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Evander scores twice in Timbers’ 3-1 win over Whitecaps

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander scored twice and the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match on Saturday night.The loss snapped Vancouver’s eight-game unbeaten streak. The Whitecaps had three wins and five draws entering the match. Portland (4-5-3), which extended its unbeaten streak to three games, opened the scoring on Franck Boli’s goal just 79 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in Major League Soccer this season. Evander scored off a cross from Juan Mosquera to make it 2-0 for the Timbers in the 18th minute. But the Whitecaps (3-3-5) closed the gap on an own goal off Portland’s Zac McGraw in the 24th. The Timbers went up 3-1 in the 54th minute when Evander spun around a defender and blasted his shot into the bottom left corner, out of the reach of diving Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka. The Whitecaps beat Portland 1-0 earlier this year in Vancouver. They’ve won two or more straight games in the series o...

Report: Rescue efforts underway after partial collapse of bridge over New Mexico river

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

LOS LUNAS, N.M. (AP) — First responders were searching for potential victims after a bridge over a New Mexico river partially collapsed Saturday night.Los Lunas Fire Chief John Gabaldon said at least two people were rescued after the Los Lunas River Bridge collapsed, but others may be trapped, KOAT-TV reported.Traffic was closed in both directions for the bridge in the community about 24 miles (38.6 kilometers) south of Albuquerque. Emergency crews were attempting to determine whether a sinkhole under a sidewalk caused the collapse, KOAT reported.Source

Hatch scores on penalty kick, Spirit beat Angel City 1-0

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashley Hatch converted a penalty kick in stoppage time to give the Washington Spirit a 1-0 victory over Angel City in the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday night. The Spirit are the lone undefeated team in the league, with four wins and three draws — the longest unbeaten streak to start a season in team history. Washington won three games all of last season.Angel City’s Mary Alice Vignola had a handball in the box that was confirmed by a lengthy video review. Hatch buried the penalty for her league-leading fifth goal.“We had a lot of good energy coming into this game and I’m just super proud of my team,” Hatch said. “This is a hard environment to play in, but we did the job and we’re going home with three points.”The Spirit are playing their first season under coach Mark Parsons.Angel City (2-3-2) has lost two of four.Attendance at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles was announced at 17,427. ___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and h...

Bouanga sparks LAFC to 3-0 victory over Real Salt Lake

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season to lead Los Angeles FC to a 3-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night.LAFC (6-1-3) beat Real Salt Lake (3-6-2) for a seventh straight time and improved to 11-1-0 in the series. Kwadwo Opoku picked up his first goal — with an assist from Ilie Sánchez — since scoring in the season opener to stake LAFC to a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute.Bouanga stretched the lead to 2–0 when he took a pass from Carlos Vela and scored in the 35th minute.Mateusz Bogusz subbed in for Vela in the 80th minute and scored on a penalty kick in the 87th to complete the scoring.John McCarthy finished with five saves to earn the clean sheet for LAFC. Zac MacMatch saved one shot for Real Salt Lake.LAFC earned a road win for just the third time in its last 12 tries. LAFC moved past expansion St. Louis City and into second place in the Western Conference with the victory, two points behind the Seattle Sounders.Real Salt La...

Ruiz, Martínez lead Inter Miami over Revolution 2-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — David Ruiz had a goal and an assist on Josef Martínez’s go-ahead score before picking up a red card to help Inter Miami hold off the Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution 2-1 on Saturday night.Ruiz staked Inter Miami (5-6-0) to an early lead when he took a pass from Leonardo Campana and scored in the 6th minute. It was the first career goal for the 19-year-old rookie midfielder.New England (7-2-3) thought it had scored the equalizer on a goal by 18-year-old midfielder Noel Buck in the 17th minute but it was disallowed because of an offside foul. Instead, the Revolution had to wait until the 26th minute to pull even when Carles Gil took passes from Matt Polster and DeJuan Jones and scored his third goal of the season.Inter Miami took a 2-1 lead into halftime on a goal by Martínez in the 44th minute. Ruiz and DeAndre Yedlin had assists on Martínez’s third netter of the season. Martínez has scored seven goals in nine career matches a...

Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 seasons with the club

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

The Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday, two years after reaching the NBA Finals and a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year.Williams had great success in his four regular seasons in Phoenix, winning 63% of his games. But three consecutive years of playoff frustration was likely too much for the Suns to overlook — especially after two straight years of Phoenix trailing by 30 points at halftime of elimination games at home.ESPN and The Athletic first reported the decision.“Monty has been foundational to our success over the past four seasons,” said James Jones, the Suns’ president of basketball operations and general manager. “We are filled with gratitude for everything Monty has contributed to the Suns and to the Valley community.”Jones also said he made the decision to fire Williams.The Suns had a 2-0 lead in the 2021 NBA Finals, only to lose in six games. They lost in the second round in each of the last two seasons, both times in...

Carranza’s goal sends Union to 2-1 victory over Rapids

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Julian Carranza scored the go-ahead goal and the Philadelphia Union came from behind to down the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Saturday night. The Union (5-4-2) have won three straight and they’re undefeated in their last four league games. The Rapids (2-4-6) still have yet to win a match at home this season, with three draws and two losses. It was Colorado’s first loss after going unbeaten in seven straight games. The match was marked by a scuffle between the two teams in stoppage time. Colorado’s Braian Galvan and Philadelphia’s Jesus Bueno were each handed red cards and sent off. Connor Ronan gave the Rapids a 1-0 lead when he converted on a penalty in the 38th minute after Diego Rubio was fouled in the box. Kai Wagner scored his first goal of the season in first-half stoppage time to tie the match going into the break. Carranza’s goal in the 51st minute gave Philadelphia the lead for good. Philadelphia has lost just one of its l...

Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner hospitalized for tests after taking line drive to head

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner was to spend the night in the hospital after being struck in the head by a line drive in the second inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. “He’s under observation at a local hospital,” Colorado manager Bud Black said after the Phillies’ 7-4 win. “He’s undergoing a litany of exams and tests. We’ll know more in the morning.” Nick Castellanos lined a 1-0 slider back to the mound at 92.7 mph. The ball went off the back right side of Feltner’s head. The right-hander immediately collapsed to the ground as the ball deflected to first baseman C.J. Cron. Castellanos was safe with a single. Feltner didn’t appear to lose consciousness. He lay on his stomach and was squinting his eyes as two members of the Colorado training stuff sprinted to the mound. With the crowd hushed, Feltner eventually sat up, then got to his feet with catcher Elias Diaz standing next to him. The 26-year-old Feltner wa...

MLB Notes: Texas Rangers have gotten their money’s worth with Nathan Eovaldi

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted all of the players Boston has moved on from since last summer’s trade deadline, and most haven’t gone on to do much with their new teams. Xander Bogaerts was an obvious outlier, but at the time you couldn’t make a strong case the Red Sox missed many of the others, starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi among them.That may have been a tad premature.Eovaldi didn’t get off to the greatest start, posting a 5.20 ERA over his first five starts with the Texas Rangers, but over the past two weeks has settled down and become absolutely dominant. The 33-year-old has now put together a run of 28.2 consecutive scoreless innings, including three straight scoreless outings in which he threw eight innings or more.That includes a complete game shutout on April 29 against the Yankees, and this past Thursday he came within one out of throwing another against Oakland, recording a career-high 12 strikeouts over 8.2 innings in the 4-0 win.Overall Eov...

Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon take ‘High Desert’ trip

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:38:40 GMT

Showbusiness is notorious for seeing youthful performers as easily disposable. Yet Patricia Arquette and Matt Dillon began as teenagers and endured. The latest evidence: Their wacky, comically drug-addled “High Desert” series, streaming Wednesday on AppleTV+.To what do they credit their durability, longevity and sustained interest so many years later?“I’m gonna say, first of all, good luck,” Arquette, seated next to Dillon for a Zoom interview, began. “Second of all, choosing good other talent to work with.“Even though Matt was a heartthrob, he didn’t go for that clean, clear leading man, the obvious thing. And I didn’t go for that either. I always wanted messy, complicated parts, interesting stories. When you only commit to that leading lady-leading man thing it’s a dead-end road.”“For me, I always believed in myself,” Dillon, 59, began. “I wasn’t interested in fame; I was really interested in work. Doing good work. That can be frustrating at times.“Be...