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Soccer
Five-time winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among the 10 candidates for the FIFA best player award. United States forward Megan Rapinoe is the favorite for the women’s award.
Facing mounting public pressure in a fight over equitable pay, U.S. Soccer said the World Cup champion women’s national team has been paid more than the men’s team.
National team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down after leading the United States to back-to-back Women’s World Cup titles.
The Clark County district attorney’s office will not charge international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo in connection with an alleged sexual assault in 2009 in Las Vegas.
Notre Dame Stadium is getting a layer of natural turf in preparation for a professional soccer match.
Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, is now supporting its members’ fight for equal pay.
Representatives from the company, which is working with Las Vegas officials to build a new soccer-specific stadium, plan to attend Major League Soccer’s All-Star Week.
MLS announced Monday that officials from as Vegas, Charlotte, Sacramento, St. Louis and “other potential expansion markets” will attend its All-Star Week as the league attempts to expand from 27 teams to 30.
The final for the tournament featuring Major League Soccer and Liga MX teams will take place Sept. 18 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Allie Long tweeted on Thursday that her hotel room in Los Angeles was burglarized while the team was being honored at the ESPYS.
MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed the league has interest in Las Vegas as an expansion candidate but did not give away whether a team will eventually come.
MLS and Liga MX announced Thursday that their newly formed Leagues Cup will have its final at Sam Boyd Stadium on Sept. 18.
Brandi Chastain was on hand for the unveiling Wednesday, the 20th anniversary of the historic win which coincided with celebrations in New York for this year’s World Cup champion team.
Adoring fans lined New York City’s Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday to praise the World Cup-winning U.S. women’s national soccer team.