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  4.    <title>NYT &gt; Sports &gt; Soccer</title>
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  18.      <title>Soccer Watchalongs Like Stretford Paddock Offer a Broadcast Alternative</title>
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  22.      <description>Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear and see everything except the game.</description>
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  37.      <title>The Premier League Needs a Commissioner</title>
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  41.      <description>Allowing clubs to block rule changes and money to delay punishments feeds the perception that the same rules do not apply to everyone.</description>
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  43.      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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  55.      <title>Messi Surcharge: Red Bulls, Other M.L.S. Teams to Charge More for Miami Games</title>
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  59.      <description>A Red Bulls promotion has some fine print: If Inter Miami is the opponent, you get a different game.</description>
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  61.      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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  75.      <title>Swedish Soccer Prioritized Fans Over Finances. Now, Business Is Booming.</title>
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  79.      <description>While most of Europe’s leagues engage in a Sisyphean quest to source as much money as possible, Sweden has chosen a different model. But its rewards come with risk.</description>
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  81.      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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  86.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">Sweden</category>
  87.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">Elfsborg (Soccer Team)</category>
  88.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">Malmo (Soccer Team)</category>
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  91.      <media:description>Supporters of Malmo, the Swedish soccer team, set off so many flares during the season finale against Elfsborg this month that the match had to be stopped for 30 minutes.</media:description>
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  94.      <title>North Korea’s Han Kwang-song Returns to International Soccer</title>
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  98.      <description>Han Kwang-song’s recent appearances in World Cup qualifiers were his first ones overseas since 2020, when U.N. sanctions led to an involuntary career break.</description>
  99.      <dc:creator>Mike Ives and John Yoon</dc:creator>
  100.      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 04:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
  101.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Soccer</category>
  102.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">North Korea</category>
  103.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_per">Han Kwang-song (1998- )</category>
  104.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Embargoes and Sanctions</category>
  105.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)</category>
  106.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">Juventus (Soccer Team)</category>
  107.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">Al-Duhail (Soccer Team)</category>
  108.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">Italy</category>
  109.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">Qatar</category>
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  112.      <media:description>Han Kwang-song of North Korea, center, playing in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Yangon, Myanmar, this week. </media:description>
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  115.      <title>How FIFA Handed Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup</title>
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  119.      <description>FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, cheered a plan to take soccer’s richest event to the kingdom. He has said little about his years of work to make that happen.</description>
  120.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  121.      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
  122.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Soccer</category>
  123.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">World Cup 2034 (Soccer)</category>
  124.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)</category>
  125.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_geo">Saudi Arabia</category>
  126.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_per">Infantino, Gianni</category>
  127.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_per">Mohammed bin Salman (1985- )</category>
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  133.      <title>Xabi Alonso Isn’t Coming to Save Your Team. Not Yet.</title>
  134.      <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/europe/xabi-alonso-leverkusen.html</link>
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  137.      <description>The patience of Alonso, the Bayer Leverkusen manager, says a lot about him, and just as much about a sport perpetually chasing the next big thing.</description>
  138.      <dc:creator>Rory Smith</dc:creator>
  139.      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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  151.      <title>Everton Docked 10 Points, a Premier League Record, in Financial Case</title>
  152.      <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/europe/everton-points-deduction.html</link>
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  155.      <description>The penalty adds to the problems of a team operating under a mountain of debt. It vowed to appeal.</description>
  156.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  157.      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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  167.      <media:description>Everton’s points deduction dropped the team to 19th place in the 20-team Premier League. </media:description>
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  170.      <title>Megan Rapinoe, Emma Hayes and a Women’s Soccer Crossroads</title>
  171.      <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/world/megan-rapinoe-nwsl-final.html</link>
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  174.      <description>Rapinoe, who helped define U.S. soccer for a decade, is retiring after this week’s N.W.S.L. final. Hayes, the Chelsea coach, will try to put her stamp on it next.</description>
  175.      <dc:creator>Rory Smith</dc:creator>
  176.      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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  183.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_per">Rapinoe, Megan</category>
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  187.      <media:description>Megan Rapinoe will play her final club game on Saturday, for OL Reign in the N.W.S.L. final.</media:description>
