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MLS News: Union rally in second half, defeat NYCFC to advance to MLS Cup

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Julian Carranza scored the first goal and assisted the second two minutes apart, and the Philadelphia Union booked a spot in their first MLS Cup by rallying from an early second-half deficit to a 3-1 victory over the visiting New York City FC in Sunday’s Eastern Conference Final.

Daniel Gazdag and Cory Burke also scored for the top-seeded Union (19-5-10, 67 points), who avenged a 2-1 defeat to NYCFC in last year’s East final, in which Philadelphia played without 11 players because of a cluster of COVID-19 cases.

Jakob Glesnes and Jack McGlynn also provided assists for the Union, who have won 11 in a row at home including their two playoff games, and have won all three meetings against defending MLS Cup winners NYCFC (16-11-7, 55 points) since last year’s East final.

Philadelphia will have to travel to face Los Angeles Football Club in the MLS Cup final next Saturday night since LAFC secured the higher seed via the first tiebreaker of more regular season wins.

Maxi Moralez gave No. 3 seed NYCFC the lead in the 57th minute and sparked the game to life after it had featured more physical altercations than legitimate scoring chances to that point.

Alex Callens nearly doubled the advantage only a couple minutes later, with a header that forced Philadelphia goalkeeper Andre Blake into easily his best save of the night.

Carranza then leveled the match in the 65th minute on a defensive lapse that turned the tide of the whole evening, when he somehow snuck out of surveillance of the NYCFC defense, running onto Glesnes’ simple throughball and slotting the ball past Sean Johnson.

He was again involved two minutes later to give the home side the lead and send a sell-out crowd into rapture when he reached McGlynn’s long diagonal ball and sent it back across the box.

Gazdag met it in strike and pounded a half-volley that left Johnson little chance.

Burke sealed the game with a bullish individual effort, taking a pass at midfield, fending off a couple physical challenges and, after a failed clearance from an NYCFC defender, hammering home the tally from close range.

–Field Level Media

MLS News: LAFC dominate Austin FC 3-0 to secure first MLS Cup berth

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Cristian Arango scored early, Kwadwo Opoku scored late and Los Angeles FC booked their first trip to the MLS Cup with a dominant 3-0 victory over visiting Austin FC in Sunday’s Western Conference final.

Between those goals, LAFC also scored from an own goal on an early-second-half corner kick to make good on the promise they’ve shown — leading the West since early May and winning the MLS Supporters’ Shield for earning the best regular-season record.

Twice, corners from LAFC’s first-ever player signing Carlos Vela led to goals for the home side, which delivered one of its best performances of the season.

West No. 2 seed Austin was outshot 22-7 overall and 10-1 in efforts on target as LAFC sealed the right to host the MLS Cup final on Saturday.

Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver made seven saves to acquit himself well as the second-year club’s first playoff campaign came to an end.

Substitute forward Maxi Urruti stuck out in the opposite manner, accidentally turning the ball into his own net shortly after his introduction to put the game more or less out of reach.

Austin might have found a way back into the game had one key decision shortly after that own goal gone their way.

Referee Armando Villareal was summoned by video assistant referee Timothy Ford to examine a potential penalty kick foul by LAFC defender Sebastian Ibeagha. But, perhaps surprisingly, he did not choose to point to the spot.

After a first half-hour of mostly one-way traffic, in which Jose Cifuentes struck the post in the 17th minute, Arango opened the scoring in the 29th.

He snuck away from marker Moussa Djitte at the back corner of the 6-yard box and flashed a quick header between Stuver and the left post.

It became 2-0 when Vela sent in another difficult inswinging ball. Urruti may have been screened on the play, and when the ball finally reached him it struck inadvertently off his head and inside the far post.

LAFC sealed things in the 80th minute when Opoku reached a pass that took a fortuitous bounce and hammered a low strike inside the right post from about 18 yards.

–Field Level Media

FRIENDLY News: Alex Morgan back on USWNT roster, shooting for 200 caps


Alex Morgan is back on the U.S. Women’s National Team roster with a chance to reach 200 caps for her stellar career.

Coach Vlatko Andonovski announced the 24-team roster on Monday for two upcoming friendlies against Germany with Morgan listed as one of the team’s seven forwards.

