LOS ANGELES — When rumors first began circulating that Manchester City had committed egregious violations of the Premier League's financial fair play rules, Pep Guardiola, City's then manager, said he went to the team's owners and asked for an explanation.

At the same time, he issued a threat.

"I said to them: 'If you lie to me, the day ...Read more

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — In Philadelphia, it’s football season, it’s almost the baseball playoffs, and it’s always a good time to talk about LeBron James.

But amid all that, an unexpected question rises these days on Broad Street. And as it happens, the same question is rising around the soccer world.

How has a 16-year-old from Northeast ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. bowed out of this summer's World Cup with an uninspired loss to Belgium in the round of 16, the same place it has exited the three previous World Cups in which it has played. For U.S. Soccer's much ballyhooed "golden generation," it was a performance that hardly shone and a sign that whatever progress the federation has ...Read more

A record sellout crowd of 63,094 packed Soldier Field on Wednesday night for a highly anticipated Eastern Conference clash between Inter Miami and the Chicago Fire that ended in an unfulfilling 1-1 deadlock for Lionel Messi and his teammates.

Miami has won just one of its past eight games and squandered a chance to gain significant ground on ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates boarded a flight to Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, aiming to hit their stride as they await the arrival of new coach Kily Gonzalez heading into the final stretch of the regular season.

After failing to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup or the Leagues Cup, Miami has its eye set on becoming the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Goals from Danley Jean Jacques and Cavan Sullivan propelled the Union to a 2-0 win over CF Montréal on Saturday at Subaru Park. But while the result provisionally put the Union (7-6-10, 27 points) above the playoff line at the final whistle, it was a pretty ugly contest for most of the night.

The tone was set just two minutes ...Read more

MIAMI — Inter Miami made another roster move before the close of the MLS transfer window, signing Paraguayan midfielder Matias Galarza on loan from Argentine team River Plate through the conclusion of the 2026 MLS season, with a buy option at the conclusion of the loan.

He joins the Club pending receipt of his International Transfer ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When NBC paid a quarter-billion dollars for the U.S. broadcast rights to the English Premier League beginning in 2013 it was an expensive gamble. Just 4% of Americans ranked soccer as their favorite sport, according to a Gallup poll taken that year. And the network was drawing a 0.1 rating for its coverage of Major League Soccer ...Read more

MIAMI — The day soccer fans suspected was coming finally arrived: Lionel Messi announced his retirement from the Argentina national team on Monday morning after two decades in the iconic sky blue and white No. 10 jersey.

The announcement did not come as a surprise, as there had long been speculation that the 2026 World Cup would be the last ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi, awaiting the arrival of Inter Miami’s new coach Kily Gonzalez, put on a master class on Saturday night, scoring four goals to lead his team to a 7-1 rout of CF Montreal.

Messi’s brilliance at age 39 left the Nu Stadium crowd and TV spectators struggling for words to describe what he had just done. It was the seventh ...Read more

MIAMI — A vibrant rainbow appeared over the Inter Miami training session on Friday morning, perhaps a sign of brighter days ahead for Lionel Messi and his team, who have suffered through a treacherous August.

Stuck in a five-game winless rut, the club made a coaching change Thursday night, replacing Guillermo Hoyos with Cristian “Kily” ...Read more

MIAMI — Guillermo Hoyos may have coached his last game for Inter Miami.

Major League Soccer announced Thursday that it suspended Hoyos for one game for the team’s repeated violations of the Late Kickoff Policy, but he may not be around to serve that suspension Saturday because he is expected to be replaced by former Argentine player ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Mark Parsons joined Angel City as sporting director 19 months ago, the first order of business was to find a head coach. The club had fired its first two managers and was about to open training camp without one.

But for Parsons, finding the right person was more important than finding a person right now.

"Time in getting ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Soccer fans in this country have spent decades paying to watch games online. And for just as long, broadcasters have used that money to bankroll the rights fees for those games: from England’s Premier League on NBC’s Peacock to Spain’s La Liga on ESPN+, the Champions League on CBS’s Paramount+, and MLS on Apple TV.

But ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates, mired in a funk and aiming to turn things around, instead looked flat and struggled at home Saturday night in a 2-1 loss to a Toronto team that had won just one of its previous 14 games.

Miami, the defending MLS champion and star-studded team with the highest payroll, is on a five-game ...Read more

MIAMI — Inter Miami, seeking to end a four-game winless skid, kicks off a three-game homestand on Saturday against Toronto FC.

Lionel Messi and his teammates hung on to second place in the Eastern Conference standings despite a 2-2 midweek tie on the road against Philadelphia in a testy game that ended with one player from each team being ...Read more

Inter Miami, eager to get out of a slump, had a rocky start on the road against the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night, and Lionel Messi came to the rescue and provided a spark, as he often does.

Unfortunately for him and his teammates, it was not enough to secure a victory. Miami settled for a 2-2 tie in a physical, fiery game that ended ...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi made an emotional midweek return to Inter Miami after his father’s death and Luis Suarez is eligible to play again after missing the past three games serving a suspension.

The presence of the dynamic duo will be vital in Saturday’s road game against Nashville SC as Miami aims to return to winning following Leagues Cup...Read more