Landon Donovan returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy as a second-half substitute Sunday night, ending his 21-month MLS retirement and helping the host Galaxy to a 4-2 victory over Orlando City. Donovan, the top scorer in the history of MLS and the US men's national team, announced his return to the MLS on Thursday . . . Steve Birnbaum scored in the 89th minute and Lamar Neagle added a goal in stoppage time, helping D.C. United tie the host New York Red Bulls, 2-2, in the Atlantic Cup. Gonzalo Veron and Bradley Wright-Phillips scored for the Red Bulls, who extended their undefeated streak to 11 games . . . In NWSL play, rookie forward Elise Krieghoff scored her first professional goal, but that’s all the visiting Boston Breakers could get in a 4-1 loss to the Houston Dash, who got two second-half goals from Carli Lloyd.
Golf
DeChambeau wins
Bryson DeChambeau won the Web.com Tour finals-opening DAP Championship to wrap up a PGA Tour card for next season. DeChambeau, 22, beat Andres Gonzales with a par on the second hole of a playoff at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio . . . Dutchman Joost Luiten won his home country’s open for the second time, shooting an 8-under 63 for a three-stroke victory in the KLM Open.
Luiten finished at 19 under for his fifth European Tour title. Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger was second after shooting a 65.
Auto Racing
Chase lineup set
NASCAR’s regular season came to an end at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night, with Denny Hamlin winning a wild race that featured Tony Stewart intentionally wrecking Ryan Newman to eliminate him from the playoff contention. Newman and Stewart made contact three times before finally wrecking. Stewart, who last week intentionally wrecked Brian Scott, is retiring at the end of the season and already had his spot in the playoffs secure. The 16 drivers who will move on to compete for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, which begins Sunday, are Stewart, Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Brad Kesolowski, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, Kurt Busch, Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon, and Jamie McMurray.
The field will be whittled down over nine races to create a final four to race for the title on Nov. 20.
Miscellany
Miocic keeps title
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic recovered after being dropped in the first round and knocked out Alistair Overeem in UFC 203 on Saturday night in Cleveland. In the undercard bout, Mickey Gall slammed former WWE star CM Punk onto his back 10 seconds in and never let him up, pummeling his head repeatedly before finally choking him into submission in less than three minutes.
