Major League Soccer is expected to announce Thursday that San Diego will be awarded the league’s 30th franchise. At one point, Las Vegas was considered the front-runner.
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The famed 159-year old Welsh soccer franchise owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continues its onslaught on the Strip.
The championship Welsh soccer team owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney has arrived — as promised — on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Lights kept MLS opponent Real Salt Lake scoreless for 105 minutes, but a late flurry of goals knocked the Lights out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
The Lights will face Real Salt Lake in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday.
Manchester United will play in Las Vegas for the first time in July against Germany’s Borussia Dortmund.
The U.S. and Mexico men’s national soccer teams will meet again this summer in Las Vegas in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
Slated to take place June 15-18, the multi-day, multi-match event will feature the semifinals of the series, the third place and championship games.
Allegiant Stadium continues to prove itself as one of Las Vegas’ biggest draws with nearly 1.7 million fans attending events at the $2 billion facility in 2022.
The Las Vegas Lights begin the 2023 season Sunday. Isidro Sanchez returns for a second stint as coach after being the coach during the team’s inaugural season.
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar was already record-breaking, with 36 MLS players making national team rosters — double the league’s players that were in Russia in 2018.
MLS commissioner Don Garber said Wednesday the decision on whether Las Vegas will become the league’s 30th team will be made by the end of the year.
A judge scolded the attorney for relying on privileged documents to pursue allegations that the soccer star raped a woman in Las Vegas in 2009.
Four CONCACAF international soccer matches at Allegiant Stadium, UFC Fight Week and next year’s Mountain West Conference basketball tournaments will be funded.
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
