Jordi Alba scored the winner for Inter Miami in a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire as they moved five points clear at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Matias Rojas had given the Herons an early lead before being pegged back by Rafael Czichos, but Alba s winner ensured Miami made it back-to-back wins.
FC Cincinnati s third defeat in a row, a 3-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls, means Miami now have some breathing space at the summit of the table.
The hosts were still without Lionel Messi, who watched on from the sidelines with an ankle injury, but made a quick start without their talisman.
Robert Taylor s bursting run opened up the space in behind Chicago for him to pull it back into the middle, and Rojas fired his shot across goal to pick out the bottom…
Alejandro Garnacho came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United signed off for the World Cup break with a dramatic 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag s team hit the front through Christian Eriksen s first United goal early on, but they looked set to be denied by their former winger Dan James when he levelled within two minutes of entering the fray.
Fulham appeared the more likely winners from there as United relied on a string of saves from David de Gea, but Garnacho slotted home three minutes into stoppage time to stun Craven Cottage.
The 18-year-old s composed finish lifted United to within three points of the Premier League s top four, ensuring the Red Devils entered the six-week hiatus in positive mood.
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Egypt will be hosting Ethiopia at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Friday, in a game within the final round of the qualifications for the upcoming African Cup of Nations.
The group has been decided already in terms of which teams will go into the main tournament, and all that remains is for Egypt to secure the top spot, or Guinea to make an unlikely upset.
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Egypt beat Guinea in the opening round, but then suffered a surpsising defeat away to Ethiopia. Shaking the shock off quickly, they beat Malawi twice, before completing their double over Guinea. They went down to Guinea in that last match through Serhou Guirassy in the 26th minute, but Trezeguet set the score back level three minutes before the break. It was Mostafa Moha…
Barcelona need no motivation ahead of their Europa League trip to Manchester United, with Xavi believing the chance to win at Old Trafford is enough.
The pair will meet in the second leg of their knockout round play-off fixture, after playing out a pulsating 2-2 draw at Camp Nou last week.
Xavi, who was a member of the Barcelona squad that defeated United in the Champions League final in both 2009 and 2011, is relishing the contest.
In making the trip to England and Old Trafford specifically, Xavi believes it will be more than enough to inspire his players, regardless of the first-leg result.
I have very good memories of the games I played in England, simply because it is so special to play there, he told the Times. It is the cradle of football.
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In a storyline that reads like a fairy tale, Borussia Dortmund etched their name into the annals of football history by securing a spot in the 2024 UEFA Champions League final. The German outfit may not even feature in the tournament next year if they do not walkway from Wembley Stadium on June 1st with the trophy, as they are currently way down in 5th place in the Bundesliga table. However, they didn t let their poor domestic form stand in their way as they home and away in the semifinals.
Dortmund Reach UEFA Champions League Final
For the Parisians, they were hoping to end the Kylian Mbappe era on a high, and after knocking off Barcelona in the quarterfinals it looked as though they already had one foot in the final. Unfortunately for the talismanic 25-year-old ho…
Burnley boss Sean Dyche has signed a new contract, committing his future to the Premier League high-flyers to 2022.
Dyche is the third-longest serving manager in the Premier League, behind his Clarets predecessor Eddie Howe now at Bournemouth and Arsenal s Arsene Wenger.
The 46-year-old marked five years in charge of Burnley last October and, should he stay to the end of his new deal, he will have been at Turf Moor for a decade.
But Dyche believes he still has more to offer the club, after leading Burnley to two promotions from the Championship and keeping them in the Premier League last season.
I am quite young in management terms, Dyche told Burnley s official website.
I am still learning and still improving, I believe, so for my personal r…
Marc Guehi will be staying at Crystal Palace, with Oliver Glasner having never been in doubt that would be the case.
Guehi, who impressed for England at Euro 2024, has been the subject of multiple offers from Newcastle United.
However, on Friday, just ahead of the transfer window closing, Palace boss Glasner confirmed the defender would be staying at Selhurst Park.
And the Palace boss insists he never held any fears Guehi would join his now former central-defensive partner Joachim Andersen in leaving the club.
I can confirm [he will stay], Glasner said ahead of Sunday s clash with Guehi s former club Chelsea.
But I was never in doubt. Congratulations to our owners because they didn t give in.
Thank you to Marc, he was always open with m…
Friday s action at Euro 2024 was headlined by a heavyweight Group D clash which did not quite live up to its billing, as France and the Netherlands played out a goalless draw.
While France misfired in the absence of Kylian Mbappe, who was an unused substitute after breaking his nose in Les Bleus opener, it was VAR that frustrated the Dutch as Xavi Simons saw a potential winner chalked off for an offside call against Denzel Dumfries.
Fortunately, there was plenty of entertainment to be had in the day s early games, as Ukraine fought back to beat Slovakia 2-1 and Austria dumped Poland out of the tournament with a 3-1 success in Berlin.
Here, we run through all the best Opta stats to emerge from the day s matches.
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Portland Timbers head coach Phil Neville insists he and his players are keeping their feet on the ground ahead of travelling to FC Dallas this Friday.
The Timbers extended their unbeaten run to seven matches in the MLS following their 3-2 victory over Minnesota United at Providence Park last time out.
Neville s side are now fifth in the Western Conference table but are among a cluster of teams tightly packed in the middle of the division.
However, the Portland head coach said that despite his side s recent form, they have achieved nothing but is confident his side will continue to push up the standings.
We are keeping our feet on the ground, I think that is massively important, Neville said.
If we hadn t scored that last minute goal, we wou…
Sam Allardyce wants England to use the bitter experience of their Euro 2016 failure to inspire a turnaround on the road to the 2018 World Cup.
Allardyce was confirmed as Roy Hodgson s successor in the England hotseat on Friday, agreeing a two-year deal with the Football Association.
Despite the job increasingly being viewed as a poisoned chalice, the 61-year-old said he cannot stop smiling after winning a post he missed out on in 2006.
Far from wishing to bury the memory of a humiliating last-16 loss against Iceland, Allardyce wants this humbling setback to inspire his players when they begin their Russia 2018 qualifying campaign against Slovakia in September.
First and foremost it s about regaining a little bit of confidence they might have lost after …