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04/06/2020 BBC Football
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard, his staff, the first-team squad and executives have volunteered to defer their salaries for three months to help the club combat football's shutdown.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Luton Town legend Radomir Antic, who went on to manage Real Madrid and Barcelona, dies aged 71.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Liverpool reverse their decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave and apologise to fans.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
A round-up of what each Premier League club is doing to tackle the cashflow gap caused by coronavirus.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Bayern Munich are among a number of Bundesliga clubs to return to for the first time since the campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Tottenham's Son Heung-min is to carry out his mandatory four-week military service in South Korea later this month.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
The summer transfer window will be moved and expiring contracts extended under proposals agreed by football’s major stakeholders.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Premier League players are set to start negotiations on a club-by-club basis over proposed wage cuts.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, dies aged 82 in Barcelona after contracting coronavirus.
04/06/2020 USA Today - Soccer
Mother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola died of coronavirus on Monday in Spain, the club announced in a statement.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
The SPFL "would have a case" to keep European placings if the Scottish campaign was called off, says former compliance officer Tony McGlennan.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
Bayern Munich are among a number of Bundesliga clubs to return to training for the first time since the campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.
04/06/2020 BBC Football
England men's manager Gareth Southgate and women's boss Phil Neville are to take a 30% pay cut to their salaries as two of the FA's highest earning employees.
04/06/2020 Yardbaker Soccer
Rooney mainly attacked Britain's health secretary Matt Hancock in a piece written by the soccer superstar for The Times titled "Of course I'd give up my pay -- but Matt Hancock and the Premier League are so out of order."
04/06/2020 BBC Football
These players arrived in the Premier League with high hopes - and have barely played since. But how many can you remember?
04/05/2020 USA Today - Soccer
Manchester City player apologizes "for the choices I made" after tabloid reveals details of alleged party at apartment in violation of shutdown.
04/05/2020 BBC Football
Alan Shearer tells Gary Lineker just how close he came to joining Manchester United in 1996, before decided to sign for his hometown team, Newcastle United, instead.
04/04/2020 BBC Football
From Australia to Northern Ireland, follow Bobby Burns' journey home after the A-League football season was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
04/04/2020 BBC Football
Watch as Cardiff City winger Josh Murphy delivers food packages to the elderly in his local community of Downham Market, Norfolk.
04/04/2020 BBC Football
Chris Wilder tells Football Focus that football must get its response to the coronavirus crisis right, and act collectively to find a solution that works for the whole sport.
04/04/2020 BBC Football
We asked you to use your time at home to recreate Dele Alli's stunning 2016 volley against Crystal Palace, and you delivered.
04/03/2020 BBC Football
At the 1986 FIFA World Cup Preben Elkaer and Michael Laudrup tore apart Uruguay, it is the sort of result that takes you down a Wikipedia wormhole.
04/03/2020 BBC Football
Ahead of Saturday's 'Rewind' of France v Argentina at World Cup 2018, BBC Sport looks back at Kylian Mbappe's sensational contribution to the round of 16 match.
04/01/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Amid quarantines mandated by governments in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, athletes and entertainers have utilize social media to connect with fans and each other.
04/01/2020 Yardbaker Soccer
Liverpool are the champions of the 2019-2020 Premier League season. Regardless of whether it starts again in April, June or never, they’re not going to
03/31/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
GM Garth Lagerwey’s message to antsy soccer fans who are yearning to see the Sounders back in action is that there’s a link between safe health practices and the resumption of the season.
03/27/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
The event center between CenturyLink Field and T-Mobile Park — home in normal times to concerts, dog shows and boat shows — will soon become a field hospital as Seattle's health care system girds for a continued flood of coronavirus patients.
03/26/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
MLS suspended its season until at least May 10 in an effort to help the U.S. slow the spread of novel coronavirus.
03/25/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
In an effort to help local communities as they struggle with the adverse impacts brought on by the spread of the novel coronavirus, Seattle Sounders FC announced Wednesday that the club is launching a relief fund, with an initial investment of $500,000 from Sounders owner Adrian Hanauer and his family.
03/21/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
03/19/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Sounders players learned Thursday that soccer will not resume until at least May due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Here's how Stefan Frei and others are adapting to life without soccer.
03/15/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Member worked March 7 match against Columbus at CenturyLink Field. Team says no other cases within Sounders FC have been identified.
03/14/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
03/14/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
With the MLS season on hold, a complex letdown is settling among fans as they figure out how to support each other, while also filling the void left with no games.
03/12/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Sports has always been the escape during times of crisis and collective stress. But now the very act of conducting sports threatens to add exponentially to perpetuating the coronavirus pandemic and growing the stress.
03/12/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
The spread of the novel coronavirus has brought the sports world to a halt. Here's a breakdown of the cancellations and postponements at the local and national level.
03/12/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Due to concerns over the novel coronavirus, the Sounders have canceled all operations at Starfire Sports in Tukwila, where they practice, including activities for their USL and academy programs, until further notice.
03/12/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Major League Soccer is suspending matches amid the coronavirus crisis and plans to reschedule postponed games on the back-end of the season, multiple people close to the situation said Thursday. An official announcement is expected soon. The action affects 12 games this weekend, including D.C. United’s visit to Cincinnati on Saturday. United was also scheduled […]
03/11/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Due to coronavirus, Sounders postponing next home match but are still headed to Houston this weekend
The Sounders have postponed their March 21 match against FC Dallas at CenturyLink Field in compliance with a mandate from Gov. Jay Inslee to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, in the Seattle area.
03/10/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Midfielder Miguel Ibarra had three shots on goal in Seattle’s winner against the Chicago Fire and one goal against the Columbus Crew that was withdrawn by VAR (Video Assistant Referee).
03/10/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
Sports are intimate. They are crowded. They bring together masses of people for two or three hours of what can be unavoidably close contact. They are, to a certain extent, inherently unsanitary. And, at this unique and fraught moment in time, they are extremely problematic.
03/09/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
MIAMI (AP) — The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all nonessential personnel, including media, in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night. They said they made the decision “after consultation with infectious disease and public […]
03/09/2020 USA Today - Soccer
Take a look at the best images from the 2020 Major League Soccer season.
03/09/2020 USA Today - Soccer
Take a look at the visual displays from fans of Major League Soccer teams through the years.
03/08/2020 USA Today - Soccer
Opinion: Landon Donovan, Chris Wondolowski, Jaime Moreno top our list of the top 25 MLS players ever
Major League Soccer has embarked on its milestone 25th season. Here are the 25 greatest players in the league's first quarter century.
03/08/2020 USA Today - Soccer
As Major League Soccer embarks on its milestone 25th season, here is a list of the greatest players in the league's first quarter century.
03/07/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
03/07/2020 Seattle Times Sounders
A second-half penalty kick helped the Sounders close in a 1-1 draw with Columbus Crew SC at CenturyLink Field in front of 7,000 fewer fans than their MLS opener.