Victory for Villa will secure a spot in next season’s Champions League
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Croix Bethune scored in the fifth minute and the Washington Spirit held on to defeat Racing Louisville 2-1 on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Bethune leads all rookies with four goals this season. She is just the fifth player in NWSL history with at least four goals and four assists through her first 10 games. Savannah DeMelo’s penalty kick was stopped by Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury in the 26th minute. She also stopped the rebound. Ouleye Sarr’s
UDINE, Italy (AP) — Udinese moved out of the Serie A drop zone after a hard-fought 2-0 result at Lecce on Monday for its first win in a month. Udinese rose one point clear of the relegation zone with two games remaining. Lorenzo Lucca got the opener with a towering header of a cross from Martin Payero in the 36th minute. Lazar Samardžić added the second with a typical poacher’s goal five minutes from time. Fabio Cannavaro’s men are still in a dogfight. Udinese is one of six teams fighting to avo
Toronto FC coach John Herdman and Nick Cushing, his New York City FC counterpart, stood their ground Monday over allegations that a 19-year-old Toronto player had been punched in the face in the Yankee Stadium tunnel at halftime of a March 16 game. Herdman said he believed his player. Cushing repeated the denial he made Saturday night when apprised of the Toronto accusation. "I categorically deny any involvement or any incident where I have punched or assaulted any Toronto FC player or staff mem