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24-06-2025
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Auckland City draws Boca Juniors 1-1 in 5th Club World Cup match with weather delay
Fans attend the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) Boca Juniors' Marco Pellegrino, right, and Auckland City's Myer Bevan battle for the ball during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) Auckland City's Adam Mitchell, left, and Jerson Lagos celebrate after the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Auckland City's Christian Gray, center, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal with teammates during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) The scoreboard displays a weather delay during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) The scoreboard displays a weather delay during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Fans attend the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) Boca Juniors' Marco Pellegrino, right, and Auckland City's Myer Bevan battle for the ball during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) Auckland City's Adam Mitchell, left, and Jerson Lagos celebrate after the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Auckland City's Christian Gray, center, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal with teammates during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnnie Izquierdo) The scoreboard displays a weather delay during the Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Auckland City and Boca Juniors in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christian Gray scored Auckland City's first goal of the Club World Cup early in the second half before a 50-minute suspension caused by lightning in the area, and the amateur team gained a 1-1 draw against Boca Juniors on Tuesday as the Argentine club was eliminated. On a humid day with a game-time temperature of 93 degrees (34 Celsius) the crowd of 16,899 at 30,109-capacity Geodis Park was forced to wait when play was suspended in the 54th minute, the fifth weather delay of the tournament's group stage. Advertisement Boca went ahead in the 26th minute when Lautaro Di Lollo's header from a corner kick hit a post and bounced in off goalkeeper Nathan Garrow's arm for an own goal. Gray tied the score in the 52nd with a header from Jerson Lagos' corner kick. The match was suspended in the 54th. The start of Ulsan's June 17 match against Mamelodi Sundowns in Orlando, Florida, was delayed 65 minutes by thunderstorms and the Salzburg-Pachuca game in Cincinnati the next day was stopped in the 54th minute for a 97-minute delay caused by a thunderstorm. A June 19 match between Palmeiras and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was stopped for 50 minutes in the 62nd minute because of weather, and Auckland's game against Benfica at Orlando on Friday was suspended for 2 hours, 14 minutes during halftime. Advertisement Benfica finished first in Group C with a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich. Boca Juniors was third with two points and Auckland, outscored 17-1 in the tournament, had one point. Key moment A goal by Boca Juniors' Miguel Merentiel in the 59th minute was overturned in a video review because of a handball by midfielder Kevin Zenón. Takeaways Boca outshot Auckland 40-3 and Garrow had 10 saves. ___ AP soccer:
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26-01-2025
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🎥 Was Chelsea's timing on record-breaking signing a strategic power play?
It's official. Table-topping WSL side Chelsea have captured the signing of USWNT defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave in the NWSL. It wasn't a particularly well-kept secret, but the club waited to pull the trigger on the announcement until 10 minutes before kick-off when they faced Arsenal in the has become the first ever women's footballer to be sold for over the $1m mark, and added to a Chelsea side that are already dominating in the WSL is a huge statement of intent from the Blues. It's official: Naomi Girma is a blue! 🔵@ChelseaFCW #BarclaysWSL — Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) January 26, 2025 Was the timing of the announcement right before kick-off a strategic power play? 📸 Johnnie Izquierdo - 2024 Getty Images