Morgan is two appearances away from becoming the 13th American woman to reach the 200 mark. She would achieve the milestone if she plays in both games — Nov. 10 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and No. 13 at Harrison, N.J.

Morgan missed October matches against England and Spain due to a knee injury. She returned later in the month to play in a NWSL playoff match for the San Diego Wave. Morgan led the NWSL with 15 goals.

Morgan has scored four of her 119 career national team goals against Germany.

The United States is currently the top-ranked team in the world. Germany is third. Both teams are among the favorites to win the 2023 Women’s World Cup next summer.

“These are the kinds of games that help our World Cup preparation in many ways and these 180 minutes to end our schedule this year are going to be extremely valuable for the players and coaches,” Andonovski said in a news release. “It will be good to get some players back on the roster and we’re all expecting these games to be very competitive and entertaining for fans.”

Forward Mallory Pugh is back on the roster after missing the October matches due to a family commitment.

Among the stalwarts on the roster are forward Megan Rapinoe, midfielder Rose Lavelle, defenders Crystal Dunn, Sofia Huerta and Becky Sauerbrunn and goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.

Also on the squad is 22-year-old forward Sophia Smith, who hit the daily double by winning both the NWSL regular season and postseason MVP. Smith scored a goal to help the Portland Thorns post a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Current in Saturday’s championship game.

Defender Naomi Girma, who was named NWSL Rookie of the Year and Defender of the Year for San Diego, also is on the roster.

–Field Level Media

FIFA News: USMNT M Weston McKennie slowed with quad injury


United States Men’s National Team midfielder Weston McKennie is dealing with a quadriceps injury that could put his participation in next month’s World Cup opener in jeopardy.

McKennie, who is an integral part of the USMNT core with forward Christian Pulisic and defender Sergino Dest, left Saturday’s game for Juventus at halftime and did not return.

While the injury was given a timetable of 15 days for a return, a setback in his recovery could limit his participation for the Nov. 21 World Cup opener against Wales at Qatar. The USMNT is returning to the World Cup after it did not qualify in 2018.

The group stage also has the USMNT scheduled to play England and Iran, with the top two teams in the group advancing to the knockout stage.

Other injury concerns include midfielder Luca de la Torre (hamstring) and goalkeeper Matt Turner (groin). Midfielder Tyler Adams had been dealing with an undisclosed injury but returned Saturday as Leeds United earned a 2-1 victory over Liverpool.

Others dealing with nagging injuries include Gio Reyna (hamstring), Antonee Robinson (ankle), Timothy Weah (ankle), Yunus Musah (groin) and Zack Steffen (knee).

–Field Level Media

Big 12 renews deal with ESPN, Fox

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The Big 12 has agreed to a six-year media rights deal with ESPN and Fox Sports worth $2.28 billion, despite the pending departures of marquee members Texas and Oklahoma, multiple outlets reported Sunday.

The pact extends the conference’s current agreement with the two networks through the 2030-31 academic year. Under the extension, the Big 12 will earn an average of $380 million a year.

The current deal, which expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, pays the conference an annual average of $220 million, Sports Business Journal reported.

The extension is a big win for new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, who started his job on Aug. 1. When Texas and Oklahoma announced they would join the Southeastern Conference in 2025, industry insiders though the Big 12’s television value would plummet.

But the conference added four schools — BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF – who will join in 2023, introducing new markets to the Big 12.

Sports Business Journal reported that under terms of the agreement, ESPN will have the right to choose the top four football games each season, six of the top eight, eight of the top 12 and 12 of the top 20. The network also will hold the rights to the Big 12 football basketball tournament championship games.

Fox will televise 26 football games on Fox and FS1.

–Field Level Media

NHL News: Short-handed Blackhawks sign G Dylan Wells


The short-handed Chicago Blackhawks signed goaltender Dylan Wells to a one-year, two-way contract Wednesday.

The deal carries a $750,000 salary cap hit and comes with goalies Petr Mrazek (groin) and Alex Stalock (concussion) both dealing with injuries. Mrazek is on injured reserve and Stalock is in the concussion protocol.

Rookie netminder Arvid Soderblom entered Tuesday night’s game against the Islanders after Stalock was knocked into the goalpost by New York forward Casey Cizikas just 2:56 into the game.

Stalock remained sprawled on the ice for several minutes before skating to the bench. Cizikas was fined $5,000 for goalie interference on Wednesday.

Wells, 24, has played in three games this season with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, going 1-1-0 with a 4.27 goals-against average and an .862 save percentage.

Originally a fifth-round pick by the Edmonton Oilers in 2016, Wells was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in July 2021.

–Field Level Media

NHL News: Islanders F Casey Cizikas fined $5K for interference


New York Islanders forward Casey Cizikas received a $5,000 fine from the NHL on Wednesday for goalie interference.

Cizikas drew a five-minute major for interference and a 10-minute game misconduct penalty just 2:56 into the first period Tuesday night when he rammed Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Alex Stalock into the goalpost.

Stalock exited the game and was placed in concussion protocol. He was replaced by rookie Arvid Soderblom, who stopped 28 of 30 shots in Chicago’s 3-1 loss to the Islanders.

The fine announced by NHL Player Safety is the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.

Cizikas, 31, has two assists and 12 penalty minutes in 10 games this season, his 12th with the Islanders. He has 203 points (91 goals, 112 assists) in 674 games since being drafted by the Islanders in the fourth round in 2009.

–Field Level Media

NHL News: NHL roundup: Bruins rally for 6-5 OT win over Penguins


Hampus Lindholm went coast to coast and scored from the left hash marks at 3:37 of overtime Tuesday as the visiting Boston Bruins erased a three-goal deficit to win their sixth straight, 6-5 over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Charlie Coyle, Brad Marchand, Jakub Lauko, Pavel Zacha and Taylor Hall also scored for the Bruins.

Boston goaltender Linus Ullmark allowed five goals on 18 shots before being pulled in the second. Jeremy Swayman stopped all four shots he faced but left with an apparent left leg injury. Ullmark returned and went on to finish with 29 saves.

Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, and Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Josh Archibald and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins, who have lost five straight. Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry made 34 saves.

Golden Knights 3, Capitals 2 (OT)

Shea Theodore scored 1:35 into overtime as Vegas rallied for its fifth consecutive victory, edging host Washington.

Theodore cut to the net and took a pass from Jack Eichel in the slot and then fired a wrist shot past Capitals backup goaltender Charlie Lindgren. Eichel and William Carrier also scored goals and Alex Pietrangelo had three assists for Vegas. Logan Thompson finished with 19 saves for the Golden Knights.

Marcus Johansson and Trevor van Riemsdyk scored goals and Dylan Strome added two assists for Washington. Lindgren stopped 28 of 31 shots.

Oilers 7, Predators 4

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and four assists to help host Edmonton beat Nashville for its fifth straight win.

Connor McDavid had two goals and two assists, Evander Kane had a hat trick and Jack Campbell made 19 saves for the Oilers.

Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists while Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene had two assists apiece for the Predators, who are 1-6-1 in their past eight games. Juuse Saros made 30 saves.

Kraken 5, Flames 4

Rookie Matty Beniers capped Seattle’s three-goal, third-period rally as the Kraken defeated host Calgary.

Beniers scored off a pass from Jordan Eberle on a three-on-one breakaway to snap a 4-4 tie at 13:26 of the final period. Carson Soucy, Morgan Geekie, Daniel Sprong and Yanni Gourde also scored for Seattle. Oliver Bjorkstrand notched two assists.

Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist and Nikita Zadorov, Nazem Kadri and Trevor Lewis also tallied for the Flames. Elias Lindholm had two assists, and Dan Vladar stopped 21 of 26 shots.

Devils 5, Canucks 2

Nico Hischier’s goal early in the first period sparked another wire-to-wire collective win for red-hot New Jersey, which beat host Vancouver.

Michael McLeod, Dawson Mercer, Yegor Sharangovich and Jack Hughes also scored for the Devils, who have won four straight — their longest winning streak since they won their first four games of the 2018-19 season. Mackenzie Blackwood made 21 saves for the victory.

Bo Horvat scored twice off assists from J.T. Miller for the Canucks. Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 32 shots.

Lightning 4, Senators 3

Nikita Kucherov scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period as Tampa Bay earned a comeback win over Ottawa. Kucherov wound up with three points.

Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk missed a point-blank chance with one second to go as the visitors lost their third straight game, while Tampa Bay won its third in a row.

Mikhail Sergachev and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning, who got 12 saves from Andrei Vasilevskiy. Ottawa’s Dylan Gambrell scored in his season debut but was later ejected. Mathieu Joseph and Claude Giroux tallied, and Anton Forsberg made 30 saves for the Senators.

Wild 4, Canadiens 1

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice, Matt Boldy had a goal with an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves as Minnesota beat visiting Montreal in Saint Paul, Minn.

Mason Shaw also scored for the Wild, who improved to 2-3-0 at home on the young campaign.

Fleury, 37, seemed headed for his 72nd career shutout until Montreal’s Nick Suzuki scored on the power play with 6:30 remaining in regulation. Jake Allen stopped 27 shots for the Canadiens.

Islanders 3, Blackhawks 1

Brock Nelson scored a goal and had an assist for visiting New York, which continued its surge with a win over Chicago.

Anders Lee poked home a shot by Nelson in the first period and Zach Parise added an empty-netter with 13.1 seconds left in the third for the Islanders, who have won four straight. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves.

Jonathan Toews scored in the third period for the Blackhawks, who have lost four straight (0-2-2). Backup goalie Arvid Soderblom recorded 28 saves in relief of Alex Stalock, who stopped two shots before exiting following a collision with Islanders right winger Casey Cizikas 2:56 into the first.

Stars 5, Kings 2

Roope Hintz had two goals and an assist for Dallas in a win against visiting Los Angeles.

Jason Robertson had a goal and two assists, Tyler Seguin and Joe Pavelski also scored and Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves for the Stars, who scored three goals in a 90-second span of the second period. The Stars did not have No. 1 goalie Jake Oettinger (lower-body injury).

Kevin Fiala and Arthur Kaliyev scored and Cal Petersen made 35 saves for the Kings, who were coming off a 5-1 road win over the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

Coyotes 3, Panthers 1

Karel Vejmelka made 41 saves and Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist as Arizona picked up its first win in three tries at Mullett Arena with a victory over Florida in Tempe, Ariz.

Nick Ritchie and Lawson Crouse also scored for Arizona, which snapped a two-game losing streak. The Coyotes, who play 20 of their first 24 games on the road while a locker room annex is being finished, are slated to play in the 5,000-seat arena on the Arizona State University campus for at least the next three seasons until a proposed new arena in Tempe is built.

Colin White scored a goal and Spencer Knight stopped 18 of 20 shots for the Panthers, who lost for the third time in four games.

Rangers 1, Flyers 0 (OT)

Chris Kreider’s breakaway goal with 52.8 seconds left in overtime lifted New York to a shutout victory over visiting Philadelphia.

After the teams were scoreless in regulation, Mika Zibanejad collected a loose puck in the Rangers’ end and flipped it to Kreider, who was streaking down the middle of the ice. Kreider took the pass and slipped a backhander past goalie Carter Hart for his fourth goal of the season.

Kreider’s goal extended the Rangers’ winning streak to three games and dealt the Flyers their third loss in the past four games, though the past two setbacks came in overtime. New York goalie Igor Shesterkin made 19 saves. Hart stopped 35 shots.

Ducks 6, Sharks 5 (SO)

Adam Henrique scored two goals for visiting Anaheim in a shootout win at San Jose. Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry scored in the shootout for the Ducks, while Logan Couture scored the Sharks’ only shootout goal.

Frank Vatrano, Ryan Strome and Max Comtois also scored and Anthony Stolarz made 39 saves for the Ducks, who have won two in a row for the first time this season but remain the only NHL team without a win in regulation.

Erik Karlsson had three goals and an assist, Timo Meier scored two goals and Kaapo Kahkonen made 39 saves for San Jose, which is 1-2-1 in the past four games.

–Field Level Media

NHL News: Adam Henrique scores twice as Ducks prevail over Sharks in shootout


Adam Henrique scored two goals for the visiting Anaheim Ducks in a 6-5 shootout win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Frank Vatrano, Ryan Strome and Max Comtois also scored, and Anthony Stolarz made 39 saves for the Ducks, who have won two in a row for the first time this season, but remain the only NHL team without a win in regulation.

