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Minnesota United postpones season ticket-holder payments until May
"We also know your lives have been turned upside down,'' the team said in an e-mail announcing the 30-day payment deferral while MLS play is on hold.
Worlds apart from loved ones, Minnesota United players bunker down and hope
Isolation is harder to embrace for Minnesota United's international players, whose families are thousands of miles away.
Messi says Barcelona players taking 70% pay cut
In a letter critical of Barcelona club officials, Lionel Messi said Monday he and his teammates are taking a 70% cut in salaries because of the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sports make political point for Belarus amid virus outbreak
With most sports around the world shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic, longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open.
Players and musicians in Spanish festival to fight virus
Soccer players and celebrities will take part in a global music festival on Saturday organized by the Spanish league in order to raise funds for the fight against the coronavirus.
Barcelona donates 30,000 masks to help fight coronavirus
Barcelona has delivered 30,000 masks to the Catalonia government to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the club said Saturday.
Australian pro soccer player tests positive for coronavirus
An A-League soccer player has become the first Australian professional footballer to test positive for the new coronavirus.
When soccer resumes, let's pull back on game-worsening VAR calls
Only a few leagues are still playing but when the rest get back in action, the video assistant referee needs some re-tooling because it's not doing the job so far.
MN United's Michael Boxall: 'We'll get over this, hopefully soon'
Minnesota United FC defender Michael Boxall is from New Zealand, coping with the MLS in shutdown far from his homeland.
Fans continue to question Bayern Munich's silence on Qatar
Even though the protests have stopped amid the coronavirus outbreak, many Bayern Munich fans are still pushing for their club to take its Qatari sponsor to task for human rights abuses in the country.
'Red Loons' fan group blasts United over treatment of idled workers
On Twitter, the supporters group Red Loons posted, "Sad to report @MNUFC has the WORST response to the COVID-19 crisis in MLS." The team declined comment.
Australia seeks age limit lift for Olympic soccer tournament
Football Federation Australia wants FIFA and the IOC to increase the age limit for the Olympic men's tournament in the wake of the Tokyo Games being pushed back to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Game Zero: Spread of virus in Italy linked to Champions League match
It was the biggest soccer game in Atalanta's history and a third of Bergamo's population made the short trip to Milan's famed San Siro Stadium.
Pros, preps and weekend warriors go virtual amid pandemic
Trevor May has been preparing for this.Not precisely for a global pandemic that would bring sports — and so much else — to an unprecedented…
New US Soccer leadership: Settling women's lawsuit priority
The newly installed president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Soccer Federation used their first news conference to state that settling a lawsuit filed by women's national team players is a top priority.
Loons Mailbag: Is there really competition for Emanuel Reynoso?
There are no practices or games for a second full week, but readers and Minnesota United supporters still have questions. So we answer them.
Will Wilson, Andrew Luck's uncle, becomes CEO of US Soccer
Will Wilson, co-head of the NFL division of a sports representation agency and the uncle of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, was hired Monday as chief executive officer of the troubled U.S. Soccer Federation.
Infantino eyes reboot for soccer to avoid crisis
The future of soccer could be fewer games and fewer top competitions to help avoid a financial crisis, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
Loons' season pushed back further; MLS vows to play full schedule
Minnesota United players have taken to outdoor runs, workouts in their apartments or running apartment stairs to remain fit.
Former Real Madrid president dies from coronavirus
Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died Saturday from the new coronavirus, his family said. He was 76.