Soccer

For their first home games in the Champions League in more than 20 years, Newcastle and Lens will walk out to rousing ovations in their famously noisy stadiums this week.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps came in to Saturday's match with talk of showing their evolution from being a "good team" to a "very good team." Instead, Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini said the resulting 2-2 draw with D.C.

VANCOUVER (AP) — Christian Benteke scored in the first half, Mateusz Klich added another in the 62nd minute and D.C. United tied the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-2 on Saturday night. D.C.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Felipe Mora netted the only goal of the second half to rally the Portland Timbers to a 3-3 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night. Mora scored the equalizer unassisted in the 76th minute.

Kyra Carusa and Alex Morgan both scored and the San Diego Wave moved into the top spot in the National Women's Soccer League standings and became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 2-0 victory over the Portland Thorns on Saturday night.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Andreas Maxsø scored in the 41st minute, Marko Ilic made five saves and the Colorado Rapids beat Austin 1-0 on Saturday night for just their fifth victory of the season.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Defender Paul Marie scored in the 82nd minute to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United on Saturday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Stefan Frei made one save to help tie the MLS lead with 12 shutouts and the Seattle Sounders played Nashville to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.

HOUSTON (AP) — Steve Clark made three saves for his MLS-leading 12th clean sheet of the season and the Houston Dynamo played FC Dallas to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — João Klauss scored two goals in five minutes in the second half and St. Louis City beat Sporting Kansas City 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot. St.