What is soccer culture in the United States? Many would argue we don’t really have it. Our league structure is a corporate spectacle, there’s a lack of quality at the national team level (on the men’s ...

This article is part of our Kitted Out series, an exploration of the impact of soccer kits on culture and fashion. Whether it is the red stripe of Peru, River Plate or Rayo Vallecano, the diagonal ...

The first documented mention of a soccer game in Louisiana is from January 25, 1859. But it is not in a local newspaper and pre-dates the era of radio or television. Instead, it is filed in a police ...

Sunday’s FIFA Club World Cup game at the Rose Bowl is a reminder that L.A. has nearly 125 years of soccer history. LA soccer's beginning: In 1902, when the Southern California Foot Ball League was ...

The recent history of soccer and Northern Ireland is not a happy one. In September the U.K. government confirmed it would not fund the redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast, meaning that Northern ...

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As the United States prepares for the 2026 World Cup, it's hard to remember that professional soccer in this country once felt like an impossible dream. But one Kansas City businessman, better known ...

“Pele Signs With Cosmos: ‘Soccer Has Arrived’ Here With the same ebullience that has marked his play, Pele took up his new career yesterday as a New York Cosmos forward and soccer’s ambassador to the ...

Over the course of soccer history, there have been countless great goalscorers. Take Zlatan Ibrahimović, for example—a master of the unexpected, scoring everything from bicycle kicks to outrageous ...

Appoquinimink and Caravel hoisted trophies shaped as the outline of Delaware as the latest champions in girls soccer in Divisions I and II on June 1 at Caravel's Bob Peoples Stadium. Here is a look at ...

This article is part of Bísness School, a series that highlights one of the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in the United States, Latinos. You can hear or watch the full conversation with ...

In a moment that further cements Lionel Messi’s legacy as one of the greatest players in the history of soccer, the 37-year-old Argentine superstar tied an impressive all-time record during a ...