World Cup 2026 will see the first competitive applications of some new rules targeting time-wasting and expanding the role of ...

Have your say on the best boys soccer players in Volusia-Flagler history as part of the USA Today Network's America 250 ...

By Niall Gartland THESE days, former Down goalkeeper Pat Donnan lives in Macclesfield – not, to borrow a legendary line from ...

The England soccer team has had some of the greatest goalkeepers ever. The goalkeeping position is undoubtedly one of the most crucial positions in a soccer ...

It is the attacking stars who will most likely grab the headlines at the 2026 World Cup, but behind every Lionel Messi goal, there is an Emi Martínez between the sticks who is just as vital to success ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

The most efficient team football ever built has become its most gifted and least settled. Nagelsmann recalled a 40-year-old ...

There are some top goalkeepers to pick from.

For some random reason, starting our annual ratings series for the 2025-26 season with a quote from Tony Soprano feels rather appropriate. It is from one of the final episodes of the series, as Tony ...

Paris-Saint Germain defended its UEFA Champions League title, beating Arsenal in a penalty shootout after a match that ended ...

Such is the case with a USA TODAY proclaiming the 30 greatest NFL players in history, which I probably would not have quibbled with had there not been a potentially glaring omission. That omission ...

Pelé. Maradona. Messi. Ronaldo. How does one measure the beauty and joy generated from such legends stepping on a pitch? How do you impose order onto the history of soccer, a sport that's more known ...