Soccer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi's every move was on display in his Major League Soccer playoff debut. Every touch. Every shot attempt. Even when he wasn't doing anything at all, it was shown.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi had chances at goals time and time again, only to keep being denied. Turns out, all he needed to do was deliver the right pass at the right time.

WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United, which was eliminated from Major League Soccer playoff contention on the final day of the regular season, has declined starting goalkeeper Alex Bono's contract option for next season.

MONTREAL — As Saba Lobzhanidze slotted Atlanta United’s fifth and final penalty into the bottom corner, CF Montreal’s playoff run — and season — came to a sudden, premature end.

ALMENDRALEJO — Fighting a valiant rearguard action, Canada was seconds away from a win over World Cup champion Spain on Friday.

CALGARY — Calgary Wild FC has named Afghan-Canadian midfielder Farkhunda Muhtaj its first player signing and also announced Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey as an investor in the soccer club.

CORNELLA, Spain (AP) — Dodi Lukébakio scored a first-half double to give Sevilla a 2-0 result against Espanyol and its first away win in nine La Liga games on Friday. The first after 20 minutes was a goal-of-the-season contender from 30 meters out.

LEICESTER, England (AP) — When Chris Wood scores Nottingham Forest don’t lose. The big New Zealander proved it again on Friday as he scored twice in a 3-1 win over Midlands rival Leicester in the English Premier League.

RENNES, France (AP) — Colombian Carlos Andrés Gomez got the winner in his first start for Rennes in a 1-0 result against Le Havre in Ligue 1 that plunged the north coast club to a sixth successive defeat on Friday.

VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini accepts that the betting odds are against his Vancouver Whitecaps as they head into the Major League Soccer playoffs.