Soccer

Seattle Sounders FC (12-9-9, second in the Western Conference) vs. Nashville SC (12-9-8, fourth in the Western Conference) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

FC Dallas (10-10-10, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Dynamo (12-11-7, fifth in the Western Conference) Houston; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE : Houston -131, FC Dallas +335, Draw +279; over/under is 2.

DC United (9-13-9, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (11-10-9, seventh in the Western Conference) Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10:30 p.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Flamengo fired coach Jorge Sampaoli on Thursday, less than a week after the Argentinian missed his last attempt at winning a title at the club.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police raided the offices of the country's soccer federation on Thursday as part of an investigation into the payment of millions of dollars over several years by Barcelona to a former vice president of Spain’s referee

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid kept the momentum going from its win against rival Real Madrid by beating Osasuna 2-0 in the Spanish league on Thursday.

MILAN (AP) — Roma’s problems increased Thursday as it was humiliated 4-1 at promoted Genoa in Serie A.

PARIS (AP) — Ten years ago Francesco Farioli was finishing his philosophy degree at an Italian university. Now he's coaching Nice, an ambitious French side where the team's captain is five years older than him.

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Friday: SPAIN Barcelona hosts Sevilla and is looking to provisionally move back to the top of the Spanish league. It's in third place, trailing leader Girona by two points and Real Madrid by one.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — New York-based investment firm Dynasty Equity has bought a minority stake in Liverpool, the Premier League club said Thursday.