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  • Galaxy give up early lead in loss to FC Dallas

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    FRISCO, Texas — Petar Musa scored his 18th goal of the season in the 35th minute and Patrickson Delgado scored just before halftime as FC Dallas beat the Galaxy 2-1 on Saturday.

    Dallas (10-11-11) is unbeaten in eight straight overall since Aug. 9 and has gone five straight at home without a loss. Dallas has scored in 11 consecutive matches dating to July 16, including 10 straight at Toyota Stadium since June 25.

    Musa tied it at 1-all to move into a tie with Jason Kreis (1999), Kenny Cooper (2008) and Jesús Ferreira (2022) for the most single-season goals in club history. Musa nearly scored on a redirection before getting it back seconds later in front of goal for a shot into the back of the net.

    Delgado sent in a shot from distance for his first goal of the season and a 2-1 lead in first-half stoppage time.

    The Galaxy (5-18-9) dropped to 1-6-1 against Dallas since 2021.

    Diego Fagúndez opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a shot from the top of the 18-yard box.

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  • Galaxy rally late to earn draw with Dynamo

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    HOUSTON — Lucas Sanabria scored in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally the Galaxy to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.

    Sanabria subbed into the match in the 61st minute before scoring his second goal in his first season in the league.

    Defender John Nelson notched his career-high third assist on the equalizer and Gabriel Pec collected his sixth.

    Ezequiel Ponce gave the Dynamo (8-12-9, 33 points) the lead when he took a pass from Ondřej Lingr in the 35th minute and scored his career-high eighth goal in his second season in the league. Ponce had five goals in 10 appearances as a rookie. Lingr picked up his fourth assist in his first season.

    Jonathan Bond totaled three saves for the Dynamo.

    JT Marcinkowski saved one shot in his first start for the Galaxy (4-16-8, 20 points). It was his first appearance since making 13 for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2023.

    Houston began the day three points behind the Earthquakes for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

    The two clubs played to a 1-1 draw in April. Both teams posted 2-1 home wins in the series last season.

    The defending champion Galaxy are 0-9-6 on the road this season. The Dynamo are 4-8-3 at home.

    The Dynamo travel to play the Colorado Rapids next Saturday. The Galaxy travel to play the Seattle Sounders next Saturday.

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  • Galaxy shut out by Seattle in Leagues Cup semifinal

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Galaxy forward Joseph Paintsil moves the ball while defended by Seattle Sounders FC defender Alex Roldan during the first half of their Leagues Cup semifinal on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

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CARSON — The old version of the Galaxy made an appearance at the wrong time Wednesday night.

After finding some success throughout the Leagues Cup tournament, avoiding all the pitfalls and mistakes that have hurt them in the regular season, the Galaxy victimized themselves at two key moments in a 2-0 semifinal loss to the Seattle Sounders in front of 16,255 at Dignity Health Sports Park.

“I feel like we never really got to the point where we were really hurting team,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “We had a lot of passes, we put a lot of possession together, but creating real chances, very limited. Give up two goals that were silly, not to say they didn’t have a couple other chances where Novak (Mićović) made decent saves, but for me, the two goals were just … you can’t give up those if you are planning to win a championship, you just can’t.”

The Galaxy made it to the semifinals by going 3-0-1 against four Liga MX teams, beating Tijuana, Santos Laguna and Pachuca and earning a draw against Cruz Azul.

Despite the loss, the Galaxy still have a chance at some consolation in the third-place game. The Galaxy, who will face Orlando City SC on Sunday (2 p.m.), must win that game to secure a spot in next year’s CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Orlando led Inter Miami 1-0 late in the second half of the early semifinal, but Lionel Messi scored twice to lead the Miami to a 3-1 win. Orlando, which defeated the Galaxy, 2-1, in March, will be making its third trip to Carson this season. Last week, Orlando defeated Toluca in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals.

The Galaxy caught a break late in the second half when Seattle defender Nouhou was issued a red card for a reckless foul on Gabriel Pec. The initial call was a yellow card, but the referee was summoned to the video review and he changed the call, sending Nouhou off.

Unfortunately for the Galaxy, they never created any serious chances during their 14 minutes with the man advantage, as Seattle defended its way to the win and booked a trip to the title match.

