United Bid for 2026 World Cup Will Include 23 Host Cities
The United Bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup has announced it will submit a bid book with 23 potential host cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico…
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U.S. Youth Soccer Extends CEO Greg Moore Through 2021
U.S. Youth Soccer has extended the contract for CEO Christopher Moore through February 2021. Moore has served as CEO since February 2015…
Continue ReadingU.S. Youth Soccer Extends CEO Greg Moore Through 2021
U.S. Youth Soccer has extended the contract for CEO Christopher Moore through February 2021. Moore has served as CEO since February 2015…
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Carlos Cordeiro Elected President of U.S. Soccer
Carlos Cordeiro has been named the 32nd president of U.S. Soccer. A longtime Goldman Sachs executive, Cordeiro has served as the acting vice-president…
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Hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup Could Generate $5 Billion for North America
According to a study cited by the United Bid Committee, hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup could generate more than $5 billion in short-term economic activity…
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LAFC Announces Partnership With YouTube TV
Los Angeles Football Club has announced a multiyear jersey sponsorship and broadcast deal with YouTube TV, a subscription service launched last April…
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NWSL’s Boston Breakers to Cease Operations
The National Women’s Soccer League has announced that the Boston Breakers will cease operations in advance of the 2018 season, which will now feature…
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Hawaii Convention Center to Host Futsal, Basketball and Volleyball Tournaments
The Hawaii Tourism Authority and Hawaii Convention Center have signed agreements with three national sports organizations to host futsal, basketball and volleyball tournaments at the center’s new sports courts, located in the Kamehameha Exhibit Hall. The four-year agreement with U.S. Futsal will bring the organization’s first international tournament, the Pacific Futsal Cup, to Honolulu from 2018 to 2021. […]
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The Rose Bowl hosted the final match of the last World Cup, staged in the United States in 1994.
2026 FIFA World Cup Bid Identifies 44 Potential Cities
The 2026 FIFA World Cup bid committee representing the United States, Mexico and Canada has sent inquiries to 44 cities across the three nations to gauge their interest in hosting games should the bid be successful. Within those cities, 49 potential venues were identified, including every NFL stadium currently built or planned, except for the stadium in […]
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Tom Penn
Tom Penn
Tom Penn has the chance to do what few get to do in professional sports: build a team from the ground up. But it’s not just the launch of LAFC, the new Major League Soccer team in Los Angeles, that he’s overseeing. Penn is also helping develop a new downtown stadium set to debut in 2018 when the team begins play. Penn previously spent four seasons as vice-president of basketball operations and assistant general manager of the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers and seven years as assistant general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies in addition to serving as an NBA analyst for ESPN. But in building LAFC, he has had to engage a range of sports and entertainment luminaries as co-owners while convincing new fans to jump on the team’s bandwagon. In this interview, Penn…
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The FIVB elected Fabio Azevedo as its new president at the 39th FIVB World Congress in Porto with American Hugh McCutcheon named as secretary general. The pair detailed some of their future goals for the international federation on Tuesday.
Alina Hudak, who has worked in Miami-Dade County for more than three decades in a variety of city and county departments, will be the new president and chief executive officer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Miami Host Committee.
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