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Michigan Stadium holds the record for the largest crowd to ever see a soccer match in the United States.

Two men were taken into custody after wielding a machete in a dispute at a Bangor soccer game Saturday night.

Starting in 2017 women will now be able to join the Grand Rapids Football Club. We are proud to announce that we will field a Women's team in 2017. pic.twitter.com/7kSDASllbY — Grand Rapids FC (@grandrapidsfc) November 1, 2016 The GRFC is a minor league soccer team in West Michigan that was started in 2015, and currently only have men playing...

Last week it was announced that a Major League Soccer team could be coming to Detroit.  If and when a team finally comes to Detroit, what would be a good name for that team?

We've got all the major league sports in Detroit so why not add soccer to the mix? According to the Detroit Free Press, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert and Platinum Equity founder Tom Gores are joining forces to try to bring an MLS franchise downtown during the next round of league expansion...

US Soccer has announced new rules which ban headers for players 10 and under. Headers for players 11 to 13 will be limited. The changes come after a lawsuit dealing with concussions. Local soccer club Midwest United FC shares their reaction to the changes.

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Jenison High School boys' soccer player Luke VanderVeen is this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD Athlete of the Week. VanderVeen's last-minute goal in Jenison's 1-0 win over Zeeland East last week is indicative of the type of competitor he is, Wildcats Coach Brian Selk said.

Mario Götze scored the game-winning goal in extra time, and Germany beat Argentina, 1-0, to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday afternoon.

Belgium scored twice in extra time and eliminated the United States 2-1 in the first round of knockout play at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Salvador, Brazil, on Tuesday.

The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team plays in one its most important international games in a long time when it takes on Belgium today in the World Cup. And you, being the fun-loving patriotic American that you are, can cheer the team on in Grand Rapids!

Silvestre Varela scored on the last kick of the ball in the 95th minute, and Portugal tied the United States, 2-2, in the teams' second match of 2014 FIFA World Cup play at Manaus, Brazil on Sunday.