Trailing 1-0, the Sounders put the game away in the 57th minute when Osaze De Rosario, son of MLS legend Dwayne De Rosario, surrounded by four Galaxy defenders, was able to flick the ball up, shed a defender or two, and still managed to put the ball into the back of the net for a goal.

“The goal he takes, is a pretty darn good goal,” Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said. “That’s a pretty impressive play.

“We wanted to get ball down the field and we wanted to play in their half. It was critical for us to get off to a fast start.”

Just like the previous meeting between the teams, an MLS match on Aug. 10, the Sounders were in control from the outset.

Seattle opened the scoring early in this one thanks to a Pedro De la Vega goal and some slow reactionary time by the Galaxy. After an initial shot was saved by Galaxy goalkeeper Novak Mićović, the rebound was spilled. Galaxy defender Mauricio Cuevas was close enough to clear the ball out, but another Seattle attacker got there. His shot was blocked and but the rebound was deposited for a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.

“The goal they score is the goal we’ve got to deal with,” Vanney said. “It’s a save he’ll make 100 out of 100 times. He will make that save every single time. The question is, could he hold it (the ball)? I think just because it went behind the defender, maybe it’s a little bit tougher to hold on. … As he spills it down, it looks he give Mauri (Mauricio Cuevas), the I got it sign and so he froze and Novak tries to get to it and he’s late. For me, as it spills, Zanka’s got to be sprinting toward it, Mauri’s got to run through it and kick it out of bounds anywhere. Somebody’s got to deal with it, so we don’t have that much time to be piddling around in the box.”

It took the Galaxy some time to find their comfort in the game, if that’s even possible against the Sounders. Their first shot on goal came from Cuevas in the 20th minute, but Seattle goalkeeper Andrew Thomas was able to get a hand on it to keep it out. In the 28th, Diego Fagundez’s shot from distance was headed low and inside the near post, but Thomas again came up with the stop, sending the game into halftime with Seattle leading 1-0.

In that Aug. 10 match, the Sounders handed the Galaxy a 4-0 defeat, scoring two goals in each half.

There’s one remaining league match left between the teams, next month in Seattle.

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  • Harbor Miller and Elijah Wynder score first MLS goals in Galaxy’s shutout win over Colorado

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    LA Galaxy midfielder Marco Reus, right, takes a goal shot defended by Colorado Rapids defender Reggie Cannon during the second half of an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. LA Galaxy won 3-0. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

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    CARSON — It was a night of firsts for the Galaxy that all added up to a win over Colorado.

    Harbor Miller and Elijah Wynder both featured in a heavily-rotated starting lineup with the all-important Leagues Cup semifinal set for Wednesday.

    Both took advantage of the extended playing time and each scored their first MLS goals in a 3-0 win for the Galaxy (4-16-7, 19 points) in front of 20,203 at Dignity Health Sports Park Saturday.

    Miller, 18, had made six appearances earlier this season, including starting in Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Champions Cup game in March. Saturday was his first first-team appearance since April. He highlighted it with a goal in the seventh minute to get the Galaxy off and running.

    “Harbor’s a kid with a ton of confidence and building,” Vanney said of Miller. “He was going back to his days as an academy player, out on the wing, but we wanted to use him kind of as a hybrid, wingback, so he would defend a little bit lower and match (Reggie) Cannon a little bit on the defensive side.

    “He was mature, (made) good decisions and showed a ton of confidence out there. He’s ready for the level. This is where he needs to be and continuing to play and progress and move his game.”

    In the second half, Wynder, 22, made it 2-0 with a tap-in off of an assist from Miki Yamane in the 55th minute.

    “I think a big part of it was their commitment to their jobs on the day and to each other,” Vanney said. “I thought Elijah was awesome tonight. He was really, really good. I thought his field awareness, his feel for time, his relationship with Edwin was really good, his power to carry beyond line and to drive the game forward.”

    Vanney brought on starters Joseph Paintsil, Gabriel Pec and Marco Reus in the 64th minute. Pec put the game away in the 75th minute, beating Zack Steffen through the legs for the goal.

    Chris Rindov, 23, who is on short-term loan from Ventura County FC, made his first MLS start and his Galaxy debut at center back. He went the distance in the game. Rindov’s MLS debut came in 2023 with Sporting Kansas City.

