Austin FC used a late goal to pull into a draw Saturday with San Jose.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 5: Guilherme Biro #29 of Austin FC celebrates with teammate his game-tying goal during the second half in a match San Jose Earthquakes at Q2 Stadium on September 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Noah Goldberg/Getty Images) (Noah Goldberg/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 5: Mikkel Desler #3 of Austin FC and Jamar Ricketts #2 of San Jose Earthquakes fight for the ball in the second half of a match between the San Jose Earthquakes and Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on September 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Jefferson/Getty Images) (Daniel Jefferson/Getty Images)
Guilherme Biro (29) of Austin FC celebrates with teammate his game-tying goal during the second half Sept. 5, 2026 against the San Jose Earthquakes at Q2 Stadium in Austin. (Noah Goldberg/Getty Images)

#jose

Austin FC is at least keeping the end of its MLS season interesting.
For the second straight week, the Verde and Black pulled out points in the match's final moments, this time using Guilherme Biro's goal to earn a 1-1 draw Saturday with the San Jose Earthquakes at Q2 Stadium.
And while Austin FC is still five points out of the ninth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with two months and 11 contests to go, it turned in another solid performance that indicates it should be in every match the rest of the way.
Here are four key takeaways from the contest as Austin FC (6-10-7, 25 points, 14th West) has a quick turnaround with a Wednesday home match against Colorado.
Credit has to be given to Brandon Vazquez and Christian Ramírez for their short passes in the box that eventually got the ball to him, but Biro was the one who put the ball past Earthquakes goalie Angus Gunn from a tough angle. Gunn had been brilliant most of the night, but in the sixth minute of stoppage time and one of the final kicks of the game, Biro came through in the clutch.

#earthquakes

HOUSTON (AP) — Jonathan Bond finished with four saves to post his sixth clean sheet in his last seven starts and help the Houston Dynamo earn a scoreless draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.
Angus Gunn was never tested in earning his first clean sheet after surrendering 18 goals in his first six starts for San Jose (10-8-4).
Bond had a 485-minute scoreless streak in a run of five straight shutouts for Houston (12-7-3) come to an end his last time out in a 2-1 road loss to St. Louis City that ended a nine-match unbeaten streak.
Midfielder Eduard Löwen started in his first match with San Jose after being acquired from St. Louis City on Wednesday. Löwen has three goals and three **** ists this season.
San Jose began the day in fourth place in the Western Conference after coming off a 5-1 home loss to Minnesota United and failed to gain ground on second-place Houston.

#clean

A video taken after flash flooding on the border between Nepal and China shows mudslides enveloping multiple buildings as people fled in Gyirong, Tibet, near China's border with Nepal.
The mudslides followed a 4.4-magnitude earthquake which occurred just seven minutes before video captured people sprinting away from the disaster, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
Shishir Khanal, Nepal's foreign minister, also suggested that earthquakes could be the cause in remarks to the country's parliament, according to Reuters.
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Authorities believe the earthquake caused an ice-rock avalanche that flowed into the Lhende Khola River in Nepal, according to Reuters.

#border #mudslides #people #tibet

Minnesota United was putting the final touches on a 5-1 win over the Earthquakes on Saturday when the MLS match was interrupted by cuteness.
"Oh, there's a baby on the field," said Apple TV commentator Kyndra de St. Aubin said from PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif.
A toddler had escaped seats along the sideline and wandered onto the field, with a stadium staff member shown picking up the smiling kid and delivering him back to an adult. A woman who grabbed him appeared to say, "I'm so sorry."
With the game in hand during stoppage time, Loons head coach Cameron Knowles wondered what the commotion was and looked away from the game to see what it was.
"Oh, man, it's a little bit too early to get a lifetime ban from a stadium," Knowles joked.

#stadium

By Alex Calabrese
St. Louis CITY SC, you officially have MLS's attention.
In a Western Conference battle between two on-fire sides, it was St. Louis who came out on top, beating first-place Houston Dynamo FC, 2-1, at Energizer Park.
With Saturday's statement result, Yoann Damet's side extended their league unbeaten streak to 11 straight games (8W-0L-3D). And they continued their climb up the Western Conference table, level on 33 points with the fourth-place San Jose Earthquakes.
"The way we showed up tonight, the spirit for 98, 99 minutes was incredible," Damet told reporters postmatch.

