RELEVENT SPORTS v. UNITED STATES SOCCER FED'N

Docket No. 21-2088-cv August Term, 2021.

61 F.4th 299 (2023)

RELEVENT SPORTS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION, INC., Fédération Internationale De Football Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Kessler ( Linda T. Coberly , on the brief), Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, and New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant Relevent Sports, LLC.

Kannon K. Shanmugam ( Williams T. Marks , H. Christopher Boehning , Andrew C. Finch , on the brief), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY and Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

Gregory G. Garre ( Lawrence E. Buterman , Samir Deger-Sen , Christopher S. Yates , Aaron T. Chiu , Elizabeth H. Yandell , on the brief), Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee United States Soccer Federation, Inc.

Peter M. Bozzo , Attorney ( Adam D. Chandler , Daniel E. Haar , Nickolai G. Levin , Attorneys, Kathleen S. O'Neill , Senior Director of Investigations and Litigation, on the brief), for Richard A. Powers , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America, in support of Neither Party.

Randy M. Stutz , American Antitrust Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Antitrust Institute, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steffen N. Johnson , Jonathan M. Jacobson , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Washington, DC, and New York, NY, for Amici Curiae 14 Antitrust, Sports Law, and Economics Professors, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before: LIVINGSTON, Chief Judge, LYNCH, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.


Soccer, also known as "the beautiful game," unites the world in shared competition. This case, by contrast, concerns an allegedly anticompetitive policy that restricts access to the game by prohibiting soccer leagues and teams from playing official season games outside of their home territory. Relevent Sports, LLC ("Relevent...

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