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

MIAMI — Lionel Messi commented publicly for the first time about the recent death of his father, Jorge Messi, in a social media post Wednesday.

He thanked his father, who also served as his business manager, for everything he had done for him. Messi also described how heavily his father’s declining health weighed on him during this summer�...Read more

MIAMI — Lionel Messi could return to South Florida as early as Wednesday after spending time with family in Rosario, Argentina, following the funeral of his father, Jorge, over the weekend.

A24 news channel in Argentina reported that Messi, his wife and three sons were scheduled to board a private plane late Tuesday night and head back to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the summer of 2020, the year "Ted Lasso" debuted on Apple TV, the largest audience for a televised soccer match in the U.S. was 1.7 million. Shortly before the soccer-based sitcom returned for a fourth season last Wednesday, nearly 63 million viewers in the U.S. watched the World Cup final.

Brendan Hunt, the actor who plays ...Read more

MIAMI — Inter Miami was forced to play without Lionel Messi Saturday night as he returned to Argentina to be with his family after the death of his father, Jorge, and the Leagues Cup game ended on a somber note after Miami gave up a 90th minute goal to lose 2-1 to Mexican team Monterrey.

It was Miami’s first loss since May 2 and snapped an ...Read more