The United States men’s soccer team won its first knock out World Cup match since 2002 as the U-S blanked Bosnia two-nil. Folarin Balogun scored the first goal of the night, but he also received a red card for committing what the referee determined to be a serious foul play on a Bosnian defender. Balogun will not be available when the U-S plays Belgium on Monday night.

After a red-hot June for LSU recruiting, Lane Kiffin’s staff will look to keep the momentum going. Ruston High School four-star safety Jayden Anding was scheduled to announce his commitment between LSU and Ole Miss yesterday, but he pushed it back at the last minute. Geaux247’s Andre Champagne (Shom-pine) says he can do it all in the secondary.

Cut 16 (11) “…pretty much anywhere.”

Anding is the brother of current Tigers corner Aiden Anding.

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Former LSU pitchers Kade Andersson and Anthony Eyanson were selected to play in the MLB All-Star Futures Game later this month in Philadelphia. In Double-A, Anderson is 8-and-0 with 99 strikeouts and a 1.22 ERA. Eyanson has struck out 64 batters and posted a 1.07 ERA in 12 starts.

LSU baseball has signed another pitcher out of the transfer portal as right-hander Kaden Smith announced on Instagram he’s heading to LSU. At South Florida last season, Smith had an ERA of 4.24 and struck out 52 hitters, but also walked 25 hitters and hit 17 batters in 46 2/3 innings.

Louisiana Tech signed South Carolina transfer Jack Reynolds. The redshirt senior infielder appeared in just 17 games for the Gamecocks last season.

UL Lafayette catcher Colt Brown was named a first-team Freshman All-American by D1Baseball. He hit .324 with eight homers and 53 RBIs.