Don Garber on M.L.S.’s Past, Present and Future Major League Soccer almost folded after his first full season as commissioner. On Sunday, Garber will celebrate 20 years in the job, and his league and his vision for it continue to expand. By Ken Belson
Bottles Down, Cleats On: U.S. Soccer Team Takes Its Joy on the Road The champions reconvened in California to open their five-game World Cup victory tour on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. Everyone was invited to the party. By Scott Cacciola
Lionel Messi Suspended 3 Months and Fined $50,000 for CONMEBOL Criticism Messi will not be able to play for Argentina for three months after accusing the South American soccer governing body of corruption. The ban will keep him out of some friendly matches. By Agence France-Presse
On Soccer Sevilla and the Science of Soccer’s Summer Transfer Window Can a club beat the market year after year? Sevilla does by relying on uncommonly deep scouting and a very smart man with a cellphone. By Rory Smith
World Cup Stars and Cheap Tickets. Will Fans Now Care About Women’s Pro Soccer? Fourteen million Americans watched the World Cup final, yet some National Women’s Soccer League teams average only a few thousand fans at their games. By Kevin Draper
FIFA Quietly Considering Plan to Leave Switzerland World soccer’s governing body is weighing a move away from Zurich, its home since 1932, saying Swiss law has made it difficult to hire employees from outside Europe. By Tariq Panja
Jill Ellis Will Step Down as U.S. Women’s Coach Ellis’s decision to leave her post comes less than a month after she led the United States to its second straight Women’s World Cup title. By Andrew Das
U.S. Soccer Says It Pays Women’s Team More Than Men’s Team An open letter from the federation president was challenged by a spokeswoman for the players, who called the calculations “utterly false.” By Andrew Das
Megan Rapinoe, Conquering Hero, Returns to Cheers but Not to Action Citing injury and fatigue, Rapinoe sat out her homecoming to the N.W.S.L. Her absence from the lineup didn’t dampen the mood. By Kurt Streeter
Old Friends and Family Recipes Fuel a Real Madrid Prodigy The teenage forward Vinícius Júnior has kept his native Brazil close, and his life as simple as he can, while he makes his way in Spain. By Tariq Panja
Books News Megan Rapinoe Scores Again, but This Time It’s a Book Deal The soccer star will address social justice in two upcoming books. By Concepción de León
In P.S.G. Case, Documents Show UEFA Surrendered Without a Fight Disputed facts and an investigator’s calculations raise questions about European soccer’s commitment to enforcing its financial fair-play rules. By Tariq Panja
No Charges for Cristiano Ronaldo in Las Vegas Sexual Assault Case The district attorney in Las Vegas declined to prosecute Ronaldo, the Juventus star, over a decade-old accusation of sexual assault. By Kevin Draper
Seeking Soccer Talent, Club Executives Turn to Speed Dating Talk is fast and movement can be frenzied as club executives meet in person to negotiate transfers. By Tariq Panja
Iranian Soccer Star’s Sister Wants Women to Be Allowed at His Matches For four decades, Iran has prohibited female fans from buying tickets and attending men’s matches. FIFA wants the ban lifted. By Tariq Panja
U.S. Soccer Sponsor Enters Equal Pay Fight on Women’s Side Procter & Gamble urged the federation “to be on the right side of history,” and donated more than $500,000 to the team’s players association. By Andrew Das
‘Love More, Hate Less’: Megan Rapinoe’s Rousing Speech at World Cup Victory Parade Fans celebrated the U.S. women’s soccer team during a ticker-tape parade in New York. The event was highlighted by a speech from Megan Rapinoe, the tournament’s top scorer. By New York City Mayor's Office, Via Associated Press
Megan Rapinoe Steals the Show at the Women’s World Cup Parade After a parade up Broadway, Rapinoe said, “We have to love more and hate less.”
The U.S. Women Won, the Men Lost, and the Equal Pay Fight Tied Them Together Again On the day the American team won the Women’s World Cup, the U.S. men lost in a regional final. But how to compensate the players has caused tension and division. By Andrew Das
Megan Rapinoe, Reveling in the Spotlight, Celebrates Another World Cup Win The United States’ star attacker did more than just score goals (though she did that a lot): She charmed fans, angered the president and antagonized officials. By Andrew Keh
Don Garber on M.L.S.’s Past, Present and Future Major League Soccer almost folded after his first full season as commissioner. On Sunday, Garber will celebrate 20 years in the job, and his league and his vision for it continue to expand. By Ken Belson
Bottles Down, Cleats On: U.S. Soccer Team Takes Its Joy on the Road The champions reconvened in California to open their five-game World Cup victory tour on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. Everyone was invited to the party. By Scott Cacciola
Lionel Messi Suspended 3 Months and Fined $50,000 for CONMEBOL Criticism Messi will not be able to play for Argentina for three months after accusing the South American soccer governing body of corruption. The ban will keep him out of some friendly matches. By Agence France-Presse
On Soccer Sevilla and the Science of Soccer’s Summer Transfer Window Can a club beat the market year after year? Sevilla does by relying on uncommonly deep scouting and a very smart man with a cellphone. By Rory Smith
World Cup Stars and Cheap Tickets. Will Fans Now Care About Women’s Pro Soccer? Fourteen million Americans watched the World Cup final, yet some National Women’s Soccer League teams average only a few thousand fans at their games. By Kevin Draper
FIFA Quietly Considering Plan to Leave Switzerland World soccer’s governing body is weighing a move away from Zurich, its home since 1932, saying Swiss law has made it difficult to hire employees from outside Europe. By Tariq Panja
Jill Ellis Will Step Down as U.S. Women’s Coach Ellis’s decision to leave her post comes less than a month after she led the United States to its second straight Women’s World Cup title. By Andrew Das
U.S. Soccer Says It Pays Women’s Team More Than Men’s Team An open letter from the federation president was challenged by a spokeswoman for the players, who called the calculations “utterly false.” By Andrew Das
Megan Rapinoe, Conquering Hero, Returns to Cheers but Not to Action Citing injury and fatigue, Rapinoe sat out her homecoming to the N.W.S.L. Her absence from the lineup didn’t dampen the mood. By Kurt Streeter
Old Friends and Family Recipes Fuel a Real Madrid Prodigy The teenage forward Vinícius Júnior has kept his native Brazil close, and his life as simple as he can, while he makes his way in Spain. By Tariq Panja
Books News Megan Rapinoe Scores Again, but This Time It’s a Book Deal The soccer star will address social justice in two upcoming books. By Concepción de León
In P.S.G. Case, Documents Show UEFA Surrendered Without a Fight Disputed facts and an investigator’s calculations raise questions about European soccer’s commitment to enforcing its financial fair-play rules. By Tariq Panja
No Charges for Cristiano Ronaldo in Las Vegas Sexual Assault Case The district attorney in Las Vegas declined to prosecute Ronaldo, the Juventus star, over a decade-old accusation of sexual assault. By Kevin Draper
Seeking Soccer Talent, Club Executives Turn to Speed Dating Talk is fast and movement can be frenzied as club executives meet in person to negotiate transfers. By Tariq Panja
Iranian Soccer Star’s Sister Wants Women to Be Allowed at His Matches For four decades, Iran has prohibited female fans from buying tickets and attending men’s matches. FIFA wants the ban lifted. By Tariq Panja
U.S. Soccer Sponsor Enters Equal Pay Fight on Women’s Side Procter & Gamble urged the federation “to be on the right side of history,” and donated more than $500,000 to the team’s players association. By Andrew Das
‘Love More, Hate Less’: Megan Rapinoe’s Rousing Speech at World Cup Victory Parade Fans celebrated the U.S. women’s soccer team during a ticker-tape parade in New York. The event was highlighted by a speech from Megan Rapinoe, the tournament’s top scorer. By New York City Mayor's Office, Via Associated Press
Megan Rapinoe Steals the Show at the Women’s World Cup Parade After a parade up Broadway, Rapinoe said, “We have to love more and hate less.”
The U.S. Women Won, the Men Lost, and the Equal Pay Fight Tied Them Together Again On the day the American team won the Women’s World Cup, the U.S. men lost in a regional final. But how to compensate the players has caused tension and division. By Andrew Das
Megan Rapinoe, Reveling in the Spotlight, Celebrates Another World Cup Win The United States’ star attacker did more than just score goals (though she did that a lot): She charmed fans, angered the president and antagonized officials. By Andrew Keh