Evreux FC 27 is like hundreds of amateur soccer clubs across France. With 750 registered players, EFC is the largest club in Normandy. Its first team plays in the amateur National 2, the fourth level of French soccer, but with promotion has come new financial problems. It has an annual budget of 975,000 euros, slightly […]
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.
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FIFA must soon revisit plans for 2026 World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday that soccer’s world governing body will revisit how it wants to structure the format for the 2026 World Cup. In 2017, FIFA confirmed it would expand the 2026 World Cup from 32 to 48 teams. A year later, its members selected the USA, Canada and Mexico as co-hosts. […]
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Former soccer writer Alex Yannis dies at the age of 84
Longtime New York Times sportswriter Alex Yannis, the 2009 Colin Jose Media Award recipient from the National Soccer Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday. AP reported that Yannis died at a residential hospice in New City, New York, of interstitial lung disease. He would have turned 85 on Sunday, the day of the World Cup […]
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USL Championship: El Paso hires Brian Clarhaut as head coach and technical director
Brian Clarhaut, one of the few Americans who have coached in the top tier of European club soccer, has been named El Paso Locomotive FC’s new head coach and technical director. Clarhaut, 36, replaces John Hutchinson, who coached El Paso in 2021. Mark Lowry coached the Locomotive for its first three seasons before moving to […]
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NWSL/NWSLPA investigation reveals just how widespread misconduct was and inaction existed
On Wednesday, the NWSL and the NWSLPA, the league’s players association, released their report into misconduct in the women’s pro league, which finished its 10th season this fall. Report: NWSL and NWSLPA Joint Investigative Team The 125-page report comes more than 14 months after Meg Linehan’s initial reporting in The Athletic on Paul Riley and […]
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Grant Wahl died of aortic aneurysm
Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm, his widow, Dr. Céline Gounder, said Wednesday on CBS Mornings. The well-known soccer journalist died while covering the World Cup quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands. He collapsed late in the game, which went to a shootout, ending early Saturday morning in Qatar. • What to know […]
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MLS will return on Fox Sports networks
Of the three U.S. broadcast networks that carried Major League Soccer in recent years, only Fox Sports will return in 2023. MLS announced a four-year linear television agreement with Fox Sports (Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes) to air 34 regular-season and eight playoff games each season. Fox and Fox Deportes will also be the U.S. linear broadcast home […]
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Gio Reyna 'extremely surprised' World Cup issues came out as they did
In response to remarks made by U.S. national team coach Gregg Berhalter at a leadership conference and a report in The Athletic about issues at the start of the 2022 World Cup campaign, Gio Reyna issued a statement on his Instagram account on Monday night: “I hoped not to comment on matters at the World […]
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Gregg Berhalter remarks shed new light on World Cup player issues
Remarks made by U.S. national team coach Gregg Berhalter at a leadership conference shed new light on some of the issues he faced during the USMNT’s run to the round of 16 at the World Cup, including being “ready to book a plane ticket home” for a player media have identified as Gio Reyna. His […]
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Grant Wahl dies after collapsing at World Cup game
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands World Cup match at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Qatar. Wahl, who was best known for his work covering soccer for Sports Illustrated, was writing for Fútbol with Grant Wahl, his Substack site, during the World Cup. He collapsed late in the match and was treated […]