February 10 – Mexico’s Liga MX have dominated Concacaf’s club competitions for more than winning 18 of the last 20 Champions Cup titles – and they have let everyone know it. But the first round of the Champions Cup completed last week suggests that change is taking place.
February 10 – The oldest knockout competition in the USA kicks off with a 32-game First Round between March 18 and 20 made up exclusively of Professional versus Amateur contests.
February 4 – Streaming service Tubi, owned by Fox Corporation, is to become the exclusive home for the Concacaf Champions Cup in Mexico.
February 3 – In 2024, Major League Soccer (MLS) caused uproar in the US community as the league announced that all of its teams would not participate in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup due to fixture congestion. After negotiations in December 2023, MLS allowed eight clubs to compete along with nine MLS-affiliated MLS Next Pro teams.
January 31 – The Canadian Premier League has signed a multi-year deal with WeatherTech Canada, which will see the company become its Official Automotive Accessories Partner.
January 31 – The NWSL in the US has officially named Denver, Colorado, as the league’s 16th franchise. Denver will begin play in the 2026 season.
January 28 – US third-tier professional league, the national Independent Soccer Association (NISA), that operates under a provisional license issued by the US Soccer Federation (USSF) , has said it is targeting a return to play in April 2025 with a championship match in October.
January 24 – Los Angeles is burning, but it is also building. Dignity Health Sports Park, home of 2024 MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy and the west coast training base for US national teams, is at the start of a four-year upgrade.
January 23 – The Northern Super League (NSL), Canada’s first professional women’s football league, has extended its founding partnership with DoorDash Canada for the league’s inaugural 2025 season. At the heart of the partnership is a shared mission to ‘inspire, empower, and support’ the next generation of female athletes.
January 23 – Greenland’s Football Association will send a delegation to the United States next month to begin talks on joining Concacaf, hoping it will boost national pride at a time of global attention.
January 23 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has often been accused of being a retirement league as aging stars come stateside for one last payday. Does the signing of Wilfried Zaha by Charlotte FC confirm or rebuff that perception?
January 22 – For only the second time in 40 years, a goalkeeper has been voted the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year. Alyssa Naeher follows in the steps of the great Hope Solo, who took home the award in 2009.
January 21 – The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) played the first of two international friendlies this month beating Venezuela 3-1 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
January 20 – Sixth Street, the global investment firm and lead backer of Bay FC in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), has announced that Kay Cossington, will join the company as Head of Global Women’s Football and CEO of Bay Collective, a groundbreaking multi-club organisation dedicated to advancing women’s football. Bay Collective is set to officially launch later in 2025.
January 17 – Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has written a powerful letter to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino asking what action, if any, was being taken over a video posted on social media by Chelsea’s Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez last year featuring an alleged “racist and transphobic” chant against French players.