FIFA Reaches Settlement in Antitrust Case Over Soccer Match Ban

Relevent Sports LLC and Fédération Internationale de Football Association reached a deal to resolve claims in an antitrust case that challenged a policy banning foreign teams from playing official matches in the US.

Relevent Sports, a US-based soccer promoter owned by billionaire Stephen Ross, on Monday notified the US District for the Southern District of New York of the undisclosed settlement, marking a significant turning point in yearslong litigation that drew attention from the Justice Department and was petitioned to the US Supreme Court. Relevent had challenged a FIFA rule from 2018 that limits official league games to a professional ...