Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza scored a minute apart in the second half, and Mexico's Liga MX All-Stars beat the Major League Soccer All-Stars 4-1 in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday night.
Liga MX rolls over MLS for dominant 4-1 win in All-Star Game ahead of Leagues Cup
The MLS All-Stars have now lost the last two All-Star Games by a combined eight goals.
TV rights chaos in France should serve as a warning to the Premier League
Killing the golden goose is far from unprecedented, as the fall from grace of Serie A and La Liga can attest
The triumphalism of the Premier League is unlikely to disperse any time soon, even during a chastening 2024. Performances in last season’s Uefa club competitions were disappointing. Though Rodri was named player of the tournament, Euro 2024 struggled for Premier League stardust. In its final, a Spanish team backboned by Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao deservedly beat a team of English top-tier all-stars.
As a content provider, the Premier League can still be boastful without too much censure. The £5bn received for domestic rights and the £5.05bn from 2022 to 2025 for international rights dwarfs its competitors, though compared with the £7.7bn a season the NFL receives, the body headed by Richard Masters must still bow.
Continue reading...Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL agree code of conduct over gambling deals
- Campaigners have criticised clubs over betting sponsors
- Voluntary framework to be implemented this season
The Premier League, together with the Football Association, English Football League and Women’s Super League, have released a code of conduct for gambling deals, less than 24 hours after campaigners accused top-flight clubs of milking cash from betting firms before a ban on front-of-shirt sponsors is introduced for the 2026-27 season.
The Premier League, alongside the aforementioned stakeholders, say they have drafted a voluntary framework to be implemented before the start of this season. Last year, Premier League clubs agreed to withdraw betting companies from the front of shirts from the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
Continue reading...Premier League clubs accused of greed as total with gambling sponsors hits 11
- Bournemouth the latest with front-of-shirt gambling logo
- The Big Step says: ‘Desperate deals for a few extra quid’
Premier League clubs have been accused of greed for signing “desperate deals for a few extra quid”, after Bournemouth took to 11 the contingent with a gambling company as their front-of-shirt sponsor for at least the coming season. A ban kicks in for the 2026-27 campaign.
Bournemouth’s move, announced on Tuesday, means more than half of England’s top-flight teams will have a betting company on the front of their shirt, up from eight last season. Chelsea are the only Premier League club yet to announce a front-of-shirt sponsor. They began last season without one after supporters lobbied against a deal with an online casino.
Continue reading...Chelsea sign USMNT left-back Caleb Wiley from Atlanta United for reported £8.5m fee
- 19-year-old joins Premier League club on six-year contract
- Teenager is expected to join Strasbourg on loan
Chelsea have completed a deal to sign US national team left-back Caleb Wiley for a reported £8.5m.
The 19-year-old will join Chelsea from Atlanta United on a six-year contract. Wiley is expected to join Strasbourg, the Ligue 1 club who are part of the same Blueco ownership group as Chelsea, on loan for a season.
Continue reading...Drive to increase diversity of football match officials picks up momentum
BAMREF, which helps give voice to black, Asian and mixed heritage referees, made real breakthroughs last season
For Joel Mannix, witnessing Sam Allison becoming the first black Premier League referee for 15 years when he took charge of Sheffield United against Luton in December was just the start. A founder member of BAMREF – an organisation that seeks to give a voice and support to all officials from black, Asian and mixed heritage communities – Mannix has devoted the past three years to helping others overcome the barriers he faced. “I knew I would never see the promised land as a referee,” he recalls. “I was getting bored with the same old negative words from observers. Sometimes when doors keep closing on you it can get disheartening …”
But with Sunny Gill having made history in March when he became the first British Asian referee to officiate in the English top flight, some progress appears to have been made after more than a decade in the wilderness since the retirement of Uriah Rennie in 2008. However, Mannix – who is preparing for the third BAMREF conference on Sunday at Anfield – believes there is still plenty of work required to recruit the next generation of referees from diverse backgrounds.
Continue reading...Chicago Fire promise ticket credits to fans if Inter Miami’s Messi misses Chicago home game with injury
The Fire are offering credit for ticketholders at the August 31 home match in the event that Lionel Messi, who was injured during Copa América, does not play.
Why Cavan Sullivan’s MLS debut differs from Freddy Adu’s | The Cooligans
Yahoo Sports soccer contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros discuss Cavan Sullivan's MLS debut with Philadelphia. Hear the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
Youngest debut in MLS history, Messi injury update and a problematic post from Argentina
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros discuss Cavan Sullivan making history, Enzo Fernandez’ and what is going on with the USWNT and why they’re having trouble scoring.
Philadelphia’s Cavan Sullivan, 14, breaks Freddy Adu’s youngest MLS player mark
- Sullivan, 14, is considered future USMNT star
- Expected to join City at 18 in pre-arranged transfer
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to appear in an MLS match, Tai Baribo had his first career hat trick and Kai Wagner added three assists to help the Philadelphia Union end a 10-match winless streak with a 5-1 romp over the New England Revolution on Wednesday night.
Sullivan – at 14 years, 293 days – replaced Baribo in the 85th minute, topping the record by 13 days. Freddy Adu set the previous mark at 14-306 when he debuted for DC United in 2004.
Continue reading...Cavan Sullivan, only 14 years old, makes history with MLS debut for Union
Cavan Sullivan, a 14-year-old prodigy, made his MLS debut in the Union’s showdown with the New England Revolution, making him the youngest player ever to appear in a game for any major sport.
Cavan Sullivan, only 14 years old, makes history in MLS debut for Union
Cavan Sullivan, a 14-year-old prodigy, made his MLS debut in the Union’s showdown with the New England Revolution, making him the youngest player ever to appear in a game for any major sport.
Cavan Sullivan, 14, breaks Freddy Adu’s record, debuts in an evolved MLS
Cavan Sullivan debuted for the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday — in a league, MLS, that is much better prepared to usher him toward superstardom than it was with Freddy Adu two decades ago.
Lionel Messi to miss Inter Miami’s next 2 games with ankle injury suffered in Copa América final
Messi left Argentina's win over Colombia on Sunday after going down injured in the 64th minute.