France 3 – USA 0, MLS 1 – Liga MX 4
The soccer news starts with the USA Men’s opening game in the Olympic soccer tournament, a 3-0 loss to France in Marseille in group A. Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring for France in the 61st, Michael Olise doubled the lead in the 69th, and Loic Bade made it 3-0 in the 85th minute.
In group A’s other game, New Zealand beat Guinea 2-1 in Nice. Matthew Garbett put New Zealand up in the 25th with Guinea’s Amadou Diawara equalizing in the 72nd. Ben Waine scored New Zealand’s winner in the 76th minute. The USA plays New Zealand in Marseille on July 27. Goal difference is the first tiebreaker in the Olympic soccer tournament, with France in 1st-place +3 to New Zealand’s +1.
Moving to the MLS All-Star Game, the MLS All-Stars lost 4-1 to the Liga MX All-Stars in Columbus. German Berterame scored for Liga MX in the 16th and Cucho Hernandez equalized for MLS in the 17th. Liga MX went up for good from an Oussama Idrissi goal in the 41st. Juan Brunetta extended the lead in the 68th and Maximiliano Meza finished off the Liga MX goals in the 69th minute.
On Thursday, Aron Johannsson subbed on in the 73rd minute of Valur’s 0-0 home draw with St Mirren in the opening leg of their UEFA Conference League second qualifying round series. Johannsson saw red in the 81st.
