Leagues Cup is back for another chapter of the MLS-Liga MX rivalry – but with two twists!This edition of the tournament (July 29-August 31) will see all 18 Liga MX teams compete, while 18 from MLS will round out the competition. The first twist: Unlike previous editions of the competition, Phase 1 will see each club play three matches against the three opponents from the opposite league. And now another twist: Clubs will earn points within their league-specific tables; an MLS club’s win earns points in the Leagues Cup MLS table, and ditto for Liga MX teams. The top four teams…

Liverpool will have a permanent memorial sculpture at its Anfield stadium to honor Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash earlier this month, the English club said Saturday.The Premier League champion said that recyclable material from “thousands of physical tributes, including flowers, works of art, cards, banners and opposition jerseys” left by fans at a spontaneous tribute site for the Liverpool player will be used to make the sculpture.Jota and his brother Andre Silva died when they crashed while driving in northwestern Spain on July 3.Liverpool fans honored their passing by leaving flowers and other objects outside Anfield.The club…

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Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba have been suspended one match by Major League Soccer for skipping its All-Star Game, the league announced Friday.Messi and Alba did not suit up for the match between the MLS and Liga MX of Mexico despite being voted to the game. Messi did not play to rest amid a packed schedule and Alba was dealing with a previous injury.Per MLS rules, any player who doesn’t participate in the All-Star Game without prior approval from the league is ineligible to compete in their club’s next match.The players will miss Miami’s home match Saturday against…

Crystal Palace confirmed Thursday that New York Jets owner Woody Johnson’s purchase of Eagle Football’s shareholding in the Premier League club has been completed.”I am honored and privileged to be joining the ownership group of Crystal Palace Football Club,” Johnson told the club website.Palace announced last month that Johnson had signed “a legally binding contract” to buy the shares of fellow American John Textor, who had a 43% stake in the London club, with reports at the time placing the price between $220 million and $260 million.The latest club statement gave no financial details.Johnson joins chairman Steve Parish, Josh Harris…

MLS Commissioner Don Garber says the league continues to look at shifting to a fall-to-spring season, saying he’d “rather get it right and take our time than get it wrong and do it quick.”Garber spoke before Wednesday night’s MLS All-Star game in Austin, Texas. While he was peppered with questions about the calendar, looming large over the match between MLS and Liga MX All-Stars was the absence of Inter Miami star Lionel Messi.Currently MLS plays a spring-to-late fall season. A shift to align the league with its international counterparts would make MLS teams more competitive in the player transfer market,…

Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Just because the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup ended in tears for Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t mean the U.S. men’s national team coach didn’t get what he wanted this summer.Sure, winning the tournament was the priority. After a hastily thrown-together group of Americans — a group that was missing star forward Christian Pulisic and about a dozen other regulars — willed their way to the final before losing a hard-fought match to rival Mexico in front of 71,000 mostly El Tri fans, of course it hurt.But Pochettino learned an awful lot about his players in June and July…

“This was the Hollywood ending, it was the perfect finish, it was the beautiful dream coming true. These scenes will live forever, as Lionel Messi and Argentina have won the World Cup.”Will the 2026 World Cup final live up to what we saw in 2022? One year from Saturday, we will witness the grand finale of the world’s biggest sports event. Ahead of June 19, 2026, we relive that epic clash in Qatar through the words of FOX Sports’ John Strong and Stu Holden.Argentina vs. France: MINI-MOVIE of 2022 FIFA World Cup final | FOX Soccer Messi Gets Argentina On…

Lionel Messi Scores Twice & Adds Assist in Inter Miami’s 5-1 Win vs. NY Red Bulls | FOX Soccer | FOX Sports Video Details Lionel Messi delivered a standout performance, scoring twice and providing an assist as Inter Miami defeated New York Red Bulls 5–1 in MLS action. Messi’s connection with Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and his clinical finishing helped power Miami to a dominant victory. 1 DAY AGO・MLS・3:50 Source link

Lionel Messi had two goals and two assists, Telasco Segovia also scored twice, and Inter Miami beat the New York Red Bulls 5-1 on Saturday night.It was Messi’s sixth multi-goal game in his last seven matches.Messi became the fifth player in MLS history to record at least 35 goals and 25 assists over a two-year span, joining Robbie Keane (2013-14), Sebastian Giovinco (2015-16), Carlos Vela (2018-19), and Cucho Hernandez (2023-24).Miami scored two goals in three minutes midway through the first half to take the lead. Messi’s beautiful pass to Jordi Alba tied it at 1-all in the 24th minute. Then…