Soccer

New York Red Bulls (11-13-10, seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. FC Cincinnati (20-5-9, first in the Conference during the regular season) Cincinnati; Sunday, 8 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City (12-14-8, ninth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Saint Louis City SC (17-12-5, first in the Conference during the regular season) Old North Saint Louis, St. Louis; Sunday, 10 p.m.

LONDON (AP) — Son Heung-min scored again as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-1 away on Friday to provisionally extend its Premier League lead to five points.

GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Girona retuned to the top of the Spanish league on Friday with a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo, extending its superb start to the season.

A FIFA program aimed at helping to prevent abuse and misconduct in soccer through education has graduated its first class even as a number of high-profile scandals continue to mar the sport.

CLERMONT, France (AP) — Nice moved to the top of the French league on Friday after Hicham Boudaoui's goal gave it a 1-0 win away at Clermont.

GENOA, Italy (AP) — A first-half strike from Albert Gudmundsson gave Genoa a 1-0 win over struggling Salernitana in the Italian league on Friday.

BOCHUM, Germany (AP) — Tom Krauss scored an injury-time equalizer to give Mainz a 2-2 draw at Bochum on Friday as both teams remained without a win nine games into the German league season.

SALERNO, Italy (AP) — Jenni Hermoso came off the bench to score a late winner for Spain against Italy on Friday in her first international game since the World Cup final, where the kiss she was subjected to by the Spanish soccer federation president

Major League Soccer’s playoffs have a new twist this season: the opening round will be a best-of-three series. As a result, there's the possibility of 24 first-round playoff games. There were mixed feelings about the new format among the players.