MIAMI — As if losing 3-1 to Monterrey Wednesday night and getting eliminated from the Champions Cup wasn’t enough bad news for Inter Miami, the club also found out it was sanctioned by Concacaf following an investigation of a heated argument that occurred in a hallway at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale April 3 after the first leg of the ...Read more

Cerro de la Silla, a breathtaking 6,000-foot mountain and symbol of the Mexican city of Monterrey, provided the perfect backdrop for the Champions Cup quarterfinal late Wednesday night between Inter Miami and Monterrey.

The mountain towers over Estadio BBVA, which was appropriate for Lionel Messi and his pink-clad teammates, who faced an uphill...Read more

MIAMI — Mexican cuisine varies in spiciness from mild to extra hot, and the same can be said for matchups between MLS and Liga MX teams over the years. Some of the rivalries were less spicy, some more.

It is safe to say there has never been a more piquant or anticipated showdown between an MLS team and a Liga MX team than the second leg of ...Read more

ATLANTA — The SheBelieves Cup wrote another chapter in what Atlanta can expect when the Copa America teams and supporters arrive in two months, and the World Cup in 2026.

Fans from around the country descended upon Centennial Park and Mercedes-Benz Stadium to profess their love for the sport, embrace their national team and bond with their ...Read more

MIAMI — Mexican club Monterrey filed a formal complaint with CONCACAF against Inter Miami on Thursday regarding a heated verbal exchange between Lionel Messi and Monterrey coach Fernando “Tano” Ortiz in a Chase Stadium hallway after Inter Miami’s 2-1 loss in the Champions Cup quarterfinal on Wednesday night.

The complaint also mentions ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami will face its toughest test of the year so far without Lionel Messi.

The Argentine star was not on the game roster for the Champions Cup quarterfinal first leg against Mexican team Monterrey on Wednesday night.

It is the fourth game in a row Messi will miss since suffering a hamstring strain in the ...Read more

The German Football Association (DFB) is working to redesign soccer jerseys with numbers that have conjured up memories of the country’s Nazi past.

The uniforms in question feature a number 4 closely resembling the lightning-like logo worn by Adolf Hitler’s Schutzstaffel paramilitary organization, better known as the SS.

Further ...Read more

If you are a young Argentine soccer player and you get a phone call informing you that Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi are interested in you joining their team, you don’t think twice. You say yes.

Just ask Marcelo “Chelo” Weigandt, the 24-year-old right back who Inter Miami signed on loan last week from Boca Juniors.

Four years ago, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rising USWNT star Korbin Albert has issued an apology for sharing anti-LGBTQ content on social media after she was fiercely criticized by soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe.

“I want to sincerely apologize for my actions on social media,” the 20-year-old midfielder wrote on her Instagram story Thursday. “Liking and sharing posts ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Remember when the Mexican national team was good? It's certainly been a while.

The latest implosion came Sunday night in a 2-0 loss to the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League final in Arlington, Texas. And the meltdown was complete, both on and off the field.

On the field, Mexico put just two shots on goal in losing to the U.S....Read more

HARRISON, N.J. — Lionel Messi sat out the Inter Miami game against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, as expected. His teammates who did show up might have been better off staying home, too. They seemed listless, uninspired, and disorganized, and they paid the price.

The men in pink were routed, 4-0, on a frigid, rainy afternoon.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer deserves a straight red card for its handling of the officials' lockout, which will enter its second month this weekend. At a time when Lionel Messi's presence means more of the world will be sampling MLS than ever before, the league has put its games in the hands of referees who are clearly overwhelmed and ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Virtually anywhere anyone turned on Saturday’s match at CPKC Stadium, an unprecedented, indelible and moving image awaited as the Kansas City Current commenced the way to a bold — albeit absurdly overdue — new frontier in women’s sports.

You could sense it in the wonder of the little girls gazing out into an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lionel Messi was not at Audi Field Saturday afternoon. He was resting a strained hamstring back in South Florida. But the Argentine star’s impact on Inter Miami was felt, as his teammates beat D.C. United, 3-1, without him.

Street vendors hawked Messi shirts, scarves, and bucket hats on every corner outside the stadium, in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Angel City, the most valuable franchise in the history of U.S. women's sports, might soon have a new controlling owner after its board hired a New York investment bank to manage a sale of the NWSL club.

The team's four principle owners voted to have Moelis & Co. seek an investor that would assume control of Angel City's board, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Mexican national team will face New Zealand at the Rose Bowl on Sept. 7. The game will fall during a FIFA international match window, meaning Mexico will be able to call up its best players for the match.

When Mexico and New Zealand met in Pasadena in March 2010, the game drew a crowd of 90,526, largest-ever for a MexTour ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi is healthy and expected to start for Inter Miami at home against Nashville SC Wednesday night in the deciding leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16. His three ex-Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez are also fit, well-rested and ready to play.

Miami tied Nashville 2-2 on the road in the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. made its earliest-ever exit from a women’s World Cup last summer when it was eliminated by Sweden in the round of 16. And while the shadow of that loss wasn’t necessarily hanging over the Americans on Sunday when they played in their first tournament final since then, it hasn’t exactly gone away either.

“We have ...Read more

MIAMI — Inter Miami plays its fourth game of the MLS season on Sunday at home against CF Montreal, and the questions about Lionel Messi’s availability have begun.

The 36-year-old Argentine star played the full 90 minutes of every game thus far, three MLS games and the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 against Nashville on ...Read more