Lionel Messi and the rest of Inter Miami’s key starters are expected to play extended minutes Sunday as the team faces Sporting San Miguelito in Panama City, Panama.

The preseason match, which kicks off at 5 p.m., is the third in the club’s Americas Tour, which also includes a game against Olimpia in Honduras next Saturday. Miami won its ...Read more

DENVER — Mellody Hobson is not sweating the $110 million expansion fee that the new Denver NWSL franchise paid to get into the league. And she’s not worried about the millions she and the ownership group will pony up to build a new stadium, either.

In fact, Hobson, whose sports ownership portfolio includes the Broncos, White Sox, WNBA and ...Read more

Lionel Messi received a hero’s welcome from 80,000 fans at sold-out Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday night, as Inter Miami won its preseason match against Universitario in a penalty kick shootout.

The game remained scoreless after regulation and went directly to PKs. All five Inter Miami players made their shots, starting with ...Read more

NEW YORK — The complaint has grown louder in recent years, whether from players, coaches, or fans: Major League Soccer teams play too many games for their own good.

Sure, it’s a lot of entertainment, and that’s a big part of what pro sports are supposed to be for the public. But in a league with a serious salary cap and roster size cap, ...Read more

Major League Soccer and Apple announced details of this year’s MLS Season Pass streaming package on Wednesday. And this time, the details weren’t just about MLS and Apple.

After two years of making fans pay through Apple to get the package, it will now be available through traditional cable and satellite TV subscribers to Comcast Xfinity ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The 2026 World Cup kicks off in less than 500 days and there is mounting concern that the U.S. is not ready to welcome the more than 6 million visitors who will flood North America for the tournament.

Fans, politicians and other stakeholders, including FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, fear rigid immigration rules and ...Read more

EL CAJON, Calif. — San Diego FC star Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s playing career has been a rough-and-routinely-tumble series of absorbing fouls.

Opponents tackle him to slow his dangerous passing gear. They bump him out of exasperation because of his elite ball-handling.

They do what they can, when they can, to get him off his game.

The...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Anderson was sure the call would never come.

After playing every minute in goal for the U.S. in the U-17 women's World Cup in 2018, she thought maybe the senior national team would call. It didn't.

After pitching a shutout in her NWSL debut, helping Angel City to its only playoff appearance in 2023, she thought maybe ...Read more