SOCCER

There was no Lionel Messi on the pitch, but a sold-out crowd was on hand at Exploria Stadium to see Orlando draw 1-1 against in-state rivals Inter Miami on Sunday evening.

Lionel Messi returned to Inter Miami’s lineup on Wednesday night.

Fans planning to catch Orlando City Soccer’s game Sunday versus Lionel Messi and Inter Miami can catch SunRail to downtown Orlando.

The Orlando Pride scored a 2-1 victory over the visiting North Carolina Courage at Exploria Stadium on Sunday evening.

Ramiro Enrique scored a go-ahead goal in second-half stoppage time and Orlando rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Columbus Crew 4-3 on Saturday night for its seventh win in the last nine MLS matches.

The Orlando Pride fell 1-0 on the road Sunday after playing most of their game against the OL Reign with 10 players.

That is the gamut of emotions Spain soccer player Olga Carmona had to go through on Sunday.

Orlando City takes three points on the road with a 3-1 win against the Chicago Fire on Sunday evening.

The Orlando Pride scored a big shutout win against the Chicago Red Stars at Exploria Stadium on Sunday evening.

Check out the Player of the Week featuring Averie Schweitzer from Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy.

The Orlando Pride managed to tie against the Gotham FC during their Wednesday night matchup.

One of those causes of concern is something that the U.S. has control of rectifying. The other it has no control of at all, and simply needs to monitor and stay ahead of.

She came, she saw and she conquered. After over 200 appearances with the Women’s National Team, it’s time for Megan Rapinoe to hang up her boots.

The once-dominant Americans crashed out of the Women’s World Cup on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sweden in the Round of 16.

The Orlando Pride lost their match against the Washington Spirit on Friday evening, ending the game in overtime.

Orlando City’s path in the Leagues Cup will have to go through Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in a midweek matchup at DRV PNK Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale.

Wilder Cartagena scored in stoppage time to give Orlando City a 3-2 win over Santos Laguna in their Leagues Cup match at Exploria Stadium on Saturday night.

Lionel Messi scored twice and added an assist in his first start for Inter Miami, leading his new club to a 4-0 win over Atlanta United in the Leagues Cup.

The United States Women’s National Team is ready to bring home another World Cup trophy.

The United States Women’s National Team may be the favorites to win the World Cup, which starts in just a few days, but the competition has never been fiercer.

Messi was spotted at a Publix in South Florida, cementing the fact that he's now a Florida Man!

The Women’s World Cup is right around the corner, and the United States Women’s National Team is ready to bring home their fifth title, and third trophy in a row.

Pablo Ruiz had three assists as Real Salt Lake got goals from four different players in a 4-0 victory over Orlando City.

The Orlando Pride brought out a tight victory against the OL Reign during the team’s Friday night match.

The Orlando Pride easily won against the Washington Spirit at Audi Field Saturday evening 3-0 behind two goals from forward Julie Doyle.

Facundo Torres scored a goal in each half to propel Orlando City to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Fire.

The Orlando Pride lost 2-1 against the Kansas City Current at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on Saturday evening.

We officially know the 23 players who will represent the United States in this summer’s FIFA World Cup.

Soccer legends Ronaldinho and Robert Carlos will be holding a joint news conference at Exploria Stadium Wednesday, days before the Orlando City match at the same venue.

The Orlando Pride scored a 2-1 win against the Washington Spirit at Exploria Stadium on Saturday.

The Orlando Pride saw a big loss to the Washington Spirit during their matchup on Wednesday.

Orlando City SC lost their matchup against Charlotte FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 match on Tuesday night.

The Orlando pride won again, making it two in a row, beating Racing Louisville 1-0 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on Saturday.

The Orlando Pride played to a draw in their opening game of the 2023 UKG NWSL Challenge Cup.

The Orlando pride were held scoreless during their loss against Gotham FC at Exploria Stadium on Saturday evening.

Orlando will be this year’s host for the celebrity soccer match ‘The Beautiful Game,’ according to a news release.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Valerie Correa of Poinciana High School.

Finally, professional women’s soccer is back this weekend.

Ercan Kara scored in the last minute of the second half, bring the scoreboard to an even 1-1 and ending Tuesday’s match in a tie between the Orlando City SC and the Tigres UANL.

The Orlando City took on a draw against their competition, the Tigres UANL, during the Tuesday night CONCACAF Champions League matchup.

Orlando City earned a point and fought to a scoreless draw against FC Cincinnati at Exploria Stadium on Saturday evening.

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new stamp celebrating women’s soccer on Thursday in Orlando.

Orlando Pride announced its 2023 National Women’s Soccer League schedule on Wednesday.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Blair Dorman of Lake Mary High School.

Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of soccer, has died.

Orlando City SC announced the schedule for its 2023 Major League Soccer season.

While there is still much to be sorted out logistically for the event, here is what we know at the moment about World Cup 2026.

There are many reasons to criticize FIFA for the way they’ve handled the Men’s World Cup that is about to begin in Qatar, and at the top of that list is that they chose to have it in a nation with egregious human rights violations.

Some are older and familiar names who might be in their last World Cup, while others will be names to get used to for future World Cups.

While the key contributors aren’t limited to these five, going into the USMNT’s first game against Wales on Monday, here are the players most likely to carry the American side.

For the first time since 2014, the U.S. Men’s National Team is back in the World Cup, and will have its first game on Monday against Wales.

Qatar is a tiny nation that is smaller than Connecticut in square miles, so Qatar would be No. 49 on the list of largest states if it was a part of the U.S.

For the first time, the World Cup will be held in November and December instead of its customary time slot of June and July.

