ESPN's Gabriele Marcotti questioned Rodri’s high-profile transfer from Manchester City to Barcelona, saying the move does not make sense with the midfield players already in the squad and the style Barca like to play.
Rayan Elloumi broke the deadlock in the 77th minute before Thomas Müller doubled Vancouver's lead five minutes later as the Whitecaps beat the Sounders in Seattle on Sunday to move into first place in the West.
Riccardo Calafiori scored 23 seconds into the match and Enzo Maresca endured a nightmarish first competitive match in charge of Manchester City as Arsenal powered to a victory in the Community Shield on Sunday.
Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Elyse Bennett scored goals in the second half as the Montreal Roses defeated AFC Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
Canadian striker Cyle Larin finds the back of the net for Southampton against Watford on Sunday to cut the lead in half, but Watford held on for the 2-1 win.
On ESPN FC, Nedum Onuoha, Kieran Gibbs, Shaka Hislop and Alex Aljoe weigh in on Cristiano Ronaldo's comments about his future.
Kai Havertz doubles Arsenal's lead with point-blank header.
Jessica De Filippo scored her second goal of the game with just two minutes remaining, powering the Vancouver Rise past the Halifax Tides on Saturday night.
Tai Baribo scored a goal for the fifth consecutive game and Sean Johnson had six saves Saturday night for D.C. United in a tie with CF Montreal. Montreal is now winless in eight consecutive games.
Niklas Dorsch scored his first career MLS goal, Luka Gavran had five saves, and Toronto FC beat the Revolution on Saturday night to snap a 12-game winless streak. TFC won for the first time since a home victory over Colorado on April 4.
Kahli Johnson opened the scoring, Serita Thurton struck twice before the break and Jorian Baucom netted the winning goal as the last-place Calgary Wild outlasted the Ottawa Rapid for their first home win of the season.
Chilean soccer great Alexis Sanchez arrived in Montreal ahead of his debut with CF Montreal and was welcomed warmly by the club faithful.
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.
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