Concacaf Champions League set for LigaMX vs MLS final
March 21 – The vice-like grip Mexico’s clubs have held on the Concacaf Champions League is being challenged with this year’s final guaranteed to have a challenger from the MLS.
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Concacaf confirms W Qualifiers schedule for Monterrey finals in July
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March 18 – The dates of the final rounds of qualifying for the Concacaf W Championship to be held in Monterrey, Mexico, in July, have been confirmed for women’s international match window in April.
USL Women’s Super League to break new ground with season to follow international calendar
March 18 – The USL has announced that its professional women’s Super League that will kick off in August 2023 will not be played as a calendar year competition but will align with the international women’s football calendar.
Montagliani reserved on biennial World Cup but says more internationals are needed
By Paul Nicholson at Soccerex in Miami
March 16 – Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has voiced reservations over a biennial men’s World Cup, saying that it is problematic and questioning where confederation championships, including the fast-growing Concacaf Gold Cup, would fit in.
Regular season El Clasico in US? Now it is a question of ‘when, not if’ for LaLiga
By Paul Nicholson at Sportel in Miami
March 14 – LaLiga’s staging of a regular season game in the US is a question of “when, not if”, according to Boris Gartner, CEO of LaLiga North America.
MLS must let its teams ‘off the leash’, says broadcast partner
By Paul Nicholson in Miami
March 15 – With the MLS domestic broadcast rights package currently in market with a new cycle coming up, one of the league’s biggest broadcast partners has said that to compete internationally the MLS needs to “release the leash” and lets its teams grow beyond their local boundaries.
Beckham’s plans for Inter Miami’s Freedom Park complex remain shackled
March 11 – The final approval for the build of MLS newcomer Inter Miami’s new stadium is close to getting over the line but not quite close enough.
LigaMX hits Queretaro with fan ban and forces sale on owners after weekend violence
March 9 – The Mexican Football Federation and LigaMX have moved swiftly to sanction Queretaro after violence at the weekend during the visit of league leaders Atlas that left 26 people injured and at least 21 hospitalised.
Mexicans suspend Liga MX after gruesome fan violence in Queretaro
March 7 – The Liga MX match Queretaro vs Atlas was suspended after horrific violence in and around the stadium, with reports of multiple casualties and dozens of injured fans.
Parlow Cone hangs on to US Soccer presidency to prevent return of Cordeiro
March 7 – Former US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro failed to win a return to office at the weekend, with Cindy Parlow Cone being elected for a four-year term in the position she inherited when Cordeiro resigned in 2020.
Turner Sports agrees 8-year media deal for US national teams
March 3 – Turner Sports has picked up men’s and women’s US national team games in a reported $200-220 million deal.
Honduras to host Concacaf U20 Championships which will qualify for U20 World Cup and Paris Olympics
February 25 – Honduras will host the 2022 Concacaf Men’s U-20 Championship (June 18 – July 30), in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
US women’s team agree $24m settlement of equal pay dispute
By Samindra Kunti
February 23 – In a landmark moment, the U.S. national women’s team has negotiated $24 million in an equal pay settlement, bringing to an end a prolonged class-action lawsuit with the US Soccer Federation.
Montagliani emphasises scale of Concacaf W Qualifiers as a ‘hugely important milestone’
February 17 – Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has hailed the kick off for the first Concacaf W Qualifiers as “a hugely important milestone for women’s football in our region”.
Haiti’s Cavaly pulls out of Concacaf Champions League after failure to obtain US visas
February 16 – Haitian club AS Cavaly has formally withdrawn from the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League after the club failed to obtain visas for the US.