Soccer
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While NYCFC seemed the better side for much of the game, the team largely was unable to turn possession into quality chances.
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Scenes from NYCFC's MLS is Back Tournament opener against the Philadelphia Union.
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City faces Philadelphia in first tourney match on Thursday at 9 a.m.
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First-year coach Ronny Deila strives to keep squad mentally, emotionally fit in preparation for MLS is Back Tournament.
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As a tenant of the baseball clubs, both of whom will try to squeeze in their own 60-game season before fall, NYCFC already is looking for backups — including Red Bull Arena.
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When the event was announced, Florida looked like a safe haven. Now it is a COVID-19 hotspot, and NYCFC has entered the bubble environment just as other clubs are forced to deal with travel delays and positive cases entering the tournament.
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The club still plans to play in the tournament, but will delay travel until Thursday to allow the players to train at its facility in Orangeburg.
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Maxi Moralez, one of NYCFC's three designated players, said he personally is "not in agreement with going" but will travel with his teammates.
NYCFC VIDEOS
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When the event was announced, Florida looked like a safe haven. Now it is a COVID-19 hotspot, and NYCFC has entered the bubble environment just as other clubs are forced to deal with travel delays and positive cases entering the tournament.
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MLS
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German soccer club Union Berlin is offering free coronavirus tests for more than 20,000 fans as part of a plan to hold games in a full stadium in September
- Fans, coach Landon Donovan return to pitch for USL relaunch
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- MLS Nashville-Chicago match postponed after 5 positive tests
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MORE SOCCER
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Jack Charlton, an uncompromising central defender who played alongside his brother, Bobby, in England’s World Cup-winning side in 1966 before enjoying coaching success with Ireland, has died
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German soccer club Union Berlin is offering free coronavirus tests for more than 20,000 fans as part of a plan to hold games in a full stadium in September
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England World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies at 85
England World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies at 85
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Karim Benzema scored one goal and set up another to help Real Madrid beat Alavés 2-0
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Fans, coach Landon Donovan return to pitch for USL relaunch
Fans get to watch U.S. pro team sports in person for the first time in four months when Landon Donovan resumes his fledgling coaching career in a United Soccer League game
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All five former Champions League winners were put into the same half of the draw and set up a possible semifinal pairing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
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he Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:The California Community College Athletic Association is moving all sports, even football, to the spring
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New Mexico authorities will halt indoor restaurant service, close state parks to nonresidents and suspend autumn contact sports at schools in response to surging coronavirus infections in the state and in neighboring Texas and Arizona
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American broadcaster CBS will get an early start on its Champions League deal by showing games next month when the pandemic-delayed competition resumes
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Nashville SC has withdrawn from Major League Soccer’s MLS is Back tournament in Florida after nine players tested positive for the coronavirus
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AC Milan has decided returning to the pinnacle of football requires a new approach as its prepares to complete a ninth Serie A campaign without winning the Scudetto
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A moving demonstration before the MLS is Back tournament opener in Florida was the effort of Black Players for Change, a group of MLS players that formed in the wake of George Floyd's death
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Nearly 200 players took the field for an 8-minute, 46-second moment of silence to protest racial injustice before Major League Soccer’s return to action Wednesday night
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The Ivy League says will not play sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic
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A number of positive coronavirus tests and some postponed games mark the opening of the MLS is Back tournament starting Wednesday in Florida
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The Kansas City Royals say right-hander Brad Keller and first baseman Ryan O’Hearn have tested positive for COVID-19
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Defender Abby Erceg holds down the defense for the North Carolina Courage, currently atop the National Women's Soccer League standings at the Challenge Cup tournament in Utah
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MLS Nashville-Chicago match postponed after 5 positive tests
Major League Soccer has postponed the second match of the MLS is Back tournament after five Nashville players tested positive for COVID-19
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Dubai is trumpeting the fact that it has reopened for tourism despite the coronavirus pandemic
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European soccer clubs expect to lose $4.5 billion in revenue over the next year because of the coronavirus pandemic
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Hundreds of sports-related businesses got in line for the government-funded Payroll Protection Plan designed to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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FC Dallas has withdrawn from the MLS is Back tournament in Florida after 10 players tested positive for coronavirus
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Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris rushed to confront teammate Son Heung-min at halftime of the English Premier League match against Everton
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Organizers of the 2022 World Cup have become the latest Qatari state entity to make staff redundant
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Real Madrid is again being accused of benefiting from the referees as it gets closer to the Spanish league title
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Liverpool has won its first game at Anfield as the newly crowned English champion and moved in sight of a slew of records which would cap one of the best ever top-flight campaigns
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Manchester City can host Real Madrid in the second leg of their last-16 match in the Champions League after the British government announced selected sports stars would be exempt from quarantine requirements when competing in the country
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West Ham twice squandered a lead against Newcastle and had to settle for a 2-2 draw that moved the team four points clear of the Premier League’s relegation zone
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International leagues and networks have resorted to adding crowd noise to broadcasts with stadiums closed to fans due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Sheffield United’s unlikely hopes of qualifying for the Champions League were further reduced after a 1-1 draw at Burnley in the Premier League
U.S. NATIONAL TEAMS
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Women's soccer players ask for equal pay appeal, trial delay
American women’s soccer players want to delay a trial until after an appellate court reviews last week’s decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay while allowing allegations of discriminatory work conditions to move forward
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- Women’s soccer loses equal pay bid; other claims await trial
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