Bolivian club The Strongest's home field in the Achumani neighbourhood of La Paz is just across the back fence from the Andes.
FIFA World Cup group stage:
Group D: Iceland 1 - 2 Croatia (at Rostov Arena, June 26th)
Group H: Japan 0 - 1 Poland (at Volgograd Arena, June 28th)
Iceland are out, but Japan advance by having fewer cautions than Senegal.
Round of 16:
Belgium [3 - 2] Japan (at Rostov, July 2nd) [Japan are out.]
Morton watch: Douglas Rae's funeral is July 2nd. There's sentiment in favour of naming the main stand at Cappielow after him.
Dundee United manager Csaba Laszlo has come out with the statement that his predecessor did not require all Dundee United players to pass a medical exam, an assertion Ray McKinnon denies. This could be the basis for a good McKinnon/Laszlo hate-on this season, or it could just be the continuation of the hate-on between Laszlo and his own squad.
Morton has signed striker Denny Johnstone, who previously played for the club during the 2015-16 season while on loan from Birmingham City and scored 17 goals, many of them against Queen of the South.
2018-19 Europa League preliminary round, first leg:
B36 (Faroes) 1 - 1 St. Joseph's (Gibraltar)
Tre Fiori (San Marino) 3 - 0 Bala Town (Wales)
Cefn Druids (Wales) 1 - 1 Trakai (Lithuania)
League of Ireland, First Division: UCD 1 - 5 Longford Town
The LOI 1st Div season is two thirds done. UCD are first by 4 points despite that score.
J2: Albirex Niigata 1 - 1 Mito HollyHock
The J2 season is half over. Mito are in 16th place, though 17th-place Zweigen Kanazawa have two games in hand.
The JFL is also half over. Here's a table of the games between the four Tohoku clubs:
G W D L F A GD Pts
Sony Sendai 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
Vanraure Hachinohe 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
ReinMeer Aomori 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
Cobaltore Onagawa 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
Honda FC won the first stage.
Kantō Soccer League: Tokyo 23 FC [2 - 1] Ryutsu Keizai University
Kantō University Soccer League: Tsukuba [0 - 2] Juntendo
Waseda University lead the league at the halfway mark.
2018 Canadian Championship, 2QR, 2nd leg:
Ottawa Fury 1 - 0 Blainville (June 27th)
Ottawa advance.
USL: FC Cincinnati [2 - 0] Ottawa Fury
Stephen Hart has been chosen as general manager and coach of the Halifax Wanderers. He has previously managed the Canadian and Trinidad and Tobago national men's teams.
[Testspiel: Spvgg. Quierschied (1 - 4) 1. FC Saarbrücken. Quierschied is a suburb on the north side of Saarbrücken. Spvgg. Quierschied play in the Saarlandliga.]
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