What is soccer culture in the United States? Many would argue we don’t really have it. Our league structure is a corporate spectacle, there’s a lack of quality at the national team level (on the men’s ...

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Soccer is the world’s most beloved sport, played and watched by millions across the globe. From its ancient origins right through to the modern era, the game has a rich history filled with fascinating ...

Sunday’s FIFA Club World Cup game at the Rose Bowl is a reminder that L.A. has nearly 125 years of soccer history. LA soccer's beginning: In 1902, when the Southern California Foot Ball League was ...

The first documented mention of a soccer game in Louisiana is from January 25, 1859. But it is not in a local newspaper and pre-dates the era of radio or television. Instead, it is filed in a police ...

“Pele Signs With Cosmos: ‘Soccer Has Arrived’ Here With the same ebullience that has marked his play, Pele took up his new career yesterday as a New York Cosmos forward and soccer’s ambassador to the ...

As the United States prepares for the 2026 World Cup, it's hard to remember that professional soccer in this country once felt like an impossible dream. But one Kansas City businessman, better known ...

Appoquinimink and Caravel hoisted trophies shaped as the outline of Delaware as the latest champions in girls soccer in Divisions I and II on June 1 at Caravel's Bob Peoples Stadium. Here is a look at ...

Over the course of soccer history, there have been countless great goalscorers. Take Zlatan Ibrahimović, for example—a master of the unexpected, scoring everything from bicycle kicks to outrageous ...

Though they haven't clinched a Premier League title in over two decades, Arsenal remain one of the biggest and most dominant sides in the history of English soccer. With no less than 49 major honors ...

Soccer wingers are those players who play down the flanks (wings). They provide width to their teams and support the forward players from either the left or right side of the pitch. So, soccer wingers ...

Given that soccer is one of the most physically demanding sports on the planet—requiring a rare combination of elite stamina, strength, and speed—you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s strictly a young ...