#alex #energizer

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Indonesia just hours after a more powerful magnitude 7.7 quake struck off the coast of the eastern part of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
At least 47 people have been killed, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), with the earthquakes knocking down some buildings and leading hundreds to evacuate amid fears of a tsunami, officials said.
At least six others were injured and two more are missing, according to the ****** ociated Press.
Kurniawan/AP Photo - PHOTO: Indonesia Earthquake
More than 300 houses were destroyed or damaged, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency.

#management #magnitude

Dozens of people were killed after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocked western Colombia early on Monday, Aug. 10.
The earthquake brought down buildings across several cities in the country and left people trapped in the rubble, local authorities said, according to Reuters.
The epicenter of the devastating earthquake was near San Jose del Palmar, in Choco, a sparsely populated province on Colombia's Pacific Coast. Choco Governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba-Curi said there were injuries and significant damage in Quibdo, the provincial capital, and warned residents about potential aftershocks.
Colombia's disaster agency said the shake, which happened at around 7:30 a.m. local time, was felt in nine departments and all 32 departmental capitals. The country's geological service measured the magnitude at 7.4 and said it struck at a depth of 60 miles.
The Aug. 10 earthquake in Colombia comes more than a month after a pair of devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela in late June, causing more than 5,000 deaths and leaving more than 16,000 people injured.

#choco

CALI, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.
Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country's third-largest city, Cali, passing large pieces of concrete and other rubble down a long line of volunteers.
"Our building has basically been left in ruins, and the building next to ours? Completely collapsed," said Álvaro López, who cradled his dog as he watched the search. The desperate scene recalled the searches still ongoing in neighboring Venezuela weeks after that country was devastated by two powerful earthquakes.
Besides Cali, the quake ravaged cities across western Colombia, including Pereira, Quibdo and Manizales, and was felt in neighboring Ecuador and Panama. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Bogota, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella said at least 87 people were injured and around 1,600 buildings were damaged, including at least 61 that completely collapsed. He declared an emergency to expedite funding for the quake recovery while saying he would visit the disaster zone.

#colombia #search #western

Venezuelan Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Julio Mayora hoisted 151 kilograms (330 pounds) to win two gold medals this weekend at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.
Not so long ago, he was using his superhuman strength to lift up concrete blocks to rescue victims from the double earthquakes that devastated his home country.
Mayora hails from La Guaira, the northern coastal Venezuelan state that was hit hardest by the June 24 double earthquakes, with respective magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale.
The powerful earthquakes killed over 6,000 people and reduced dozens of buildings to rubble -- including people and places known to Mayora.
He dedicated his two gold medals to the victims of the earthquakes.

#venezuelan #medals #victims #olympic

CHICAGO — A lot of Yankees fans are probably thinking that general manager Brian Cashman's one and only trade-deadline accomplishment so far was giving often-struggling reliever Camilo Doval a one-way ticket to Pittsburgh on Saturday.
That's not entirely true.
The two-prospect return from the Pirates includes Omar Alonzo, a Double-A catcher who will be easy to root for. The reason doesn't have anything to do with the fact that he was Pittsburgh's No. 14 prospect in MLB Pipeline rankings or that he comes from a family that has past and present big-league catchers.
Alonzo, 22, is a native of Venezuela who lost his mother and teenage sister in a series of deadly earthquakes that struck his country on June 24.
Patricia de Alonzo, 50, and Eliana Alonzo, 16, were last seen alive at a hotel in La Guaira, Venezuela. The hotel was completely destroyed by a June 24 earthquake.

#doval

FC Cincinnati (6-5-6) returns to competition on Saturday, July 30, facing off against the San Jose Earthquakes (10-3-4) at TQL Stadium. The competition gives FCC a chance to bounce back from a tough and controversial loss at the Columbus Crew a week prior. However, the club will be tested against an Earthquake team that is tied for the most points in the Western Conference.
During the week of practice leading up to Saturday's contest, much of the conversation at Cincinnati's Mercy Health Training Center was still surrounding what happened at Columbus. But the team is also ready to move forward onto San Jose, the beginning of a four-game home stretch that goes until Aug. 15.
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Midfielder Gerardo Valenzuela already received a red card for "violent conduct" against Columbus, as he first tackled Crew midfielder Taha Habroune to the ground before engaging in a verbal altercation between both Crew and FCC team members. But on Thursday, July, 30, FCC head coach Pat Noonan revealed that Valenzuela would be suspended an additional MLS game (he was already suspended for the San Jose contest) and receive fines.
FCC forward Ayoub Jabbari, ***** istant coach Kenny Arena, and several Columbus Crew players were also fined.