The U.S. World Cup roster had some surprises: Ricardo Pepi was left off along with Zack Steffen, Paul Arriola and Jordan Pefok.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is facing criticism after telling gay soccer fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar that they should show some “compromise” and "be respectful of the host nation.”.

The National Women’s Soccer League announced on Monday that they have terminated the contract of Orlando Pride head coach Amanda Cromwell and assistant coach Sam Greene.

Orlando City Soccer Club announced on Saturday that defender Robin Jansson recently underwent successful foot surgery and is expected to miss 12-15 weeks.

Gonzalo Higuaín scored two goals in his first match since announcing he will retire after the season, and Inter Miami clinched a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over Orlando City.

It seems that after every Women’s World Cup that the United States Women’s National Team wins (USWNT for short), there will be a boom in the sport.

Facundo Torres broke through with a goal in the 75th minute, then converted on a penalty to give Orlando City its first-ever trophy with a 3-0 victory over Sacramento Republic in the U.S. Open Cup final.

The Orlando City managed to come out on top with a 3-2 finish against the Seattle Sounders Wednesday night.

The Orlando City managed to come out on top with a 3-2 finish against the Seattle Sounders Wednesday night.

OL Reign beat out Orlando Pride 2 - 1 Friday evening at Exploria Stadium in Orlando.

Orlando (5-6-5, 21 points) has won two in a row and hasn’t lost since June 19.

Officials with the Central Florida Crusaders divulged details about Orlando’s new indoor soccer team during a news conference on Thursday morning.

Orlando (3-6-5, 15 points) extended its unbeaten streak to five games with its third consecutive draw.

Next up for the Pride is a 7 p.m. home game next Sunday against Angel City FC at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City Soccer Club earned the right to host the finals for the U.S. Open after beating New York in the semi-finals Wednesday.

Orlando City lost its friendly exhibition match 3 - 1 against Arsenal at Exploria Stadium Wednesday evening.

Juan Sanchez scored the equalizer for Atlanta United in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City.

Taxiarchis Fountas scored three goals to help D.

DAYTONA Soccer Fest is coming to Daytona International Speedway for Independence Day weekend.

It goes without saying that it was a rough day for the Orlando Pride in Portland on Sunday.

FIFA announced the venues it will partner with for the World Cup soccer matches, though Orlando’s Camping World Stadium will not be among those selected.

FIFA, the world’s governing body of soccer and organizer of the World Cup, will announce the host cities for the 2026 World Cup during a 5 p.m. ET event in New York City.

The Orlando Pride couldn’t get on the scoreboard nor break their winless streak on Sunday in Chicago.

The American FootGolf League is hosting its U.S. Open this year at Walt Disney World.

Moussa Djitte scored in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time and Austin FC rallied for a 2-2 draw with Orlando City.

The Pride (2-1-2, 7 points) fell behind by three goals, and despite two late tallies, suffered a 4-2 defeat to Chicago at Exploria Stadium.

Toni Pressley scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to help the Pride salvage a 2-2 tie at home against Kansas City in what was a wild finish.

Substitute Kyle Smith scored on a header off a corner kick in the 92nd minute to give Orlando City a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday.

The Pride (1-1, 3 points) rebounded from a 3-0 home loss to Gotham FC in their season opener last week.

Joe Waterman, Djordje Mihailovic, Joquin Torres and Zachary Brault-Guillard scored and Montreal beat Orlando City 4-1 on Saturday to run its club-record unbeaten streak to seven games.

The Pride gave up three goals in a span of 12 minutes late in the first half.

Fullback Ruan scored his third career MLS goal and added an assist during first-half stoppage time to lead Orlando City SC to a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC.

Rodrigo Schlegel’s goal proved to be the game-winner as Orlando City picked up a 2-0 win over the Columbus Crew.

Stephanie Davis, a freshman on the Jacksonville University women’s soccer team, was killed in a crash Sunday in Baker County that also injured seven teammates, News 6 partner WJXT-TV reported.

Ercan Kara scored a second-half goal to lead Orlando City to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in MLS action.

Ilie Sanchez scored the deciding goal in a 4-2 win for Los Angeles FC over Orlando City.

Christian Pulisic scored his first international hat trick, leading the United States to the brink of returning to the World Cup with a 5-1 rout of Panama.

Nearly five years after the United States men’s national soccer team famously blew a spot in the 2018 World Cup by losing to a vastly inferior Trinidad and Tobago squad in October of 2017 in the final game of qualifying, the moment of redemption has finally arrived for the Americans.

The Orlando Pride has apologized after a supporters’ group was told it could not display a banner that said “Gay” at a match this weekend.

Facundo Torres scored his first career MLS goal on a header in the 10th minute and Pedro Gallese made it stand up as Orlando City SC earned a 1-0 victory over the LA Galaxy.

Brandon Vazquez scored two goals to spark Cincinnati to a 2-1 victory over Orlando City in MLS play.

Pedro Gallese had five saves to help Orlando City earn a 0-0 draw with the Chicago Fire.

The UCF women's soccer head coach was chosen to help with training the U.S. women's national team in January.

The United States will play its final home World Cup qualifier at Orlando, Florida, on March 27 against Panama.

Yujie Zhao rocketed home the game-winning penalty kick and No. 1 Florida State edged No. 13 BYU 4-3 in PKs on Monday to win its third women’s national championship in program history and second in the last four years.

Júnior Urso scored in the 13th minute, Pedro Gallese had three saves and Orlando City beat FC Cincinnati 1-0 on Saturday night to snap a nine-game road winless streak.

A soccer player has broken the Michigan high school and national records for most goals in one game, but not everyone is cheering.