Vancouver-LAFC clash rises playoff fever to new level
The Vancouver Whitecaps have drawn some big crowds in the last two seasons, but they were Messi crowds.…
MLS 2026 schedule: Key dates, Messi spectacles and World Cup-related tweaks
MLS’s two biggest stars will meet on opening night of its 2026 season. Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will…
What we’re hearing about World Cup 2026: New plan to make soccer largest U.S. sport
The United States Soccer Federation is launching a new strategy to try to create more world-class players, win…
Why Major League Soccer is flipping its calendar after nearly 30 years.
Major League Soccer has made what commissioner Don Garber called “one of the most important decisions in our…
The vexing task of finding the next generation of sports leadership
In the fall of 1920, Major League Baseball was reeling. One season removed from the disastrous “Black Sox”…
LAFC star Denis Bouanga reaches MLS elite club not even Lionel Messi has joined
Denis Bouanga has been one of the standout players of the 2025 MLS season, leading Los Angeles FC…
Major League Soccer could see seismic changes after World Cup
We don’t often reference other authors in our SBJ column, but a late July story by The Athletic’s…
After contentious summer, MLS commissioner praises Messi: ‘He’s the unicorn of unicorns’
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Don Garber says he’s going to look back on his time as Major League…
Why WNBA Players May Lack The “Nuclear Option”
Photo by Bryan Bedder/Sportico via Getty Images Sportico via Getty Images The collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA…
Canada’s newest soccer club — and its distinct recruitment policy
“Un club d’ici, pour ici.” Two things stand out from Supra du Quebec’s motto. The newest Canadian Premier…
Soccer exec David Bruce’s path from MLS to back home in Sunderland
The number of American sports marketers transferring their skills from the U.S. to work in the U.K. —…
£60m Spurs star set to leave the club in shock move
Interest from MLS Side Fabrizio Romano has reported that Orlando City’s board travelled to London to meet with…