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Fox Sports
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Adames scores twice in Reign's 4-1 win over struggling Royals
Associated Press Emeri Adames scored two goals in the second half and the Seattle Reign beat the Utah Royals 4-1 in the National Women's Soccer League on Saturday. It was the first multi-goal game of Adames' career, and at 19 years and 79 days old, she became the second-youngest player to ever score two goals in an NWSL match. Elsewhere in the NWSL on Saturday, Gotham FC beat Bay FC 2-1 at home, the North Carolina Courage won 2-1 at home against the Houston Dash, and the Portland Thorns edged the Chicago Stars 1-0 to stay undefeated at Providence Park. At America First Field in Utah, the Reign (6-4-3) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Ji So-Yun scored from 14 yards out after a headed pass from Maddie Dahlien in the sixth minute. Ji then returned the favor and played Dahlien through on goal for the Reign's second goal in the 16th. Bianca St-Georges scored for the Royals in the 31st as the Canadian forward tapped in from close range after Ally Sentnor's strike rebounded off the post. Ji got her second assist of the match when she slipped the ball to Adames in the 66th and the youngster found the corner with a swift left-footed shot from 12 yards to make it 3-1. Adames converted a penalty kick in the 90th. She leads Seattle with four goals this season. It was the first time the Reign scored four in a game since May 2023. The Royals (1-10-2) extended their winless streak to eight and remain in last place in the NWSL standings as the league heads into a monthlong break. Gonzalez scores league-leading 10th goal of the season for Gotham Esther Gonzalez scored her 10th goal of the season and Gotham came from behind to defeat Bay. The Spaniard is the top scorer in the NWSL and has already surpassed her total of nine from the 2024 season. Gotham (5-5-3) won its second home match of the season. Penelope Hocking put Bay up 1-0 in the 11th minute. Hocking latched onto a looping pass from Hannah Bebar and poked the ball past Ann-Katrin Berger in the Gotham goal. Gonzalez got Gotham's equalizer in the 29th when she pounced on a loose pass in the box by Alyssa Malonson. Geyse netted the winning goal for Gotham in the 55th. Nealy Martin found the Brazilian with a bending 40-yard long pass out of the defense. It was a second straight loss for Bay (4-6-3). The San Jose-based team has lost all three of its meetings with Gotham since joining the NWSL in 2024. Befort completes comeback for Courage Hannah Betfort scored the winning goal in North Carolina's comeback victory. The Courage (5-5-3) are on a two-game winning streak and are up to ninth in the NWSL standings, outside the playoff places on goal difference alone. It was the second consecutive game head coach Sean Nahas missed due to a medical issue, but he was spotted in the stands at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Dash (3-8-2) are winless in their last five games. Avery Patterson put Houston ahead 1-0 in the opening minute of the match. The deflected strike from inside the box came after just 52 seconds and was the fastest goal in Dash history. Acting head coach Nathan Thackeray made a triple substitution in the 66th minute, putting Jaedyn Shaw, Ashley Sanchez and Betfort into the game. Dash midfielder Sarah Puntigam was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Shaw in the 70th. Shaw scored the equalizer with a simple finish from the center of the box in the 71st. The goal was Shaw's first for the Courage since joining this past offseason. Manaka Matsukubo spotted Betfort in the box and whipped the ball towards the forward, who got just enough of a touch to score the winning goal in the 81st. Tordin scores and Portland stays unbeaten at home. Pietra Tordin scored the only goal and the Thorns (6-3-4) remained undefeated at Providence Park this season. Portland hasn't dropped a game at home in nine straight matches dating back to last year. After a scoreless first half, Sam Coffey crossed the ball to the back post for Tordin to smash home her third goal of the season in the 59th minute. Thorns goalkeeper Bella Bixby recorded a team record 27th NWSL clean sheet, making three saves. The Stars (1-7-3) are winless in their last nine games. Two-time World Cup winning U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher missed a third consecutive match for Chicago due to an upper extremity injury. ___ AP soccer:
Winnipeg Free Press
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Adames scores twice in Reign's 4-1 win over struggling Royals
Emeri Adames scored two goals in the second half and the Seattle Reign beat the Utah Royals 4-1 in the National Women's Soccer League on Saturday. It was the first multi-goal game of Adames' career, and at 19 years and 79 days old, she became the second-youngest player to ever score two goals in an NWSL match. Elsewhere in the NWSL on Saturday, Gotham FC beat Bay FC 2-1 at home, the North Carolina Courage won 2-1 at home against the Houston Dash, and the Portland Thorns edged the Chicago Stars 1-0 to stay undefeated at Providence Park. At America First Field in Utah, the Reign (6-4-3) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Ji So-Yun scored from 14 yards out after a headed pass from Maddie Dahlien in the sixth minute. Ji then returned the favor and played Dahlien through on goal for the Reign's second goal in the 16th. Bianca St-Georges scored for the Royals in the 31st as the Canadian forward tapped in from close range after Ally Sentnor's strike rebounded off the post. Ji got her second assist of the match when she slipped the ball to Adames in the 66th and the youngster found the corner with a swift left-footed shot from 12 yards to make it 3-1. Adames converted a penalty kick in the 90th. She leads Seattle with four goals this season. It was the first time the Reign scored four in a game since May 2023. The Royals (1-10-2) extended their winless streak to eight and remain in last place in the NWSL standings as the league heads into a monthlong break. Gonzalez scores league-leading 10th goal of the season for Gotham Esther Gonzalez scored her 10th goal of the season and Gotham came from behind to defeat Bay. The Spaniard is the top scorer in the NWSL and has already surpassed her total of nine from the 2024 season. Gotham (5-5-3) won its second home match of the season. Penelope Hocking put Bay up 1-0 in the 11th minute. Hocking latched onto a looping pass from Hannah Bebar and poked the ball past Ann-Katrin Berger in the Gotham goal. Gonzalez got Gotham's equalizer in the 29th when she pounced on a loose pass in the box by Alyssa Malonson. Geyse netted the winning goal for Gotham in the 55th. Nealy Martin found the Brazilian with a bending 40-yard long pass out of the defense. It was a second straight loss for Bay (4-6-3). The San Jose-based team has lost all three of its meetings with Gotham since joining the NWSL in 2024. Befort completes comeback for Courage Hannah Betfort scored the winning goal in North Carolina's comeback victory. The Courage (5-5-3) are on a two-game winning streak and are up to ninth in the NWSL standings, outside the playoff places on goal difference alone. It was the second consecutive game head coach Sean Nahas missed due to a medical issue, but he was spotted in the stands at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Dash (3-8-2) are winless in their last five games. Avery Patterson put Houston ahead 1-0 in the opening minute of the match. The deflected strike from inside the box came after just 52 seconds and was the fastest goal in Dash history. Acting head coach Nathan Thackeray made a triple substitution in the 66th minute, putting Jaedyn Shaw, Ashley Sanchez and Betfort into the game. Dash midfielder Sarah Puntigam was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Shaw in the 70th. Shaw scored the equalizer with a simple finish from the center of the box in the 71st. The goal was Shaw's first for the Courage since joining this past offseason. Manaka Matsukubo spotted Betfort in the box and whipped the ball towards the forward, who got just enough of a touch to score the winning goal in the 81st. Tordin scores and Portland stays unbeaten at home. Pietra Tordin scored the only goal and the Thorns (6-3-4) remained undefeated at Providence Park this season. Portland hasn't dropped a game at home in nine straight matches dating back to last year. After a scoreless first half, Sam Coffey crossed the ball to the back post for Tordin to smash home her third goal of the season in the 59th minute. Thorns goalkeeper Bella Bixby recorded a team record 27th NWSL clean sheet, making three saves. The Stars (1-7-3) are winless in their last nine games. Two-time World Cup winning U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher missed a third consecutive match for Chicago due to an upper extremity injury. ___ AP soccer:
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Adames scores twice in Reign's 4-1 win over struggling Royals
Emeri Adames scored two goals in the second half and the Seattle Reign beat the Utah Royals 4-1 in the National Women's Soccer League on Saturday. HT Image It was the first multi-goal game of Adames' career, and at 19 years and 79 days old, she became the second-youngest player to ever score two goals in an NWSL match. Elsewhere in the NWSL on Saturday, Gotham FC beat Bay FC 2-1 at home, the North Carolina Courage won 2-1 at home against the Houston Dash, and the Portland Thorns edged the Chicago Stars 1-0 to stay undefeated at Providence Park. At America First Field in Utah, the Reign jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Ji So-Yun scored from 14 yards out after a headed pass from Maddie Dahlien in the sixth minute. Ji then returned the favor and played Dahlien through on goal for the Reign's second goal in the 16th. Bianca St-Georges scored for the Royals in the 31st as the Canadian forward tapped in from close range after Ally Sentnor's strike rebounded off the post. Ji got her second assist of the match when she slipped the ball to Adames in the 66th and the youngster found the corner with a swift left-footed shot from 12 yards to make it 3-1. Adames converted a penalty kick in the 90th. She leads Seattle with four goals this season. It was the first time the Reign scored four in a game since May 2023. The Royals extended their winless streak to eight and remain in last place in the NWSL standings as the league heads into a monthlong break. Esther Gonzalez scored her 10th goal of the season and Gotham came from behind to defeat Bay. The Spaniard is the top scorer in the NWSL and has already surpassed her total of nine from the 2024 season. Gotham won its second home match of the season. Penelope Hocking put Bay up 1-0 in the 11th minute. Hocking latched onto a looping pass from Hannah Bebar and poked the ball past Ann-Katrin Berger in the Gotham goal. Gonzalez got Gotham's equalizer in the 29th when she pounced on a loose pass in the box by Alyssa Malonson. Geyse netted the winning goal for Gotham in the 55th. Nealy Martin found the Brazilian with a bending 40-yard long pass