RSL Soapbox · Jan 29, 2021
Royal Roundup: Is Today MLS Lockout Day?
Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty ImagesHere’s your news from the world of soccer as the week nears it’s end.
INTERNATIONAL
Qatar will host the pandemic-delayed 2020 Club World Cup early in February, as a showcase for the new stadiums, and preview for the 2022 World Cup. [FIFA]
The up-and-coming team destroyed by the Chernobyl disaster, the story of FC Pripyat. [FFT]
Japan has withdrawn from the She Believes Cup due to COVID concerns. The SBC is set to kick off on Feb. 18th in Orlando. Argentina has been named as their replacement. [FRS]
Cristiano Ronaldo under investigation by Italian authorities for breaking COVID travel protocol to visit girlfriend for her birthday. [CBS]