New York City Fc

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New York City FC’s Yankee Stadium: currently averages attendances of around 23,000 with a small number of disruptive neo-Nazi ultras. Photograph: Elsa/Getty
MLS must eradicate the cancer of neo-Nazi hooliganism

New York City FC were less than a month into their inaugural season in Major League Soccer (MLS) back in 2015 when stories emerged of a racist fringe (...)

James and Mbappe exchange shirts last August.
Dave Hannigan: European teams are cracking soccer in US

Arriving at the AT&T Center to play the San Antonio Spurs last weekend, LeBron James caused a bit of a stir with his fashion choices. A Beto O’Rou(...)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Los Angeles Galaxy celebrates his goal against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Photograph: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
America at Large: LA a fitting stage for the travelling Ibrahimovic show

For the first seven minutes of his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, Zlatan Ibrahimovic performed exactly the type of showbiz schtick he was(...)

Chelsea’s Frank Lampard has announced his retirement from football at the age of 38. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Frank Lampard announces retirement despite ‘exciting offers’

Former West Ham, Chelsea, Manchester City and England midfielder Frank Lampard has announced his retirement from football. Lampard, who won 106 caps (...)

Fifa president Gianni Infantino: recognises the increasingly important role of the United States iin world football. Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire.
Ken Early: Soccer finally cracks the code in USA

Last Thursday afternoon the streets of Manhattan were flooded with spring sunshine, but Smithfield Hall NYC on 25th Street was full of people whose ey(...)

Manchester City have the richest owner in Sheikh Mansour; United, however, boast a worldwide reach as Ed Woodward continues to grow the business
City and United at a crossroads: who will go on to dominate?

Managers Manchester City Pep Guardiola, Manchester City, head coach are six words to delight all City fans and make every Manchester United devote(...)

Steven Gerrard of Los Angeles Galaxy and Andrea Pirlo of New York City FC make all the right noises about the standard of play. Photograph: Getty Images
America at Large: MLS still the home of overpaid has-beens

Towards the end of last year’s Major League Soccer season, footage of Andrea Pirlo defending a corner for New York City FC went viral. Well, when we s(...)