Topic: Real Salt Lake

Lionel Messi serenely slid a pass through a flock of foes, leading Robert Taylor into the box for the first goal of the MLS season and sparking an Inter Miami win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

A Major League Soccer game in Utah was postponed due to rain, but members of the media still managed to catch some action when a raccoon fell through the ceiling and into the press box.

The first week of the 2022 NFL regular season, the men's and women's tennis finales at the U.S. Open and the WNBA Finals lead this weekends sports schedule.

The completion of respective second- and first-round NBA and NHL playoff series, a PGA Tour warm-up tournament for the PGA Championship and dozens of MLB and domestic soccer league games fill this weekend's sports slate.

Defender Larrys Mabiala cleaned up a loose ball in the box with a shot into the upper corner for a 90th-minute score, leading the Portland Timbers to an upset of the top-seeded Colorado Rapids in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Dell Loy Hansen, the owner of Utah MLS, NWSL and USL teams, plans to sell the clubs after a report claimed he used racist language around team employees and made admittedly "insensitive" remarks about player protests.

The NBA has postponed all three games scheduled for Wednesday after the Milwaukee Bucks' decision to boycott Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Orlando Magic.

Minnesota United got two goals in stoppage time -- including an own goal -- to fight back from a 1-0 deficit and shock Sporting Kansas City in the MLS Is Back soccer tournament.

Major League Soccer has drawn the groups for the MLS is Back Tournament. The groups include rivals from Florida, Los Angeles, Ohio and Canada, which sets the stage for juicy matchups this summer in Orlando.

Major League Soccer announced its plan to return Wednesday, after a coronavirus-related season suspension, with the MLS is Back tournament from July 8 to Aug. 11 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.