The long-running legal saga between the US Soccer Federation and Relevent Sports is “at its end” after Relevent filed yesterday to “dismiss the case from federal court.” The case, which was originally filed in 2019, “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.” The two sides have discussed dismissing the case “since Relevent agreed to a settlement without prejudice with Fifa.” Relevent’s contention was that US Soccer’s “refusal to sanction foreign domestic league games in the United States, and Fifa’s policy barring domestic league games from taking place outside their home territory, amounted to violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.” The terms of the settlement “are not yet know” (London GUARDIAN, 4/10).
Relevent, US Soccer settle legal battle
