Sam Coffey and Christine Sinclair scored early goals and the Portland Thorns earned a 2-1 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday night in the National Women's Soccer League. Lena Silano scored for the Spirit (5-3-0) late in the second half. Portland opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Hina Sugita beat her defender into the box and cut the ball back for Coffey, who ran onto it and finished into the right corner. Isabella Obaze flicked a free kick into the box in the 22nd minute and Sinclair
CHICAGO (AP) — Tomás Chancalay scored in the second half and newly signed Aljaž Ivačič made it stand up in his first start in goal for New England as the Revolution edged the Chicago Fire 1-0 on Saturday night. The Revolution (2-7-1) snapped a three-match losing streak after the start was delayed an hour because of inclement weather. Chancalay's goal was unassisted in the 62nd minute. Both his goals this season have come in the last two matches. Ivačič saved three shots to earn a clean sheet in
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge scored twice in the second half to finish off his first career hat trick, Hany Mukhtar had three assists and defender Walker Zimmerman scored for each team as Nashville SC rolled to a 4-1 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night, snapping a five-match winless streak. Surridge staked Nashville (2-3-5) to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute, using an assist from Dru Yearwood to send a right-footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner of the
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Cristian “Chicho” Arango scored his ninth goal of the season to help Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Saturday night. Chicho is tied with Inter Miami's Lionel Messi for most goals in MLS this season. The 30-year-old striker has scored or assisted on 16 of RSL's 19 goals in 2024. Real Salt Lake (6-2-3) has won three consecutive games and is unbeaten in its last seven. Brayan Vera played a free kick from the right side to the back post, where Chicho bounced a head