Quakes-LAFC game moved to Wednesday
The Earthquakes’ game that was postponed Sunday because of coronavirus issues with the Los Angeles Football Club has been rescheduled for 8 p. m. Wednesday at Earthquakes Stadium. Three LAFC players tested positive last week.
The Quakes hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Because the pandemic will not allow all teams to play a full 23game schedule, MLS is determining standings by points per game. San Jose is at 1.29. The Quakes’ final regularseason game is at Seattle on Sunday. — Steve Kroner
Americans in Europe: Gio Reyna could make his U. S. debut next week on the eve of his 18th birthday.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder, a son of former U. S. captain Claudio Reyna, is among 10 players on the youthful 24man American roster who could debut in an exhibition against Wales at Swansea on Nov. 12. The Americans also play Panama four days later at Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
“Gio is a different type of attacking player. I think he’s more of a straightline player, a guy who can arrive in the penalty box and can give a final pass, a final cross,” U. S. coach Gregg Berhalter said Tuesday.
Reyna could become the 12th player under 18 to make his U. S. debut. The match at Wales will be just the second in the pandemic-disrupted year for the Americans, who beat Costa Rica 10 on Feb. 1 with a roster of players mostly from Major League Soccer.
He could team in a newlook midfield with 22yearold Christian Pulisic, in his second season at Chelsea; 22yearold Weston McKennie, in his first season at Juventus; and 21yearold Tyler Adams, in his second full season at Leipzig.
Berhalter’s team is preparing for the start of World Cup qualifying, which likely will be delayed until September.
Other young players getting playing time in Europe include 17yearold Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah and five 20yearolds: Barcelona outside back Sergino Dest; Bayern Munich defender Chris Richards; Eindhoven midfielder Richard Ledezma; midfielder Sebastian Soto, who has five goals in six matches this season at secondtier Telstar in the Netherlands; and forward Nicholas Gioacchini, who has two goals in seven matches this season for secondtier Caen in France.
Champions League: Diogo Jota scored a hat trick to take his tally to seven goals in 10 matches across all competitions since joining Liverpool in September, and the Group D leaders beat Atalanta 50.
Elsewhere on the third match day of the group stage, 13time champion Real Madrid beat visiting Inter Milan 32 in Group B for its first win in this season’s competition courtesy of a late goal from Rodrygo.
Defending champion Bayern Munich got late goals from Jerome Boateng, Leroy Sane, Robert Lewandoski and Lucas Hernandez in a 62 win at Salzburg to preserve its perfect start in Group A.
Manchester City also stayed perfect with a 30 victory over Olympiakos in Group C with goals from Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus and Joao Cancelo.
Maradona recovering: Argentine great Diego Maradona, 60, had successful surgery for a possible bleeding on his brain and will rest in his room in a private clinic outside Buenos Aires for at least 48 hours.