Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, the Times’ soccer writer. This has already proven to be a breakthrough season for the English Premier League, which has won half the spots in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in...
Longtime UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo was placed on leave by the school Tuesday morning after being indicted as part of a widespread corruption scheme involving the admission of students to top universities using falsified test scores and athletic profiles. Salcedo has been charged with...
Eastern Tech soccer star Isaac Ngobu was part of a championship team in his junior year when the Mavericks captured the program’s first Class 2A state crown. The All-Metro senior midfielder is joining another one, committing to reigning NCAA Division I College Cup champion Maryland this week. Ngobu...
River Hill boys soccer coach Matt Shagogue recalls one of his first conversations with then-newcomer Justin Harris. The midfielder skipped his freshman high school season to play for his academy team but decided before his sophomore year that the time was right to represent his school and start...
River Hill soccer star Justin Harris won’t be going far to play college ball and will be joining a championship team with familiar faces, committing to NCAA Division I College Cup champion Maryland this week. Harris, a three-year starting midfielder and captain, finished with 14 goals and 10 assists...
Check out The Baltimore Sun's Player of the Year, co-Coaches of the Year and first- and second-team All-Metro selections for the 2018 high school girls soccer season.
Kansas City Comets (9-7) vs. Blast (11-6) When: Sunday, 3 p.m. Where: SECU Arena Tickets: 410-73-BLAST, ticketmaster.com or baltimoreblast.com Outlook: The Blast comes into play one game behind Major Arena Soccer League Eastern Division leader Utica City FC, which has a 12-5 mark heading into its...
TAMPA, Fla. — The United States women’s national team performance in the SheBelieves Cup, which concluded Tuesday, raised concerns the reigning world champs may not be at the level needed three months before the 2019 World Cup in France. The four-team tournament exposed weaknesses. U.S. coach Jill...
LONDON — FIFA's cash reserves soared to a record $2.74 billion and revenue climbed to $6.4 billion in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, The Associated Press has learned. The robust financial results suggest FIFA has weathered the deepest crisis in its history, which erupted in 2015...
The Blast recorded their 11th win of the Major Arena Soccer League season with a 5-4 victory over the host Mississauga MetroStars (3-14) on Sunday in Ontario, Canada. Jonatas Melo and Vini Dantas each finished with two points and William Vanzela made seven saves as the Blast outshot the MetroStars...
South America's soccer body Conmebol has refused an offer from U.S. Soccer to organize and host a continental competition in 2020. A letter signed by Conmebol President Alejandro Dominguez tells U.S. Soccer the months of June and July are already reserved for a Copa America edition. Dominguez also...
Alex Morgan scored her 99th international goal, but Yuka Momiki responded with a stoppage-time equalizer and Japan tied the United States 2-2 on Wednesday night in the SheBelieves Cup tuneup tournament for the Women's World Cup. Megan Rapinoe also scored for the Americans in a rematch of the last...
LOS ANGELES — JP Dellacamera and former U.S. midfielder Aly Wagner will be Fox's lead broadcast team for the Women's World Cup. Making its announcement 100 days before the tournament opens June 7 with a matchup of France and South Korea, Fox said Wednesday that 22 matches will be broadcast on the...
U.S. soccer officials were so happy to host Lionel Messi and the South American national teams three years ago, that they want to do it again next summer. In what would be a reprise of the 2016 Copa America Centenario, a wildly successful international tournament staged at 10 American venues, U.S....
Manchester United called foul on a parody football sticker company. An English couple selling novelty imitations of collectible stickers were sent a cease-and-desist letter by Manchester United for trademark violation. Alex and Sian Pratchett created Panini Cheapskates, a comical replica version...
CCBC Catonsville named Mike Kozlowski its men’s soccer coach Monday. Kozlowski replaces Phil Saunders, who recently resigned after two seasons. Saunders will remain with the program as an assistant. Kozlowski attended Anne Arundel Community College, where he was a two-year starter for the Riverhawks’...