Erik Karlsson had three goals and an assist, Timo Meier scored two goals, and Kaapo Kahkonen made 39 saves for San Jose.

Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry scored in the shootout for Anaheim, while Logan Couture scored the Sharks’ only shootout goal.

The Sharks pulled Kahkonen for the extra attacker and Karlsson scored his third goal with 2:12 left in the third period to tie the score for a fifth time 5-5.

It was the first NHL hat trick for Karlsson.

Henrique scored his first goal of the season off a centering pass from Kevin Shattenkirk to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 5:16 of the first period.

Karlsson scored two goals 23 seconds apart in the first period to give the Sharks their only lead at 2-1.

He tied it with a long wrist shot through traffic at 6:18, and then scored from nearly the same spot with another wrister, giving him three consecutive multipoint games (six goals, three assists).

Vatrano scored off a feed from Isac Lundestrom to tie it 2-2 at 10:52 of the first. Henrique put the Ducks back ahead 3-2 when he scored up high on a backhand with 15 seconds left in the opening period.

San Jose was on its second power play when Meier scored short side from the left circle off the rush to tie the score 3-3 at 3:28 of the second period.

Strome put the Ducks back ahead for a third time 4-3 when a shot from John Klingberg deflected off his midsection and into the net at 15:10.

Meier was credited with his second goal because he was the nearest San Jose player when Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg shot the puck into his own net to tie the score 4-4 at 15:31 of the second.

Comtois scored off a feed from Terry to give the Ducks a 5-4 lead at 11:31 of the third period.

–Field Level Media

NHL News: Red-hot Tage Thompson, Sabres try to keep Penguins skidding


Tage Thompson and the Buffalo Sabres aim to continue their torrid play on Wednesday when the team concludes its four-game homestand against the skidding Pittsburgh Penguins.

Thompson recorded a hat trick to highlight his career-high, six-point performance in Buffalo’s 8-3 romp over the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Monday. He is the sixth different Sabres player to score six points in a game and the first since Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine on Feb. 10, 1993 — four years before Thompson was born.

Thompson, 25, has five goals and four assists in his past two games to pull even with workhorse defenseman Rasmus Dahlin for the team lead in points with 12.

Despite the recent scoring surge, Thompson insists he won’t let it go to his head.

“I think one of the keys is to probably not get too high,” he said. “Same thing if you have a bad game, you don’t want to get too low. You try to stay even keel and just kind of keep doing what you’ve been doing. That’s the mindset I’m going to stick with going forward.”

Buffalo coach Don Granato likely would expect nothing less from Thompson. After all, he has known Thompson since their time together at the U.S. National Team Development Program.

“It’s enjoyable to watch ‘Tommer,’ having history with him, watching him when he was 16 years old, watching him grind his way to this point in his career,” Granato said.

“The thing that sticks out is the excitement of the bench and the players around him. It really tells you the person he is. … To see that and see a kid that it took so long for him to flourish and be recognized for the talent that he is, to see him fight through that and now start to get rewards for that work, it’s definitely enjoyable.”

Thompson isn’t the only surging Buffalo player, as Jeff Skinner has collected two goals and four assists during a three-game point streak.

Like Skinner, Sabres captain Kyle Okposo has set up a pair of goals in back-to-back games to claim a share of the team lead in assists with six.

While Buffalo has won five of its past seven, the Penguins saw their skid extend to five (0-4-1) with a 6-5 overtime loss to the visiting Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Evgeni Malkin collected a goal and an assist to give him five of each on the season. Captain Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell also scored to boost their goal totals to five, level with Malkin for the team lead.

Stopping the opposition has been an issue of late for Pittsburgh, which has surrendered 24 goals during its current winless stretch.

“We’re learning the hard way right now,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “If we want to be the team we want to become, we can’t beat ourselves.”

Casey DeSmith likely will get the nod in the Pittsburgh goal after Tristan Jarry stopped 34 shots on Tuesday. DeSmith has yielded nine goals en route to losing his three outings this season (0-2-1).

–Field Level Media