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Phoenix Rising FC relinquishes hosting rights for 2020 USL Championship Final after earning home-field in part due to forfeit
Phoenix Rising relinquished claim to home-field advantage for the 2020 USL Championship Final out of respect to the LGBTQ community.Having tied Louisville City FC in total points and victories thanks to a forfeit by San Diego Loyal, Phoenix Rising had earned hosting priority based on a third tiebreaker: goal differential. But because that forfeit was the result of San Diego's protest of an alleged homophobic slur by Phoenix forward Junior Flemmings, Rising management recognized what might have been a glaring optics issue.
Phoenix Rising relinquished claim to home-field advantage for the 2020 USL Championship Final out of respect to the LGBTQ community.Having tied Louisville City FC in total points and victories thanks to a forfeit by San Diego Loyal, Phoenix Rising had earned hosting priority based on a third tiebreaker: goal differential. But because that forfeit was the result of San Diego's protest of an alleged homophobic slur by Phoenix forward Junior Flemmings, Rising management recognized what might have been a glaring optics issue. (AP) — Joe Willis made four saves for his league- leading seventh shutout of the season and Nashville played Minnesota United to a scoreless draw on Tuesday night in the first Willis came out of his area in the 65th minute to deny Ethan Finley's lofted attempt on a one-on-one breakaway.
Joe Willis made four saves for his league- leading seventh shutout of the season and Nashville played Minnesota United to a scoreless MLS Minnesota United Nashville SC Soccer. Willis came out of his area in the 65th minute to deny Ethan Finley's lofted attempt on a one-on-one breakaway.
HARRISON, N.J. — Randall Leal scored in the 33rd minute, Joe Willis recorded his MLS-leading ninth shutout and Nashville SC beat the Montreal Impact 1-0 on Tuesday night at Red Bull Arena.
© Provided by The Canadian Press Nashville (7-6-7) is unbeaten in its last four games and moved into seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. Montreal (7-12-2) has lost four of its last five games, and sits two points above the playoff line.
"We talked about it after every game. Once again, we didn't cover the run," said Impact coach Thierry Henry.
"We don't shoot and we don't cross the ball enough. We find ourselves in good situations, but we don't shoot on goal. We have to congratulate Nashville, who played well. They were alert and their striker made the run and scored."
Davies, DeRo join Beckham, Giovinco and others as finalists for MLS' '25 Greatest'
Canadians Alphonso Davies, Dwayne De Rosario, Will Johnson and Pat Onstad are among the 134 finalists for Major League Soccer's "The 25 Greatest." They are up against the likes of David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Sebastian Giovinco, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robbie Keane, Wayne Rooney, David Villa, Chris Wondolowski and Bradley Wright-Phillips. As part of its 25th season, the North American league is choosing the 25 players "who have achieved the most on the field, drove the narrative off the field and helped lay the foundation or set the course going forward. Joe Willis made four saves for his league- leading seventh shutout of the season and Nashville played Minnesota United to a scoreless draw on Willis came out of his area in the 65th minute to deny Ethan Finley’s lofted attempt on a one-on-one breakaway. Willis is tied with Columbus’ Eloy
The source told the site: 'He has a house directly across the street from Demi's house in Sun Valley. It's been for sale for years. He was visiting and his family was considering quarantining there. He got stuck because Sun Valley became one of the COVID-19 hotspots.'
Leal scored his third goal this season. Alex Muyl was fouled near midfield and quickly got up to send a free kick past the defence for a calm finish by Leal.
Willis made two saves and moved ahead of Philadelphia's Andre Blake for the MLS lead in shutouts.
"We did everything to comeback to the score after the mistake on their goal," said Impact midfielder Samuel Piette. "We also lacked opportunism and didn't create enough chances... It's on us to show the passion and desire to try and keep our playoff position."
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Players deserve kudos for reaching playoffs, Impact president says .
While many view making the playoffs as success, Impact president Kevin Gilmore believes it’s more a sign of the progress the organization has taken in what will be remembered as a difficult and unusual season. “We tend to put so much emphasis on the playoffs because that’s a measure of success,” Gilmore told the Montreal Gazette on Monday. “I like to see it as a measure of progress. That’s the idea here.” “What I saw (Sunday), win or lose, showed me the progress that’s encouraging and in line with what we set out to do.” The Impact qualified for the Major League Soccer playoffs for the first time since 2016 with a 3-2 come-from-behind road victory against D.C. United on Sunday.
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