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Fox Sports
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Sam Surridge scores MLS-leading 17th goal, adds assist as Nashville beats Crew 3-0
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge had a goal and an assists, Hany Mukhtar also scored a goal and Nashville SC beat Columbus 3-0 on Wednesday night to snap the Crew's five-game unbeaten streak, which included four wins. Joe Willis had four saves and his eighth shutouts this season — tied for third most in MLS — for Nashville (13-5-5). Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the second minute on an own goal by Sean Zawadzki. Edvard Tagseth, on the counter-attack, tapped a first-touch pass from the top of the area to the left side, where Alex Muyl played a chest-high entry that was redirected into the net by Zawdzki. Mukhtar scored in the 30th make it 2-0. Surridge, on the counter-attack, played a low cross from the left side of the area to a charging Mukhtar for a sliding finish the deflected off the hands of goalkeeper Patrick Schulte into the net. Surridge made it 3-0 with MLS-leading 17th goal of the season in the 82nd. Andy Najar played a low ball-ahead that led Ahmed Qasem toward the right end line and, as Schulte darted to the near post, Qasem tapped a back-pass to Surridge for a first-touch finish into a wide-open net. Schulte finished with two saves. Columbus (11-4-8) had 58% possession and outshot Nashville 23-10, though each team had just four on target. Nashville lost 2-1 to Lionel Messi — who scored two goals for his MLS-record fifth consecutive game — Miami last time out to snap a four-game win streak and a club-record 12-match unbeaten streak. The teams played to a 2-2 tie on May 28. ___ AP soccer: recommended Item 1 of 1
Winnipeg Free Press
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Sam Surridge scores MLS-leading 17th goal, adds assist as Nashville beats Crew 3-0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge had a goal and an assists, Hany Mukhtar also scored a goal and Nashville SC beat Columbus 3-0 on Wednesday night to snap the Crew's five-game unbeaten streak, which included four wins. Joe Willis had four saves and his eighth shutouts this season — tied for third most in MLS — for Nashville (13-5-5). Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the second minute on an own goal by Sean Zawadzki. Edvard Tagseth, on the counter-attack, tapped a first-touch pass from the top of the area to the left side, where Alex Muyl played a chest-high entry that was redirected into the net by Zawdzki. Mukhtar scored in the 30th make it 2-0. Surridge, on the counter-attack, played a low cross from the left side of the area to a charging Mukhtar for a sliding finish the deflected off the hands of goalkeeper Patrick Schulte into the net. Surridge made it 3-0 with MLS-leading 17th goal of the season in the 82nd. Andy Nájar played a low ball-ahead that led Ahmed Qasem toward the right end line and, as Schulte darted to the near post, Qasem tapped a back-pass to Surridge for a first-touch finish into a wide-open net. Schulte finished with two saves. Columbus (11-4-8) had 58% possession and outshot Nashville 23-10, though each team had just four on target. Nashville lost 2-1 to Lionel Messi — who scored two goals for his MLS-record fifth consecutive game — Miami last time out to snap a four-game win streak and a club-record 12-match unbeaten streak. The teams played to a 2-2 tie on May 28. ___ AP soccer:
Winnipeg Free Press
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Russell-Rowe and the Columbus Crew host the Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union (12-3-4, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Columbus Crew (9-3-7, third in the Eastern Conference) Columbus, Ohio; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Columbus -123, Philadelphia +307, Draw +272; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Jacen Russell-Rowe leads the Columbus Crew into a matchup with the Philadelphia Union fresh off of a two-goal showing against Atlanta United. The Crew are 6-3-4 in conference play. The Crew are sixth in the Eastern Conference with 85 shots on goal, averaging 4.5 per game. The Union are 10-2-3 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Union have an MLS-leading +16 goal differential, scoring 35 goals while giving up 19. The matchup Sunday is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The last meeting ended tied 2-2. TOP PERFORMERS: Diego Rossi has scored nine goals and added three assists for the Crew. Dylan Chambost has one goal and two assists over the past 10 games. Thai Baribo has 13 goals and one assist for the Union. Nathan Harriel has scored two goals over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Crew: 4-2-4, averaging 2.0 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 6.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. Union: 7-0-3, averaging 1.9 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 6.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.0 goal per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Crew: Maximilian Arfsten (injured), Malte Amundsen (injured), Nicholas Hagen Godoy (injured), Rudy Camacho (injured). Union: Francis Westfield (injured), Ivan Glavinovich (injured), Quinn Sullivan (injured), Nathan Harriel (injured), Oliver Mbaizo (injured), Thai Baribo (injured), Andre Blake (injured), Mikael Uhre (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Winnipeg Free Press
