LAFC gets draw against old keeper Crepeau, Timbers
Mateusz Bogusz scored a goal in each half to guide LAFC to a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers, who lost goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau to a red card early in the second half Saturday.
Portland opened the scoring for the first time in five matches when Felipe Mora took a through ball from Evander in the 11th minute and drilled a rightfooted shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner of the net.
It was Mora’s third goal and Evander’s third assist.
LAFC (3-3-3) pulled even in the 21st minute after Bogusz used an assist from
Timothy Tillman to send a left-footed kick from the left of the box to the bottom right corner.
The Timbers took a 2-1 lead in the 34th minute on a goal by Evander. Juan Mosquera set up Evander, who has scored in three straight matches and has four goals in six starts.
Momentum changed when Crepeau, who’s in his first season with the Timbers after making 40 starts for LAFC the previous two seasons, picked up a red card in the 48th minute.
James Pantemis replaced him in goal, leaving the Timbers a man down after subbing in for Mora.
Bogusz drilled a rightfooted shot off a free kick to the top left corner and LAFC knotted the score in the 51st minute.
The 22-year-old midfielder has three goals after scoring three times in 20 starts and 28 appearances as a rookie last season.
Hugo Lloris finished with two saves for LAFC.
Coyotes expect to move to Utah
The Arizona Coyotes likely will be sold to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith shortly after the team’s season finale and the sale will include a provision guaranteeing current owner Alex Meruelo an expansion team if a new arena is built within five years, the Associated Press reported Saturday.
The $1-billion sale is expected to happen between the Coyotes’ final game Wednesday and the start of the playoffs Saturday, barring unforeseen circumstances, AP reported.
Meruelo and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman are expected to announce the deal at a joint news conference next week once the deal is completed.
Washington defenseman
Nick Jensen was taken off the ice on a stretcher after a hit into the boards . ... Dallas beat Seattle 3-1 to clinch the Central Division title for the first time in eight years . ... In Friday’s late games, Vegas beat Minnesota 7-2 to clinch a playoff berth for the sixth time in seven seasons, and
Sam Colangelo scored in his NHL debut for the Ducks, along with goals by Frank Vatrano and Olen Zellweger, but Calgary spoiled
Jakob Silfverberg’s final home game with a 6-3 win.
Aerin Frankel stopped 15 shots for her fourth shutout in five games, and Laila Edwards scored a natural hat trick as the U.S. women beat Finland 5-0, advancing the defending champions to the world hockey championship gold-medal game.
The San Antonio Spurs said Victor Wembanyama will not play in Sunday’s season finale, ending a year that almost certainly will earn him NBA rookie of the year. His final numbers: 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and an NBA-best 3.6 blocked shots per game . ... Devonte’ Graham made a floater in the lane with ninetenths of a second left, and the Spurs stunned Denver on Friday night, rallying from 23 down to beat the Nuggets 121-120 and enabling Oklahoma City and Minnesota to move into a threeway tie for first in the West. Each team has one game left Sunday: The Thunder host Dallas, the Timberwolves host Phoenix and the Nuggets visit Memphis . ... Jusuf Nurkic made a tiebreaking free throw with 8.1 seconds left, and the Suns rallied from a 16-point deficit to edge Sacramento, 108-107. The Suns can claim the sixth spot with a win Sunday and a New Orleans loss to the Lakers. The Kings host Portland needing a win to finish No. 8 . ... New York and Cleveland each locked up a top-four seed in the East — and home-court advantage in the first round — with wins . ... Joel Embiid had 32 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists after an apparent injury scare in the first half, and Philadelphia beat Orlando 125-113 to move into a three-way tie with the Magic and Indiana for fifth in the East. In Sunday’s finales, the Knicks host Chicago, the Magic host Milwaukee and the 76ers host Brooklyn . ... Alex Sarr, a 7-foot-1 18-yearold from France who’s expected to be among the top picks, declared for the draft.
Eastern Washington hired Dan Monson, the longtime Long Beach State coach who led the school to the NCAA tournament after being told he would be fired at the end of the season.
Monson, 62, who also coached at Gonzaga and Minnesota, will take over an Eagles program that has won the last two Big Sky Conference regular-season titles.
Quarterback Cam Rising played in Utah’s spring game after missing last season because of a knee injury.
Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow . ... Jake Bauers hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Milwaukee slugged its way to another victory, 11-5 over Baltimore. The Brewers have scored 58 runs in their last six games, with at least seven in each of them. That streak ties a franchise record . ... Oswaldo Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the New York Yankees beat Cleveland 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader to match the best start (11-3) in team history . ... Joe Kelly struck out a career-high 12 in six innings, and Minnesota used a seven-run 12th inning to beat Detroit 11-5 in the first game of doubleheader. Twins shortstop Carlos Correa (oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list . ... Nick Lodolo struck out 10 in 52⁄3 innings in his first big league start in almost a year, and Cincinnati beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 . ... Yariel Rodríguez struck out six over 32⁄3 innings in his MLB debut, and Toronto beat Colorado 5-3 . ... MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, and Washington beat Oakland 3-1.
Casper Ruud finally got the better of Novak Djokovic, beating the topranked Serb 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to set up a Monte Carlo Masters final against two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who won the earlier semifinal against a tiring Jannik Sinner 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to hand the Australian Open champion only his second defeat of the season . ... Jessica Pegula put the host Americans in the Billie Jean King Cup finals by beating Belgium’s Hanne Vandewinkel 6-2, 6-0 for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying round. The Americans have won a record 18 titles in the event that used to be known as the Fed Cup, but their last came in 2017. Emma Raducanu clinched Britain’s berth by taking the last six points of a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory against Diane Parry of France, and Poland, Japan, Australia and Slovakia were among the other countries that advanced to the finals, which will be held in November. The eight nations that emerge from qualifying join defending champion Canada, 2023 runner-up Italy, host Spain and wild-card selection Czech Republic in the 12-team field.
Encino won the $400,000 Lexington Stakes by threequarters of a length at Keeneland, the final chance to qualify for next month’s Kentucky Derby.
Kyle Larson will be the pole sitter for the third NASCAR Cup race in a row after qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway . ... Sam Mayer made a last-lap pass and held on to win by a matter of inches and less than a second ahead of Ryan Sieg in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Xfinity Series history . ... Kyle Busch outdueled Corey Heim to win his 66th career trucks race.