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Major League Soccer has always faced an uphill battle against its European counterpart for different reasons. Fans crave the quality that European soccer provides that a relatively young MLS cannot compete with. Interest in other sports often hurts viewership for MLS, while early kickoff times in Europe seldom conflict with other major events. Finally, the […]

Liverpool is one of a host of clubs coming to the USA to play friendlies this summer, but its squad is not at its peak. A busy 2023/24 season, coupled with a pair of international tournaments this summer, depleted the squad. Therefore, many of the top players will not feature for the Reds when they […]

The driving force for Spain in its conquest of Euro 2024 came in the middle of the field with Rodri. However, the end product focused on two players on either wing, Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams. Yamal emerged as a star despite being 17 years old. He has shown his ability with Barcelona, but doing […]

Reddit has announced content partnership deals with the NBA, NFL, and MLB. With these new agreements, Reddit has the license to post video highlights on its website, plus the opportunity to do AMAs (Ask Me Anything) with star athletes from those leagues. In return, Reddit intends to share the revenue it obtains from advertisers with […]

Controversial LaLiga President Javier Tebas has clashed heads with Real Madrid and Barcelona over recent years for different reasons. He has been a noted combatant of Barcelona's financial struggles. Oftentimes, he argues Barcelona must sell its players to make ends meet. In Real Madrid's case, Tebas has fought Real Madrid's dream of launching a new […]

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is one of the leading candidates to succeed Gareth Southgate as the head coach of the England national team. That greatly goes against the wishes of Newcastle, Howe's current employers. Therefore, the Magpies are trying to settle things down in terms of keeping Howe on board. A new report shows that […]

Joining the Fantasy Premier League this season is a fantasy competition for the EFL Championship, League One and League Two. Yet, Fantasy Premier League involves teams just from the English top flight. Fantasy EFL is a pool of all players from the second, third and fourth divisions in England. That means the 72 clubs in […]

Bill Foley, the American owner of English Premier League side Bournemouth, commented on the prospect of games in the US. FIFA has said it is investigating whether it is feasible to host games from domestic leagues in other countries. This stems from LaLiga working to host a competitive game in the United States. A lengthy […]

West Ham is in the USA for its schedule of preseason friendlies, and it is doing so with a lavish bus with an over-the-top showpiece. West Ham posted a video of this bus cruising through the streets of Tampa, FL, on Monday afternoon. Immediately following the video, questions surfaced regarding how legitimate the bus is. […]

CBS recently acquired two major soccer properties for Paramount+, making it the home of European soccer for fans in the United States. First, CBS swooped in to sign a deal with the English Football League. As a result, the EFL Championship, League One, League Two, and Carabao Cup will be available on CBS's platforms and […]

Protests against VAR in Norway took a drastic, and frankly bizarre, twist at the weekend during a an Eliteserien game. Rosenborg BK hosted Lillestrom on Sunday in a match between two mid-table teams. The incidents in the game happened straight from kickoff. Fans launched objects onto the pitch out of frustration with VAR. Although there […]

Argentina has become the focus of racism in soccer following a celebratory song that players chanted after their Copa America victory. A social media video on the account of Enzo Fernandez went viral. The song attacked the heritage of the France national team, citing the players as Africans. Philippe Diallo, the President of the France […]

N'Golo Kante returned to the world's stage at Euro 2024 following his move from Premier League giant Chelsea to the Saudi Pro League. Al-Ittihad has taken Kante's name out of much of the discussion of top soccer competition. However, his dominating performances in the middle of the field with France showed the world what it […]

CBS and Paramount+ will continue as the home of top-flight Italian soccer with a new rights deal for Serie A. On Friday, CBS announced the deal will extend for two years. The previous media rights deal between Serie A and CBS lasted three years as it ran from 2021/22 until this most recent 2023/24 campaign. […]

As one of the many elite European clubs coming to this side of the Atlantic Ocean this summer, you can watch the AC Milan friendlies in the USA. Yet, compared to the other teams heading here too, the club is special in one way. Milan has two notable Americans, including the best player of the […]

With North America hosting Copa America for the first time since the Centenario in 2016, it was supposed to be the biggest edition ever. Sixteen teams, a strong crop of sides from North America, and potentially Lionel Messi's final tournament with Argentina. Despite all the makings of great storylines, the negative aspects of the tournament […]

The Bundesliga playoff battle to conclude the 2023/24 season was one of the most unpredictable stories in recent soccer history. The team finishing 16th in the Bundesliga, Bochum took on the third-place team from that season's 2. Bundesliga. In this case, that was Fortuna Dusseldorf, a side that last played in the top flight in […]

On Sunday, fans barraged through the gates at Hard Rock Stadium to watch Argentina face Colombia. Videos and images surfaced of barricades falling at the entrances to the stadium concourse. Additionally, there were swaths of people waiting to get into the stadium as organizers locked entrances to maintain control. That did not stop people from […]

Gareth Southgate departed the England national team to leave it in the same spot as the USA: without a head coach. For Southgate, the Englishman left on his own accord after reaching a second European Championship Final. Berhalter guided the United States to an embarrassing group-stage exit at the Copa America, a tournament happening on […]

FOX had coverage of both the Euro 2024 and Copa America Final on Sunday, and the viewership for both games was strong. The first of those two games was Spain against England. The Spanish defeated the Three Lions of England after an 88th-minute goal from Mikel Oyarzabal. That evening, Argentina defeated Colombia in extra time […]