Players tried out for a chance to travel to Spain and train with Real Madrid. Soccer players ages 18 and 19 gathered at Lake ...

By the 1920s, well-known international soccer teams identified Chicago as a growing market. In 1926, ... the Chicago Sting joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975.

The Chicago Fire joined the league in 1997. In 2009, the Chicago Red Stars played its inaugural season as one of the founding teams in now-defunct Women’s Professional Soccer and now plays in ...

Chicago Nation quickly climbing rank in amateur soccer, aims for first national championship 02:57. The United Premier Soccer League has a large presence in the area, led by the flagship Chicago ...

An immersive exhibit about international soccer star Lionel Messi's life is coming to Chicago this summer, as the region’s own team looks to continue its growth trajectory.

As the popularity of women's soccer grows, so have the opportunities for players looking to make the sport a career. The National Women's Soccer League was once the lone professional women's ...

Chicago is the 10th U.S. city to host Premier League Mornings Live, which has drawn more than 85,000 soccer fans since the first event came to Washington, D.C., in 2018.

Fans watch a soccer match between Liverpool and AFC Bournemouth on giant TV screens at the Premier League Mornings Live Fan Fest in Lincoln Park in Chicago on Sept. 21, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago ...

United Soccer League intends to start a promotion/relegation system along the international model, a contrast to Major League Soccer. The USL announced the decision Wednesday but did not say when ...

In September, the Premier League soccer fan fest drew a record 15,646 attendees to Lincoln Park for a weekend early morning watch party, with 10 live matches broadcast al fresco on nine large ...