SAN DIEGO — Red card, CONCACAF. Grab a seat. Shamefully, negligently, unapologetically, you've earned it.

The fact that the regional governing body failed to stop the United States and Canada from playing in an Amazon rain forest during Wednesday's W Gold Cup soccer semifinal at waterlogged Snapdragon Stadium ranked beyond bone-headed.

No ...Read more

MIAMI — Federico Redondo is just 21 years old and has spent barely a week with Inter Miami since leaving Argentinos Juniors, but the midfielder has poise beyond his years and a soccer pedigree that helped prepare him to handle the spotlight that comes with playing alongside Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba.

He has ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The first-ever CONCACAF W Gold Cup is under way, and the most important matches of the soccer tournament will take place in San Diego this week: Wednesday’s semifinals and Sunday’s championship match.

Here’s a look at the tournament, its participating teams, how to watch and what’s at stake at Snapdragon Stadium.

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MIAMI — Inter Miami is trading former captain and U.S. national team right back DeAndre Yedlin to FC Cincinnati, a club official confirmed on Sunday morning.

The news was first reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer and the official announcement is expected Sunday afternoon.

In exchange for Yedlin, Inter Miami will receive $172,000 in General ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — All the concern about Lionel Messi’s fatigue, the second-guessing about the 24,000-mile global preseason tour, the skeptics questioning Luis Suarez and his 37-year-old aching knees, all of it melted away Saturday as Inter Miami rolled over rival Orlando City, 5-0, for the most lopsided win in club history.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amid Sporting KC’s wretched start last season, going winless in its first 10 matches while scoring a measly three goals, some vocal fans took to booing the team off the field and chanting “Vermes out” in reference to longtime manager Peter Vermes.

They weren’t alone in their frustration and doubt. Principal owner ...Read more

NEW YORK — The upcoming World Cups are set to kick soccer interest up a notch in the U.S., according to the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Jessica Berman expects “explosive growth” stateside over the next four-to-six years with the U.S. co-hosting the men’s World Cup in 2026 and bidding for the 2027 women’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The two most powerful men in MLS were in the building Sunday when Lionel Messi brought Inter Miami’s traveling circus into Dignity Health Sports Park.

Messi was on the field, where he scored the tying goal in a 1-1 draw with the Galaxy. Don Garber, the league’s commissioner and the other half of that powerful pair, watched ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For years the dominant U.S. women's soccer team has been warning anyone who would listen that the rest of the world was catching up.

On Monday, the Americans finally got caught, with Mexico pushing the four-time world champions all over the field in a 2-0 win that was more historic than it was surprising.

"Over the last five ...Read more

Lionel Messi looked washed up.

Until he didn't.

Intercepting a pass by Riqui Puig in the Galaxy's half of the field, Messi played a couple of successive one-twos with longtime partner Jordi Alba and slid into a slanted return pass to redirect it past goalie John McCarthy.

The packed house erupted with euphoria.

Never mind that visiting Inter...Read more

A record crowd of 27,642 packed Dignity Health Sports Park on Sunday to get a look at Lionel Messi and they got what they paid for, with Messi scoring in the second minute of stoppage time to give Inter Miami a 1-1 tie with the Galaxy.

Messi’s goal came after Riqui Puig turned the ball over deep in the Galaxy end. Messi and former Barcelona ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With teenager Jaedyn Shaw and Alex Morgan, who is not a teenager, combining for three first-half goals, the U.S. women's national team routed Argentina 4-0 in group play of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup on Friday, running its unbeaten streak to 21 games.

Unbeaten in regulation time, that is.

The qualifier is important because four of...Read more

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Nicole Aunapu Mann is unquestionably among the greatest players in Navy women's soccer history. Now, her out-of-this-world performances carry new meaning.

In 2013, Aunapu Mann was selected as one of eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21, achieving a dream set shortly after earning her wings of gold a decade before.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal will face off at SoFi Stadium on July 27 in the first game of a three-team, three-match preseason tour of the U.S. Liverpool, the current league leader, is the third team involved. The Reds will meet Arsenal at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on July 31 before playing ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Believe it or not — and I’m not sure I do, even on replay — Salt Lake defender Andrew Brody had the best view of the Lionel Messi experience on an opening night that showed what to expect this Inter Miami season.

Which is anything.

Or maybe everything?

“If anybody was skeptical about what this team can do, I ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mia Fishel should have been in the starting lineup for the women’s national team Tuesday. Instead, she wasn’t even on the roster.

The first CONCACAF W Gold Cup was to be her coming-out party, the springboard that would catapult her into contention for a spot on the Olympic team this summer. Instead, she’ll be watching the ...Read more

Lionel Messi and his pink clad Inter Miami teammates kicked off the 2024 MLS season Wednesday night and showed why they are the league’s main attraction, dazzling the Chase Stadium crowd with precision passing, juking defenders left and right, looking at times like a team in mid-season form as they beat Real Salt Lake 2-0.

All the fans’ ...Read more

What should Inter Miami fans expect of Lionel Messi in 2024 with his first full season in Major League Soccer now underway?

Everything, that’s all. Matters not that he will turn 37 in a few months. Time is the constraint of mere mortals. This is Messi: Greatest of all time and greater than time itself.

Are we serious? Another question: Can ...Read more