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 11 – Organic beverage brand Yerba Madre (formerly known as Guayakí Yerba Mate) has become an official partner of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup which kicks off this Saturday at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles with Mexico playing the Dominican Republic.
June 10 – Football governing body Concacaf has rejected Greenland’s application for membership.
June 10 – The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) lost their third consecutive game on Saturday in a friendly against Turkey during their preparations for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
June 9 – The Gold Cup kicks off next Saturday at the SoFi Stadium with the tournament providing the last real competitive chance for the already qualified hosts – Canada, Mexico and USA – to test their 2026 World Cup preparations. At the weekend there were mixed fortunes for all three in pre-Gold Cup friendlies against European opposition.
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.
June 9 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has partnered with New Era Cap, LLC, naming the iconic brand as the Official On-Field Cap of MLS. The deal grants New Era rights to produce and distribute headwear and apparel for all 30 MLS clubs.
June 6 – For the first time Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil will host its season ending Campeón de Campeonas between the winners of the Liga MX Femenil champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments outside of Mexico in the US on July 16.
June 5 – The United Soccer League (USL), operators of men’s second and third tier pro leagues and a women’s pro league in the US, have taken another step into the sports real estate business with the unveiling of a plan with Central Florida Pro Soccer to bring a professional team to Winter Garden, Florida.
June 4 – Chicago Fire FC owner Chicago Fire FC owner Joe Mansueto is set to privately finance a new £510 million ($650 million) football stadium in the city’s South Loop, marking one of the most ambitious privately funded stadium projects in U.S. soccer history.
June 2 – Mexican clubs maintained their vice-like grip on the Concacaf Champions Cup on Sunday with Cruz Azul emphatically beating Canada’s Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.
June 2 – Concacaf and Universal Music Latino have launched the official song of the Gold Cup 2025, ‘Tocando el Cielo’, performed by global Latin superstar Luis Fonsi.
May 27 –Mediapro has been appointed by Concacaf to produce and distribute the broadcast signal for 30 World Cup 2026 qualifying matches.
May 22 – When Mauricio Pochettino (pictured) unveiled his 27-player United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) roster for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup, the conversation inevitably centered on who wasn’t there rather than who was. In an era where player welfare collides head-on with international ambition, the Argentine manager finds himself navigating perhaps his most challenging selection dilemma yet.
May 23 – Departing Football Australia CEO James Johnson is changing country and continent to take on the role of CEO at Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the independent sports rights agency that handles all commercial and media rights to Canada’s men’s and women’s national team as well as the Canadian Premier League.