Real Madrid's Marcelo is helped up from the ground during a training session in Madrid, Spain, Friday Jan. 20, 2017. Real Madrid will play Malaga on Saturday in a Spanish La Liga soccer match after having lost their last two games. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Real Madrid's Marcelo is helped up from the ground during a training session in Madrid, Spain, Friday Jan. 20, 2017. Real Madrid will play Malaga on Saturday in a Spanish La Liga soccer match after having lost their last two games. (AP Photo/Paul White) Credit: Paul White

Christian Pulisic has signed a contract extension with Germany’s Borussia Dortmund through June 2020.

The 18-year-old midfielder from Hershey, Pa., signed with Dortmund in February 2015 and made his Bundesliga debut in January 2016.

He scored twice in 12 games last season and has two goals in 19 matches this year. Pulisic also made his U.S. national team debut last year. Dortmund announced the new deal on Monday.

Pair Leaves U.S. Camp

Chicago — FC Dallas midfielder Kellyn Acosta and defender Matt Hedges have been dropped from the U.S. national team training camp because of injuries, and Vancouver midfielder Kekuta Manneh has left to join the Whitecaps for preseason training.

Acosta has a mild left ankle sprain, and Hedges has a mild right knee sprain, the U.S. Soccer Federation said on Monday.

The Americans play Serbia on Sunday in San Diego in their first game since Bruce Arena replaced Jurgen Klinsmann as coach in November following losses to Mexico and Costa Rica in World Cup qualifiers. The U.S. also plays Jamaica on Feb. 3 at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Kremlin to Host World Cup Draw

Zurich — The 2018 World Cup draw will be staged on Dec. 1 at a Kremlin concert hall in Moscow.

The draw will take place at the 6,000-capacity State Kremlin Palace, a grand structure built inside the Kremlin walls in the Soviet era to hold Communist Party conferences. Nowadays, the venue usually plays host to veteran Russian pop stars, ballerinas and awards shows.

In what is billed by Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko as “a serious event” during a government meeting on Monday, the draw at State Kremlin Palace is expected to attract the coaches of the 32 teams which qualify. Those teams will then be sorted into eight groups for the World Cup.

Injuries Hamper Real Madrid

Madrid — Real Madrid defender Marcelo and midfielder Luka Modric will be sidelined because of muscle injuries, the club said on Monday.

Marcelo hurt his left hamstring in Saturday’s 2-1 win against Malaga in the Spanish league. The club didn’t say how long the Brazil left back will be sidelined, but the injury should keep him out of action for about a month.

Modric was substituted in the 79th because of a right leg ailment.

Misconduct Charge For Arsenal Manager

London — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been charged with misconduct by the English Football Association after an altercation with a fourth official during his team’s 2-1 victory over Burnley.

Wenger, who had been sent off by referee Jon Moss for protesting against a Burnley penalty in injury time on Sunday, appeared to twice shove Anthony Taylor in the tunnel area at Emirates Stadium.

The Frenchman later apologized, saying, “I regret everything.”

The FA says Wenger “used abusive and/or insulting words towards the fourth official. It is further alleged that following his dismissal from the technical area, his behavior in remaining in the tunnel area and making physical contact with the fourth official amounted to improper conduct.”