USA 2 Costa Rica 2 (USA win 4-3 on pens)
June 29 – You’d hate to use the word ‘sterile’ to describe a Concacaf Gold Cup quarter-final, but following the drama and passion of Guatemala versus Canada, it all felt a little flat as the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) and Costa Rica kicked off for the right to face Guatemala in St. Louis. After 90 minutes and the drama of penalty kicks,
November 15 – The Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament has called for regulation of football agents, backing FIFA’s plans to reform the agents’ industry.
November 15 – On a night of high drama, Serbia and Croatia booked automatic places in next year’s World Cup finals on Sunday, condemning Portugal and Russia to the playoffs.
November 15 -Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has launched an astonishing attack on Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City for having not won a single Champions League trophy between them despite being back by Middle East fortunes.
November 15 – Real Madrid have founded an investment vehicle with the objective of financing 30 start-up businesses.
November 15 – Goals from Chelsea star Christian Pulisic and Juventus’ Weston McKennie saw the US take control of Concacaf’s final group stage of 2026 World Cup qualifying with a 2-0 win over rivals Mexico.
November 15 – Jordan’s Amman Club won the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West) title beating Iran’s Shahrdari Sirjan 2-1 at the Aqaba Development Corporate Stadium in Jordan on Saturday.
November 15 – Greek football, forever living in a state of chaos, looks once again to have spiralled out of control with rumours that a UEFA mission is set to land in the country this week in attempt to straighten out a federation administration that is mired in controversy, multiple accusations of corruption and now physical intimidation of officials opposed to its decision making.
November 14 – Italy have become the third national federation, Europe’s second, to jump on the blockchain-based Fan Token ‘cryptocurrency’ with Socios.com.
November 12 – Japan dragged themselves back into contention for an automatic qualification place for Qatar 2022 with crucial 1-0 away win in Vietnam.
November 12 – Brazil have become the first South American country to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after a 1-0 victory against Colombia to maintain their proud record of having participated in every single World Cup.
November 12 – Russia and Croatia each recorded big wins in World Cup qualifying Thursday to set up a weekend winner-takes-all encounter for an automatic spot at next year’s tournament.
November 12 – While the pandemic managed to kill-off clubs’ match-day revenue streams, a report by KPMG Football Benchmark reports “cautious optimism” for sponsorship income with two of Europe’s Big5 football leagues even reporting year-on-year growth in league-wide commercial revenues.
November 12 – Kenyan football, mired for months in political turmoil, has been dramatically disbanded by the government totally against FIFA rules, prompting instant intervention by world football’s governing body.
November 12 – In an enforced first for English football, the Premier League will pause in mid-November next season and resume on Boxing Day six weeks later in order to accommodate the first ever winter World Cup.
November 19 – Two Europe-wide fans groups have teamed up with leagues across the Continent in an effort to protect domestic competition.