Arriving to Chattanooga Football Club in 2013 as a young up and coming soccer talent, Jose "Zeca" Ferraz knew he was joining an elite amateur soccer team.

Nashville is the second team to withdraw from the tournament. FC Dallas had to pull out Monday after 10 players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19.

Nani called it beautiful and emotional. The Portuguese midfielder wasn't talking about either goal he played a part in during Orlando City's 2-1 victory over Inter Miami CF on Wednesday night.

Major League Soccer is about to resume its 2020 season — in a state that has experienced a huge spike in coronavirus infections, with one team absent because of a COVID-19 outbreak, and with plenty of worry about what will happen next.

Jimmy Obleda closed the Chattanooga Red Wolves' practice Tuesday at CHI Memorial Stadium in East Ridge by challenging his players to find a common rhythm and be mentally tough.

Major League Soccer said it would continue to evaluate Nashville's participation in its MLS is Back Tournament in Florida.

FC Dallas has withdrawn from the MLS is Back tournament in Florida after 10 players tested positive for coronavirus.

Chattanooga Football Club is set to return to competition this week, and although fans will not be permitted inside Finley Stadium, local television will take the soccer match into homes.

Rick Carlisle isn't sure what to expect from players during the national anthem when the NBA season resumes in empty arenas in Florida.

Soccer-starved Argentines have found a way to play their beloved sport while social distancing, though the rules have been altered and the dazzling end-to-end dashes produced by national legend Diego Maradona are impossible.

The Chattanooga Football Club is finally set to take to the friendly confines of Finley Stadium, albeit with a completely different surrounding.

Players for the Portland Thorns and the North Carolina Courage knelt during the national anthem Saturday when the National Women's Soccer League opened its Challenge Cup tournament in Utah.

The pressure is on as the National Women's Soccer League becomes the first professional team sports league in the United States to return to competition during the coronavirus pandemic.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the mother of a 2-year-old daughter who should be ready to follow some of the action live in three years, worked the phones overnight in a bid to lobby any members of the FIFA Council who hadn't made up their minds.

Major League Soccer will open its World Cup-style return tournament in Florida on July 8 with a doubleheader.

The Orlando Pride have withdrawn from the upcoming National Women's Soccer League tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

The league's 26 teams will be divided into six groups for the opening round of the tournament. Group matches will count toward the regular-season standings.

After the tournament, teams will likely resume the season in their home markets.

When the National Women's Soccer League was plotting its course for a tournament to salvage its delayed 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic, it reached out to a select group: moms.

In some way, shape or form, professional soccer is set to be played in Chattanooga this summer.

Major League Soccer and its players came away with a sense of accomplishment after reaching a new collective bargaining agreement in February as the league was heading into its 25th season.

Aleksandar Katai has been released by the Los Angeles Galaxy after a series of alarming social media posts by his wife, Tea.

Major League Soccer and its players' union have agreed to a six-year labor contract through 2025 that paves the way for a tournament in Florida after this season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.