ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is moving to Orlando City in Major League Soccer this summer.
The 35-year-old World Cup winner from France signed with Orlando City on Tuesday. The deal lasts from July through the 2027-28 season with an option for an extra year.
“From my first conversations with the club I could feel a strong ambition and a clear vision for the future, and that really spoke to me," Griezmann said in a statement provided by Orlando City.
He helped France win the 2018 World Cup, reach the 2022 World Cup final, and retired from internationals in 2024 with 44 goals in 137 caps.
Griezmann is Atletico’s all-time leading scorer with 211 goals but his minutes have been managed by coach Diego Simeone this season. Even so, Griezmann has 13 goals this campaign in all competitions.
Griezmann, who also played for Real Sociedad and Barcelona, has spent 10 seasons at Atletico. His 488 games are the fourth-most in Atletico's history.
He's won three trophies with Atletico: 2014 Spanish Super Cup, 2018 Europa League and 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Atletico has the Copa del Rey final next month and is up against Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals.
“Let’s leave the future in the future because I’m not leaving yet,” Griezmann said in comments provided by Atletico. “I still have months left in this shirt, months to give my life on the pitch, both at our stadium and away, to lift that Copa del Rey and to dream of going as far as possible in the Champions League.”
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Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann during a training session at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Tuesday March 17, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Connor McDavid scored twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points, sparking the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.
McDavid became the fifth player in Oilers history to reach 400 goals when he took a feed from Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard and beat Karel Vejmelka with 7:53 left in the second period.
The go-ahead goal was his 40th of the season and put Edmonton in front 3-2. He scored his 401st goal on an empty-netter with 7.5 seconds remaining that also gave him his 1,200th point. McDavid also has 799 career assists.
Evan Bouchard had three assists to give him 82 points as he joined Cale Makar, Erik Karlsson and Roman Josi as the only NHL defensemen to record multiple 80-point seasons since 2005-06.
To complete the milestone-rich contest, Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins posted his 800th career NHL point with an assist in the first period on a goal by Roslovic, who had two scores. Matt Savoie scored a short-handed goal in the second.
Edmonton had 24 blocked shots and allowed just 18 shots on goal. Tristan Jarry made 16 saves.
The Oilers have won their last five games against the Mammoth and leapfrogged the Vegas Golden Knights (79-78 points) for second place in the Pacific Division as the playoff races heat up.
Alexander Kerfoot and Lawson Crouse scored for Utah. Vejmelka stopped 11 shots, but was replaced after the second period by Vitek Vanecek.
Utah's André Tourigny coached his 400th career NHL game (164-191-45).
Mammoth forward Barrett Hayton left in the first period with an upper-body injury and didn't return.
Oilers: Visit Vegas on Thursday night.
Mammoth: Host Washington on Thursday night to finish their four-game homestand.
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Utah Mammoth center Jack McBain (22) and left wing Lawson Crouse (67) get into a fight against the Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm (14), right wing Vasily Podkolzin (92) and defenseman Evan Bouchard (2) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Utah Mammoth goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) stops the puck against Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Utah Mammoth celebrate the goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard (2) passes the puck against the Utah Mammoth during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) controls the puck against Utah Mammoth center Nick Schmaltz (8) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
