Timbers Earn Back-To-Back Leagues Cup Shutout Wins with 1-0 Victory Over QuerÉtaro F.C. at Providence Park

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Timbers earned back-to-back Leagues Cup shutout wins with tonight's 1-0 victory over Liga MX's Querétaro F.C. at Providence Park. Cristhian Paredes scored the lone goal of the night in the first half. Portland currently sits atop the Leagues Cup table and will close out Phase One against Club América in Austin, Texas on August 6. Back-to-back Leagues Cup Wins Tonight's result marked Portland's second straight Leagues Cup shutout victory after earning... Full Story

Nimmala's Big Night, Stout Bullpen Lead C's to Win

PASCO, WA - A three-hit game from top Blue Jays prospect Arjun Nimmala and excellent work from the pitching staff helped the Canadians beat the Tri-City Dust Devils [LAA] 4-1 on Saturday night at Gesa Stadium. Vancouver led wire-to-wire. A lead-off walk in the top of the first and a Cutter Coffey single in the next at-bat put runners at the corners with no outs before a double play plated the game's first run. Nimmala followed with a two-out double for his first hit of the night but was stranded in scoring position. MLB Pipeline's #5 Blue Jays prospect Gage Stanifer got the start and did... Full Story

Davidson's Walk-off Sacrifice Fly Seals Sugar Land's Six-Run Comeback Win in Extras

SUGAR LAND, TX - The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (13-16, 52-52) scored seven unanswered runs with at least one run scored from the sixth inning on to take a 7-6 extra-innings victory over the Tacoma Rainiers (23-9, 61-46) on Saturday night at Constellation Field. Sugar Land's comeback win ties their largest comeback victory of the season when they also overcame a six-run deficit against the Round Rock Express on July 3. The Space Cowboys are 3-1 in extra-innings in the second half and 6-2 overall this season. Highlights of tonight's game can be found here. In the eighth, after RHP Miguel Ullol... Full Story

Chihuahuas Win, 5-2, Saturday at Round Rock

The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Round Rock Express 5-2 Saturday night at Dell Diamond to win their second straight game. The Chihuahuas have won three of the first five games in the series. Miguel Cienfuegos started for El Paso and pitched three shutout innings. Cienfuegos has allowed only one earned run in his last seven outings, covering 15.1 innings. The Chihuahuas' pitching staff has allowed only two runs in the past 18 innings. El Paso's runs came on a two-run double in the top of the first inning by designated hitter Luis Campusano and a three-run home run by second baseman Nate Mo... Full Story

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Phoenix Rising FC's Emil Cuello on the field

See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. Columbia Fireflies - Carolina League (CarL)
2. B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)
3. Tampa Bay Rowdies - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
4. York United FC - Canadian Premier League (CPL)
5. Seattle - Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
6. Richmond - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
7. Topeka Scarecrows - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
8. Vancouver - Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
9. Cleveland - Women's Premier Soccer League Pro (WPSL Pro)
10. Denver Summit FC - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

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6. LAFC Begins Leagues Cup Quest against Mazatlán at BMO Stadium on Tuesday Night
7. Guard Tristan Jass Returns for $10,000 Half-Court Shootout at Final Bandits Home Game
8. Entrepreneur Mike Repole Joins UFL Ownership Group
9. Minnesota United FC vs. Querétaro FC Preview
10. San Antonio FC Advances to USL Jägermeister Cup Quarterfinals

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Pueblo Punishers - National Arena League (NAL)
• Columbus - United Football League (UFL)
• Amarillo Warbirds - National Arena League (NAL)
• Colorado Springs Sky Sox - Pioneer League (PL)
• Philadelphia - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
• Detroit - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
• Cleveland - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
• Golden City Football Club - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
• Indiana Sentinels - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
• New Mexico - ECHL (ECHL)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
AzCL, AzFL, CalL, CarL, EL, FLCL, FSL, IL, ML, MLBDL, MWL, NWL, PCL, SAL, SL, TL
College Wood Bat Baseball
ApL, Northwoods
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, FL, Pecos, PL

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
BIG3, CEBL, G League
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
AF1, IFL, NAL, TAL
Outdoor Football
CFL, UFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FPHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
PWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
PLL, WLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR
Other Women's
LOVB, MLV, NWLS, PVF

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NSL, NWSL, USLSL, WPSL Pro