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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, then-U.S. Olympic Committee chief marketing officer Lisa Baird speaks about the Team USA WinterFest for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea. Lisa Baird is the new commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League. The former chief of marketing for the U.S. Olympic Committee hopes she can bring the same ideas to soccer as those that ramped up Olympic endorsements. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

US Olympic marketing chief Lisa Baird is NWSL commissioner

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Inter Miami CF co-owners Jorge Mas, left, and David Beckham, right, pose for photos with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber during the Major League Soccer 25th Season kickoff event, New York, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

MLS owners predict league will surpass MLB, Premier League

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola attends a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Real Madrid will play against Manchester City in a Champions League soccer match on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A look at the legal issues in Man City’s appeal against UEFA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FIFA bans former council member from Uruguay for 1 year

Associated Press

Zimbabwe banned from hosting games because of poor stadiums

By ENOCK MUCHINJO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 file photo, Paris Saint Germain owner Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi waves to teams fans at the end of their soccer match against Manchester United at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England. Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday Feb. 20, 2020 by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to World Cup television rights. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, file)

Swiss prosecutors charge Al-Khelaifi in FIFA bribery case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Soccer player Mara Gomez poses for a portrait at her home in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Gomez is a transgender woman who is limited to only training with her women's professional soccer team, Villa San Carlos. She is waiting for confirmation from the Argentina Football Association (AFA) she can play. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

Former Irish national team player Jimmy Conway dies at 73

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Canada's Christine Sinclair celebrates after scoring against St. Kitts and Nevis in a CONCACAF Olympic qualifying match Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Edinburg, Texas. Sinclair broke Abby Wambach's record of 184 goals. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Canada’s humble star Sinclair gets pushed into spotlight

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, front left, celebrates with Liverpool's Sadio Mane after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Sheffield United at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Infantino wants Africa Cup every 4 years, more youth WCups

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

United States forward Carli Lloyd (10) and Haiti defender Soveline Beaubrun, right, collide as they go for the ball during the first half of a women's Olympic qualifying soccer match Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Carli Lloyd talks about those field goals, and her career

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Bomb attack on car of Cypriot 2nd division team’s VP

Associated Press

Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso gestures prior to an Italian Cup eightfinal soccer match, between Fiorentina and Atalanta at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. ( Jennifer Lorenzini/LaPresse via AP)

AP Interview: Fiorentina’s American owner is a soccer lifer

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

In this Jan. 13, 2020 photo, members of the media take images of a destroyed bust of Bolivia's former President Evo Morales, after it was knocked down on the orders of Bolivia's sports minister, outside a sports center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Across Bolivia, the government of interim President Jeanine Áñez is taking down statues, painting over murals, changing the names of soccer fields and stadiums, and trying to erase the legacy of the former leader, who ruled the Andean country for more than 14 years as its first indigenous president. (Daniel James/Los Tiempos via AP)

Erasing Evo: Bolivian bid to remove his image draws backlash

By PAOLA FLORES - Associated Press

Jose Margulies, center, leaves federal court following his sentencing, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough New York. A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Brazilian broadcast executive Margulies to two years' probation on Tuesday for acting as an intermediary in a scheme to exchange bribes for the media rights to South American soccer tournaments. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Brazilian broadcast executive gets probation in FIFA scandal

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

David Beckham poses for a photograph before a Christian Dior pre-fall 2020 men's fashion collection presentation during Art Basel on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beckham’s MLS team in Miami takes field for first time

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, England's Eniola Aluko celebrates after scoring during their 1st round Women's Euro 2009 soccer match against Russia in Helsinki, Finland. Former England striker Eni Aluko has retired from professional soccer to end a career in which she gained notoriety for being a prolific scorer for multiple teams and accusing one of her international managers of racism. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)

Prolific scorer and whistleblower, Aluko retires from soccer

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

The University of Maryland athletic department launched the "Building Champions" campaign to raise $25 million for facility upgrades for a host of its Olympic sports programs. (Illustration courtesy of Maryland Athletics)

Maryland unveils campaign for Olympic sport facility upgrades

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Jan. 3, 2020, Oregon women's soccer coach Graeme Abel talks about his new job with the Ducks in Eugene, Ore. Abel was an assistant coach under Jill Ellis with the U.S. women's national team and a veteran of the team's two World Cup titles. (AP Photo/Anne M. Peterson)

Women’s World Cup vet Graeme Abel takes on top job at Oregon

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 photo, Sudanese al-Difaa, in pink, and al-Sumood women teams play in Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, Sudan. The women's soccer league has become a field of contention as Sudan grapples with the transition from three decades of authoritarian rule that espoused a strict interpretation of Islamic Shariah law. (AP Photo)

Sudan’s women pursue soccer dream, challenging conservatives

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press