Steve Nicol picks the winners and losers of the second Saturday of the Premier League season, including Teemu Pukki’s hat trick and Liverpool’s sloppy defense. MANCHESTER, England – Tottenham Hotspur twice came from behind to snatch a point from under the noses of Premier League champions Manchester City in a 2-2 draw at the Etihad on
Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League. Sydney FC players Adam Le Fondre, Rhyan Grant and Ryan McGowan played against 30 school children ahead of the Sky Blue’s friendly against PSG. Last Wednesday, Melbourne Victory played a match for the first time in its 15-year
2:21 PM ET Manchester City had a late goal from Gabriel Jesus ruled out by VAR video review as they drew 2-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday — their first league home game without victory in nearly eight months. An outstanding game of football, with two teams of technically gifted players competing at
Gareth Bale starred in Real Madrid’s win over Celta on Saturday. Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane all but confirmed that Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez will not leave the club this summer, speaking after Saturday’s 3-1 La Liga opening weekend win at Celta Vigo. Madrid began the new season in imposing form with the goals
Gareth Bale pushed aside a summer of transfer speculation to assist Real Madrid’s opener on 11 minutes. Real Madrid got their 2019-20 La Liga campaign off to a flying start with a convincing 3-1 win at Celta Vigo, despite a harsh red card for Luka Modric. Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Lucas Vazquez scored the
12:52 PM ET Real Madrid got off to a string start in La Liga on Saturday. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Ten-man Real Madrid edged Celta Vigo 3-1 in their La Liga opener at the Estadio Balaídos on Saturday. Karim Benzema opened Los Blancos‘ account after 12 minutes when he beat Vinicius Junior to a
12:51 AM ET An own goal in the 82nd minute left the short-handed LA Galaxy with a 2-2 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night in Carson, California. Galaxy goalkeeper David Bingham sprinted out of his net in an attempt to thwart a long through ball for Sounders forward Jordan Morris. As Bingham had
1:03 AM ET Carlos Vela scored his league-leading 24th goal on a penalty kick in the 64th minute and visiting LAFC became the first team in the MLS to clinch a postseason berth with a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Vela moved four ahead of Atlanta’s Josef Martinez in the MLS
1:34 AM ET Yordy Reyna scored in the 18th minute as the host Vancouver Whitecaps FC posted a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday. Maxime Crepeau made two saves as Vancouver (6-12-9, 27 points) improved to 2-1-1 in its last four matches. Bill Hamid finished with one save for D.C. United (10-8-9, 39 points),
1:21 AM ET Mauro Manotas scored goals five minutes apart late in the second half to rally host Houston to a 2-2 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak in the debut of Dynamo interim coach Davy Arnaud. Houston (9-13-4, 31 points) trailed 2-0 on a pair of first-half