Azteca Stadium will reopen in March when Mexico hosts Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly match ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the Mexican soccer federation confirmed Tuesday. The iconic stadium, closed since May of last year for renovations, will host five World Cup matches, including the opener on June 11. Azteca, recently renamed…
The stage is set for the biggest match of the season: the 2025 MLS Cup Final. Inter Miami rolls into the match after a 5-1 rout of New York City FC in the Eastern Conference final, powered once again by Lionel Messi. Vancouver FC, led by Thomas Müller, arrives with plenty of confidence after a…
In partnership with Enzo Fernandez is staking a claim to be Lionel Messi’s successor with the Argentina national team. The Chelsea midfielder is not looking to become the Albiceleste‘s next iconic No. 10, but admits that he would welcome the opportunity to inherit captaincy duties from his iconic compatriot. That position will soon be up…
Former Manchester United, Newcastle, and Tottenham Hotspur striker Louis Saha has warned Lamine Yamal that he won’t match the legacy of Lionel Messi because he doesn’t have the same “obsession” with football as Cristiano Ronaldo. The Barcelona youngster has often been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons this season, with Saha the latest to…
Goals, defense, locker room vibes. Each of the 26 players selected to the U.S. men’s national team for the 2026 World Cup is going to have a big role. But some are going to be bigger than others. FOX Sports analysts Landon Donovan, Stu Holden, Cobi Jones, and Alexi Lalas – all former U.S. men’s…
You may fall into different camps about who you want to see the U.S. men’s national team play against in the group phase at the World Cup. A bunch of low-ranked teams? A gauntlet of star-laden opponents? Familiar foes? Unknown opponents? All of the above? If that’s the case, then this potential group will provide…
Thomas Müller knows exactly what it is like to face Lionel Messi with a trophy at stake — and he knows what it takes to win in those moments, too. The 2025 MLS Cup final — Messi and Inter Miami vs. Müller and the Vancouver Whitecaps — is going to draw a few comparisons from…
It wasn’t Messi who got Inter Miami on the scoresheet for the club’s first conference final. It was Tadeo Allende, the 26-year-old Argentine only at Inter Miami for one year, on a loan from Spanish club Celta de Vigo, who scored a hat trick in the 5-1 win over New York City FC to send…
United States men’s national team midfielder Tyler Adams scored one of the best goals in the Premier League this season when he lobbed the goalkeeper from nearly 50 yards (meters) for Bournemouth on Saturday. In the 15th minute of a match at Sunderland, Adams collected a loose ball inside his own half, crossed the halfway…
The United States Soccer Federation proposed 14 American sites among 20 possible venues to host games for the 2031 Women’s World Cup, including seven U.S. stadiums to be used for next year’s men’s tournament. FIFA released the bid books Friday for the 2031 and 2035 women’s tournaments. There is only one bidder for each, a…
