Soccer Business

The Uzbekistan National Team, managed by Fabio Cannavaro, will use the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground as its official FIFA World Cup 2026 base camp. Here's how it came together.

Ted Turner died today at 87, and the obituaries are writing themselves. CNN founder. Braves owner. Superstation pioneer. America's Cup winner. The man who put Atlanta on the world map before Atlanta knew it belonged there. All of it is true, and all of it deserves to be said. But there is a chapter in Turner's relationship with this city and with this sport that is not making it into those obituaries, and it is one that soccer people in Atlanta should know. Because before Art

Josh Blank laid out the timeline for Atlanta's 2028 NWSL launch. The organization is not waiting for opening day to figure out who this club is supposed to be. Atlanta's NWSL team does not have a name yet. The crest, the logo, and the coach are all still to come. The chief soccer officer search is underway and the roster has not been assembled. From the outside, 2028 feels a long way off. From the inside, the work is already well underway. Arthur and Josh Blank at the Atlanta

FC Supra co-founder Rocco Placentino talks to SDH AM about building a CPL franchise entirely from Québécois players, the sprint of year one, and what comes next for soccer in Québec.

Atlanta’s new NWSL training ground plan in Marietta is about more than a facility. Here’s why the project signals big ambition, rising standards, and a club built to matter immediately.

MLS NEXT Pro president Ali Curtis discusses the league’s expansion into new markets, independent ownership groups, and how the competition is shaping the future of professional soccer ahead of the 2026 World Cup.