#crew #team #july #star

As Lionel Messi takes a post-World Cup break after Argentina's loss in the final to Spain, big-name newcomers Antoine Griezmann and Robert Lewandowski are thrust into the spotlight as Major League Soccer has returned to action following an extensive summertime hiatus.
On Wednesday, July 22, after Lewandowski went scoreless in 63 minutes played in his debut for the Chicago Fire in a 3-2 loss to the Messi-less Inter Miami, Griezmann's MLS debut could not have gone much better. Griezmann — a World Cup winner with France in 2018 — scored his first MLS goal three minutes into the second half of Orlando City's 4-0 rout of the San Jose Earthquakes.
On Saturday, July 25, Lewandowski will look to score his first MLS goal when the Chicago Fire hit the road again to take on New York City FC at Yankee Stadium, while Griezmann and Orlando City take on the leaders in the Supporters' Shield race, Nashville SC.

#lewandowski #messi #orlando #loss

One month after those horrific earthquakes rocked Venezuela, there are still questions surfacing about the government's emergency response. 5,398 are confirmed dead so far, with more than 29,000 still reported missing. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz speaks with survivors.

#still #gadi

Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn suffered a nightmare debut for San Jose Earthquakes as they slumped to a 4-0 defeat at home to Orlando City in their first match following Major League Soccer's break for the World Cup.
It was the 30-year-old's first game since his national side failed to qualify for the knockout stages following a 3-0 loss to Brazil in their final group game - and his first club game since coming on as a substitute in Nottingham Forest's 1-1 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace in February.
But, in truth, Gunn could take little blame for any of the goals while also producing a couple of saves that prevented a more painful loss for Bruce Arena's hosts.
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#game #league #since #loss

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that three people died of infections of hantavirus, but stressed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans.
The Health Ministry said hantavirus was also suspected in the deaths of two health workers in the southwestern state of Barinas. Those cases remain under investigation and were not linked to the three fatalities in the eastern state of Anzoátegui, about 655 kilometers (407 miles) away.
Both states were spared the worst of the back-to-back major earthquakes that hit northern Venezuela earlier this month.
The ministry described the deaths in Anzoátegui and Barinas as isolated incidents that "do not represent a risk to the general community." But it added that health workers would be sent to the affected states to "guarantee the health security of all Venezuelans," without elaborating.
The Venezuelan Medical Federation, a national professional group, said the deaths in Anzoátegui were from the same family in the rural municipality of Miranda in the south of the state.

#south

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Timbers have hired Martí Cifuentes as the team's new head coach.
Cifuentes signed a three-year contract with Portland through the 2028-29 Major League Soccer season. The Spanish coach will join the team following the visa approval process, the Timbers said Tuesday.
"I have always followed MLS, and it has long been an ambition of mine to experience this league," Cifuentes said in a statement. "To have the chance to do so at a club like Portland, with such an incredible fanbase and an exciting group of players, is truly special."
Cifuentes, 44, most recently served as coach of Leicester City in the EFL Championship. He also spent two seasons with the Queens Park Rangers.
He replaces Phil Neville, who parted ways with the Timbers in late May following a 3-1 loss at home to the San Jose Earthquakes.

#timbers #following #mart

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing 300, authorities said Sunday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake struck on Saturday at 9:24 p.m., with its epicenter located 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) west-southwest of the city of Sicaya in Huancayo province. It was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) deep.
Peru's National Civil Defense Institute said in a statement the total number of missing is still unknown. Several buildings collapsed or suffered structural damage, including the historic "Santiago de León" church and former convent in Chongos Bajo, which was built in 1565 and designated as national heritage site for being a 16th century "architectural gem."
Luis Vásquez, head of the local civil defense office, told journalists that the use of rustic adobe materials in construction in that Andean area "has contributed to the greater impact and damage."
Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, which is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire."

