July 30 – Sporting Kansas City’s partnership with Populous to revamp their home stadium, Children’s Mercy Park positions the club within a broader trend of MLS stadium enhancements that’s transforming matchday experiences across the league.
July 28 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has managed to shoot itself in the foot spectacularly, slapping, Lionel Messi, its biggest draw with a suspension for missing an exhibition match.
July 25 – Don Garber finds himself in an impossible position. The Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner’s defence of the league’s ban on political signage rings hollow when federal agents are quite literally snatching people off the streets in broad daylight.
July 25 – The rules are clear: show up for the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, or sit out your club’s next match. Simple as that.
July 24 – Former Manchester United striker, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández is in the process of ruining his reputation after the Mexican Football Federation’s fine and warning for his jaw-dropping TikTok misogyny.
July 23 – The National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) 16th club has officially planted its flag: Denver Summit FC. After months of open fan voting, the name emerged as the favourite – a far cry from the chaos in Boston, where the original BOS Nation FC was rebranded to Boston Legacy FC after a public backlash.
July 18 – US third tier pro league, the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), that looked about to fold has instead unveiled a rebrand designed to reflect its evolving role in the American soccer ecosystem.
July 4 – The NWSL has delivered its verdict on the 2026 men’s World Cup: if you can’t beat them, take a holiday. The league announced Wednesday it will shut down for the entire month of June when football’s biggest circus rolls into town, predominantly across the United States.
July 3 – When Olivier Giroud packed his bags for Los Angeles, it looked like another coup for Major League Soccer (MLS). Here was France’s all-time leading scorer, a man who had won everything from the World Cup to the Champions League, ready to grace American pitches with his elegant finishing.
July 2 – Sometimes the most important transfers happen off the pitch. The Portland Timbers just made their biggest acquisition in years – not a designated player, but something more valuable: 13 acres of Oregon real estate that signals serious intentions about competing at the highest level.
When Mauricio Pochettino signed on the dotted line to become head coach of the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT), he would’ve known the challenge was huge.
June 15 – BMO Stadium in Los Angeles is rapidly becoming the de facto home of the Trump resistance as National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) Angel City, joined LAFC in protesting the U.S. President’s immigration crackdown.
On Saturday night the club made a bold statement with the words ‘Immigrant City Football Club’ printed on shirts across every players chest.
June 12 – As Inside World Football reported yesterday, the governing bodies of U.S. Youth Soccer have made a landmark decision to shift age group formation from the current January 1-December 31 timeframe to August 1-July 31, effective for the 2026-27 season.
June 11 – The calendar wars are over. Sort of. United States Youth Soccer (USYS), American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), and US Club Soccer have finally landed on their new age group formation cycle: August 1 to July 31, starting with the 2026-27 season.
June 9 – Starting in the 2026 National Women’s Soccer League season, clubs will gain access to ‘intraleague loans’ while expansion teams Boston and Denver will receive significantly more funding to build competitive rosters.