    “We’ve always have liked having at G2 (now Ventura Count FC) that one veteran center back, especially when we have young centerbacks that we’re trying to bring up, just as a stabilizer, a leader. He’s top pro. Everyday, without fail, he’s the first guy here, he’s in the weight room, he’s got his (ear) buds in and he’s doing his routine, working out and he’s one of the last guys to leave. He’s a top pro.”

    Another important first came in goal for the JT Marcinkowski, who made his Galaxy debut.

    Marcinkowski’s last MLS appearance came in 2023, when he was a member of the San Jose Earthquakes. In October of that year, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss all of 2024.

    He joined the Galaxy in January, but was behind both Novak Mićović and John McCarthy on the depth chart. The Galaxy recently traded McCarthy to the New York Red Bulls, moving Marcinkowski to the No. 2. It was a rather quiet night for him, making only one save, but it was the Galaxy’s first league shutout since July 4 against the Vancouver Whitecaps (3-0).

    “It was a freak accident,” he said of the 2023 injury. “I tore up everything in my knee. From that night on, it was like, all right, how do I figure this out to get back to playing. It was a long, long process, with a lot of ups and downs. The beginning was a lot of downs, a lot of questioning my path forward, but I’m super thankful for the people that I had around me, my physical therapist, my entire support team, my fiancé, my family. This night is just as much for them as it is for me.”

    After the Leagues Cup semifinal against the Seattle Sounders (Aug. 27), the Galaxy will either play in the third-place game or final, set for Aug. 31. A top-three finish would secure a spot in next year’s CONCACAF Champions Cup.

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  • David Beckham Fast Facts | CNN

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    Here’s a look at the life of retired professional soccer player David Beckham.

    Birth date: May 2, 1975

    Birth place: London, England

    Birth name: David Robert Joseph Beckham

    Father: David Edward “Ted” Beckham, an appliance repairman

    Mother: Sandra (West) Beckham, a hairdresser

    Marriage: Victoria (Adams) Beckham (July 4, 1999-present)

    Children: Harper, Cruz, Romeo and Brooklyn

    Retired professional soccer (European football) player.

    Married to Spice Girl Victoria (Adams) Beckham, nicknamed “Posh Spice.”

    Midfielder known for his ability to “bend” his free kicks, curving the ball around or over defenders to score. The movie title “Bend it like Beckham” is a tribute to his kicking style.

    Won league titles in four different countries while playing for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain.

    Played 115 times for England between 1996 and 2009.

    Leadership Council Member of Malaria No More UK.

    1991 – At age 16, leaves home to play in Manchester United’s training league.

    April 2, 1995 – Premier League debut with Manchester United.

    1996 – Gains recognition when he scores a goal from the halfway line, a kick of almost 60 yards.

    September 1996 – Makes his international debut in the World Cup qualifier against Moldova. England wins 3-0.

    1998 – Is named to the English national team for 1998 World Cup.

    1998 – Beckham is given a red card and ejected from a second round World Cup match for kicking out at Argentina’s Diego Simeone, which contributed to England’s elimination.

    1999 – Leads Manchester United to a treble, winning the English Premier League, FA Cup and European Champions League trophies.

    November 15, 2000 – Is named captain of England’s national team.

    April 2002 – Breaks a bone in his foot but later competes in the World Cup finals in June. England ultimately loses to Brazil in the quarterfinals.

    May 2003 – Breaks his hand during a 2-1 win over South Africa in Durban.

    June-July 2003 – Traded by Manchester United to Real Madrid. He signs a four-year contract with Real Madrid for $40 million.

    November 27, 2003 – Receives an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Queen Elizabeth II.

    January 10, 2005 – Appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, with a focus on the program Sport for Development.

    August 3, 2005 – Is awarded libel damages from the tabloid, the People, that accused him of making hate calls to a former nanny.

    March 9, 2006 – Settles a libel case against the British tabloid, News of the World, over a 2004 headline that read, “Posh and Becks on the Rocks.”

    January 2007 – Signs on with the Los Angeles Galaxy, an American Major League Soccer team.

    July 21, 2007 – Plays his first game with the LA Galaxy. It is initially reported he will receive an estimated $250 million over the life of his five-year contract, but later revealed that the Galaxy will pay him $32.5 million over five years.

