International soccer match promoter Relevent Sports has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the USSF conspired with FIFA and Soccer United Marketing, the commercial arm of Major League Soccer, to prevent matches from foreign leagues from being held in the U.S. Both FIFA and SUM are named as non-party co-conspirators in the court filing.
SUM is a competitor of Relevent in the market for promoting international soccer matches in the U.S.
The lawsuit challenges the authority of FIFA to act as the sport's worldwide governing body.