GENEVA (AP) — Young Boys sealed its sixth Swiss league title in seven years by winning at Servette 1-0 on Monday to complete a late-season rally after firing coach Raphaël Wicky.
Wicky, the former Chicago Fire and United States Under-17s coach, was fired in March after losing three games in a week. Under-21s coach Joël Magnin took interim charge.
Young Boys will enter the revamped 36-team Champions League in the qualification playoffs round in August because Switzerland no longer has a direct entry into the main phase. Young Boys played in a group with Manchester City this season.
Needing just a point at Servette in the second-to-last round, Young Boys took all three on Guinea defender Mohamed Ali Camara’s header in the 73rd minute as a severe rainstorm swept across the stadium.
Young Boys moved nine points clear of second-placed Lugano which lost at Zurich 2-1. Servette is four points further back, meaning Lugano will finish runner-up and enter the Champions League in July at the second qualifying round stage.
The champion from Bern has 17 Swiss league titles to tie Servette in third place on the all-time list.
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
The headphones that could ease tinnitus with a radical new treatment
Jessi Campbell: Little girl's brave battle after being born with 1kg cyst on her arm
I lifted 200kg weights two days before giving birth
Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
Tailoring, light layers and on
Sky is back online following a five
My friend turned up to my wedding as a surprise, took four pizzas and had sex with my sister
Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
Last month was officially the hottest March on RECORD with global temperatures 0.73°C above average
Britain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
Why cat urine smells so bad: Scientists reveal what causes the unique stench