Soccernews is reporting that NEC Nijmegen are in negotiations with Cape Verde international Jamiro Monteiro. The 32-year-old left PEC Zwolle a few weeks ago after his contract expired and has been playing for the Sharks in their debut World Cup campaign. Monteiro and NEC are said to be close to an agreement to bring the midfielder to the club for the upcoming Eredivisie season.
Monteiro played in all four of Cape Verde’s World Cup games as the side made it out of the group stages and almost shocked Argentina in the Round of 32. Monteiro began his career in the Netherlands with Cambuur and Heracles before departing. He then went on to play for Metz in Ligue 1, Philadelphia Union and San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS before returning to Europe to play for Gaziantep. In 2024 the Cape Verde midfielder joined PEC Zwolle and over the past two seasons he has played 52 games for the club, scoring five goals and providing five ***** ists.
Monteiro can play as a central midfielder, out wide or behind the striker.
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Alexia Putellas has not been home since early June. By the time she walks into The New York Times office in Manhattan, more than a month has passed in a blur of airports, hotel rooms and timezones. It's her last stop before returning home.
"I am really tired," the former Barcelona midfielder says as she takes her seat in a corner room overlooking the edge of Times Square.
Plenty has transpired in the 32-year-old's life this summer — including emotions that she still needs to digest.
In May, Putellas won her fourth Champions League ***** le. A few days later, she said goodbye to the club she had spent the last 14 seasons growing. At the time, her next step in soccer was still unknown.
She traveled to Venezuela, where devastating earthquakes struck while she was working events for her Eleven Foundation and the Liga Monumental. She then made her way to the U.S. for, among other things, a chance to watch Spain's men's at World Cup in Los Angeles. The day before we talk, she was at the W Hotel in Union Square alongside multi-club owner Michele Kang for her official unveiling as a London City Lionesses player.

By Sarah Kinosian, Vivian Sequera and Julia Symmes Cobb
CATIA LA MAR/BOGOTA, July 7 (Reuters) - At the La Esperanza cemetery in western Venezuela, local volunteers have been digging graves for victims of the country's devastating twin earthquakes last month, unloading coffins and helping families search ‌for loved ones.
In the hills above the hard-hit town of Catia la Mar, local volunteers working alongside some cemetery workers have buried 314 people ‌at La Esperanza cemetery, community council head Elis Zabala, 33, said on Tuesday.
About 100 of the people who were buried are identified only by a number linked to morgue records.
"We put our heart and soul into it, but I feel tired," said Zabala, adding that the volunteers are exhausted. Many in the community also need aid like fuel, medicine, water and food.

Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn has signed for Major League Soccer ***** le hopefuls San Jose Earthquakes after being released by Nottingham Forest.
The 30-year-old, who has 25 caps for his country, has agreed a contract until the end of the 2030 MLS season.
Bruce Arena's side currently sit second in the Western Conference 15 games into the season, only behind Vancouver Whitecaps on goal difference but having played one game more.
They also sit third in the overall table and Gunn has targeted a ***** le challenge.
"It feels incredible to join the Earthquakes," he told the club website. "Coming off the World Cup, which was an unbelievable experience, I'm just really excited and grateful for the opportunity to come to San Jose and show the best version of myself.

Eliezer Alfonzo Jr. spent nearly a decade making his way through the minor leagues.
He spent parts of three seasons with the Erie SeaWolves in his journey, collecting Eastern League championship rings after the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed him as a free agent in November and he earned his way to make his major-league debut on Sunday, July 5.
It was a day filled with mixed emotions as a decade of hard work paid off, but he also just learned about the death of his sister Eliana and his stepmother, Patricia, during the devastating earthquakes on June 24 in Venezuela.El
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If you’re headed out to Dodger Stadium Wednesday night for the series finale against the Colorado Rockies, consider getting some tickets to the 50/50 raffle.
The money raised that night will go to help the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela, a topic near and dear to the hearts of multiple Dodgers who hail from the South American country.
Eliezer Alfonzo, a catcher, learned just hours before making his MLB debut that his stepmother, Patricia, and younger sister, Eliana, had been killed in the two earthquakes that devastated Venezuela on June 24.
After the game, Alfonzo addressed the media, including speaking in English about the role his family played in his MLB journey.
Alfonzo said he spoke with his father — who previously played in the big leagues — and brother ahead of the game, though he mourned that his sister was unable to see his debut.

“Three weeks ago, (Eliana) told me she had a beautiful dream, but she wasn’t going to tell me anything until the dream came true,” Alfonzo said. “I’m pretty sure the dream was something about this. I wish she was alive to watch me play in the big leagues, but I know she’s in God’s eyes now. She’s going to protect me and she’s going to enjoy every moment that I am going to have.”

