Kids

Watch: Lionel Messi helps young Inter Miami pitch invader escape security

Lionel Messi aided a young pitch invader’s escape on Saturday during Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw vs. Charlotte. Watch as Messi helps pitch invader with a little push to jumpstart their escape.

During the game a young fan made a mad dash for the Argentine to quickly snap a selfie. Messi spotted security hot on the fan’s tail and quickly got the photo before the fan had to make a rapid departure.

Lionel Messi helps fan escape security

Watch: Tomas Soucek saves ball boy pinned under fallen advertisement board

Tomas Soucek played the hero for West Ham twice on Saturday as he scored the game’s opening goal vs. Crystal Palace and then stepped in to save a ball boy.

While celebrating his goal with the away end at Selhurst Park, the excited West Ham fans tumbled over onto the field as an advertisement board collapsed. One of the Crystal Palace ball boys was then trapped under the board and weight of the fans.

Soucek was quick to respond to get the young man to safety.

Tomas Soucek ball boy moment

Gotham FC’s new 13-year-old signing McKenna Whitham breaks record for youngest NWSL player

Thirteen-year-old McKenna Whitham signed a professional contract with the NJ/NY Gotham FC on Friday, making her the youngest player in NWSL history.

Whitham, who turns 14 on Saturday, reportedly signed a guaranteed contract that becomes effective Jan. 1, 2025, and runs through 2028. She also signed a signed a national team replacement player contract, which makes her available to play in upcoming NWSL x Liga MX Summer Cup matches.

Gotham FC sign McKenna Whitham

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s 17-year-old son Maximilian signs first professional contract with AC Milan

Maximilian Ibrahimovic, son of the famous and retired legend Zlatan, has signed his first professional contract at the age of 17. He’s signed with his father’s previous club, AC Milan.

Maximilian has been playing with Milan’s youth sides. Last season he featured for the club’s U18 team making 29 appearances and scoring three goals. He primarily plays at left wing.

Now he will play with Milan’s reserve team in Serie C called Milan Futuro. 

Ibrahimovic son signs with Milan

14-year-old U.S. prodigy Cavan Sullivan signs record homegrown deal with Philadelphia Union

The Philadelphia Union signed 14-year-old midfielder Cavan Sullivan in a record contract for a Major League Soccer homegrown deal.

The club touted the landmark agreement without complete financial details, but reports frame the unique agreement as separate contract with Manchester City of the English Premier League, which Sullivan will join once he turns 18. Once the transfer is complete, the Union will receive up to $5 million from Sullivan's new club.

Chelsea players roasted with sign by one of their own young fans after losing 5-0 to Arsenal

A young Chelsea fan sign summed up the Blues’ horrid 5-0 defeat to Arsenal on Tuesday better than any punditry ever could.

Arsenal completely outclassed their London rivals who were without their star boy Cole Palmer due to illness. The first half was tightly contested and ended 1-0 in Arsenal’s favor.

The floodgates opened in the second half with the Gunners finding the net four times in the span of 18 minutes. One young Blues fan had seen enough and was shown on camera asking the players for more effort.

Young Chelsea fan sign roasts players

Kim Kardashian’s son Saint West walks out with Lionel Messi before LA Galaxy-Inter Miami match

A Kardashian-Messi link up on a random Sunday evening. That’s MLS in 2024 for you.

Kim Kardashian's son Saint West walks out with Messi in Galaxy-Inter Miami match

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s son shared a memorable spotlight with none other than soccer legend and MLS superstar Lionel Messi this weekend. The occasion? The highly-anticipated 2024 MLS Season match between Inter Miami and LA Galaxy on Sunday.

A KARDASHIAN IN THE USMNT? — Kim K ‘hopes’ to see son play for U.S. in future World Cup

Kim Kardashian was in charge of announcing the stadium in which the USMNT will play their first game of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday.

The global superstar along with her son Saint West (wearing the 2023-24 away Real Madrid jersey) were brought onto the Fox Soccer studio to break the news that SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will host the USMNT's first group stage match on June 12.

Watch: Lionel Messi’s 8-year-old son scores insane bicycle kick for Inter Miami’s youth team

Lionel Messi’s illustrious career is in its final chapters, and it’s widely agreed the world won’t ever see another talent like Leo. Some recent Mateo Messi highlights, the Inter Miami star’s 8-year-old middle child, have fans excited that he could fill his father’s massive shoes.

Mateo plays for Inter Miami’s youth team and scored a sensational bicycle kick that every kid goes to bed dreaming about.

Mateo Messi bicycle kick goal

California soccer game turns ugly as parents and players brawl after final whistle

Chaos erupted after an amateur soccer game in Irvine, California, this past weekend when players and parents got involved in a nasty brawl.

The fight was between two teams that play in the United Premier Soccer League, which is sometimes considered the fourth tier of the U.S. Soccer pyramid.

Irvine Zeta FC II was a younger team that upset the undefeated Club Garrafones 2-1. After the final whistle scuffles turned to skirmishes which devolved into an all-out brawl.

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