SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- Bobby Wood has played 34 games for the U.S. national soccer team, nearly half of them as a substitute. So he knew what was expected of him when came off the bench Tuesday.

"Coming on as a sub, you always want to change the game in some way," he said. "That's my job."

But on this steamy afternoon at the raucous ...Read more

HARRISON, N.J.--When it comes to World Cup qualifying, Costa Rica has found a way to bring out the worst in the U.S.

Consider what happened Friday when, for the second time in 10 months, the Central Americans dealt the U.S. a loss of historic proportions, getting two goals from Marco Urena in a 2-0 victory before a sold-out crowd of more than ...Read more

The time for Bruce Arena to experiment with his national team roster is over, so the team the U.S. coach called up Sunday for the resumption of World Cup qualifying is older, deeper and more experienced than the one he used in July's Gold Cup.

A dozen of the 26 players Arena summoned have made 10 or more appearances in World Cup qualifying, ...Read more

Juan Carlos Osorio pulled a chair up to the breakfast table, pointed a fork at his inquisitor and cleared up a misunderstanding before cleaning up his eggs.

"I was misquoted as saying I don't like the MLS," the Mexican national team coach said this spring. "No. I never said that. I said it's a strong league."

There's no misunderstanding Osorio...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Jill Ellis studied literature in college. But you don't need a medical degree to know that unexercised muscles will eventually lose their strength.

The same goes for teams. So when Ellis, coach of the U.S. women's soccer team, took stock of her program following the 2015 World Cup, some of what she found worried her.

The U.S. ...Read more

Finally, after three and a half years of facing hurdles and navigating a complicated web of local politics, David Beckham's quest for a Major League Soccer team in Miami is "at the finish line," according to league commissioner Don Garber.

MLS owners are meeting in Chicago on Wednesday morning as part of All-Star Week, and Beckham's expansion ...Read more

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who skipped El Clasico Miami on Saturday, appeared in a Spanish court on Monday, where he is facing allegations of tax evasion.

Ronaldo is accused of dodging $17.3 million in taxes by creating foreign shell companies to hide income generated in Spain from his image rights. He has denied the allegations, and ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- For one night in Miami, soccer was king. In the building crescendo of Saturday night's preseason El Clasico Miami, in the swelling hype surrounding one of the world's best rivalries, and in FC Barcelona's 3-2 win over Real Madrid, the sport owned its massive stage.

The two Spanish soccer titans transformed Hard Rock ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The $93 million question has been answered.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the reigning FIFA player of the year and the world's highest-paid athlete, will not be in town with Real Madrid on Wednesday when the La Liga superpower faces the MLS All-Stars at Soldier Field.

Ronaldo is on an extended summer break and will not be rejoining the team ...Read more

MIAMI -- Cristiano Ronaldo will not be at El Clasico Miami on Saturday night.

The Real Madrid star told event organizers Friday afternoon that he could not make it because his schedule has been too full, and he has a court hearing on Monday in Madrid. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are scheduled to play at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday at 7:30 p....Read more

Lionel Messi, the greatest soccer player in the world in the eyes of many, arrived in Miami on Thursday afternoon with his FC Barcelona teammates to prepare for Saturday's "El Clasico" clash against rival Real Madrid in front of an expected sellout crowd at Hard Rock Stadium.

The team bus arrived at the Brickell City Centre's East Hotel, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Real Madrid plays in a stadium nearly 6,000 miles away under a French coach and with a superstar from Portugal.

Yet each summer, it doubles as America's team.

Since the inception of the International Champions Cup five years ago Real Madrid has drawn the two largest crowds in U.S. soccer history, with 109,318 fans flocking to ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- When the final whistle sounded on Wednesday's CONCACAF Gold Cup final, Bruce Arena pumped his fist, then turned to his assistants and smiled.

As celebrations go it was a muted one, especially since Arena was commemorating more than just a win. He was making history as well.

With the U.S. beating Jamaica, 2-1, Arena ...Read more

MIAMI -- The Spanish soccer royalty -- Real Madrid and FC Barcelona -- arrive in Miami on Thursday and begin preparations for Saturday's El Clasico match at Hard Rock Stadium. Both teams are flying in from California, where they had International Champions Cup matches Wednesday night.

Barcelona players, coaches and officials are scheduled to ...Read more

MIAMI -- It is 5 p.m. Sunday, and Yatsuney Perez is where he always is when Real Madrid plays a televised soccer match -- at the Bru's Room Sports Grill on Bird Road in Miami, wearing his beloved team's white jersey and scarf, cheering alongside other members of the Pena Madridista Sur de Florida (the Official Real Madrid Fan Club of South ...Read more