Tuesday's soccer news starts with the aftermath of the USMNT's 1-1 draw with Wales to open group B. With both teams now tied for 2nd and 3rd-place on a point, the focus quickly shifts to Friday's game twos. Those games, Wales vs Iran and England vs USA, should build on what we saw from all four teams yesterday. With that in mind, here are three takeaways from the group B openers. Yellow . . .
Wins for Musah’s Valencia and McKennie’s Juventus, other rosters in group B
Friday's soccer news starts with La Liga and Yunus Musah subbing out in the 85th minute of Valencia's 3-0 home win over Real Betis. Playing a man up from the 61st minute, Valencia's Andre Almeida scored in the 63rd and Hugo Guillamon converted an 81st minute penalty. Justin Kluivert finished off the Valencia goals three minutes into stoppage time. Valencia enters the World Cup break in 10th-place . . .
Wins for Celtic and Rangers in Premiership, draw for Pefok’s Union Berlin in the Bundesliga
Thursday's soccer news starts with the USMNT players in Scotland's Premiership where Cameron Carter-Vickers's Celtic won 2-1 at Motherwell. Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi scored in the 15th and Daizen Maeda doubled the lead in the 84th. Motherwell pulled a goal back in the 86th minute. "We never really got into our rhythm so credit to Motherwell," Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou said. "They worked . . .
Losses for Gladbach and Borussia Dortmund, goal for Boyd in Kaiserslautern win
Wednesday's soccer news starts in the Bundesliga where Joe Scally subbed out in the 80th minute of Gladbach's 2-1 loss at VfL Bochum. Trailing 2-0 from goals in the 7th and 12th minutes, Gladbach's Alassane Plea scored in the 62nd. Gio Reyna subbed on in the 61st minute for Borussia Dortmund's 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg to goals in the 6th and a minute into stoppage time. A league down, Terrence . . .
MLS Cup, Leagues Cup, Champions League, and Europa League
Monday's soccer news starts with LAFC's MLS Cup win, beating Philadelphia 3-0 on penalties after drawing 3-3 at Banc of California Stadium. Kellyn Acosta put LAFC up in the 28th with the Union's Daniel Gazdag equalizing in the 59th. LAFC retook the lead from a Jesus Murillo goal in the 83rd with Jack Elliott equalizing for Philadelphia in the 85th. With the game in the second-half of extra time, . . .
Ledezma’s PSV, Turner’s Arsenal, and Pefok’s Union Berlin advance in the Europa League
Friday's soccer news starts in the Europa League where Richy Ledezma's PSV finished 2nd in group A with a 2-1 win at Bodo/Glimt. An own-goal put PSV up in the 35th and Johan Bakayoko doubled the lead in the 52nd minute. Bodo/Glimt scored three minutes into stoppage time. Also in group A, Matt Turner wasn't in the squad for Arsenal's 1-0 home win over FZ Zurich. Kieran Tierney scored in the 17th . . .
Pulisic’s Chelsea and Brooks’s Benfica win Champions League groups, Dest’s AC Milan finishes 2nd
Thursday's soccer news starts with Champions League group E, where Christian Pulisic subbed on in the 83rd minute of Chelsea's 2-1 home win over Dinamo Zagreb. Chelsea fell behind in the 7th with Raheem Sterling equalizing in the 18th. Denis Zakaria gave them the lead in the 30th with Chelsea advancing as group E winners. Also in group E, Sergino Dest wasn't in the squad for AC Milan's 4-0 home . . .
Chandler’s Eintracht and Otasowie’s Club Brugge finish second in Champions League groups
Wednesday's soccer news starts in the Champions League, where Timmy Chandler was on the bench for Eintracht's 2-1 win at Sporting to take 2nd-place in group D. Trailing from the 39th minute, Eintracht's Daichi Kamada equalized from the penalty spot in the 62nd and Randal Muani scored in the 72nd minute. "Congratulations to the whole team!," Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner said. "It's crazy, what . . .
Champions League groups F, E, and H, goal for Haji Wright in Super Lig
Tuesday's soccer news starts with the second part of the final matchday previews for USMNT players in the Champions League. Cameron Carter-Vickers's Celtic is at Real Madrid in group F, with Celtic unable to finish any higher than 4th-place. Real Madrid leads the group by one point over RB Leipzig. "We will go there and test ourselves as we have done through this whole campaign," Celtic manager . . .
LAFC and the Union will play for MLS Cup, Champions League preview
Monday's soccer news starts with the MLS conference finals, with LAFC shutting out Austin 3-0 at home to advance from the West. Cristian Arango opened the scoring in the 29th with an own-goal doubling the lead in the 62nd. LAFC's Kwadwo Opoku made it 3-0 in the 81st with goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau making one save to keep the clean sheet. "We were aggressive, intense, and we were capable of . . .