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  190.      <title>Saudi Arabia Is Sole Bidder for 2034 World Cup</title>
  191.      <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-world-cup-2034.html</link>
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  194.      <description>Australia announced it would not bid, clearing the way for the Saudis to bring soccer’s biggest tournament back to the Gulf.</description>
  195.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  196.      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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  203.      <media:description>Argentina won the World Cup in Qatar last year. The 2034 tournament is expected to return to the Gulf.</media:description>
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  206.      <title>How Lionel Messi Made a Pink Jersey Soccer’s Must-Have Item</title>
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  212.      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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  228.      <title>FIFA Bans Luis Rubiales, Former Soccer Chief in Spain, for 3 Years</title>
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  232.      <description>Luis Rubiales, who led the country’s soccer federation, departed in disgrace after he forcibly kissed a player after the Women’s World Cup final.</description>
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  234.      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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  242.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">Royal Spanish Football Federation</category>
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  249.      <title>Everton, 777 and the Business of Premier League Soccer</title>
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  253.      <description>777 Partners had been scooping up big-name soccer teams for two years when it bid for Everton. Doubts about its finances could kill the deal.</description>
  254.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  255.      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
  256.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/des">Soccer</category>
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  260.      <category domain="http://www.nytimes.com/namespaces/keywords/nyt_org">777 Partners</category>
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  263.      <media:description>The 777 Partners co-owners Josh Wander, center, and Steven Pasko, in gray sweater, in the director’s box at Everton in September. Their bid to take control of the club is under review.</media:description>
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  265.    <item>
  266.      <title>Everton Sale Stalls Amid New Questions About 777 Partners</title>
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  270.      <description>The U.S. firm bidding for the Premier League club, 777 Partners, has failed to provide required information to a British regulator.</description>
  271.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  272.      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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  279.      <media:credit>Alex Livesey/Getty Images</media:credit>
  280.      <media:description>A sliding Everton player during a Premier League match against Tottenham in April. Everton’s finances are so dire that the club requires monthly infusions of millions of dollars to keep operating.</media:description>
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  282.    <item>
  283.      <title>Trans Women Banned From Competing in Women’s Soccer in England</title>
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  287.      <description>The Football Association, the national governing body, said that it had changed its policy as a result of a ruling last month by the British Supreme Court.</description>
  288.      <dc:creator>Lizzie Dearden</dc:creator>
  289.      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 17:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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  303.    <item>
  304.      <title>Leo Beenhakker, a Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82</title>
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  308.      <description>Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.</description>
  309.      <dc:creator>Jeré Longman</dc:creator>
  310.      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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  325.      <media:description>The soccer coach Leo Beenhakker in 2006, the year he led Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup. He also coached Real Madrid and his native Netherlands.</media:description>
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  328.      <title>Hank Steinbrecher, Who Helped Elevate Soccer in the U.S., Dies at 77</title>
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  332.      <description>He was also a key figure in raising American soccer’s profile on the world stage. Earlier, as a marketer, he saw opportunities in the football ritual of dousing coaches with Gatorade.</description>
  333.      <dc:creator>Jeré Longman</dc:creator>
  334.      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  344.      <media:description>Mr. Steinbrecher in 1993, when he was secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation, the top lieutenant to its president. Hosting the World Cup the next year was a signal event for American soccer.</media:description>
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  347.      <title>FIFA Secures $1 Billion Broadcast Deal With DAZN for Club World Cup</title>
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  351.      <description>An agreement with the London-based streaming company DAZN came just a day before the draw for the inaugural event and after other networks balked at FIFA’s demands.</description>
  352.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  353.      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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  364.      <media:description>DAZN is paying close to $1 billion to broadcast the inaugural Club World Cup, a soccer tournament featuring 32 men’s teams gathered from leagues across the globe.</media:description>
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  366.    <item>
  367.      <title>FIFA President’s Bet on Club World Cup Meets Reality</title>
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  371.      <description>Gianni Infantino has tied his legacy to the 32-team tournament, even inscribing his name on the trophy. Its success is far from guaranteed.</description>
  372.      <dc:creator>Tariq Panja</dc:creator>
  373.      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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  381.      <media:description>Questions about funding still surround the Club World Cup, which is the signature innovation of Gianni Infantino’s tenure as FIFA president. He’s hoping to create an enduring global event.</media:description>
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  384.      <title>Amsterdam Police Arrest 5 More Men Over Antisemitic Attacks</title>
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  390.      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Soccer.xml

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