EA Sports Announces Several Investments in Women’s Soccer The gaming company announced three major initiatives geared toward growing women’s soccer. Sports Illustrated · Oct 20, 2022
Qatar's 12-year journey as World Cup host has 1 month to go The first World Cup in the Middle East is only one month away The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022
Sam Kerr and other WSL stars talk FIFA 23 at EA Sports Women’s Football Summit Women's soccer is starting to be put on the same level as the men's, so we spoke to several WSL stars about their role in this change. USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 20, 2022
Manufactured rivalries don’t work: LA’s El Tráfico is an exception The two Los Angeles teams meet on Thursday night in the MLS playoffs. And the passion and excitement around the game is a highlight of the league The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2022
Cuba seeks World Cup qualification after nearly a century Soccer coaches across Cuba are training hundreds of players as part of a new program to elevate the sport’s profile and status in a country that last qualified for the World Cup in 1938 The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
'Nobody said anything because they feared being benched' – how abuse is baked into American sports As someone who has been researching, writing and teaching about women’s and girls sports for the past 15 years, I wasn’t surprised by the recent revelations of sexual and verbal abuse by National Women’s Soccer League coaches. The Conversation · Oct 18, 2022
FIFA vows to improve Indonesian soccer safety after tragedy The president of soccer’s world governing body has met with Indonesia’s president and pledged to help improve stadium safety to prevent a repeat of a tragedy in which police fired tear gas at a match, causing a crush that killed 132 people The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Higuain’s ‘Dream Is Over’ as Argentine Brings Curtain Down on Career Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain said his "dream is over" after he brought the curtain down on his trophy-laden career following Inter Miami's 3-0 defeat to New York City FC in the Major League Soccer playoffs. Higuain, who announced his decision to retire earlier this month, was unable to sign off… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 18, 2022
Pro-IRA chanting at Dublin Airport condemned days after Ireland football team controversy The Ireland women’s soccer team were forced to apologise after they were filmed singing it in their dressing room following their World Cup play-off win over Scotland last week Dublin Live · Oct 17, 2022
Iran's celebrities face reprisals for supporting protests Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
MLS shatters four records going into play-offs ahead of astronomical deal worth £220m Fans have tuned in to watch Major League Soccer more regular during 2022, and Apple will be hoping to continue that trend as they take on the broadcasting rights from next season Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022
Soccer Saturday's Jeff Stelling threatens to 'walk off' show as fans raise concerns Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling said he wanted to leave early as viewers at home raised concerns about the host Chronicle Live · Oct 15, 2022
Tom Krasovic: Alex Morgan, Wave react to NWSL-abuse report on cusp of playoff match this weekend SAN DIEGO — Between the Wave's season finale Sept. 30 and the upcoming playoff game Sunday night in Mission Valley, a bombshell report was released that chronicled alleged abusive behavior, sexual misconduct and predation in the National Women's Soccer League before the San Diego team's arrival. Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022
Soccer-French soccer chiefs to check migrant workers' conditions in Qatar The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Friday it will send a delegation to Qatar to carry out checks on the working conditions of migrant workers after a documentary revealed poor living conditions at the team's World Cup base in Doha. Reuters · Oct 14, 2022
Reuters · Oct 14, 2022 Indonesia's fatal soccer stampede caused by tear gas, say investigators A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world's worst stadium disasters, the country's security minister said on Friday.
Reuters · Oct 13, 2022 Soccer-Ex-Venezuela soccer chief handed five-year ban after corruption charges A former president of Venezuela's soccer federation (FVF) has been banned by FIFA for five years and fined more than $410,000 after being found guilty of financial corruption, world soccer's governing body said on Thursday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 13, 2022 Joanna Lohman ‘was fooled by Paul Riley’ in Philadelphia, where he allegedly coerced her teammates PHILADELPHIA — In the vast swirl of emotions that followed U.S. Soccer’s investigation of alleged abuse in the NWSL, two similar forms flowed next to each other.
ABC News · Oct 13, 2022 Junior soccer club for struggling families denied participation in Adelaide competition A new club trying to make soccer more affordable families is told by Football SA that there is no room for them in a local competition.
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Maradona 'Hand of God' World Cup ball to be auctioned The ball used when Diego Maradona scored his “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup against England has been put up for auction by the Tunisian referee who missed soccer’s most famous handball
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022 Austerity architect George Osborne is in no position to lecture Liz Truss Brief letters: Economic harm | Size of a soccer pitch | Save the coronation date | Teacher exhortations | Humble pie
Reuters · Oct 13, 2022 Soccer-World Cup has helped Qatar strengthen worker rights, says organiser Qatar acknowledges there are gaps in its labour system but the World Cup has allowed the country to make progress on issues related to worker rights, Mahmoud Qutub, a member of the tournament's organising committee, said on Thursday.
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian says there needs to be a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League
Sports Illustrated · Oct 13, 2022 Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.
Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022 USWNT legend Brandi Chastain talks coaching high school soccer, NWSL abuse, Title IX DALLAS — Since scoring the game-winning penalty against China in the 1999 World Cup Finals, USWNT legend Brandi Chastain has gone on to coach, commentate and advocate for women’s leadership in sports.
Reuters · Oct 13, 2022 FIFA, Indonesian football body form taskforce after fatal stampede The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) and world soccer governing body FIFA will form a joint taskforce in a bid to improve crowd control and safety measures after a deadly soccer stampede earlier this month, officials said on Thursday.