June 12, 2020 EA Sports in the game with Premier League and La Liga When EA Sports came up with its longtime slogan, “It’s in the game,” no one thought it would apply to what was literally happening on the field.
June 12, 2020 Matt Gaetz calls out US Soccer for reversal on anthem kneeling The U.S. is better off without a national soccer team than with one whose players won’t stand for the national anthem, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Thursday.
June 10, 2020 US Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthem U.S. Soccer's board of directors has voted to repeal a 2017 policy that required national team players to stand during the national anthem, a rule adopted after Megan Rapinoe kneeled in support of Colin Kaepernick.
June 10, 2020 US men's soccer player Weston McKinnie slams Trump as 'ignorant,' 'racist' U.S. men’s national soccer team player Weston McKennie took aim at President Trump over his response to the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died in police custody May 25 after an officer kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes in a moment caught on cellphone video.
June 10, 2020 MLS to resume season with Florida tournament starting July 8 Major League Soccer announced Wednesday that its season will resume starting July 8 with a tournament in Florida.
June 10, 2020 Fans flock back for final big games of Serbian soccer season As European soccer prepares to crown national champions in empty stadiums, there is more for fans to celebrate in Serbia.
June 10, 2020 3 hotbeds of European soccer ready to resume in earnest When the coronavirus gripped Europe in early April, the prospect of professional soccer resuming this season felt unfeasible and even unethical.
June 10, 2020 Spain’s most passionate derby gets league going again The match between fierce southern rivals Sevilla and Real Betis will be the one to kickstart the Spanish league this week after a wait of nearly three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
June 9, 2020 US women's soccer calls for immediate repeal of federation's 'Anthem Policy' requiring players to 'stand respectfully' The United States women’s national soccer team is calling on the United States Soccer Federation to “immediately repeal” a 2017 policy that requires players to “stand respectfully” during the national anthem.
June 8, 2020 Balotelli reportedly fired by Brescia -- his hometown club A frequent target of racist abuse and often surrounded in controversy, Mario Balotelli’s nomadic career has taken another radical turn.
