NWSL to grow to 16 teams by 2024 as club ownership opportunities excite new investors
May 11 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) commissioner Jessica Berman has said that the league is targeting 16 teams for the 2026 season.
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San Diego investors closing in on $500m MLS franchise
May 10 – San Diego is expected to be the next city to be awarded an MLS franchise with local media reporting that the announcement could be made this month with an expansion fee of $500 million.
Charmaine Crooks wins Canada Soccer presidential vote with promise to unite national game
May 9 – Former Olympian Charmaine Crooks has been elected Canada Soccer president for one year with the promise she will unify the membership and bring the sport “back to its rightful place”.
Standouts Shaw and Davies top 2022 Concacaf Players of the Year vote
May 7 – Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw and Canada’s Alphonso Davies have been voted 2022 Concacaf Women’s and Men’s Players of the Year.
Concacaf opens ‘game changing’ Coaching Convention application to MAs
May 5 – Concacaf has taken a big step forward with its initiative to raise the standards of coaching across the region and provide support and education for its coaches and federations with the opening up of the Concacaf Coaching Convention.
Televisa breaks out gaming and football businesses into new listed entity
May 5 – Mexican entertainment giant Grupo Televisa is spinning off its betting and football interests into a new business entity that will be separated from its traditional broadcast business.
LAFC and Club Leon set up MLS vs LigaMX Concacaf Champions League final
May 4 – For a second consecutive season the Concacaf Champions League Final will be contested between a team from LigaMX and the MLS.
Concacaf releases draw detail for 2023/24 Nations League and route to 2024 Copa America
May 3 – Concacaf has released details of the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) draw which will frame the first season of the revamped competition and qualification for the major men’s national team competitions to be played in the US in 2024 and 2025. The draw will be held May 16 in Miami.
Concacaf releases draw details for landmark 2023 Road to W Gold Cup qualifiers
April 28 – Detail of the qualifying tournament on the ‘2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup’ has been released with 33 nations taking part in the Women’s International Match Windows of September, October, and November 2023.
Edwards to leave USL after a decade building the US’s multi-tier national league business
April 28 – USL president Jake Edwards (pictured) is leaving the organisation after 10-years with the US league body, eight as president. He is being replaced with two internal promotions. Jeremy Alumbaugh becomes USL Championship President and Lee O’Neill takes over as USL League One President.
Tigres and LAFC take slender advantages into Champions League semi-final second legs
April 27 – It is all to play for next week in the Concacaf Nations League semi-finals with Tigres taking a slender one goal lead to take into the second leg of their tie at Club León, while Philadelphia Union and LAFC are all square going into the Los Angeles return match.
Concacaf to launch first regional women’s club competition in 2024
April 26 – Concacaf has committed to setting up its first international competition for women’s clubs with a start date in 2024.
Crocker leaves Saints to take on USSF sporting director role
April 26 – Matt Crocker has been appointed sporting director of the US Soccer Federation, leaving relegation-threatened English Premier League Southampton to take over from Earnie Stewart.
Concacaf rules Haitian clubs out of regional club competitions for next season
April 26 – While Haiti’s women’s national team will compete at the World Cup in Australia/New Zealand this summer and the men’s team will play at the 2023 Gold Cup in the US, Haitian clubs will not compete in Concacaf’s club competitions in the 2023/24 season.
Jason deVos steps up at Canada Soccer
April 26 – Former Canadian men’s national team captain Jason deVos (pictured) has been named interim general secretary of Canada Soccer, the governing body announced on Tuesday.