A soccer team from Kiryat Shmona, a city with a population of 23,000 in the north of Israel, is on course for its first league championship and a qualifying spot in the UEFA Champions League.

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In Israel, a Stunning Rise for Kiryat Shmona’s Soccer Team

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira transcended the sport through his involvement in Brazil’s pro-democracy movement.

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Sócrates, Brazilian Soccer Star, Dies at 57

The Connecticut soccer team has been at the forefront of using heart rate monitors to create optimal conditioning for its players.

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Heart Rate Monitors Fine-Tune Soccer Players’ Fitness

A new ESPN Spanish-language show called “El Diez” is unique for the network not only because it will be scripted, but also because it will also feature branded integration.

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Advertising: New Show Steps Up Product Placement

In Europe’s smallest recognized soccer nation, population 30,000, victories are as rare as the coins and stamps that make San Marino a collector’s haven.

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San Marino Soccer Team Plays On, Despite Little Shot at Winning, or Scoring

Binges by Manchester City and other rapacious clubs have become known as financial doping, jolting the sport on and off the field as a continental economic crisis hampers many teams.

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Manchester City Antes Up for a Seat at Soccer’s Power Table

Britain’s soccer team at the Olympics may be composed largely, or even entirely, of English players, as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have refused to sanction the idea of a national team.

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Even for Olympic Soccer, Uniting Britain May Be Tough

FIFA has repeatedly faced charges of corruption while operating with a lack of transparency and little oversight.

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Accusations Are Replaced by Anger at FIFA

Messi is an agile, darting virtuoso tethered to a soccer ball with an almost preternatural sense of the field.

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Lionel Messi: Boy Genius

Before the soccer practice began, the kids buzzed around Anthony Armstrong with no direction or purpose, other than to make as much noise as possible and not occupy the same plot of grass for more than a half-second.  “The hardest thing is to keep them all corralled. I wish I had a lasso sometimes,” said Armstrong, the Washington Redskins wide receiver who is several weeks into his tenure as a rookie youth soccer coach. He finally rounded up the group of 7- and 8-year-olds and explained that this practice was a training day with a special instructor who was going to teach some new drills and basic soccer skills. It also would be a good learning opportunity for Armstrong. Read full article > >

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Redskins’ Armstrong scratches competitive itch coaching soccer

On Saturday night, when D.C. United is scheduled to play its 313th soccer match in 16 seasons at RFK Stadium, Major League Soccer teams based in and around Toronto, Dallas, Salt Lake City and Southern California will be taking the field at recently built facilities boasting postcard views, perfect sightlines and bountiful luxury suites. In all, 10 teams in MLS, the nation’s top professional soccer league, perform in stadiums erected since 1999, and more new arenas are on the way. And then there is United. Despite unparalleled success on the field — a record four MLS Cup titles and the distinction as the only Washington team from the five most popular pro leagues to win a championship in the past 20 years — United has repeatedly failed in efforts to build a new stadium. Read full article > >

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Struggling with crumbling RFK Stadium, D.C. United is desperate for a new home

The officials were accused of participating in a bribery scandal related to bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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Six From FIFA Are Accused in Bribery Case

Dear Ms. Hax: My son is 26 and lives in Town B 140 miles away — he moved five years ago. I grew up in B and still have friends there, so I make the drive to B about once a month and take my son to lunch, then go stay with friends. I make the drive every year on his birthday to take him out for lunch and give him a gift. As a fully involved father while he was growing up, I never missed a school event; moreover, I coached his soccer and academic teams and encouraged sleepovers. I have plenty of endearing photos and videotapes documenting our family life. Since his move I have helped him out when I could: I bought him a reliable used car when his heap conked; bought a washer and dryer for his apartment so he wouldn’t have to sit in laundromats; and I randomly give him gift cards to a local restaurant. But my most important gift has always been simply “being there” through the years. Read full article > >

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Father laments feelings of estrangement from son.

The American billionaire Stan Kroenke on Monday succeeded in gaining control of Arsenal of English Premier League.

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Goal: Another American in King Arthur’s Court as Kroenke Takes Over at Arsenal

She may play a team sport, but the rising star Indi Cowie has an independent streak.

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The Youth Issue: A Soccer Phenom Puts the ‘I’ in Team