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Highlights: Philadelphia, Real Salt Lake play to scoreless draw

By Steve DavisAug 25, 2012, 6:58 AM EDT
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Perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised that Philadelphia and Real Salt Lake tugged and tussled their way cautiously to a 0-0 draw Friday at PPL Park.

Both teams set up with five midfielders and just one, lone striker.

Plus, Jason Kreis’ team was playing its third match in seven days, following a loss at home last weekend and a mid-week win in CONCACAF Champions League play. So, the side from Utah was stretched physically, and probably always going to approach this one on the safe side.

The result was a match with few chances and precious few shots on target (a combined five for both teams).

Highlights (and then post-game comments) from last night’s match, few that they were:

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Said Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando: “It definitely wasn’t the prettiest game; our objective was to get a point tonight.” The rest of his interview with

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Guingamp: 11-goal captain Briand off to Montreal

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By Nicholas MendolaJul 22, 2018, 7:19 PM EDT
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Guingamp captain Jimmy Briand is making the move from Ligue 1 to Major League Soccer.

The French side announced that the 32-year-old, capped five times by France between 28-32, is coming to the Montreal Impact.

[ MORE: Pulisic rolls over Liverpool ]

Briand spent time with Lyon and Hannover after a eight-year stint with Rennes, where he was teammates with former USMNT captain Carlos Bocanegra.

The center forward scored 11 goals last season in France, including markers against Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.

Briand could provide a big missing piece of Montreal’s attack. The Impact have playmakers in Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taidir, but haven’t found much from their forwards.

Pulisic sparks BVB’s breakdown of Liverpool

By Nicholas MendolaJul 22, 2018, 6:16 PM EDT
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Second half substitute Christian Pulisic stole the show in Charlotte, where Borussia Dortmund toppled Liverpool 3-1 in International Champions Cup play on Sunday.

[ MORE: Mina to Everton? ]

Virgil Van Dijk had given Liverpool the lead with a first half header, but it was all BVB in the second half.

Pulisic won and converted a penalty, then scored a second before taking the shot that led to Jacob Bruun Larsen’s rebound goal.

The performance put Pulisicmania in a nutshell for the unindoctrinated, and spoiled the trip to the stadium for a bright red crowd.

Moments like this don’t hurt either:

Pulisic wins, converts penalty against Liverpool (fan video)

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By Nicholas MendolaJul 22, 2018, 5:41 PM EDT
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USMNT star and Borussia Dortmund teenage winger Christian Pulisic won a penalty kick off James Milner, then insisted on taking the spot kick in front of his home crowd.

[ MORE: Mina to Everton? ]

Pulisic, 19, took the ball off Mario Gotze and finished his chance clinically to equalize against Liverpool, his second won penalty of the American tour.

Pulisic began the game on the bench after starting in Chicago against Manchester City, and Liverpool had gone ahead early when Virgil Van Dijk took advantage of poorly set up BVB zonal marking.

But Pulisic cut past Milner and was tripped by the veteran before clattering into Ragnar Klavan and earning the PK.

Everton target Mina wants to stay at Barca, but also to play

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By Nicholas MendolaJul 22, 2018, 4:48 PM EDT
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Goal.com says Yerry Mina could be leaving the Camp Nou after just one season for meaningful playing time at Goodison Park.

Mina’s agent says the center back would still like to feature at Barca following his strong World Cup with Colombia, but that Everton and Zenit Saint-Petersburg are interested in the $20 million man.

[ MORE: El Tri’s Reyes to Newcastle? ]

He was WhoScored’s second-best player in the entire World Cup tournament, going 270 minutes for Los Cafeteros. Mina averaged seven clearances a match, with 1.3 tackles and an interception per contest. Here’s Mina’s agent, from The Liverpool Echo:

“Everton is a club that insists on the player, who has called us directly. There are other teams like Zenit, but we hope Barcelona will take the initiative. He wants to play and do it in Barcelona. For Yerry Mina it would be a failure not to play. He just wants to play.”

The 23-year-old played just six times for Barcelona last season, and would join Michael Keane and Mason Holgate as younger center backs in Everton’s corps (Ashley Williams and Phil Jagielka are well into the careers).