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Semi-pro FC Laval looks forward to Canadian Championship test at CPL's York United FC
FC Laval has had the date circled on its calendar for months now. On Tuesday, the semi-pro Ligue1 Quebec champion visits York United FC of the Canadian Premier League in preliminary-round play in the Telus Canadian Championship. 'We're very very eager to be on the pitch (Tuesday),' said Laval coach Amro Radwan. 'They've been working hard for this. It was an objective last summer. They're really excited about this opportunity.' Laval lost 3-0 at Forge FC in preliminary-round play in 2023 in its only other trip to the cup competition. In the other cup game Tuesday, Pacific FC hosts Vancouver FC in an all-Canadian Premier League matchup. On Wednesday, it's Halifax Wanderers at Forge in another CPL showdown in Hamilton and League1 B.C.'s TSS FC Rovers at Winnipeg's Valour FC. Four teams have already made it to the two-legged quarterfinals, including the MLS-leading Vancouver Whitecaps who received a bye into the final eight as defending champion. CF Montreal dispatched Toronto FC in a penalty shootout, CPL champion Cavalry FC blanked League1 Alberta's Edmonton Scottish 6-0 and CPL-leading Atletico Ottawa downed League1 Ontario's Scrosoppi FC 2-0. The York-Laval winner will face Ottawa in the quarterfinals while the Pacific-Vancouver FC survivor takes on Cavalry. Laval, which topped Ligue1 Quebec last year with a 12-5-3 record, has had just one league outing to date this season — a 3-1 win at CS St-Hubert on April 25. But Radwan says the team has been training since January, 'We've had enough games and training to make sure we're ready for this challenge,' he said. The team, which only has a couple of holdovers from the 2023 squad that played in the cup competition, gets together three or four times a week in advance of matches. The young talent on the Laval squad includes forward Ibrahim Conde, the lone Canadian invited to the MLS College Showcase in San Diego in December. Conde is a good friend and former college teammate of Canadian international defender Moise Bombito at Iowa Western Community College and the University of New Hampshire. 'He's a top talent and we've got a few other players of similar quality to Ibrahim,' said Radwan, who also coached Conde as a youth. 'It's a really talented group — boys who've know each other for a long time so they're familiar with each other on the pitch.' Lava's co-captains are central midfielder Quentin Paumier and centre back Bilal Bouchemella. Radwan's choices in goal are Martin Cantona and 19-year-old Aydan Kancel-Marie. 'We're aware of what they can bring,' said York coach Mauro Eustaquio, whose team is coming off a 2-1 loss to visiting Cavalry on Friday. 'So it won't be an easy game. They have quality players, they're well-coached and they're here to prove a point as well.' York (1-3-1) currently stands sixth in the eight-team CPL and is winless in four games (0-3-1) since the season-opening 2-0 victory at Vancouver FC on April 6. Eustaquio's team, been hit by injuries, is still finding its footing. 'We've shown what we can do with and without the ball … The results haven't been going our way,' said Eustaquio. 'The players understand the way we want to play,' he added. 'We've had really good spells but then we just turn off in certain (moments) and we've been punished by that … Tuesday is another opportunity that we have to show what we can do.' Pacific FC at Vancouver FC The teams drew 1-1 when they met in league play April 26 in Langley, B.C., with French midfielder Aly Ndom scoring the tying goal for Pacific in the 70th minute. Veteran Uruguayan midfielder Nicolas Mezquida, a former Whitecap, had given Vancouver the lead in the 17th minute. The rivalry between the two was shown by the game's seven yellow cards and one red. Vancouver (1-2-2) is fourth in the CPL standings, three places but just one point ahead of Pacific (1-3-1). It is unbeaten in its last three outings (1-0-2) since dropping its first two games of the campaign (against York and Ottawa). 'They have a lot of quality in the higher area of the pitch in (Alejandro) Diaz and Terran Campbell and Mezquida,' said Pacific coach James Merriman. 'This is a very good front three and we need to make sure that we're focused on the detail for 90-plus minutes, because, as you see, they can get one or two chances and they take those chances.' Pacific (1-3-1) has not won since the season-opening 2-0 win over visiting Valour. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Vancouver is looking for its first cup win, losing by 1-0 scores in the preliminary-round at York in 2023 and at Cavalry last year. 'We're growing not only every season but also every match, especially this season,' said Vancouver coach Afshin Ghotbi. 'We're in a very good place. All the players feel very confident. At the same time humble and they're hungry for more.' The Canadian Championship winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and wins $50,000 and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the elite club competition in North and Central America and the Caribbean. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5, 2025.
