The Herald’s Martin McMillan reports that Celtic and Canada right-back Alistair Johnston could miss up to six weeks with an undisclosed injury. The Vancouver native was subbed off at the half of the Bhoys’ 5-1 thrashing of Kilmarnock last week. After the match, Celtic assistant manager Shaun Maloney played down the severity of Johnston’s injury.
Paris Saint-Germain won the UEFA Super Cup for a second straight year by beating Aston Villa 2-1 on Wednesday thanks to Désiré Doué's second-half goal in the annual curtain-raiser to the European soccer season.
President Donald Trump defended FIFA president Gianni Infantino amid backlash over his handling of a plan to sell an interest in the World Cup, warning soccer federations they would make a “terrible mistake” if they force out Infantino. Get Up discusses Infantino's future as FIFA President.
CF Montreal have reportedly signed 37-year-old Chilean international Alexis Sanchez to bolster their attack. Sanchez is very well travelled and has appeared for some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Arsenal, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Barcelona.
On ESPN FC, Stevie Nicol, Frank Leboeuf and Shaka Hislop weigh in on Liverpool's 3-2 loss to Monaco.
Frank Leboeuf, Shaka Hislop and Steve Nicol join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to discuss Lamine Yamal’s disguise to avoid fans on the plane and how they dealt with fan interactions during their playing careers.
Pietra Tordin nets a first-half hat trick for the Portland Thorns.
Melanie Forbes and Sarah Stratigakis exchanged goals in the first half and Nicola Golen equalized for Ottawa in second-half stoppage time to nullify Shelina Zadorsky's's go-ahead goal as this match ended in a draw.
Midfielder Julia Benati scored late in the first half, goalkeeper Anika Toth made four saves, and the visiting Tides edged the Roses.
Jorian Baucom and Keelyn Stewart scored in the first and sixth minute of second-half stoppage time as the visiting Wild rallied to beat the Rise and earn their first win of the season.
Owen Graham-Roache opened the scoring for Canada, but Mexico would score twice in the second half, including the winner in the 78th minute, shortly after a controversial second yellow card that saw Canada shorthanded the rest of the game.
After Jahmarie Nolan leveled the score for Jamaica in the 87th minute, this one needed extra time where Liam Mackenzie completed the brace to put Canada back on top, and Max Vogele scored a cracker to seal it and give Canada the win.
Incoming MLS Commissioner Larry Berg shares his thoughts on if the league should bring the promotion-relegation format to MLS, and shares his plans on how he wants to grow the game.
Larry Berg has been named Major League Soccer’s next Commissioner following a vote on Monday at the league’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. On Tuesday, MLS introduced Larry Berg and he spoke about his excitement to step into this role.
Jazmine Wilkinson scored in stoppage time to tie things up and Nicola Golen buried the game-winner in extra time, as Ottawa stunned Halifax to advance to the semi-finals.
Brais Méndez scored a late equalizer in his MLS debut and the Crew played Inter Miami to a draw on Saturday night, ending Miami's six-game winning streak.
Prince Owusu scored an equalizer in the 59th minute, and CF Montréal erased a two-goal halftime deficit to draw the Revolution on Saturday.
Thomas Müller scored on a penalty kick late in the second half as the Whitecaps battled back for a draw with Los Angeles FC on Saturday. Müller’s goal came in the 76th minute after he was hauled down in the box by defender Yevhen Cheberko.
Kevin Kilbane joins Camila Gonzalez to break down how important Thomas Müller is to the Whitecaps and discuss if he thinks Vancouver could potentially be MLS contenders once again.
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