Europa League:
- George Bello (LASK), sub-3 minutes (1-3 vs. Liverpool)
Europa Conference League:
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Paxten Aaronson (Ein. Frankfurt), 45 minutes (2-1 vs. Aberdeen)
- Mark McKenzie (Genk), 90 minutes, 1 goal [Video] (2-2 vs. Fiorentina)
- Dante Polvara (Aberdeen), 71 minutes, 1 goal [Video] (1-2 at Ein. Frankfurt)
Megan Rapinoe will make her USWNT farewell on Sunday while the MLS and USL Championship playoff races heat up. Read the whole story
Executive Vice Presidents Nelson Rodriguez and Todd Durbin will lead the new group in charge of all four MLS pro and youth leagues. Read the whole story
A late first-half flurry was enough for the USA to win its first post-World Cup game before the offense turned toothless again. Read the whole story
“This was so much more than [me scoring]. It was closure. It was love for the game. It was being there with my teammates one last time and my family, who’s been there since day one. And it was just saying bye to a dream. Well, no. I got to live my dream. But it was saying bye to the career I had.”
-- Julie Ertz, on her farewell soccer match, the USWNT's 3-0 win over South Africa during which her teammates tried successfully to set her up for a goal. (USA Today)
The Spanish world champions want other women to be able to speak up and say, "It happened to me, too." Read the whole story
• Da’vian Kimbrough, Sac Republic FC's 13-year-old pro signing, was called up to the Mexican under-16 national team for a training camp this week in Mexico City. Kimbrough, the youngest signing in U.S. pro team history, started for Mexico's U-16s in a 2-1 loss to UNAM's U-16s. The lone Mexico goal was scored by Ademar Sanchez from the LAFC academy.
The 53-minute documentary, "Moments," delivers game highlights (including spectacular close-ups), interviews, and off-field festivities footage. Read the whole story
Wolfsburg aims for a first Bundesliga win in over 10 years at BVB, which has started this season poorly by its standards. Read the whole story
Arsenal hosts in-form Tottenham in a tantalizing north London derby while toothless Chelsea is again struggling. Read the whole story
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3. Oakland vs. the A's: The inside story of how it all went
south (to Las Vegas) By Tim Keown (ESPN)