#Soccer

A 3-year-old soccer prodigy nicknamed "mini-Messi" sparked a viral controversy after police were called to his youth league game in Winter Park, Florida. Here's what actually happened — and why the adults may be the real problem.

The 3-year-old soccer sensation is heading overseas after a viral incident at a Florida soccer game.

Former USMNT player Eddie Johnson said Monday his soccer academy would train the 3-year-old boy who was removed from a youth soccer program in Florida, after tensions centered on the boy's outstanding play boiled over last weekend.

Harrison boys' soccer play Freddy Flores is this week's Peak Performer after scoring a career-high five goals against Palmer.

The child’s parents contend he was “scorned” for playing too well at a youth game Saturday, according to the police report.

A Florida youth soccer organizer called police this past weekend to remove the parents of a 3-year-old boy who the organizer said were being disruptive.

Winter Park police bodycam footage shows a youth soccer dispute was about disruptive parents, not a 3-year-old being "too good" for a beginner league. A GoFundMe topped $25k.

Police were called to a youth soccer game that featured a star 3-year-old. The parents claim their son was being punished for being too good, but a league director said it was the parents who were being disruptive. Cristian Benavides has the story.

Authorities were called on 3-year-old, Nevada, during a soccer game in Florida after he reportedly began defeating the other team.

The goals are all that really count, in the end—maybe they are all we need to watch. Watching the clips, we have gotten away with something: We have watched the World Cup without having had to watch any soccer.

The Dove Fresh Clubhouse offers a series of photo ops after which you can take a misty refreshing shower and treat yourself to a stick of deodorant; Home Depot presents “David Beckham’s Backyard” which does not look like what you might imagine David…

Stutter Steppers With the knockout rounds well underway, it’s time to contemplate one of soccer’s great perennial mysteries: Why do the best players alive miss so many World Cup penalty kicks?…

Arriving at the hotel in Kansas City, I realized I had never been in a hotel full of Ecuadorians because in Ecuador, the hotels are full of tourists. It was a sea of bright yellow soccer jerseys. Vamos, carajo!…

The fan doesn’t stop at liking their object, they co-create it in both social and artisanal modes. In soccer we might say: You don’t become a fan when you think “soy hincha de la seleccíon,” but when you sing it.…

There were actors, musicians and even mixed martial artists strolling up and down the red carpet in London.

The little boy is three. Not thirteen or 30. He is three, and apparently, he’s already causing problems. Not because he’s fighting other…

Enjoy live updates from the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony in London as the biggest names in world soccer compete for the men's and women's awards.

A leading Melbourne soccer association has written to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warning of higher fees for families under new rules, but Football Victoria insists it is safeguarding players.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has the backing of the “vast, vast majority” of soccer despite his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup