ACFC’s Endo out for season due to torn ACL
Angel City Football Club suffered a big blow with news that forward Jun Endo will be out for the season due to a torn knee ligament.
Endo, 23, suffered the ACL injury to her left knee during the club’s preseason training camp in Melbourne, Fla. The club will place Endo on the season-ending injury list.
“Jun is a one-of-a-kind player and teammate,” ACFC coach Becki Tweed said. “You never want to see this happen to anyone. Jun has shown up every day of preseason with so much joy, and having her season end before it could truly begin is devastating.”
Endo has quickly become a fan favorite in her two seasons with Angel City. Endo has appeared in 47 games with Angel City with four goals and six assists.
• Kylian Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of the season.
The France international informed PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi he would not stay at the club when his contract expires, multiple sources reported.
Mbappe — widely considered to be one of the best players in the world — will be a free agent at the end of the season after seven years with PSG. McMichael’s family said in a statement he was admitted into intensive care at a suburban Chicago hospital and was being treated with three antibiotics. They asked for “continued prayers” for “Steve’s speedy recovery.”
The news comes one week after McMichael, 66, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is scheduled to be inducted on Aug. 3 as part of a class that includes former Bears Julius Peppers and Devin Hester.
McMichael told the Chicago Tribune in April 2021 he had Lou Gehrig’s disease, which affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control.
McMichael, who controlled the interior of the line for the Bears’ famed “46 defense,” was an All-Pro during the 1985 Super Bowl championship season and in 1987.
• The Washington Commanders finalized their coaching staff, hiring former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and several others.
Johnson, who was fired after one season in charge of the Eagles offense, takes over as assistant head coach and offensive pass game coordinator. He previously served as quarterbacks coach in Philadelphia before being elevated a year ago when Shane Steichen left to take the head job with Indianapolis.
Also working under offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury are tight ends coach David Raih, who came from Tampa Bay, and David Blough, a QB who was on Detroit’s practice squad last season. Blough will be assistant QBs coach to Tavita Pritchard, one of a few returnees who worked last season for Ron Rivera.
• The Chicago Bears waived former All-Pro safety Eddie Jackson and offensive lineman Cody Whitehair.
• Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski’s staff overhaul continued with the official hirings of offensive line coach Andy Dickerson and assistant Roy Istvan. relay team.
He didn’t go quite as fast the second time around, but it was good enough for gold. Pan touched in 47.53 to stamp himself as one of the top contenders heading to the Paris Olympics.
Curzan, also 19, used a blistering start to claim gold in the women’s 50 backstroke, adding to her victory in the 100 back. She picked up a third gold as part of the winning 4x100 mixed medley relay team.
Loaned D Mikael Marques to Vasteras Sportklubb of Sweden’s Allsvenskan for the 2024 season with an option to buy.
Signed F Woobens
Pacius to a one-year contract.
Acquired F Luis Muriel as a designated player from Atalanta BC of Italy’s Serie A TIM pending receipt of his international transfer certificate (ITC) and P-1 visa.
NASHVILLE SC:
ORLANDO CITY SC:
PHILADELPHIA UNION:
Loaned D Brandan Craig to the USL side El Paso Locomotive FC through 2024.
NWSL
UTAH ROYALS FC:
Announced F Ally Sentnor has been called up to the U-20 USWNT for matches against Columbia in Bogota.
NASCAR CUP-BLUEGREEN VACATIONS DUEL 2 AT DAYTONA
At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla.
Lap length:
(Start position in parentheses)
2.50 miles
1. (16) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 60 laps, 10 points. 2. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 60,
9. 3. (17) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 60, 8. 4. (19) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 60, 7. 5. (5) Harrison Burton, Ford, 60, 6. 6. (18) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 60, 5. 7. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 60, 4. 8. (3) William Byron, Chevrolet, 60, 3. 9. (7) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 60, 2. 10. (15) Justin Haley, Ford, 60, 1.
11. (14) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 60, 0.
12. (21) Kaz Grala, Ford, 60, 0. 13. (10) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 14. (20) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 15. (13) David Ragan, Ford, 60, 0. 16. (1) Michael McDowell, Ford, 60, 0. 17. (11) Josh
Berry, Ford, fuelpump, 48, 0. 18. (9) Ryan Blaney, Ford, accident, 47, 0. 19. (4) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 47, 0. 20. (6) Riley Herbst, Ford, accident, 47, 0. 21. (8) Noah Gragson, Ford, accident, 47, 0.