Luke Cyphers

NCAA soccer could soon look far different based on recommendations in a U.S. Soccer-sponsored “NextGen White Paper” released Thursday.

TST's rapid growth and alignment with U.S. Soccer's mission caught the eye of the governing body's marketing side.

USSF CEO JT Batson says says a college-based U-23 league can be "the best in the world."

U.S. Soccer announced the formation of the NextGen College Soccer Committee to explore and implement ways to make the college game more relevant.

Liverpool ran away with the EPL title, but the season's final day will be a five-team scramble for the last three Champions League spots

The Grand Junction Jackalopes' alternate rebranding to Humpback Chubs involved a rare fish, a viral tweet and the producer of "The Last Dance."

Manchester United is off to its worst start in 35 years and fired manager Erik Ten Hag just two months into the season.

The CONCACAF Nations League had all the makings of a ho-hum, regional afterthought to the 2022 World Cup, one where U.S. national team fans could casually look in on their men’s squad, with its caretaker interim coach, while anticipating the fireworks of the Women’s World Cup in July. Then Vegas happened. And the Nations League […]

In the swiftly changing world of elite youth sports, the venerable McDonald’s All-American all-star basketball game suddenly finds itself facing criticism from a Jeff Bezos-backed basketball academ…

When Robert Dillingham, a highly recruited point guard and a marquee player for Kanye West’s Donda Academy basketball team, signed a representation agreement with agency powerhouse WME last June, he was taking advantage of his newfound earning power now that name, image and likeness deals are permissible for high-school athletes. By August, WME had helped […]

Yates makes several recommendations for more transparent discipline of coaches, clear codes of coaching conduct, and “putting teeth” in the U.S. Soccer coaching licensing system.

JT Batson, a 40-year-old software executive who has long been involved in grassroots soccer programs, has been named CEO / Secretary General of the U.S. Soccer Federation. Batson will start in his role immediately; he replaces Will Wilson, who announced he would step down earlier this year after a two-year stint as CEO. U.S. Soccer […]

Partially owned by 49ers Enterprises, the American flavor of Leeds United has been celebrated by fans, in contrast to Manchester United.

The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour announced the field for its first event next week, and Phil Mickelson isn’t on the list. But Dustin Johnson is. Johnson, the 13th-ranked golfer in the world and two-time major winner, is the boldest name among the 42 entrants announced late Tuesday for the LIV Golf Invitational Series’ first […]

The United States Football League—a 1980s gridiron experiment famous for Herschel Walker, Steve Young, Reggie White and, yes, Donald Trump—is being resurrected and will begin play in the spring of 2022, with games on Fox Sports. The new USFL announced the plan today, promising a minimum of eight teams, at least a few of them […]

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic and Manchester City's Zack Steffen in the UEFA title match could boost the business of soccer in the U.S.

The U.S. Soccer Federation and Soccer United Marketing announced they will cut contractual ties after 20 years when their current exclusive marketing pact expires at the end of 2022, with U.S. Soccer deciding to bring its commercial rights in-house. The decision is the latest in a series of changes at the sport’s U.S. governing body, […]

San Antonio has been selected as the host of the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games, while the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, will host the 2023 competition, which features more than 300 wounded, ill or injured athletes who are active duty or veteran service members. The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine […]