The show’s focus on a women’s squad mirrors a broader increase in the popularity of women’s team sports. Now the series faces a challenge: pleasing old fans while welcoming new ones.

Cristo Fernandez was a soccer player before he was an actor. After finding TV stardom, he’s making the unlikely return to his first career.

The performers valiantly attempted to justify the existence of the show, which was impeccably choreographed and thematically jumbled.

With a wartime host nation, a referee deported and a ban overturned after a call from the White House, the 2026 tournament tested FIFA like no other.

For fans at MetLife Stadium, the World Cup final was the thrill of a lifetime.

Lamine Yamal and his teammates ordered more than 40 pies from a shop in New Jersey ahead of their game against Argentina on Sunday.

Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear and see everything except the game.

Allowing clubs to block rule changes and money to delay punishments feeds the perception that the same rules do not apply to everyone.

Han Kwang-song’s recent appearances in World Cup qualifiers were his first ones overseas since 2020, when U.N. sanctions led to an involuntary career break.

A Red Bulls promotion has some fine print: If Inter Miami is the opponent, you get a different game.

While most of Europe’s leagues engage in a Sisyphean quest to source as much money as possible, Sweden has chosen a different model. But its rewards come with risk.

The patience of Alonso, the Bayer Leverkusen manager, says a lot about him, and just as much about a sport perpetually chasing the next big thing.

The penalty adds to the problems of a team operating under a mountain of debt. It vowed to appeal.

FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, cheered a plan to take soccer’s richest event to the kingdom. He has said little about his years of work to make that happen.

Rapinoe, who helped define U.S. soccer for a decade, is retiring after this week’s N.W.S.L. final. Hayes, the Chelsea coach, will try to put her stamp on it next.

Australia announced it would not bid, clearing the way for the Saudis to bring soccer’s biggest tournament back to the Gulf.

Luis Rubiales, who led the country’s soccer federation, departed in disgrace after he forcibly kissed a player after the Women’s World Cup final.

In the span of three months, the soccer superstar has made Inter Miami’s eye-catching jersey the hottest piece of sports merchandise on the planet.

The U.S. firm bidding for the Premier League club, 777 Partners, has failed to provide required information to a British regulator.

777 Partners had been scooping up big-name soccer teams for two years when it bid for Everton. Doubts about its finances could kill the deal.