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The ByteDance-owned company will have a patch on the MLS Portland Timbers and its sister club, Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League.

The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir was postponed when players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging that fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of Romania used a racist remark when identifying a Black assistant coach.

Artur scored in the 59th minute and the Columbus Crew advanced to the MLS Cup title game with a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday in the Eastern Conference final. The third-seeded Crew will face the winner of the Western Conference final Monday night between the defending champion Seattle Sounders and Minnesota United. Columbus beat upstart Nashville…

There’s an important soccer match coming up Sunday afternoon as the Revolution take on Columbus for a chance to advance to the MLS Cup. Our Dave Cherubin gives you five reasons to be interested and optimistic.

U.S. Soccer and the women’s national team have settled the players’ legal claim over inequitable working conditions, putting to rest a part of the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit

Goalie Matt Turner helped the New England Revolution win their game Sunday in Orlando with a clutch save.

Soccer superstar Diego Maradona has been buried in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people

Argentinian soccer great Diego Maradona has died after undergoing surgery for a subdural hematoma earlier this month. He was 60 years old.

A soccer team in Newmarket, New Hampshire, forfeited tournament games after learning opposing teams were refusing to mask up.

The Portuguese soccer federation says Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus

NBC has moved eight of this weekend’s 10 Premier League matches to its online streaming service Peacock behind a pay wall

Lionel Messi says he will stay with Barcelona for the upcoming season

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released new sport-by-sport guidance Friday on fall school athletics. The MIAA’s fall season will officially start on Sept. 18. Activities approved by the agency’s board of directors for the fall season include soccer, gymnastics, cross country, field hockey, girls’ volleyball, swim and dive, golf and dance. However, there will be no competitive school football,...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been found guilty of assault at a trial and handed a 21-month suspended sentence following his arrest after a brawl last week on the island of Mykonos, court officials in Greece said

Lionel Messi’s spectacular career with the Catalan club could be coming to an abrupt end

Author and photographer Kate T. Parker calls her latest book “Play Like a Girl: Life Lessons from the Soccer Field” a “love letter to the game,” and hopes it will inspire young girls to stand up for themselves and speak their minds.

A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been opened by a Swiss special prosecutor

Former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 40-year-old Xavi, now the coach of Qatari club Al-Sadd, said Saturday that he was tested according to the Qatar league protocol and that the latest test showed he had contracted COVID-19. “Fortunately, I’m feeling OK, but I will be isolated until I am given the...

Nearly 200 players took the field for an 8-minute, 46-second moment of silence to protest racial injustice before Major League Soccer’s return to action Wednesday night.

As English soccer fans settle down to watch Manchester City take on Arsenal on Wednesday in the English Premier League’s long-awaited return after coronavirus stopped play in March, it will be clear something has changed.