Professional soccer
North AmericaWorld Cup teams will be paid a record $871 million: Each team will get $12.5 million as a bare minimum for playing and ‘preparation money’
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2026
SuccessCape Verde’s Roberto Lopes was working at a bank when he was recruited on LinkedIn to play soccer—he thought it was spam, now he’s at the World Cup
By Preston ForeJune 20, 2026
SuccessTeam USA star Ricardo Pepi grew up in a trailer in El Paso—and his parents pawned their car title to fuel his soccer dream. Now, he’s in the World Cup
By Preston ForeJune 15, 2026
ConferencesNike and U.S. soccer execs on the World Cup: 4 weeks of games, 4 years of prep, 6 years of jersey design
By Preston ForeJune 1, 2026
PoliticsThe most politically charged World Cup ever puts the U.S. and Iran on a collision course while America co-hosts with neighbors it has tariffed
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 19, 2026
Workplace CultureExclusive: Billionaire Michele Kang launches $25 million U.S. Soccer institute that promises to transform the future of women’s sports
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 2, 2025
SuccessCristiano Ronaldo is football’s first-ever billionaire: he went from begging for burgers outside McDonald’s to landing a $400 million-plus tax-free Saudi contract
By Preston ForeOctober 8, 2025
SuccessDavid Beckham’s company raked in nearly $100 million last year: Deals with AliExpress and SharkNinja put him back on the billionaire track
By Preston ForeOctober 3, 2025
SuccessMultimillionaire athlete-turned-CEO says he never buys expensive clothes and only flies economy because he’s in constant fear of running out of cash
By Emma BurleighJuly 10, 2025
LifestyleExclusive: $12 billion liquor giant Pernod Ricard inks MLS sponsorship for Jameson whiskey brand
By Paolo ConfinoDecember 5, 2024
LeadershipBayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro reveals how he led the team to an undefeated season. ‘A football club has to be managed much like a business’
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 28, 2024
ConferencesFirst Black president of an MLS team talks sustaining growth amid $775 million valuation and record attendance numbers
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 7, 2024
By Chloe BergerJuly 11, 2024
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