Soccer

MADRID (AP) — Getafe and Real Betis both scored 12 goals against lower-division clubs in the first round of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United's defense of the League Cup ended with a 3-0 loss against Newcastle at Old Trafford on Wednesday that heaped more pressure on manager Erik ten Hag.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi evidently won't be playing in China this month after all. Inter Miami announced Wednesday that its planned trip to China for a pair of exhibition matches has been called off.

HALIFAX — A sold-out crowd of 6,421 soccer fans braved close to freezing temperatures Tuesday night to watch Canada beat Brazil 2-0 in women’s soccer action at outdoors Halifax stadium the Wanderers Grounds.

MADRID (AP) — Topflight clubs Las Palmas and Almeria advanced past lower-division teams in the first round of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.

ZURICH (AP) — Spain defender Irene Paredes was kept from making her 100th appearance with the women's national team on Tuesday because of a computer glitch.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — While Premier League giants Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal do not yet know if they will advance to the quarterfinals of the English League Cup, third-division Port Vale has already secured its place in the next ro

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday: ENGLAND Manchester United hosts Newcastle in a repeat of last season's League Cup final, with Erik ten Hag needing to turn his team's season around.

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig coach Marco Rose mourned the end of a “great journey” as the team's two-year reign as holder of the German Cup ended in the second round Tuesday in a 1-0 loss at Wolfsburg.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al-Dawsari was named the men’s player of the year by the Asian Football Confederation on Tuesday and Sam Kerr of Australia won the women’s prize.