Soccer

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation refused Major League Soccer's attempt to pull its top rosters from next year's U.S. Open Cup, the sport's oldest competition in the nation. While MLS announced in a statement at 6 p.m.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Argentine soccer player Ezequiel Lavezzi was hospitalized Wednesday in the beachfront Uruguayan city of Punta del Este with a shoulder blade fracture.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves' trial for alleged sexual assault will start Feb. 5, a Barcelona-based court said Wednesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona night club in December 2022.

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest hired Nuno Espírito Santo as its manager on Wednesday with the Premier League club moving quickly to replace Steve Cooper.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Spicer, a high-scoring winger from Lipscomb University, was selected by Toronto with the top pick in the Major League Soccer draft on Tuesday.

Toronto FC added some sizzle to its left side in Tyrese Spicer, taking the 23-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago in Tuesday's MLS SuperDraft.

ISTANBUL (AP) — The president of a Turkish soccer team ordered his players to leave the field in protest of an officiating decision during a game Tuesday, just over a week after a referee was punched in the face .

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid failed to make history of its own on a night Antoine Griezmann tied Luis Aragonés as the club’s all-time top scorer.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil will play Mexico in a friendly in the United States in June as part of the preparations for next year's Copa America, the Brazilian soccer confederation said in a statement Tuesday.

Chelsea’s faltering first season under Mauricio Pochettino could yet be saved by the English League Cup.