    March 26, 2008 – Appears for the 100th time in an England uniform. During the England/France game Beckham receives a standing ovation from both sides as he leaves the field during a substitution.

    January 2009 – Loaned by the LA Galaxy team to the AC Milan club. He initially agrees to a three-month stint with the Milan team but the loan is extended to six months.

    December 2009 – Is loaned to AC Milan a second time until the end of the Italian season in May.

    March 14, 2010 – Tears an Achilles tendon during an AC Milan match and is unable to play in the World Cup.

    December 1, 2012 – Plays his final game with the LA Galaxy.

    January 31, 2013 – Announces that he has signed with Paris Saint-Germain for five months and will donate the pay to a children’s charity in Paris.

    May 16, 2013 – Announces that he will retire from professional soccer at the end of his season.

    February 5, 2014 – Announces he will establish a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami.

    February 9, 2015 – Launches 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund, a collaboration with UNICEF to help kids in danger zones around the world.

    January 29, 2018 – MLS announces that Miami has been awarded the league’s 25th franchise, about four years after Beckham first announced his intention to exercise his right to buy an MLS franchise in February 2014. The Beckham franchise will be backed by Cuban-American businessmen Jorge and Jose Mas, CEO of Sprint Corporation Marcelo Claure, entertainment producer Simon Fuller and the founder of Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank, Masayoshi Son.

    September 5, 2018 – Beckham’s Miami expansion team announces it name, Club Internacional de Futbol Miami, Inter Miami for short.

    March 1, 2020 – Inter Miami plays its debut MLS game.

    October 2, 2020 – A company co-founded by Beckham, Guild Esports, lists on the London Stock Exchange, becoming the first esports franchise to go public on the LSE.

    March 20, 2022 – Beckham hands over control of his Instagram account to a doctor in Ukraine, in a bid to highlight the work of medical professionals caring for patients amid the Russian invasion of the country.

    October 4, 2023 – Netflix’s four-part documentary series titled “Beckham” is released.

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  • Wife: Journalist Wahl died of aortic aneurysm at World Cup

    Wife: Journalist Wahl died of aortic aneurysm at World Cup

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    NEW YORK — Grant Wahl died of a ruptured blood vessel when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer.

    Wahl’s wife, Dr. Céline Gounder, said Wednesday that an autopsy was conducted by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office.

    “Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium,” she wrote on her husband’s website, referring to the wall that surrounds the heart. “The chest pressure he experienced shortly before his death may have represented the initial symptoms. No amount of CPR or shocks would have saved him. His death was unrelated to COVID. His death was unrelated to vaccination status. There was nothing nefarious about his death.”

    Wahl, who was 49, was stricken in the media tribune of Lusail Iconic Stadium in Qatar early Saturday during extra time in Argentina’s quarterfinal match against the Netherlands. Emergency workers immediately attended to him and treated him for 20 to 30 minutes before taking him away on a stretcher, reporters in his vicinity said.

    His body was transported to New York.

    “This transition was handled with the utmost care and sensitivity,” Gounder wrote. “This was an international matter that required coordination from multiple agencies domestically and internationally, and there was full cooperation from everyone involved. Our sincere gratitude to everyone involved in repatriating Grant, in particular the White House, the U.S. Department of State, FIFA, U.S. Soccer and American Airlines.”

    Wahl had complained during the World Cup about feeling ill.

    “My body finally broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, high stress and lots of work can do that to you,” Wahl wrote on Dec. 5. “What had been a cold over the last 10 days turned into something more severe on the night of the USA-Netherlands game, and I could feel my upper chest take on a new level of pressure and discomfort.”

    Wahl wrote that he tested negative for COVID-19 and sought treatment for his symptoms.

    “I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis. They gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup, and I’m already feeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno,” he wrote.

    Wahl worked for Sports Illustrated from 1996 to 2021, known primarily for his coverage of soccer and college basketball. He then launched his own website, Fútbol with Grant Wahl, and a podcast with Meadowlark Media.

    Wahl also worked for Fox Sports from 2012-19 and was hired by CBS Sports in 2021 as an analyst and editorial consultant. Wahl wrote the 2009 book “The Beckham Experiment” after English soccer star David Beckham joined Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy and the 2018 book “Masters of Modern Soccer.”

    Gounder said a memorial service is being planned.

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    AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP—Sports

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