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Diego Luna scores twice as US beats Guatemala in Gold Cup semifinal in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Guatemala’s fans may have outnumbered American fans at Energizer Park on Wednesday night, but that was no problem for the United States: Diego Luna outnumbered Guatemala.
The young midfielder, making just his 10th appearance for the U.S. men’s national team, scored twice in the first 15 minutes — his second and third ...Read more

Analysis: What's wrong with the Galaxy, who went from a championship to the cellar in one season?
LOS ANGELES — The Galaxy continued to stumble through their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season last week, taking just a point from two games against teams on the fringe of the playoff race.
That left the reigning MLS champions with just one win and nine points from 20 games. If they continue at this pace, they'll set modern-era ...Read more

A year since the Olympics, the USWNT's next era is fully underway
WASHINGTON — There are days when it feels like there’s almost too much soccer going on this summer. Even the sport’s diehards can struggle to keep pace with the Club World Cup, the Gold Cup, MLS, the NWSL and the USL’s lower leagues all at once — and the women’s European Championship joins the party on Wednesday.
Amid all this, the ...Read more

Kylian Mbappe makes Club World Cup debut as Real Madrid beats Juventus, 1-0
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A day after a pair of European giants were slain by underdog teams in the Club World Cup Round of 16, it was time for another pair to face off at Hard Rock Stadium: Real Madrid played Juventus in a much anticipated mid-afternoon matchup with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line.
The “Madrid!” chants began less ...Read more

Tom Krasovic: What can Major League Soccer do to catch up after Club World Cup?
What happened Sunday to Major League Soccer is what happened to foreign basketball teams that long ago went against American hoops gods such as Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley.
The MLS got Dream-Teamed.
Paris Saint-Germain dunked repeatedly on MLS’ glamour franchise — Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami — in ...Read more

Messi, Inter Miami routed 4-0 by PSG, eliminated from Club World Cup in Round of 16
ATLANTA — The first “Messi! Messi!” chants inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium began during warmups Sunday morning, as 65,574 fans filed in for the highly anticipated Club World Cup Round of 16 showdown between Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami team and his former team, the recently-crowned European champion Paris Saint-Germain.
Before long, it was ...Read more

This is what PSG coach Luis Enrique said about Messi, Inter Miami ahead of game Sunday
ATLANTA — If anybody knows the challenges of facing Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, it is Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique, who coached the quartet at FC Barcelona, a spectacular team that also included Javier Mascherano, now the Miami coach.
That team knocked PSG out of the ...Read more

Chelsea storms past Benfica in extra time at FIFA Club World Cup in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christopher Nkunku wouldn’t let Chelsea leave Charlotte without a win.
The 27-year-old forward scored the go-ahead goal in extra time, and Chelsea poured it on from there, earning a 4-1 victory over Benfica on Saturday night at Bank of America Stadium in the FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16.
The match was suspended for ...Read more
Paulinho's goal sends Palmeiras past Botafogo in the Club World Cup before another loud crowd
PHILADELPHIA — As joyous as soccer’s great moments can be, the sport often spends the rest of the time requiring its devotees to suffer.
On Saturday, in the first game of the Club World Cup’s knockout rounds, Palmeiras had to do a lot of suffering. The players had to battle Botafogo’s defense in this all-Brazilian matchup, and the green...Read more

Take a look inside Inter Miami's Miami Freedom Park Stadium, set to open early 2026
MIAMI — If you’ve driven near Miami International Airport lately, surely you have seen Miami Freedom Park Stadium rising and taking shape.
Inter Miami’s 25,000-seat new home is due to open in Spring 2026 and stadium officials said Tuesday that construction is accelerating and on schedule.
There is a chance MLS will give the club a ...Read more

Jim Alexander: Is there such a thing as too much soccer?
When Christian Pulisic, currently considered this country’s best soccer player, declined to play for the U.S. Men’s National team in the current CONCACAF Gold Cup and then engaged in a long-distance wars of words both with current national team coach Mauricio Pochettino and with Landon Donovan – who was American soccer’s GOAT before ...Read more

Kevin Baxter: FIFA Club World Cup casting some doubts over European soccer dominance
LOS ANGELES — Heimo Schirgi's first big job in soccer was as head of operations for UEFA, the largest and most influential of the global game's six geographic confederations. Part of that job involved planning and managing the UEFA Champions League, the largest and most influential club soccer competition in the world.
So when Schirgi moved ...Read more

Inter Miami ties Palmeiras 2-2, advances to Club World Cup Round of 16, will play PSG
MIAMI — On the eve of Lionel Messi’s 39th birthday, more than 60,000 fans at Hard Rock Stadium watched in amazement as his Inter Miami team took a 2-0 lead on Brazilian great Palmeiras, and then held their breath as Palmeiras tied it 2-2 in a thrilling Club World Cup match.
Both teams advanced to the Round of 16 with the draw. Palmeiras ...Read more

Juventus players befuddled by visit with Trump at White House: 'I just want to play football, man'
LOS ANGELES — Members of the Italian soccer team Juventus visited with President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon.
Exactly why the gathering took place remains largely a mystery.
Six of the team's players (Weston McKennie, Timothy Weah, Manuel Locatelli, Federico Gatti, Teun Koopmeiners and Dusan Vlahovic), their coach Igor ...Read more

Messi scores free kick to lead Inter Miami to 2-1 win over Porto in Club World Cup
ATLANTA — Lionel Messi fans in pink No. 10 shirts, and some in Argentina’s iconic striped jerseys, showed up at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday afternoon for a chance to see their idol and his Inter Miami teammates play in a pivotal game against Portuguese club FC Porto in the Club World Cup.
They left happy and chanting his name after ...Read more

Underdog Al Hilal secures surprising 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in Club World Cup
MIAMI — Al Hilal’s soccer history in Saudi Arabia doesn’t sound like the club should be considered an underdog.
But on the world stage of the FIFA Club World Cup, and against global powerhouse Real Madrid, the 19-time Saudi League champions had the odds stacked against them.
Add to that a raucous Hard Rock Stadium crowd of 62,415, most ...Read more

Kevin Baxter: Angel City takes stand against immigration raids as others stay silent
LOS ANGELES — Why is it always the women who stand up first?
That’s a rhetorical question, of course. But it’s one that has a basis in fact because girl power is real.
From Joan of Arc to Cassidy Hutchinson, whenever men have proven too cautious, cowardly or complacent to act, women have had the courage to do the right thing. The latest ...Read more

Inter Miami in four-way tie ahead of Porto game Thursday, but yellow cards could hurt
MIAMI — Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates were back at their training facility on a sweltering Monday morning, beginning preparations for their second Club World Cup game on Thursday in Atlanta against Portuguese team Porto.
Miami finds itself in a better position than many experts predicted, locked in a four-way tie in Group A with ...Read more

Paris Saint-Germain hopes Champions League title will help it expand its brand
LOS ANGELES — Two men showed up at Adrien Frier's Beverly Hills home Thursday afternoon and carried an unusual package onto the backyard patio, where a white-clothed table waited.
Frier, France's consul general in Los Angeles, was preparing to host a party and the 25-pound sterling silver objet d'art was the guest of honor. Standing next to ...Read more

Mexico wins its Gold Cup opener, but 'El Tri' fans were in no celebratory mood
LOS ANGELES — They played a soccer game at SoFi Stadium on Saturday.
Not that many people really cared.
Mexico won, beating the Dominican Republic, 3-2, in the first game of the monthlong CONCACAF Gold Cup. Yet even the team's biggest fans found it hard to celebrate given what was going on just a dozen miles away, where hundreds of people ...Read more
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