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Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Teenage winger/forward April Lantaigne, leaving the University of South Alabama after a successful freshman year, has signed with AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League. [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- Vancouver Rise FC has signed a marquee player, adding Canadian midfielder Quinn to the roster ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League season. The [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS After playing in Portugal and Iceland, Melanie Forbes is happy to be back in Canada - thanks to the Northern Super League. The 25-year-old [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS CF Montreal has acquired forward Giacomo Vrioni from the New England Revolution in return for US$50,000 in 2025 general allocation money, the Major League Soccer club [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United on Friday announced the transfer of 18-year-old center back Matai Akinmboni to Bournemouth in the Premier League, ending months of negotiations and ushering another homegrown [...]

Byline: Thomas Floyd The Washington Spirit on Tuesday signed Japanese midfielder Narumi Miura, the first addition of the NWSL offseason for a club poised to enter the 2025 campaign as [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS The Vancouver Rise have added a Canadian forward to their roster, signing Jessica De Filippo. The 23-year-old from St. Lazare, Que., played with the Whitecaps FC [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS The Montreal Roses have signed hometown forward Latifah Abdu to a contract. The Northern Super League team announced the deal Tuesday. Abdu has one international cap [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United on Monday finalized the acquisition of Brazilian winger JoÈúo Peglow from Polish club Radomiak Radom, a move to provide greater attacking support for MLS scoring [...]

Byline: GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH; THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- Shannon Woeller grew up sitting in the stands at Swangard Stadium, cheering on her hometown Vancouver Whitecaps. In a few short months, [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United on Monday finalized the acquisition of Brazilian winger JoÈúo Peglow from Polish club Radomiak Radom, a move to provide greater attacking support for MLS scoring [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- CF Montreal will not exercise the contract options of nine players including leading scorer Josef Martínez, the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday. The [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS Veteran goalkeeper Erin McLeod, whose soccer career has taken her to Sweden, Germany, Iceland and the United States, is coming back to Canada as [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, ENGLAND -- Man chester United captain Bruno Fernandes has signed a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until June, 2027. The Portugal [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS York United FC has signed midfielder Santiago Márquez, son of legendary Mexican defender Rafael Márquez, on loan for the remainder of the 2024 season. The 21-year-old, [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID -- Real Madrid extended Luka Modric's contract on Wednesday, bringing the Croatia midfielder back for a 13th season with the club. Madrid said it and [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- CF Montreal signed Norwegian-Polish fullback Dawid Bugaj to a contract through 2026 on Tuesday. The deal includes two additional option years for 2027 and [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- CF Montreal hired long-time Major League Soccer executive Corey Wray as a sports strategy consultant Tuesday. Wray will assist president and chief executive Gabriel [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian international midfielder Julia Grosso has signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League. Grosso, whose contract with Italy's [...]

Byline: ANNE M. PETERSON; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Messi Mania returns to Major League Soccer as Lionel Messi embarks on his first full season with Inter Miami. But this year, there's [...]

The relationship between a superstar and his hometown club has always felt transactional. Did either side get what they wanted? This time, Kylian Mbappé means it. The reports on Thursday [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- CF Montreal's offensive rebuild continued Tuesday with the addition of Venezuelan striker Josef Martínez. The Major League Soccer club announced it has signed the [...]

A quiet January window may not be a bubble bursting, but rather an awareness that the player-acquisition business has changed. It is not quite right to say that this has [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Inter Miami CF has traded Canadian international defender Kamal Miller to the Portland Timbers in exchange for US$625,000 in general allocation money and a 2024 international [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Troy Lesesne, whose only first-division head coaching experience came in an interim role with the New York Red Bulls last season, agreed to terms with D.C. United [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Four days after leaving D.C. United, Wayne Rooney on Wednesday was named coach of second-flight Birmingham City in his native England. Rooney, 37, signed a 3 1/2-year [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United's hiring of Wayne Rooney as coach last year - just like its signing of Wayne Rooney the lethal striker five years ago - was never [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Major League Soccer has terminated the contract of CF Montreal midfielder Matko Miljevic. An investigation found that he engaged in conduct detrimental to the league and [...]

Messi is expected to join the team this week on a contract that runs through the 2025 Major League Soccer season. The greatest soccer player of his era, and maybe [...]

Nasser al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris St.-Germain, was introducing the team's new coach when he turned to tough talk on the future of his team's biggest star. It was at [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI -- Lionel Messi is expected to make his Major League Soccer debut with Inter Miami at a July 21 home game, the team confirmed Tuesday. [...]

In dueling statements, the French striker and Paris St.-Germain disputed basic facts about the breakdown of their relationship. The summer's biggest soccer soap opera may have just begun. One day [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Kylian Mbappé will not exercise the option to extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain when it expires in 2024, opening the possibility that he could leave the [...]

Mbappé, the star forward, has told his French team he will not renew his contract next year. His decision could force a long-awaited move to Real Madrid. First it lost [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE CANADIAN PRESS MIAMI -- Lionel Messi has pulled off his latest stunning feat: He is headed to Major League Soccer and joining Inter Miami. After [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer superstar entering the twilight of an extraordinary career punctuated by a World Cup championship last winter, plans to sign with Inter Miami [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS -- PARIS With speculation over Lionel Messi's potential next destination turning into a frenzy, his father intervened Tuesday to say no deal has been agreed [...]

Byline: Steven Goff The first step in Julie Ertz's efforts to earn a place on the U.S. World Cup squad this summer was getting back into shape mentally and physically [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- CF Montreal traded Canadian international Kamal Miller and US$1.3-million in general allocation money in 2023 to Inter Miami for midfielder Bryce Duke and winger [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS HARRISON, N.J. -- HARRISON, N.J. Canadian defender O'Vonte Mullings has signed an MLS Next Pro contract with New York Red Bulls II. The 22-year-old from Toronto [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto FC has sold 20-year-old winger Jayden Nelson to Norway's Rosenborg BK. Nelson has made 50 appearances across all competitions since joining Toronto as a homegrown [...]

Byline: JAMES ROBSON; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -- Cristiano Ronaldo was presented as the superstar new signing of Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Tuesday, with the team's [...]

The soccer superstar will be paid handsomely to play in the Middle East in the twilight of his career. When Pelé came to join the New York Cosmos in the [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver FC has signed freeagent goalkeeper Callum Irving, making him the first player to agree to a deal with the Canadian Premier League expansion club. The [...]

Byline: PAUL ATTFIELD; Staff Now at a quarter-final stage dominated by the usual suspects, the 2022 men's World Cup will carry on - just as the tournament has done for [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS The World Cup has helped another young Canadian move abroad. Midfielder Ismael Koné is leaving CF Montreal for England's Watford, becoming the second member [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian international defender Vanessa Gilles has joined French powerhouse Lyon on loan from the NWSL's Angel City FC. The loan comes with a Lyon option to [...]