Soccer

MONTREAL — CF Montréal will not exercise the contract options of nine players including leading scorer Josef Martinez, the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal announced a restructuring of their front office on Thursday. Corey Wray, who was hired as a consultant on July 9, has been named the club's Director of Soccer.

OTTAWA — Carlos González, a former Canadian Premier League coach of the year, is leaving Atletico Ottawa. The club said his departure, after three seasons at the Atletico helm, is by mutual agreement.

CINCINNATI (AP) — FC Cincinnati signed Togo striker Kévin Denkey from Belgian club Cercle Brugge on Thursday on a contract through 2028 in what the Major League Soccer team described as an “historic transfer.

North Carolina State University defender Janet Okeke and SMU forward Nyah Rose have received their first Canadian senior call-ups for upcoming friendlies against Iceland and South Korea. The sixth-ranked Canadian women will face No.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Rise FC has its first head coach — former Danish national team midfielder Anja Heiner-Moller. Heiner-Moller, 46, joins the Northern Super League club following two years as head coach of Denmark's U-19 national women's team.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Germany forward Deniz Undav has been ruled out for possibly the rest of the year because of a muscle injury, Stuttgart said on Thursday.

MUNICH (AP) — Injuries are forcing Bayern Munich to innovate before a series of tough games after the international break.

Chelsea defender Reece James will miss Saturday's English Premier League game against Leicester because of a hamstring problem.

Ed Sheeran was about to join Taylor Swift on stage at a concert over the summer when he got a call from his favorite soccer team. It needed his help to sign a player.