out of the defense. It was a second straight loss for Bay . The San Jose-based team has lost all three of its meetings with Gotham since joining the NWSL in 2024. Hannah Betfort scored the winning goal in North Carolina's comeback victory. The Courage are on a two-game winning streak and are up to ninth in the NWSL standings, outside the playoff places on goal difference alone. It was the second consecutive game head coach Sean Nahas missed due to a medical issue, but he was spotted in the stands at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Dash are winless in their last five games. Avery Patterson put Houston ahead 1-0 in the opening minute of the match. The deflected strike from inside the box came after just 52 seconds and was the fastest goal in Dash history. Acting head coach Nathan Thackeray made a triple substitution in the 66th minute, putting Jaedyn Shaw, Ashley Sanchez and Betfort into the game. Dash midfielder Sarah Puntigam was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Shaw in the 70th. Shaw scored the equalizer with a simple finish from the center of the box in the 71st. The goal was Shaw's first for the Courage since joining this past offseason. Manaka Matsukubo spotted Betfort in the box and whipped the ball towards the forward, who got just enough of a touch to score the winning goal in the 81st. Pietra Tordin scored the only goal and the Thorns remained undefeated at Providence Park this season. Portland hasn't dropped a game at home in nine straight matches dating back to last year. After a scoreless first half, Sam Coffey crossed the ball to the back post for Tordin to smash home her third goal of the season in the 59th minute. Thorns goalkeeper Bella Bixby recorded a team record 27th NWSL clean sheet, making three saves. The Stars are winless in their last nine games. Two-time World Cup winning U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher missed a third consecutive match for Chicago due to an upper extremity injury. soccer: /soccer This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Rafael Devers finds his groove in solid first impression on Giants debut
SAN FRANCISCO — As cameras clicked and flashbulbs popped and Rafael Devers held up his No.16 Giants jersey for the first time Tuesday afternoon, an impatient voice shouted from the wings. '¡Póntela! ¡Póntela!' Willy Adames was among the contingent of Giants players who attended the press conference on the suite level to introduce Devers. Adames wasn't interested in the whats and whys and hows behind the franchise's most transformative trade in a generation — including the juicy drama and acrimonious conditions in which the Boston Red Sox would seek to jettison a bona fide star just 28 months after signing him to a 10-year, $313.5 million contract. Advertisement All Adames wanted to witness was the moment that Devers buttoned up his new jersey. Whether you get dressed in front of a locker or in a phone booth, there's something transformative about a costume change. Until that happened, all of this remained a concept. Adames was desperate to see it become real. Put it on! Put it on! Devers put on a classic Giants home jersey for the first time, and a few hours later, he donned the 1970s groove-inspired and purple-splotched version. He found his own groove quickly enough, finding the right-center gap with an RBI double in his second at-bat and lining a single in a ninth-inning rally that fizzled out in a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on the shores of McCovey Cove. 'Welcome to San Francisco, Mr. Devers' – Mike Krukow — SFGiants (@SFGiants) June 18, 2025 The night lacked a crescendo and the Giants lost their third consecutive game. Given the impact of Cleveland left fielder Steven Kwan, who doubled up Casey Schmitt on a lineout in the eighth inning and whose accurate arm sufficiently deterred Jung Hoo Lee from attempting to score on a fly ball in the ninth, the result might have served as a reminder that pitching and defense will always carry the day in this ballpark. But a special energy crackles in the grandstands when a hitter who drips with danger steps to the plate. The ballpark pulsated with anticipation every time Devers stepped to the plate. The fans stood for the entirety of his at-bats and chanted his name. The announced attendance of 36,222 included several thousand who sprung for tickets following Sunday's slack-jawing news that the Giants had acquired a 28-year-old widely viewed as one of the most dangerous hitters in the sport. There might be no bigger fan of the Giants' four-for-one trade than the person who stood on first base in the third inning when Devers connected on a 2-0 fastball and split the outfielders. Third base coach Matt Williams waved Adames home, but that was a mere formality. Adames would've run through a stop sign, a brick wall, an alien forcefield and a burning building to account for Devers' first RBI in a Giants uniform. Even before he crossed the plate, Adames had broken into a wide smile. Advertisement 'Send me, don't send me,' Adames joked. 'I'm like, 'I'm scoring, I don't care. I'm going home.'' The Giants' only problem was that they didn't create enough RBI opportunities for Devers and the hitters who received them couldn't come through. They were 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 runners. But Adames looked back on a night in which he saw plenty of pitches in the strike zone and didn't dismiss the idea that the new guy standing in the on-deck circle might already be exerting his influence. 