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Relevent, US Soccer settlement clears way for European league games in US
2025-04-29 05:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The long-running legal saga between the US Soccer Federation and US-based sports event promoter Relevent Sports is at its end, after Relevent filed on 9 April to dismiss the case from federal court, where it had been argued since 2019.The case represented the last remaining legal hurdle to allowing worldwide domestic soccer leagues to play regular-season games within the United States, and its dismissal with prejudice means the path is now cleared for those games to take place should the leagues, clubs and fans allow it.Fifa has used US soccer as a cash cow and gives very little back | Leander SchaerlaeckensRead moreThe two sides had been in discussions to dismiss the case since Relevent agreed to a settlement without prejudice with Fifa, who were at one point co-defendants in the suit that alleged antitrust violations. Relevents contention, broadly, was that US Soccers refusal to sanction foreign domestic league games in the United States, and Fifas policy barring domestic league...
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