Mexico beat the USA 2-1 in the 2025 Gold Cup final to repeat as Concacaf champion.
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Club World Cup: Quite an American presence in Washington
After they went to the Oval House, Weston McKennie and Tim Weah went out and beat Al-Ain 5-0 at the Club World Cup.
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Melissa Borjas brings history-making global experience to Manager of NWSL Referees role
Three decades ago in her Tegucigalpa neighborhood, other parents questioned Melissa Borjas’ mother for letting her play soccer with the boys.
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Racing Louisville’s Ary Borges gets three-game suspension for pushing referee
Racing Louisville’s Ary Borges was handed a three-game suspension for pushing referee Corbyn May after the contentious match with the Portland Thorns that ended in a 3-3 tie and with 41 combined fouls, an NWSL record.
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Tom Beckvermit on keeping elite referees in peak condition
The soccer referee patrols more than an acre and a half of the field for 90-plus minutes. The six to seven miles of a ref’s running include plenty of sprinting.
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2025 Club World Cup will use new goalkeeper rule
IFAB’s new rule to cut down on time-wasting by goalkeepers will be used at the USA-hosted World Club Cup this summer:
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Ref Watch: U.S. officials Tori Penso and Co., assigned to Club World Cup
They are among the 117 officials for the 32-team, 63-game tournament June 14-July 13.
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Phil Anschutz is among U.S. Soccer’s 2025 honorees
Also honored at U.S. Soccer’s 2025 AGM awards dinner were Tony Sanneh, JT Dorsey and Don Wilbur.
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Kari Seitz on growing the USA’s referee corps: battling abuse, changing culture and dramatic milestones
We spoke with Seitz shortly after U.S. Soccer unveiled its strengthened “Referee Abuse Prevention” policy.
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MLS adopts ‘captains only’ rule to protect refs from mobbing
Although FIFA’s rule-making body IFAB has yet to cement the policy in the “Laws of the Game,” IFAB has allowed leagues to implement it