Soccer

VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini believes every other team in Major League Soccer wants something his Vancouver Whitecaps have — attacking midfielder Ryan Gauld.

TORONTO — While Toronto FC is mired in a four-game losing streak and seven-game winless run (0-5-2), coach John Herdman still sees plenty of positives.

CHICAGO (AP) — American winger Tim Weah will miss the first leg of the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal in November to serve the second match of his two-game suspension for punching Panama's Roderick Miller in the back of the head during the Copa

LIVERPOOL — Canadian teenager Olivia Smith has left Portugal's Sporting CP for England's Liverpool. The 19-year-old from Whitby, Ont., who can play both as a midfielder and forward, signed her new contract Tuesday at Liverpool's training centre.

MUNICH (AP) — The Netherlands could be peaking at just the right time. The Dutch team reached its first European Championship quarterfinal in 16 years with a 3-0 win over Romania on Tuesday after its best performance by far at Euro 2024.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Marta's spot in Brazil's women's soccer team for the Paris Olympics was confirmed Tuesday when coach Arthur Elias included the 38-year-old striker in his 18-player squad.

Sure, it was fun to dream about a Paris Olympics in which Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé renew their rivalries after that epic World Cup final . But men’s Olympic soccer is more about emerging players than established stars.

Fabian Hurzeler understands why there's so much intrigue.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will celebrate a national “King Pelé Day” on Nov. 19 every year, marking the date the soccer great scored what he considered to be the 1,000th goal of his career in 1969.

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea completed the signing of midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Leicester City on Tuesday. Dewsbury-Hall has agreed on a five-year contract with the option of a further 12 months, the English Premier League club said.