Soccer

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Last season's problems feel like a distant memory for Liverpool.

MILAN (AP) — After a testing few days off the field, Napoli is expecting a difficult week on it. First up for the defending champions is Saturday’s trip to Lecce, which has had a surprisingly good start to the Serie A season.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Former Manchester United player Jesse Lingard could be the next Premier League star to join the Saudi Arabian league .

BERLIN (AP) — Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci is hoping his “crazy decision” to join Union Berlin pays off at the European Championship next year.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Brian White scored his 13th goal of the season in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 2-2 on Wednesday night. Vancouver (11-10-9) played its seventh straight away match, going 3-2-2.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi couldn't play, and the Houston Dynamo took full advantage to win a trophy on his home field.

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Alan Velasco scored in the 36th minute, Maarten Paes made two key saves and FC Dallas tied the Philadelphia Union 1-1 on Wednesday night.

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has deleted almost all pictures of himself in the team's shirt from his social media accounts after the soccer club posted a mocking video of him online.

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Thursday: SPAIN Atletico Madrid tries to keep the momentum from its win against Real Madrid when it visits Osasuna in the Spanish league.

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan took the first formal step Wednesday to moving away from the iconic San Siro, which it shares with Inter Milan, and building a new stadium in the southern part of the city.