Soccer

GENEVA (AP) — Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says the decision to cut the club from the Europa League is “a bad day for football” and “a terrible injustice.

Liverpool has retired the No. 20 shirt worn by Diogo Jota following his death in a car crash last week. The 28-year-old Jota died along with his brother Andre Silva, also a soccer player, near the northwestern city of Zamora, Spain.

TORONTO — Tsubasa Endoh comes full circle Saturday when he retires as a Toronto FC player. After being diagnosed with acute undifferentiated leukemia in December 2021, the 31-year-old winger from Japan had a dream.

VANCOUVER — Being back on the pitch doing some light training is a step forward for Ryan Gauld, but the Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder isn’t rushing his return to playing.

TORONTO — Toronto FC welcomes Atlanta United on Saturday in a battle of two teams still struggling to find a way back up the MLS standings.

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest said on Friday it has signed Brazilian center back Jair Cunha from Botafogo.

NICE, France (AP) — Jean-Pierre Rivère is stepping down as president of Nice after 14 years at the helm of the French league club. Nice said in a statement on Friday that he will be replaced by the club's current CEO, Fabrice Bocquet, from Aug. 20.

GENEVA (AP) — Let’s go crazy, Switzerland. The national women’s soccer team is riding a wave of passionate support in a country where emotions are typically kept under control.

MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao player Yeray Álvarez says he has been provisionally suspended after falling a banned substance test due to taking a medicine to prevent hair loss caused by cancer treatment.

New York City FC (9-7-4, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte FC (8-11-2, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Charlotte FC +104, NYCFC +224, Draw +274; over/under is 2.