January 8 – Minnesota United head coach Eric Ramsey, who joined the MLS club in February 2024, looks set to be returning to England to take charge of Championship club West Bromwich Albion.
January 7 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is doubling down on a talent identification approach that feels distinctly American: the combine. Recently, the league staged both its NWSL Combine and Youth Combine in Florida – invitation-only events designed to bring the country’s top prospects into one place, at one time, in front of club decision-makers.
January 5 – James Johnson is conscious that grand declarations mean little without trust behind them. Six months into his role as chief executive of Canada Soccer Business (CSB), he frames his tenure not as a reset, but as a careful recalibration at a moment when the sport in Canada is edging towards its most significant summer.
January 5 – Five-time finalists of MLS Cup, the New England Revolution are finally getting their own home after 30 years of toiling at the NFL home of the serial-winning New England Patriots.
January 2 – Fresh off winning their first MLS Cup, Inter Miami have announced a three-game pre-season tour through Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador as the MLS club attempts to capitalize on the ‘Messi Effect’ and push both brands into the global football conversation.
December 23 – The business of U.S. youth soccer is a multi-billion-dollar industry, but for players and families, different leagues with different acronyms all fight for attention, claiming to be the best.
December 22 – Last week, disturbing reports came out of the MLS NEXT Fest in Arizona. U.S. immigration enforcement officials reportedly entered the tournament and detained an adult believed to be the parent or relative of a young player.
December 22 – Concacaf brought together the region’s technical leaders and coach educators in Guatemala City this week for its second Coach Education Conference. With the world’s eyes on the region for the next seven months, the confederation is taking the job of raising coaching standards across North and Central America and the Caribbean to the next level.
December 17 – The United Soccer League has renewed Prinx Tires as the naming rights partner for the USL Cup for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
December 17 – The Epic Battles short film from the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup has earned a Silver Clio Sports Award for Film Editing and a Bronze Clio Sports Award for Film Direction in a first for Concacaf.
December 17 – Aaron Ramsey’s time in Mexico has ended, and not the way he planned it with a last-minute thunderbolt winner, but with a missing dog, a plane ticket home, and one of the stranger footnotes in modern football.
December 16 – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has become the first continental association to become a Sports for Nature Signatory, marking a commitment to create and sustain healthy natural environments across Oceania.
December 16 – Nielsen, the gold standard in audience measurement, data and analytics, has released a new “Tops of Sports” report that looks at the forces shaping U.S. sports media in the year ahead, and soccer is increasingly attracting viewers.
December 12 – Argentine legend, Lionel Messi, has barely had time to catch his breath after leading Inter Miami to an MLS Cup and yet another MVP trophy, yet he’s already on the road again. India is rolling out a three-day ‘GOAT Tour’, and the scale of adoration waiting for him would make even Cristiano Ronaldo’s statue-laden fanfare in Madeira look modest.
December 11 – Current Concacaf Champions Cup holders Cruz Azul from Mexico will open their defence of the title against losing MLS Cup finalists Vancouver Whitecaps next February in the stand-out tie of the first round of matches.