If England captain John Terry lifts soccer’s World Cup in July, his alleged marital infidelities will be forgotten — even forgiven — faster than you can say “Love Rat.” No one, other than Terry’s wife, perhaps, will recall model Alicia Douvall’s (paid for?) newspaper claim that the Chelsea defender seduced her in a London nightclub by placing a cocktail stirrer in her…

The Portland City Council has approved a $31 million plan to remodel PGE Park. Major League Soccer awarded Portland an expansion franchise to start play in 2011, with the understanding that the multipurpose stadium would be converted into a soccer-first venue

Breaking more than a decade of silence, former U.S. soccer coach Steve Sampson said Tuesday he dropped John Harkes from the national team roster two months before the 1998 World Cup because the American captain was having an affair with the wife of teammate Eric Wynalda.

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Liverpool soccer club will have to cut debt by 100 million pounds ($160 million) before its bankers consider refinancing the Premier League team’s loans, managing director Christian Purslow said.