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M2 PRESSWIRE-June 22, 2023-: Aston Villa announce Trade Nation as new partner (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:22062023 LONDON, UK - Aston Villa is pleased to announce Trade Nation as the Club's [...]

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 [...]

Byline: STEVE DOUGLAS; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Premier League clubs have never spent more in a summer transfer window. They aren't done yet. After a record summer outlay of more than [...]

European soccer offered support to Ukrainian teams when Russia invaded the country. Now, as rivals bargain shop in wartime, one top club says the sense of solidarity is gone. Like [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Cavalry FC has sold teenage forward Aribim Pepple to Luton Town, which plays in England's second tier. The 19-year-old made 22 appearances across all competitions for [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO -- TORONTO Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo, a former league MVP, is on the move as Toronto FC continues its teardown and rebuild. A source, granted [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Forward Cyle Larin is joining fellow Canadian Tajon Buchanan at Belgium's Club Brugge. Larin, who leads all Canadian men with 24 goals internationally, said farewell to [...]

Bale, who helped Wales qualify for the World Cup, will prepare for the tournament in the United States. Ever since Gareth Bale helped ensure that Wales would play in the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United on Wednesday began accelerating badly needed roster adjustments, acquiring Chilean winger Martín Rodríguez and selling Peruvian attacker Edison Flores, a massive - and expensive - [...]

Byline: CAROL SCHRAM; THE CANADIAN PRESS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VANCOUVER -- Refusing to play a friendly game against Panama on Sunday was a decision the Canadian men's soccer team didn't [...]

Byline: GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH; THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- Experts say the well of goodwill created by the on-field success of Canada's soccer teams in recent months is quickly drying up [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian-born Marcelo Flores, who plays for Arsenal's under-23 side, says he wants to play internationally for Mexico. Canada had hoped to secure the services of the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United is seeking to reacquire Chris Durkin, a homegrown defensive midfielder who moved overseas 212 years ago, three people familiar with the plan said Wednesday. Durkin, [...]

Byline: ROB HARRIS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON -- Lead With a thumbs up to the camera, Christian Eriksen revealed his new team and planned return to playing - almost eight [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Less than eight months after his heart stopped while he was playing in the European Championship, Christian Eriksen is returning to elite soccer, giving an enthusiastic thumbs [...]

Byline: Michael Love Jan. 25The Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced Monday they have signed veteran midfielder Angelo Kelly-Rosales to a one-year deal, pending the approval of both the United Soccer League and [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jan. 19The Pittsburgh Riverhounds signed defender Robby Dambrot to a one-year contract Wednesday, securing a player who logged more than 2,000 minutes last year for divisional opponent [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Sasho Cirovski, coach of the Maryland men's soccer program, has been developing pro players for more than two decades, yet quite some time had passed since a [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO -- Lead TORONTO It appears Toronto FC has succeeded in landing Italian star Lorenzo Insigne. Reports out of Italy suggest an agreement has been struck [...]

Byline: ANNE M. PETERSON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lead After nearly a decade of crisscrossing the country and the globe for her professional career, Alex Morgan is headed home to Southern [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Derek Cornelius's goal has always been to play in Europe. His journey took him to clubs in Russia, Germany and Serbia before signing [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Lionel Messi's arrival in Paris was downright regal, with soccer fans waiting eagerly for his plane to land Tuesday, then Messi standing for a kingly wave from [...]

The soccer great Lionel Messi, speaking at a news conference, said leaving Barcelona had been a ''very hard moment'' but he was excited to join his new club. PARIS -- [...]

Leaving F.C. Barcelona, Messi is set to join P.S.G. on a two-year contract that highlights the growing gap between soccer's rich and its superrich. Paris St.-Germain, the French soccer powerhouse [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren His tearful departure from Barcelona behind him, soccer star Lionel Messi arrived in France on Tuesday, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with 'PARIS' announcing that he will play [...]

The surplus players at English clubs would make fine assets for teams across Europe. The problem is that the clubs that could use them cannot afford them. The headed clearance [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Canadian international Liam Millar has joined Switzerland's FC Basel on a permanent transfer from Liverpool. The 21-year-old forward from Brampton, Ont., joined Liverpool's academy in [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL CF -- Lead Montreal have signed Icelandic centre back Robert Thorkelsson through the end of the 2023 season, with options for the following two years. [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Canadian forward Gloire Amanda, named the NCAA men's soccer player of the year in May, has signed with SK Austria Klagenfurt in Austria's [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead MONTREAL CF Montreal has exercised its option on coach Wilfried Nancy's contract for the 2022 season. Nancy was appointed coach of the MLS team in [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND -- Lead LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool. The 22-year-old from Cambridge, Ont., originally signed with [...]

After a summer of indignity and humiliation, the striker has been reborn with Atlético Madrid. Luis Suárez had already been made a scapegoat, blamed for all that had gone wrong [...]

Byline: Steven Goff WASHINGTON - D.C. United is weighing whether to extend a tryout or contract offer to one of its early academy standouts, Andy Najar, the 2010 MLS rookie [...]

Byline: Steven Goff D.C. United on Monday loaned Paul Arriola to Swansea City for the rest of the English Championship season, providing the winger with an opportunity to play European [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Alex Morgan and Christen Press will return to the U.S. women's national soccer team for the SheBelieves Cup this month, but veterans Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris [...]

Byline: Ben Strauss Amazon on Tuesday announced a new streaming partnership with Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders, the tech giant's latest foray into sports broadcasting. Beginning August 26, Sounders games [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO -- Lead TORONTO York 9 FC has signed 17-year-old Canadian youth international Julian Altobelli, making the midfielder the Canadian Premier League club's youngest-ever player. York [...]

The new immigration rules have been confirmed meaning that players from European Union countries will not be allowed to be signed without a work permit while foreign players under the [...]