Category: Soccer

A Moment of Rage Led to a Moment of Brilliance for the U.S.

Lindsey Horan’s tying goal against the Netherlands saved her team at the World Cup. But it came from a dark place she knows well.
Tottenham Hotspur Owner Joe Lewis Is Charged in U.S. With Insider Trading

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused the British billionaire of illegally funneling nonpublic information to associates to trade on.
Tottenham Hotspur Owner Joe Lewis Is Charged in U.S. With Insider Trading

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused the British billionaire of illegally funneling nonpublic information to associates to trade on.
It’s Hard to Root Against Haiti in the Women’s World Cup

The 2023 Women’s World Cup has the largest field of competitors in tournament history. Les Grenadiers, as the Haitian team is known, may be the scrappiest of them all.
A Continental Competition, All in One Neighborhood

Inspired by the Africa Cup of Nations, several small-scale soccer tournaments formed in the Paris region. In a working-class landing spot for immigrants, one event lets locals revel in being exceptional.
Kylian Mbappé Is Target of Record Offer From Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal

Al Hilal of the Saudi Professional League made a bid to Paris St.-Germain to acquire the French striker in what would be the most expensive soccer transfer in history.
Norway’s Lise Klaveness Is Calling Out FIFA From the Inside

Lise Klaveness is a rarity in soccer: a woman leading a national federation. But in pointing out her sport’s failures, she has made powerful enemies.
The Morocco Women’s Team Has Already Won

Morocco is the first North African and majority Arab nation to qualify for the Women’s World Cup. It’s hoping to pick up the baton its men’s team carried in Qatar.
Can This Man Fix France’s Women’s Team?

Hervé Renard has led two men’s teams to the World Cup. But in taking over his country’s talented but troubled women’s squad, he may have his toughest job yet.
Lionel Messi

The Argentine star’s signing is seen as a way to push soccer into the American mainstream. But it’s already there.
Inter Miami versus Cruz Azul: Messi revoluciona a la Florida

Con su primer partido en el Inter Miami el viernes por la noche, el impacto de Messi ya se siente en una ciudad conocida como la capital no oficial de América Latina.
Messi Shines a Spotlight on Miami, and on Soccer in the U.S.

As his Inter Miami career begins with a match Friday night, Messi’s impact is already felt in a city known as the unofficial capital of Latin America.