SOCCER NOTES
U.S. women down Spain 1-0
Christen Press scored in the 53rd minute and the U.S. women's national team rebounded from a rare loss with a victory over Spain in Alicante on Tuesday The United States was coming off a 3-1 loss to France on Saturday that snapped a 28-match unbeaten streak. The Americans were 25-0-3 after a 1-0 loss to Australia in 2017. Press sprinted 50-plus yards down field and angled her shot into the net. Irene Paredes unsuccessfully tried to knock the ball off its trajectory. It was Press' 47th international career goal. U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher earned her 22nd career shutout. The match was the second of a 10-match series that the United States will play before the World Cup. The Americans are the defending world champions.
Howard says MLS season will be his last
Colorado Rapids and former U.S. national team goalkeeper Tim Howard says this season will be his last in Major League Soccer. Howard made the announcement on social media Tuesday, a day after the Rapids reported to training camp. "I'm greatly looking forward to kicking off the 2019 MLS season, as it will be my LAST. There will be plenty of time for sentiment later. For now, I am going to enjoy every minute. And as I've always done, compete hard and help lead the Rapids with the sole purpose of winning," he posted to Twitter . Over the course of his 21-year professional career, the 39-year-old spent 13 seasons in the English Premier League with Manchester United and Everton. He was Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2004 while with Manchester United. In addition to the Rapids, Howard also played with the MetroStars (19982003) in MLS.
Argentine player Sala aboard missing plane
The search for the missing plane taking Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team in Wales was called off for the night on Tuesday with authorities not expecting to find any survivors in the English Channel. Police said floating objects had been seen in the water but they were unable to confirm whether they were from the light aircraft that disappeared from radar Monday night off the coast of Guernsey as it made the journey from Nantes. The 28-year-old Sala had spent the previous hours saying farewell to teammates at the French city's soccer team after Cardiff signed him for a club-record fee last week. "After all this time, the weather's quite cold, the water is very cold out there ... I am not expecting anyone to be alive," Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald told The Associated Press. "We just don't know how it disappeared at the end of yesterday. It just completely vanished." Britain's Coastguard received an alert at 8:23 p.m. on Monday from air traffic control in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, after it failed to make contact with the Piper PA-46 plane with two people on board, Guernsey police said. The French civil aviation authority confirmed Sala was one of the people.