LaLiga president Javier Tebas believes his league could play official matches abroad as soon as the 2025-26 season.
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Tuesday AM: Sergiño Dest, an irreplaceable force. Also: Supreme Court’s soccer decision.
Good morning! The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal in a lawsuit filed to end U.S. Soccer’s policy of not allowing foreign teams to play official matches on American soil. U.S. Soccer and MLS have had a long history of success in antitrust lawsuits, but this case could have a different ending. The Biden […]
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Supreme Court: Lawsuit against U.S. Soccer and FIFA to go forward
Relevent Sports is contesting soccer’s policy of not permitting a federation to sanction official matches involving teams from other countries.
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Foreign league and cup matches on U.S. soil move one step closer to becoming a reality
Relevent Sports’ antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Soccer and FIFA took a new twist when Relevent Sports agreed to dismiss FIFA from the suit.
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Appeal: U.S. women continue equal pay fight
More than 26 months since their suit against U.S. Soccer was filed and more than 14 months since U.S. District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner dismissed key parts related to their equal pay claim without letting the case go to trial, members of the U.S. women’s national team have, as expected, appealed the ruling to […]
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Relevent Sports has antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Soccer and FIFA dismissed
For the second time, Relevent Sports has had an antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Soccer dismissed. On Tuesday, U.S. district court judge Valerie Caproni ruled that the federation had not conspired with FIFA to block the organization of competitive league and cup matches involving foreign clubs in the United States. A year ago, almost to the […]
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U.S. Soccer faces yet another antitrust suit in federal court
The first day of U.S. Soccer’s transition from CEO Dan Flynn,who is stepping down after 19 years as the federation’s top executive, started off with a bang. Another antitrust lawsuit filed in federal court. With a familiar issue. And involving afamiliar plaintiff’s attorney. The Relevent Sports Group has sued U.S. Soccer in U.S district court […]
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What They're Saying: Patricia Ewing
“If they had, Marianne Williamson would have told U.S. Soccer to pay the women more than the men, since it is the women that are world champions.” — Patricia Ewing, aspokeswoman for Williamson’s Democratic presidential campaign, saying no one from U.S. Soccer had reached out ahead of the July debate to argue its side of […]
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Hope Solo wins appeal in U.S. Soccer case before USOC
HopeSolo, who in 2018 filed a complaint before the USOC against U.S. Soccer that the federation was in violation of USOC by-laws and provisions of the Stevens Act won her appeal of the decisionby a three-person USOC panel to grant U.S. Soccer’s motion to dismiss the complaint. Solo vs. USSF: Final Arbitration Award
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Evening Edition: What's in the news …
1. U.S. Soccer responded to the complaint filed by 28 U.S. women’s national team players in U.S. District Court for theCentral District of California that U.S. Soccer has engaged in gender-based employment discrimination in violation of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Citingdifferences in the law and […]