Players have taken a knee, unfurled slogans and demanded tougher action only to find soccer — their working environment — remains infected with racism. The tipping point might just have come, with elite players in Paris taking the extraordinary step of refusing to continue playing. At the end of a...
City of Phoenix To Host 500-Team Soccer Tourney Over Holiday Weekend
[aggregation-styles] The Center Square Public officials in Arizona have told residents to take proper precautions for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, including eating outdoors when possible, but the city of Phoenix has approved a 500-team youth soccer tournament set to bring thousands of families to the valley this weekend.Phoenix officials said...
For Napoli Fans, the Team Is a Religion and Maradona Is God
NAPLES, Italy — When Lionel Messi climbs up the steps from the moat surrounding the field at the San Paolo Stadium on Tuesday and emerges into the Champions League spotlight, he’ll be stepping onto sacred ground. The ground where fellow Argentina great Diego Maradona achieved some of his most memorable...
Owner: Fresno Foxes Pro Soccer Team Is Folding
Fresno's professional soccer club announced it is folding after failing to secure a stadium. Fresno FC, nicknamed the Foxes (and alternately Los Zoros), finished its second season in the United Soccer League — American pro soccer's top minor league. According to league rules, teams need to play in a soccer-specific...
Soccer Fans Unite. Want Foxes to Stay in Fresno.
Supporter groups at Chukchansi Park for Fresno FC's regular-season home finale cheered their team as they have for the last two seasons. They banged drums, played vuvuzelas and trumpets, and shook their tambourines. But the fans added a new wrinkle in their enthusiasm for their favorite local soccer team —...
Born Dirt Poor in the Ozarks, John Carbray Believed in Fresno
John Carbray's first breaths were in a dirt floor farmhouse in Paris, Arkansas, as America was recovering from the Great Depression. His coal-miner father left their Ozarks home when John was 6 months old. And, John would crisscross America many times before settling in Fresno nearly 50 years later and bringing...
Alex Morgan, US Women's Soccer Team Honored at ESPYS
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. women's national soccer team celebrated its Women's World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS. Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and...
Fans Cheer World Cup Champs as Leaders On and Off the Field
NEW YORK — Adoring fans lined New York City's Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday to praise the World Cup-winning U.S. women's national soccer team as athletic leaders on the field — and as advocates for pay equity off it. Construction workers sounded air horns above crowds chanting "USA! USA!" as...
How Many More of These College Scam Artists Are There?
As someone who settled for an Army issued GED in place of a real diploma from Fresno High School (I was awarded an honorary diploma years later), and who squandered numerous opportunities at higher education, I occupy a unique vantage point to watch the unfolding college admissions scandal. A little...
Women’s National Soccer Team Players Sue for Equal Pay
Players for the U.S. women's national soccer team have filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit seeking pay that is equitable to that of their male counterparts. The action comes just three months before the team will defend its title at the Women's World Cup in France. The players allege that...