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On the day that bids are due to FIFA, U.S. Soccer and the Mexico Football Federation officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, entitled the “New Heights” bid. Along with the U.S./Mexico joint bid which had been earlier revealed as in the works and made official on Friday, a […]
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The new national training center for U.S. Soccer will be in Fayette County, Georgia, with more than a dozen fields and over 100,000 square feet of indoor courts for all 27 of U.S. Soccer National Teams, including Senior Women’s and Men’s, Youth and Extended National Teams. The facility will serve as headquarters for the U.S. […]
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Thanks in part to a $50 million contribution from Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank, U.S. Soccer will open a national training center in Atlanta that will serve as headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation, creating a central hub for the soccer community, including coaches and referees, to access training, technology and infrastructure. It will be […]
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U.S. Soccer has hired Leah Heister Burton as chief advancement officer. She will oversee a team leading the Federation’s efforts to secure and expand funding opportunities that increase U.S. Soccer’s visibility, impact and resources. Burton has more than 15 years of leadership experience overseeing organizations’ collective fundraising efforts. Most recently, Burton worked with the Solomon […]
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The U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation will bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The federations have until May 19 to submit an initial bidding agreement, but the federations have announced what would be a historic co-hosting and a potential return of the event to North America for the first […]
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Long-awaited expansion plans will be announced shortly, National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Jessica Berman said last week before the league held its annual draft at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia. The league plans to add two teams for the 2024 season. Salt Lake City, Utah, is expected to be one of the two […]
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U.S. Soccer will host the eighth annual SheBelieves Cup from February 16–22 as Brazil, Canada and Japan join the USA for the four-team international tournament with games in Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Frisco, Texas. All four nations will participate in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup next summer and all four are ranked in […]
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The U.S. men’s national soccer team will kick off the 2026 cycle with two matches in Southern California, facing Serbia on January 25 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles and Colombia on January 28 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The U.S. will hit the ground running after its World Cup […]
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JT Batson has been named as the new chief executive officer and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation, succeeding Will Wilson. Batson has spent his professional career in media, advertising and technology. The first software he worked on was for the assignment of youth soccer referees for tournament organizers. A former member of the […]
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U.S. Soccer has reached historic agreements with the men’s and women’s national teams, agreeing to collective bargaining agreements with both teams through December 2028 that will have equal pay for the two teams — the first national governing body in the world of soccer to do so. “This is a truly historic moment. These agreements […]
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