17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (342+ words) Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Fabrice Gautrat was fired as coach of the Houston Dash on Sunday, with the team also announcing that technical director Twila Kilgore is ​leaving the club. Assistant coach Jaime Frias will serve as the ‌interim head…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (496+ words) MADRID, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Spain’s football federation has unveiled an agreement to support fertility treatment for female players and referees, presenting the measure as another way to give women in elite football greater freedom to decide if and when to become…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (542+ words) Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino is ready to get his squad together for training camp ahead of a cluster of friendlies into October, while starting the road toward a spot in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (506+ words) Aug 31 (Reuters) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday. The following are quotes and reactions: “The captain of our dreams. That kid, ‘La Pulga’, that alien who made possible what so often seemed impossible… You are…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) By Leila Miller and Horacio Fernando Soria BUENOS AIRES, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Argentines saluted Lionel Messi on Monday after the soccer great confirmed the news many had long expected but still found painful: ​his retirement from the national team. “It’s going…...

2+ week, 16+ min ago   (302+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Lionel Messi, who captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 2022 and the final in 2026, is retiring from international football, he said on Monday. The record eight-times Ballon d’Or winner is his country’s record appearance-maker ​and scorer…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (348+ words) Aug 24 (Reuters) – Gianni Infantino said on Sunday that it was FIFA’s job to close the gap between its wealthy members and those that have few financial resources, adding that some prosperous federations did not ​want others to grow. The FIFA…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (958+ words) BOLZANO, Italy, Aug 20 (Reuters) – World soccer’s regional powerhouses are discussing whether to move a vote of no confidence as they seek to oust FIFA President Gianni Infantino after he angered them with a proposal to sell private investors a stake…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said on Wednesday that FIFA needs a new presidential candidate and governance reform amid the turmoil surrounding Gianni Infantino’s leadership. A day after accusing the FIFA president of pressing the “self-destruct…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (533+ words) Aug 19 (Reuters) – More national football federations and FIFA officials have withdrawn their support for the soccer body’s president Gianni Infantino after the exit of Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour, which one FIFA vice-president described as the “final straw”. FIFA said…...