Fox Sports
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Vancouver Whitecaps eliminate Lionel Messi, Inter Miami from the Concacaf Champions Cup
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are out of the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup. The white-hot Vancouver Whitecaps scored two second-half goals to overturn the Herons' 1-0 lead in Wednesday's semifinal second leg in South Florida, giving the Canadian club a 3-1 win and a stunning 5-1 triumph on aggregate in the two-game, total-goals-wins series that began north of the border last week. Jordi Alba cut Miami's aggregate defeat to one when he opened the scoring in the ninth minute. It looked as though the hosts might pull level soon afterward, but Vancouver managed to get into the locker room at the halftime break before Inter could add another goal. But a pair of Whitecaps goals shortly after intermission — the first by U.S. men's national team striker Brian White, the second two minutes later by Ecuadoran midfielder Pedro Vite — extended the visitors' overall lead to three goals. Sebastian Berhalter added another before it was over to compound Miami's misery. This was a fully deserved victory by the MLS-leading 'Caps, both on Wednesday and over the two games. Vancouver will now face the winner of the second semifinal between Mexican sides Cruz Azul and Tigers. That match will be played on Thursday (10 p.m. ET, FS2). The regional final is set for June 1. Here's how Wednesday's contest shook out. Play of the game Miami opened the scoring with a goal made in Barcelona. Former Blaugrana trio Alba, Messi and Luis Suarez conspired to create the chance that Alba finished with a powerful shot that found its way through Vancouver keeper Yohei Takaoka: White's 51st minute goal was the effective back-breaker. Crucially, it gave the visitors a potentially tie-breaking away goal, meaning Miami had to score three goals to win outright. As that cold reality was starting to dawn on the Herons' stunned players, Vite put the outcome beyond doubt. Key stat The Whitecaps became the fourth MLS club to reach the regional final in the last four years — matching the American/Canadian top flight's representation over the previous two decades. What's next for Inter Miami? It's MLS Cup or bust for Javier Mascherano's men. The Herons came into 2025 on the strength of the best MLS regular season in MLS history, but they faltered in the playoffs and in the Champions Cup. Those competitions were the clear priority for Miami over the winter, when Mascherano replaced fellow Argentine Tara Martino as coach. So Wednesday's setback — and the embarrassing fashion in which it occurred — represents a significant blow to perhaps the most ambitious club in the now 30-franchise-strong MLS. With that much-coveted Concacaf crown now off the table, the "Core Four" of Alba, Messi, Suarez and Sergio Busquets will put all of their attention on hoisting the most important trophy in the domestic game this December. Inter Miami returns to MLS action on Saturday when Eastern Conference rival New York Red Bulls visit Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. What's next for the Whitecaps? The Cinderella run continues for Vancouver, which has been a revelation this season under first-year boss Jesper Sørensen. They'll wait a day to see who they'll face in the finale, then resume league play on Saturday at home to Real Salt Lake. Doug McIntyre is a soccer reporter for FOX Sports who has covered United States men's and women's national teams at FIFA World Cups on five continents. Follow him @ ByDougMcIntyre . Get more from Lionel Messi Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
