July 11 – The most iconic name in American soccer is back. The Cosmos – dropping the ‘New York’ to reflect their new New Jersey home – are set to return in 2026 under the ownership of North Jersey Pro Soccer, the Paterson-based organisation that’s just pulled off one of the most significant acquisitions in recent soccer history.
July 10 – Sometimes failure is more compelling than success, a fact US broadcasting giant Fox can now attest to after it saw its Concacaf Gold Cup final numbers boom, with viewers tuning in to watch the US Men’s National Team’s latest capitulation.
July 10 – The 2025 Gold Cup will go down as one of the most competitive and evenly matched finals tournaments in Gold Cup history. Of the 31 matches played, 24 were decided by single goal.
Nine matches finished as a draw. In the quarter finals three of the four match-ups were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
July 8 – Having praised the opportunity of the Gold Cup and the importance of being able to have his team together for an extended time at a proper competition, US coach Mauricio Pochettino has turned edgy and frustrated after having lost the final 2-1 to Mexico on Sunday night in Houston.
Mexico 2 USA 1
July 6 – In front of a sold-out crowd of 70,925 in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Mexico beat the USA 2-1 to win the 2025 Gold Cup.
July 6 – Concacaf has announced that today’s 2025 Gold Cup Final at NRG Stadium, Houston, between the United States and Mexico, is sold out.
July 4 – On June 14 the city of Los Angeles in California was being swarmed by ICE agents, communities were being torn apart and families broken apart, daily protests had seen areas of the city closed, and US president Donald Trump had called in the National Guard and even US Marines from Camp Pendleton to strike fear into the heart of a state that he says is out of control.
July 4 – This Gold Cup was the first time that a Caribbean nation has not make it out of the group stage since 1996 when the competition had just nine national teams and went from three groups straight to a semi-final.
July 4 – With just three days to go before the final of the 2025 Gold Cup in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Concacaf is reporting that there are less than 4,000 tickets left for the 72,200 capacity stadium that will host Mexico and the USA.
July 4 – The NWSL has delivered its verdict on the 2026 men’s World Cup: if you can’t beat them, take a holiday. The league announced Wednesday it will shut down for the entire month of June when football’s biggest circus rolls into town, predominantly across the United States.
July 4 – Here’s a curious twist that’ll have you scratching your head: get sent off in the Concacaf Gold Cup as a player from Canada, the United States, or Mexico, and you won’t be cooling your heels during the World Cup. Instead, you’ll be benched for your country’s next friendly.
July 3 – When Olivier Giroud packed his bags for Los Angeles, it looked like another coup for Major League Soccer (MLS). Here was France’s all-time leading scorer, a man who had won everything from the World Cup to the Champions League, ready to grace American pitches with his elegant finishing.
Mexico 1 Honduras 0
July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.
USA 2 Guatemala 1
July 2 – The USA hung on to beat Guatemala on a hot, steamy and passionate night in the Energiser Stadium in St Louis with two goals from the irrepressible Diego Luna.
July 2 – Sometimes the most important transfers happen off the pitch. The Portland Timbers just made their biggest acquisition in years – not a designated player, but something more valuable: 13 acres of Oregon real estate that signals serious intentions about competing at the highest level.