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California native Croix Soto, a 23-year-old centre back from the Houston Dash of the NWSL, is the latest signing of the Northern Super League's AFC Toronto franchise.

Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute to give the Orlando Pride their first National Women's Soccer League championship with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Saturday night.

Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal.

Leading Lebanese soccer player Celine Haidar is in a medically induced coma after she was critically wounded in an Israeli strike near her home in Beirut's southern suburbs, her international championship prospects on hold.

Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga was named the National Women's Soccer League's most valuable player on Friday. She led the league with a single-season record of 20 goals to also win the Golden Boot award.

Anja Heiner-Moller has made a conscious habit of saying yes to opportunities over her long soccer career. Now the Danish coach is seizing a big one as she becomes the first head coach of the Northern Super League's Vancouver Rise FC.

Canadian under-20 coach Cindy Tye will serve as interim coach for Canada's upcoming women's friendlies against Iceland and South Korea.

Atlético Ottawa and head coach Carlos González have "mutually agreed to part ways" after three seasons, the soccer team announced Thursday.

After playing soccer at three U.S. colleges and professionally in Iceland, Leah Pais wanted to come home. AFC Toronto was only too happy to oblige and the 22-year-old midfielder/forward from Mississauga is the second signing of the new Northern Super ...

Canadian national Jonathan David has had a run of form the past few months that has seen him emerge as one of the top young forwards in the world. He showed again Tuesday in Toronto in a 3-0 win over Suriname.