 Maryland Bobcats 0. (Goals: Kizza 81, Fahling 90+1.)
Charleston Battery 1 Charlotte Independence 0. (Goal: Markanich 113.)
New England Revolution 2 Hartford Athletic 1. (Goals: Rennicks 13, Romney 76; Hoppenot 52.)
Detroit City FC 1 Minnesota United 3. (Goals: Matthews 3; Fragapane 60, Iwe 63, Amarilla 66.)
Charlotte FC 4 South Georgia Tormenta 1. (Goals: Jozwiak 25, Copetti 56, Jones 66, Swiderski 85; Cambridge 90+5.)
St. Louis City 5 Union Omaha 1. (Goals: Jackson 3, 66, own goal 48, Watts 62, Loewen 86; Dolabella 79.)
Sporting KC 3 Tulsa Athletic 0. (Goals: Salloi 32, Pulido 54, Tzionis 68.)
Monterey Bay 1 San Jose Earthquakes 0. (Goal:  Volesky 26.)
• Quakes fall to USL Championship team for second year in a row.

What can LAFC and the Philadelphia Union do for an encore? Five months after MLS Cup 2022 -- an eternity ago -- produced the greatest game in MLS history, they meet in the CCL semifinals.
• First Leg. Wednesday at Chester's Subaru Park (9 pm. ET).
• Union. Coach Jim Curtin wouldn't use the word "revenge" and didn't want to give the LAFC any bulletin-board material. "It’s an opportunity for us to now try to beat a very good team and get into the final of a major competition in our continent."
• LAFC. The MLS champions opened their first two series with 3-0 victories on the road. Steve Cherundolo: "We were able to put a performance in both times that put ourselves in a great position to seal the deal at home, and that’s exactly what we’re going to try to do in Philly as well."
• Tuesday. Tigres 2 Leon 1. (Goals: Cordova 45, Quiñones 45+3; Davila 6.)

"Americans are ready to pay this amount for the best [gesturing high with his hand] and nothing for the less."

-- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, raising the possibility that the Champions League final could be staged in the United States in order for the governing body to capitalize on European soccer's popularity in the United States. He claimed the European Championship final between England and Italy in 2021 "was watched by more people in United States than NBA finals." (The Euro final at Wembley averaged approximately 9.4 million viewers across ESPN, Univision and TUDN, a record U.S. audience. The 2022 NBA finals - six games -- averaged 12,402,000 viewers per game.) (Men in Blazers podcast)

- Premier League. Chris Richards played his first Premier League match in more than two months, starting for Crystal Palace in its 2-0 loss at Wolves. The Alabaman has done well in his four starts since moving from Germany, but injuries have set him back. - Weston McKennie started for Leeds United in its 1-1 tie with relegation rival Leicester City. Leeds missed a chance to gain distance from Leicester City, conceding an 80th-minute equalizer.

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