England are through to the semi-finals of the Women’s European Championship after a ludicrous penalty shoot-out against Sweden. It was an astonishing quarter-final – both manager Sarina Wiegman and ...

Inter Miami had waited all season to be awarded a penalty kick in MLS play and finally got one on Saturday night. But Lionel Messi missed the ensuing attempt — and what followed was an ugly defeat ...

ZURICH (AP) — The laws of soccer on taking a penalty kick were clarified Tuesday after Julián Álvarez’s accidental double touch helped to eliminate Atletico Madrid from the Champions League. The new ...

The law that saw Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez’s penalty controversially disallowed in March’s Champions League shootout against Real Madrid has been officially amended — so that if such a ...

You could argue that there was no other way England could have concluded their historic, victorious European Championship run than in the most dramatic fashion. They have become accustomed to coming ...

If Julian Alvarez slips while taking a spot kick for Atletico Madrid at the Club World Cup this month, he will get the second chance he was denied in the Champions League in March, after international ...

Ninety minutes of regulation soccer – not enough. Ten minutes of overtime – not enough. Ten minutes of double-overtime – not enough. Five penalty kicks – still, not enough. The University of Maine and ...

The 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs have a unique format — featuring single-elimination games as well as best-of-three series — yet that isn't the only quirk that soccer football fans will have to keep in mind ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — There’s a reason soccer practices all across America often end with penalty kicks. Sometimes the fate of a season lies in the balance of one tango between a penalty taker and a goalie ...