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Around the Leagues: Abundance of Scintillating Summer Soccer

Published on June 29, 2021 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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Whether it be domestic or abroad, there's no question that the beautiful game is currently in full swing.

While the boys in Old Glory Red finally returned home this past Saturday night, it's back on the road for Mark Briggs' men this coming weekend when Republic FC visits San Diego Loyal SC. The match is scheduled to be the USL ESPN Game of the Week with kickoff set for 4 p.m. PT.

But before the Indomitable Club takes the pitch in sunny SoCal this coming weekend, there's plenty of prime soccer to tune-in to including both clubs competing in league play and countries chasing continental glory.

Major League Soccer

The top tier of domestic soccer has produced plenty of entertaining matches in 2021 and this past weekend was no different.

League play kicked off on Friday night with a pair of Floridian clubs clashing in an evening fixture as Orlando City SC snagged a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Inter Miami with Nani netting the game-winner.

The following day, Sporting Kansas City claimed a 2-1 win over LAFC at home after falling behind early in the match before Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union shared the spoils after a six-goal thriller than ended 3-3. Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps also tied, 2-2, while LA Galaxy triumphed in the California Clasico after handing San Jose Earthquakes a 3-1 loss.

Four matches were played out on Sunday with both the Atlanta United-NY Red Bulls and Austin FC-Columbus Crew SC contests ending nil-nil. Complements of two late strikes in the closing minutes of the match, New York City FC earned a 2-1 win over D.C. United while FC Dallas's Ricardo Pepi bagged a brace to ensure his side picked up all three points against New England Revolution following the 2-1 result.

MLS action returns this Thursday night when Austin welcome Portland Timbers to Texas.

National Women's Soccer League

Five fixtures were on Saturday's schedule in the National Women's Soccer League and all five did anything but disappoint.

The day kicked off with Gotham FC handing OL Reign a 3-0 defeat before Racing Louisville beat Chicago Red Stars by the exact same score line. A Lynn Williams brace lifted North Carolina Courage to a 2-0 win over Portland Thorns while Houston Dash earned a 2-1 victory over Orlando Pride. Perhaps the best was saved for last when Washington Spirit overcame an early deficit to claim a 2-1 win over Kansas City with the game-winner finding the back of the net deep into stoppage time.

A trio of matches are set to take place this Friday when Gotham FC host Kansas City, Washington Spirit welcoming Chicago Red Stars to town before OL Reign pay a visit to Houston Dash. Saturday's lone game is Racing Louisville taking on Portland Thorns while the Fourth of July fixture is North Carolina Courage heading to Florida for a showdown against Orlando Pride.

EURO 2020

On Saturday, the UEFA EURO 2020 Round of 16 officially kicked off with Denmark earning a 4-0 win over Wales before Italy triumphed 2-1 over Austria.

Sunday's pair of matchups included the Netherlands being dealt a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Czech Republic before Belgium bagged a 1-0 win over reigning EURO title-holders Portugal.

Both of Monday's fixtures needed extra time to see a winner prevail. After Croatia netted twice in the closing moments of regulation to level the contest 3-3, Spain scored twice in a three-minute span to secure a riveting 5-3 win.

The following match was equally as exciting, as Switzerland overcame a two-goal deficit to level the match late, 3-3. Neither side could break the deadlock in extra time so penalty kicks would decide the match. France's Kylian Mbappe fired his PK on target but the attempt was saved by Yann Sommer to send the Swiss to the Quarterfinals.

It's a heavyweight bout on Tuesday's schedule when the day opens with England taking on Germany. After the two global powers go head-to-head, Sweden is set to play Ukraine at noon.

The competition's Quarterfinals are set to start on Friday when Switzerland clashes with Spain before Italy takes on Belgium.

Copa America

Countries are beginning to claim their places in the South American competition's Quarterfinal which is scheduled to start this coming Friday.

Over the weekend, Brazil and Ecuador played to a 1-1 draw before Peru claimed a 1-0 victory over Venezuela.

Monday's matchups saw Argentina fire four goals by Bolivia for a 4-1 win with Lionel Messi finding the back of the net twice and an Edinson Cavani strike from the penalty spot solidified a 1-0 win for Uruguay over Paraguay.

First up in the Quarterfinal round this Friday is Peru taking on Paraguay before Brazil are scheduled to clash with Chile in a mouth-watering matchup. The quarters continue on Saturday when Uruguay and Colombia go head-to-head before Argentina closes out the round with an encounter against Ecuador.

The Semifinals are slated for Monday and Tuesday of next week.

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