Soccer

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United finished a whopping 34 points behind Lionel Messi and star-studded Inter Miami during the regular season. Now, the Five Stripes have a shot at pulling off a stunning upset of the best team in Major League Soccer.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alonso Martínez and defender Thiago Martins scored first-half goals and New York City FC forced a deciding match with a 3-1 victory over FC Cincinnati at Citi Field on Saturday.

MILAN (AP) — Juventus got back to winning ways Saturday but needed a lot of help from the post.

HAMILTON — Malik Owolabi-Belewu scored in the 53rd minute and Forge FC advanced to the Canadian Premier League championship game with a 1-0 win over Atletico Ottawa in the semifinal Saturday. No.

PARIS (AP) — Ousmane Dembélé's early goal was enough as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain beat Lens 1-0 to move six points clear at the top of the French league on Saturday.

MADRID (AP) — After scoring Osasuna's winning goal, Ante Budimir showed fans a jersey with the words “Be strong Valencia.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Real Madrid great Marcelo had his contract at boyhood club Fluminense terminated two months early on Saturday, one day after the defender's touchline spat with coach Mano Menezes.

MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane scored two goals and set up another as Bayern Munich's winning run in the Bundesliga continued with a 3-0 victory over Union Berlin on Saturday.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Arne Slot was hopeful that center back Ibrahima Konate avoided a serious injury despite being in “a lot of pain” when he came off at halftime of Saturday's 2-1 win over Brighton with an apparent arm injury.

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League ended in a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth on Saturday as Liverpool wrested back the lead in the title race.