Over 3,500 are dead and at least 30,000 missing after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela. In La Guaira, grieving families face broken logistics—paying $2,000 for cranes and fighting fuel shortages—to recover loved ones from the rubble as official rescue teams pull out.

By Julia Symmes Cobb
LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA, July 4 (Reuters) - Juan Zapata had just eaten dinner in his fifth-floor apartment overlooking the Caribbean and was about to take a shower when he was thrown across the room by the force of the twin earthquakes that ripped across Venezuela's coast 10 days ago.
He spent two days and seven ‌hours trapped in the rubble, wedged between two pieces of rebar, before civilian rescuers pulled him out.
"When they were rescuing me I said, 'I'm on the fifth floor' and they ‌told me, 'no, you're in the lower basement.' I couldn't believe what had happened to me," Zapata said, as he stood next to his cot in a field hospital in La Guaira state run by disaster relief group Samaritan's Purse.
Zapata was initially treated at the public hospital in La Guaira, the site hardest hit by the quakes, and came to the field hospital after visiting his building, Costa Brava, and finding it destroyed.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catcher Eliézer Alfonzo made his major league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday with his sister and stepmother still missing after Venezuela's catastrophic earthquakes.
The 26-year-old Alfonzo batted ninth and caught Emmet Sheehan in the Dodgers' home game against the San Diego Padres.
Alfonzo’s 16-year-old sister, Eliana, and his stepmother, Patricia, have been missing since multiple earthquakes hit his homeland on June 24. Several Latin American media outlets reported Sunday that their bodies had been found in the wreckage of the hotel in La Guaira where they were staying, but the Dodgers announced no confirmation of the reports.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he hadn't yet spoken to Alfonzo about two hours before the first pitch at Dodger Stadium.
“Don't really know what to say about it, outside of my heart goes out to him and his family,” Roberts said. “So he is in there. I think he's going to play today, but obviously it's — a heavy heart is not even justifying. I don't want to really go too far, because I'll get emotional. So I don't know. Yeah, I know it's tough. Very tough.”

The Los Angeles Dodgers are calling up minor-league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo Jr., whose family is still navigating the tragic aftermath of the earthquakes that rocked Venezuela last week.
Per the New York Post and El Extrabase’s Daniel Álvarez-Montes, Alfonzo’s 16-year-old sister Eliana and stepmother Patricia are still missing as of Saturday. His father Eliezer has reportedly secured heavy machinery to aid rescue crews searching the wreckage of the Hotel Eduards in Macuto, where the two were staying at the time of the earthquakes.
The equipment reportedly helped turn up Eliana’s dog, who was alive, on Friday as well as Patricia’s cell phone. From the Post:
“If my daughter’s little dog turned up, I think the two of them are in there,” Alfonzo told local reporter Maryorin Méndez. “I know my wife and daughter are real fighters.”
The elder Eliezer — who played for the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and Colorado Rockies during a six-year MLB career — had been staying with Patricia and Eliana at the hotel but left in the afternoon to manage his Delfines de La Guaira team.

The inaugural edition of the Nations Championship launches in style with a clash between New Zealand and France in Christchurch.
This serves as the first All Blacks fixture at Te Kaha, the One New Zealand Stadium that has replaced the Lancaster Park venue damaged by the 2011 earthquakes in the city.
The new ground may well have a cracker to kick things off as the hosts start life under Dave Rennie, who replaced Scott Robertson as head coach at the start of the year.
While not at full strength, the France squad available to Fabien Galthie has been boosted by Bordeaux-Begles' failure to make the Top 14 playoffs and the Six Nations winners have plenty of threat within their side.
Here's everything you need to know.

It is now "a race against time" to get the required help to Venezuela after the South American country was hit by two "immense" earthquakes last week, Oxfam has said.
Two strong earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds of one another on Wednesday, causing untold damage in several parts of the country.
At least 1,700 people are so far known to have died in the 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude quakes, which caused hundreds of buildings to collapse and leaving many trapped in the rubble.
Magnus Corfixen, the humanitarian lead for Oxford-based Oxfam GB, said the charity's "first priority" was establishing an "overview of the situation" with its partners on the ground.
The charity has launched an emergency appeal for those affected.