Draw for Celtic and win for Dortmund in the Champions League
Staying with the Champions League for Thursday’s soccer news, Celtic drew 2-2 at home with Atletico Madrid in group E. Kyogo Furuhashi put Celtic up in the 4th with Atletico equalizing in the 25th. Celtic retook the lead in the 28th from a Luis Palma goal, but Atletico leveled the score in the 53rd. Atletico saw red in the 82nd. Carter-Vickers saw yellow in the 30th minute.
Gio Reyna subbed on in the 79th minute of Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win at Newcastle in group F. Felix Nmecha scored in the 45th and Gregor Kobel kept the clean sheet with three saves.
Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah’s AC Milan lost 3-0 at PSG in group F. Musah subbed out in the 77th minute. PSG scored in the 32nd, 53rd, and 89th minutes.
Sam Vines isn’t available for Royal Antwerp who lost 4-1 at home to Porto in group H. Alhassan Yusuf scored for Antwerp in the 37th. Porto equalized in the 46th and added goals in the 54th, 69th, and 84th minutes.
Moving to the Championship, Duane Holmes subbed out in the 89th minute of Preston North End’s 2-2 home draw with Southampton. Trailing from the 33rd, PNE’s Milutin Osmajic equalized in the 52nd and Brad Potts scored in the 55th. An own-goal leveled the score six minutes into stoppage time.
Haji Wright subbed on in the 65th minute of Coventry City’s 2-0 loss at Rotherham to goals in the 51st and three minutes into stoppage time. Lynden Gooch subbed on in the 76th minute of Stoke City’s 1-0 home win over Leeds United. An 80th minute own-goal was the difference, with Stoke goalkeeper Mark Travers keeping the clean sheet with three saves.
The 2023 MLS playoffs opened with 8th vs 9th in both conferences, starting with the New York Red Bulls beating Charlotte 5-2 at home. New York’s Elias Manoel opened the scoring in the 10th, John Tolkin doubled the lead in the 26th, and Manoel scored again in the 37th minute. Kerin Vargas pulled a goal back for Charlotte in the 49th but New York’s Tom Barlow made it 4-1 in the 56th. Patrick Agyemang scored for Charlotte in the 64th but Maonel finished off his hat trick in the 78th minute. The Red Bulls advance to play Eastern Conference winners FC Cincinnati in the best-of-three round one.
In the West, the Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose game finished 0-0 after extra time and went to penalties. San Jose failed to convert in the 1st and 2nd rounds and Sporting KC failed to convert in round two, with Sporting advancing 4-2. They will play St Louis in the Western Conference round one.
USMNT U-17 World Cup Roster
GK: Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids; 7/0; Castle Pines, Colo.), Zackory Campagnolo (Colorado Rapids; 1/0; Ft. Myers, Fla.), Duran Ferree (San Diego Loyal SC; 4/0; San Diego, Calif.)
DEF: Noahkai Banks (Augsburg/GER; 3/0; Dietmannsried, Germany), Tyler Hall (Inter Miami CF; 14/0; Miramar, Fla.), Aiden Harangi (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER; 11/1; Reston, Va.), Stuart Hawkins (Seattle Sounders FC; 16/0; Fox Island, Wash.), Tahir Reid-Brown (Orlando City SC; 0/0; Orlando, Florida), Oscar Verhoeven (San Jose Earthquakes; 16/0; Pleasant Hill, Calif.)
MID: Matthew Corcoran (Birmingham Legion FC; 1/0; Dallas Texas), Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew; 9/4; Columbus, Ohio), Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes; 18/6; San Francisco, Calif.), Peyton Miller (New England Revolution; 3/0; Unionville, Conn.), Santiago Morales (Inter Miami CF; 1/0; Weston, Fla.), Paulo Rudisill (Unattached; 18/2; Irvine, Calif.), Pedro Soma (UE Cornella/ESP; 16/1; Coconut Creek, Fla.)
FOR: Nimfasha Berchimas (Charlotte FC; 4/2; High Point, N.C.), Micah Burton (Austin FC; 17/5; Mounds View, Minn.), Keyrol Figueroa (Liverpool/ENG; 10/8; Warrington, England), Bryce Jamison (Orange County SC; 4/0; Lake Forest, Calif.), David Vasquez (Philadelphia Union; 13/0; Los Angeles, Calif.)
