Thursday's soccer news starts with the MLS friendly schedule. Luca de la Torre subbed on in the 74th minute for Celta Vigo's 1-1 draw with San Jose at Avaya Stadium. Iago Aspas converted a Celta Vigo penalty in the 40th and Marcos Lopez equalized for the Earthquakes in the 44th minute. Charlotte FC beat Chelsea 5-3 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in regulation at Bank of America Stadium. . . .
Ramirez scores, Barcelona wins at Inter Miami, Gioacchini at Orlando City
Wednesday's soccer news starts with Christian Ramirez scoring for Aberdeen in their 5-0 win at Stirling Albion in the Scottish League Cup, group A. Vicente Besuijen put Aberdeen up in the 11th minute with Ramirez making it 2-0 in the 24th. Aberdeen's Matty Kennedy scored in the 31st and Ross McCrorie added a goal in the 41st. Besuijen scored again in the 43rd minute. "There was some good . . .
Steffen on loan at Middlesbrough, Moore joins Nashville SC
Tuesday's soccer news starts with USMNT and Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen going on loan to Middlesbrough in England's Championship for the 2022-23 season. Steffen is looking for playing time after serving as Manchester City's backup and mainly used for domestic cup competitions. "I think it's a big coup for us and so I'm delighted we've brought Zack in," Middlesbrough manager Chris . . .
2.Bundesliga season openers, USMNT player moves
Monday's soccer news starts with results for USMNT players in the 2.Bundesliga with Julian Green scoring in Furth's 2-2 home win over Holstein Kiel. Falling behind in the 29th minute, Green equalized in the 48th minute. Timothy Tillman scored for Furth in the 76th with Holstein Kiel equalizing from the penalty spot in the 80th minute. "Of course it's very annoying when you don't win it," Green . . .
MLS Week 21: Chicago wins at home, Inter Miami comes back
Week 21 of the 2022 Major League Soccer season started with Montreal beating Toronto FC 1-0 at home. A 69th minute own-goal was the difference, with Montreal playing a man down from the 81st with a red card to Kamal Miller. Philadelphia came back to beat New England 2-1 at Subaru Park. Gustavo Bou scored for the Revolution in the 61st. The Union's Mikkel Uhre equalized in the 75th and Daniel . . .
Atlanta, Chicago, and San Jose win in week 20, Nashville beats Seattle
Thursday's soccer news has more from the midweek MLS schedule, starting with Atlanta beating Real Salt Lake 2-1 at home. Ronaldo Cisneros scored the United goals in the 7th and 33rd minutes. Real Salt Lake's Johan Kappelhof pulled a goal back in the 37th. "This win means a lot, especially after experiencing last Saturday's match against Austin because not only did we lose but we also didn't . . .
Gall’s Malmo advances in Champions League qualifying, Austin beats Houston in MLS
Wednesday's soccer news starts in the UEFA Champions League where Romain Gall's Malmo advanced to the second round. Gall wasn't in the squad for Malmo's 3-3 draw at Vikingur Reykjavik, with Malmo advancing 6-5 on aggregate. Malmo fell behind on the night in the 15th minute with Veljko Birmancevic equalizing in the 34th. Felix Beijmo put Malmo up in the 44th and Anders Christiansen made it 3-1 in . . .
Chicago vs Toronto and the California derby in week 20, MLS All-Stars
Tuesday's soccer news starts with another round of midweek MLS, beginning later tonight with Austin hosting Houston and continuing tomorrow with ten games. Chicago plays Toronto on Wednesday and DC United hosts Columbus, two games that might not take much of the attention given the Eastern Conference table but are still worth considering for the three teams at or near the bottom of the . . .
The Eastern Conference remains complicated, two goals for Ramirez in Scottish League Cup
Monday's soccer news starts with the New York Red Bulls remaining at the top of the Eastern Conference with 33 points from 20 games following their 1-1 draw at Cincinnati. That road point has them level with 2nd-place Philadelphia, who have a game in hand and seven goals from their win over DC. That leaves the Union tied with 3rd-place NYCFC for the best goal difference in the East at +16. It's . . .
Four points in the East, five in the West
Friday's soccer news starts with the 7th-place New England Revolution continuing to work their way up the Eastern Conference standings. They play at NYCFC tomorrow night in a game that once again highlights the situation in the East. The shifting 1st-place spot now belongs to the Red Bulls with 32 points from 19 games. NYCFC is in 4th with 29 points from 17 games, while the Revolution is at the . . .
