Soccer

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Luis Díaz started and played 81 minutes in Liverpool's 3-2 loss to Toulouse a few hours after his father was released by kidnappers in Colombia on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States will try to qualify for next year's Copa América without two of its top attacking players.

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Israel’s national team in women’s soccer on Thursday forfeited home-field advantage to opponents in two upcoming Nations League games as it seeks neutral venues during the war with Hamas.

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham forward Richarlison has undergone surgery on his groin, the club said Thursday. The Brazil international spoke this week of issues in that area of his body.

MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal fired Hernán Losada on Thursday after the team failed to reach the playoffs, the 11th of 29 Major League Soccer coaches to leave his job this year. Assistant coach Sebastian Setti also was fired.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Míchel Sánchez has turned Girona into the sensation of the Spanish league. His red-hot team next faces a visit to his former club, Rayo Vallecano, on Saturday seeking another victory to protect its unexpected lead.

Canada, which opens play Friday against Spain at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, has scored just 10 goals in its previous seven trips to the youth showcase. But one of those made history.

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley striker Lyle Foster is taking an indefinite period away from soccer because of mental-health problems.

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain's highly-rated teenager Warren Zaïre-Emery was called up by France coach Didier Deschamps for the first time on Thursday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The pressure is mounting on Erik ten Hag as his Manchester United reign descends deeper into crisis.