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U.S. Soccer has hired Leah Heister Burton as chief advancement officer. She will oversee a team leading the Federation’s efforts to secure and expand funding opportunities that increase U.S. Soccer’s visibility, impact and resources. Burton has more than 15 years of leadership experience overseeing organizations’ collective fundraising efforts. Most recently, Burton worked with the Solomon […]
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The U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation will bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The federations have until May 19 to submit an initial bidding agreement, but the federations have announced what would be a historic co-hosting and a potential return of the event to North America for the first […]
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Long-awaited expansion plans will be announced shortly, National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Jessica Berman said last week before the league held its annual draft at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia. The league plans to add two teams for the 2024 season. Salt Lake City, Utah, is expected to be one of the two […]
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U.S. Soccer will host the eighth annual SheBelieves Cup from February 16–22 as Brazil, Canada and Japan join the USA for the four-team international tournament with games in Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Frisco, Texas. All four nations will participate in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup next summer and all four are ranked in […]
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The U.S. men’s national soccer team will kick off the 2026 cycle with two matches in Southern California, facing Serbia on January 25 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles and Colombia on January 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The U.S. will hit the ground running after its World Cup […]
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JT Batson has been named as the new chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation, succeeding Will Wilson. Batson has spent his professional career in media, advertising and technology. The first software he worked on was for the assignment of youth soccer referees for tournament organizers. A former member of the […]
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U.S. Soccer has reached historic agreements with the men’s and women’s national teams, agreeing to collective bargaining agreements with both teams through December 2028 that will have equal pay for the two teams — the first national governing body in the world of soccer to do so. “This is a truly historic moment. These agreements […]
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After years of dispute, U.S. Soccer and the U.S. Women’s National Team have reached a settlement on long outstanding equal pay claims by some of the top players in the sport. As part of the agreement, U.S. Soccer will pay $22 million to the players involved in the case, who had sued in March 2019 […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Soccer’s seventh annual SheBelieves Cup will see the women’s national team playing games against the Czech Republic, Iceland and New Zealand in a four-team tournament that will start in Carson, California and conclude in Frisco, Texas. The event will start February 17 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson with Iceland playing New Zealand […]
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U.S. Soccer has selected Columbus, Ohio and St. Paul, Minnesota as the venues for the critical World Cup Qualifiers against El Salvador and Honduras coming up to start the 2022 calendar year. Lower.com Field will be the site of USA-El Salvador on January 27 before an away match at Canada. After that game — reportedly […]
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The @Big12Conference has selected the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, to host the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Big 12 Gymnastics Championships. The 2025 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship’s two sessions will be held March 22 at noon and 5 p.m. local time.
.@PlayNAIA has selected Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama, and @GSOB_Sports as hosts for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championships.
Move United was given the 2024 Rings of Gold Award by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee during its annual assembly last week in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Triple Crown Sports has announced the departure of Sean Hardy, who is stepping down from his role as chief operating officer to join League One Volleyball as chief growth officer.
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