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The latest expansion team for Major League Soccer unveiled its name, branding and logo as Charlotte Football Club, or Charlotte FC by its shorter name, will take the field in 2022. MLS officially awarded an expansion team to the city of Charlotte on December 17, 2019, making it the league’s 30th club. Plans to start […]
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The National Women’s Soccer League is going Hollywood. The league announced that a majority woman-founded group will start an expansion team in Los Angeles in 2022 with some of the biggest names in show business alongside several women’s soccer superstars. The reveal was teased on social media for the past 24 hours and unveiled as […]
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Major League Soccer has announced a new timeline for expansion, postponing the start of several new teams citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the teams’ business operations and stadium development. Under the new plan, Austin FC will remain on schedule to begin competition in 2021. But Charlotte, which had expected to begin plan […]
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U.S. Soccer has released the final phase of its five-step return-to-play guidelines for coaches, players, parents, referees and administrators, spelling out how soccer teams can return to competition. The latest phase comes with the caution that organizers should follow local health and safety rules before starting competition. In addition, it encourages social distancing when possible […]
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The latest area of the downtown San Diego area to potentially be renovated is the Midway-Pacific Highway neighborhood as the USL soccer club San Diego Loyal is proposing a redevelopment to break ground in 2022 for a 15,000-seat soccer stadium on the site of the San Diego Sports Arena. This proposed stadium would serve as […]
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The newest club in the National Women’s Soccer League will be known as Racing Louisville FC ahead of the team’s debut next season. Racing Louisville FC will start play in the spring of 2021 at the new Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky — also home for the city’s USL team — while training daily […]
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After a COVID-enforced pause in the evaluation process, FIFA and U.S. Soccer will restart the venue selection process for the FIFA 2026 World Cup with a virtual workshop on Tuesday with representatives from 17 cities. “Six years seems like a long time but it’s really not,” said Colin Smith, FIFA chief tournaments and events officer. […]
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FIFA will host a workshop July 7 for the 17 bid cities in the United States that are in the running to host a round of the 2026 World Cup. The candidate host city workshop will be staged virtually and will be followed in weeks to come by one-on-one sessions with each city. FIFA is […]
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U.S. Youth Soccer will host two national showcase events at the home of the North Carolina Fusion club team in Greensboro, North Carolina, and has awarded six other destinations events for 2020 and 2021 as part of the inaugural season of the USYS National League Showcase Series. The series will allow 14U–19U boys and girls […]
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ELP Brands has acquired the United Premier Soccer League, an adult soccer league formed in 2011 by Mexican semi-pro player Leonel Lopez in Orange County, California. The league has 300 teams across 32 states, acting as a pro-development platform for players, coaches and team owners. It is also the first national league to implement a […]
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Rob Stull, the newly elected president of @WorldPentathlon, says a venue for the sport in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games is among the top priorities as the international federation’s new president.
The 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational tournament in @SportsSDtourism will include the Kansas Jayhawks, Florida Gators, Providence Friars and Wisconsin Badgers.
AAU College Hockey’s 2025 National Championship will take place at the Community First Igloo in Jacksonville, Florida.
USA Pentathlon Multisport has named Scimitar Apparel as the official competition apparel sponsor for Team USA.
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