'I didn't think about that until now, but I know in the long run, it's going to be comfortable having someone like him behind me,' Adames said. 'He told me he was a little nervous. I said, 'Relax. You're going to be amazing here. Just chill. I know there's a lot going on, a press conference, cameras, everybody looking at you. But just play your game.' Once the game started, he looked a lot more comfortable.' That's what Giants manager Bob Melvin noticed, too. 'You have to realize he's been in Boston his whole career and all of a sudden he's here,' Melvin said. 'It's a completely different environment, completely different team, he doesn't know anybody on the team, he shows up and he's already a fan favorite. Gets a couple at-bats, couple hits, drives in a run for us. There's a lot going on emotionally and we just assume that everything's great. (But) it's hard to do what he did today. That's what impressed me the most — how comfortable he looked in a completely different place for the first time in his career.' Devers acknowledged feeling nerves in his first at-bat. He didn't expect to receive such a loud ovation from Giants fans. He didn't choose to come to San Francisco, of course, and franchise history is replete with examples of hitters who let the wind patterns or the summer chill or the 25-foot brick wall get in their heads. But Devers gave the impression of a hitter who would distill his thoughts to the opponent on the mound. Advertisement 'It's the same baseball,' Devers said through Spanish interpreter Erwin Higueros. 'I just feel if I make good contact, it's going to go. I really don't pay attention to different dimensions of the ballpark.' Devers started at designated hitter and is likely to remain there for the remainder of the homestand, including this weekend's hilariously timed series against the Red Sox. Of course, it would be even more hilarious if Devers were to start at first base against Boston after he declined his former team's request to play the position. This much is clear: there's a sense of urgency on the part of both Devers and the Giants to become a playable option at first base soon. 'I don't know a timetable but I know I'll try to be there as fast as I can and be there when the team needs me,' Devers said. 'Starting tomorrow I'm going to take as much grounders as possible at first base and whenever the manager and coaches feel I'm ready, I'm going to be there.' A new position? Give it some time. For Devers, getting used to a new team was enough for one night. 'I was a little overwhelmed,' Devers said. 'But seeing what I saw today with the fans, I think it's going to be really exciting.' (D. Ross Cameron / Imagn Images)
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
SF Giants send message in obtaining Rafael Devers from Boston Red Sox
June 16 (UPI) -- The San Francisco Giants sent their clubhouse a major message by pulling the trigger on a blockbuster trade for Boston Red Sox All-Star infielder Rafael Devers, shortstop Willy Adames said. "I feel like it sends a message out there that we are going to compete," Adames said of the trade. "We are going to do whatever it takes to try to come over here and win the division." Adames made the comments on the ESPN broadcast of the Giants' 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles. Giants players got word of the trade 15 minutes before the game at Dodger Stadium. The Giants agreed to send left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, right-handed pitcher Jordan Hicks, outfielder prospect James Tibbs III and right-handed pitching prospect Jose Bello the Red Sox in exchange for the three-time All-Star. The Giants (41-31) sit in second place in the National League West, two games behind the division-leading Dodgers (43-29). They also are in second place in the National League Wild Card race, which includes the Philadelphia Phillies (42-29) and San Diego Padres (39-31), among others. Devers, 28, signed a 10-year, $313.5 million pact with the Red Sox in 2023, but the relationship experienced turbulence this off-season when he was asked to move from third base to make way for recently acquired infielder Alex Bregman. He initially said he would not move into a designated hitter role, but eventually relented and changed positions. Devers then told the Red Sox that he also would not play first base after a void formed at that position due to Triston Casas' season-ending knee injury. Devers appeared in 951 games at third base for the Red Sox through the first eight years of his career. He was their designated hitter for all 73 of his appearances this season. He is expected to fill in at designated hitter and third base for the Giants. Giants All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman is on the injured list because of a right hand injury he sustained during a win over the Atlanta Braves on June 8 in San Francisco. Casey Schmitt filled in at third base for the Giants on Sunday, but fouled a ball off his ankle and left the game early. Dominic Smith and Wilmer Flores served as the Giants' respective first baseman and designated hitter. Smith started 11 games at first base this season. Flores appeared as a designated hitter 63 times and at first base four times this season. Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey said Devers' position with his new team will be discussed internally. "That's a conversation for myself, Bob and [general manager] Zack Minasian to have with him," Posey told reporters, according to The Giants will host the Cleveland Guardians (35-35) at 9:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday in San Francisco. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
