Kwadwo Poku scored two second-half goals to help New York City F.C. tie the host Columbus Crew, 2-2, in a game delayed for 1 hour 14 minutes in the 77th minute because of a thunderstorm. City F.C. (7-11-7) pulled into a sixth-place tie with Montreal and Orlando City in M.L.S.’s Eastern Conference; Columbus (9-8-8) remained in third.
u25a0 Sofiane Feghouli scored after setting up the opening goal to lead host Valencia of Spain to a 3-1 win over Monaco in the first leg of their Champions League playoff.
Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine positioned itself to reach the group stage for a sixth straight season, beating Rapid Vienna of Austria, 1-0, in the first leg of their playoff in Vienna.