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Byline: STEVE DOUGLAS; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The enlarged first stage of the revamped Champions League was supposed to be a stroll for giants of European soccer like Real Madrid, Paris [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY Major League Soccer's title will be decided when the Los Angeles Galaxy host the New York Red Bulls in the MLS Cup final on Saturday. [...]

Byline: Steven Goff CARSON, Calif. - Taking into account the weird playoff parameters, the Los Angeles Galaxy and New York Red Bulls are worthy MLS Cup finalists. The Galaxy, the [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga They danced through the shadows, the sun streaming through the stands of their home stadium as it pulsed around them. Hal Hershfelt, who scored the equalizing goal [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Nov. 14Springdale girls soccer players began practice Thursday evening just as they had dozens of times before, laughing, chatting, stretching and warming up ahead of their workout. [...]

Rio Ferdinand's endorsement was immediate. Manchester United had only fired Erik ten Hag a few minutes earlier -- an eventuality as delayed as it was predictable -- and already Ferdinand [...]

Byline: SAMUEL PETREQUIN; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It was a great night for English clubs, and for Barcelona captain Raphinha. Premier League leader Liverpool moved level on points with Aston Villa [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Oct. 22WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class A Quarterfinals 3-OLSH (13-2) vs. 6-Springdale (14-4) 6 p.m. Wednesday, Tigers Stadium, Moon Winner plays: Winner of 2-Winchester Thurston (13-2-1)/7-Eden Christian [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Upon his arrival last offseason, D.C. United General Manager Ally Mackay began the process of reconstructing the roster by bidding farewell to more than a dozen players. [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 13The 2024 WPIAL girls soccer regular season has only two days remaining. So far, 57 teams have qualified for the district postseason with the possibility of [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 13Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final two days. Sixty teams have qualified for the district postseason with [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 13You always want to control your own destiny, so there is something great about a win-and-in contest. Several WPIAL girls soccer teams are in that situation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 8Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final six days. As of now, 50 teams have qualified for the [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 8Most of the WPIAL girls soccer section titles are already decided with under a week remaining in the regular season, but first place will be at [...]

Byline: Steven Goff One day before opening his first training camp, U.S. men's national soccer team coach Mauricio Pochettino on Sunday made three roster changes because of injuries. Mexico-based forwards [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS Hanging on to the final Eastern Conference postseason berth by its fingernails, Toronto FC needs a win over league-leading Inter Miami at BMO Field [...]

Byline: GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH; THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- V anni Sartini admits a packed schedule has taken its toll on his Vancouver Whitecaps. The club is set to play its [...]

Byline: DANIEL RAINBIRD; THE CANADIAN PRESS CF Montreal has surged above the Major League Soccer playoff line with a late-season unbeaten run. Now the players will try to keep their [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 4Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final 10 days. As of now, 41 teams have qualified for the [...]

Byline: Neil Davidson; THE CANADIAN PRESS With just two regular-season games left, Toronto FC sits on the MLS playoff bubble with no margin of error. Even two wins may not [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS Coach John Herdman isn't putting too much stock in the fact that Toronto FC, since losing 4-0 in Columbus on July 6, has posted [...]

Byline: CATHAL KELLY; Staff Whenever you start to think that sports make sense, consider Jacob Shaffelburg. Six years ago, the 24-year-old forward from Kentville, N.S., was playing in the second [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Sep. 8On this ninth day of the ninth month, it is a busy night of WPIAL girls soccer action to kick off another busy week of high [...]

Byline: Chris Harlan Sep. 7A WPIAL title slipped away on penalty kicks and a trip to the state finals fell two rounds short. It's easy to understand why 'unfinished business' [...]

Byline: NEIL DAVIDSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS After finishing fourth in a deep Copa America run, coach Jesse Marsch and the 40th-ranked Canadian men now get to test themselves against the [...]

San Marino scored its first competitive win. ''To beat Liechtenstein has been an incredible joy,'' one player said. Take a look at the men's world soccer rankings. At the top, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Aug. 28Over the last two seasons, the Westinghouse football program has proven to be a dominant force, not only in the City League but also across the [...]

On a cool May night, as the sun set over San Francisco in the distance, drummers and flag-waving fans led cheers of ''Ohhhh-O-O-O Oakland'' (to the tune of ''Seven Nation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Aug. 25Four days into a new season and the WPIAL girls soccer section schedule begins Monday for teams in Class 3A, 2A and A. One of the [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY The Leagues Cup final is set, and it's a rematch of last season's MLS Cup final. The Columbus Crew and LAFC won their Leagues Cup [...]

Here We Go Again You will, in all likelihood, have heard the sentence already. You will certainly hear it on Friday, at least once, and then over and over again [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Manchester City won its fourth straight Premier League title in 2023-24, the first time any team in the top flight of English soccer has accomplished such a [...]

Byline: JIM MORRIS; THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- After making it look easy the past few games, head coach Vanni Sartini expects things will get harder for the Vancouver Whitecaps [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- Ali Ahmed wasn't about to let distance and time zones keep him from cheering for his teammates. While the 23-year-old wingback spent the past [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga It doesn't take a soccer aficionado to understand that a coach should not only be in the moment but should be encouraging his team to do the [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Matt Crocker knows he has to get it right this time. The U.S. Soccer Federation's sporting director was barely a month into the job last summer when [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor The Donbas Arena, a once-gleaming symbol of Ukraine's rise, is a parable of the country's ongoing tragedy. The 52,000-seat stadium in the eastern city of Donetsk opened [...]

Byline: JAMES ROBSON; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON -- Real Madrid had barely begun celebrating a record-extending 15th Champions League title when coach Carlo Ancelotti started to plot a 16th. The [...]

Can an underdog still have its day in the Champions League? The sport should hope so. Borussia Dortmund's squad contains a host of viable case studies to illustrate its patchwork [...]

No club has won European soccer's richest prize more than Real Madrid, but its recent dominance has been accompanied by a bruising fight over the tournament's future. Real Madrid had [...]

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY There's a reason Emma Hayes was worth the wait for the U.S. women's soccer team. That she's a proven winner is obvious. Six months [...]

Modern soccer shouldn't be set up to rob fans of their joy. All being well, Bayer Leverkusen will end this season with one record, two trophies and just three haunting, [...]

Byline: JAMES ROBSON; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, ENGLAND -- After the celebrations come the questions. A fourth straight Premier League title for Manchester City marks an unprecedented period of dominance [...]

As a final scene it was so fitting that, for a second, it was possible to wonder if Kylian Mbappé had done it on purpose. He had reached the dying [...]

The club is strutting into a future different from the one envisioned by its president, Florentino Pérez. But its prospects are as bright as ever. Florentino Pérez had a contented [...]