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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Alexander Abnos

Relevent, US Soccer settlement clears way for European league games in US

A general view of play during the second half of the Premier League Summer Series game between Chelsea FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Lincoln Financial Field on July 22, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Relevent is responsible for the Premier League’s Summer Series in the USA. Photograph: Scott Taetsch/Premier League/Getty Images

The long-running legal saga between the US Soccer Federation and US-based sports event promoter Relevent Sports is at its end, after Relevent filed on 9 April to dismiss the case from federal court, where it had been argued since 2019.

The case represented the last remaining legal hurdle to allowing worldwide domestic soccer leagues to play regular-season games within the United States, and its dismissal with prejudice means the path is now cleared for those games to take place should the leagues, clubs and fans allow it.

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