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Mexico–United States soccer rivalry
The Mexico–United States soccer rivalry is the men's international soccer rivalry between the two nations, played more than 75 times since 1934, with Mexico leading 38 wins to 24.
Missouri Tigers football
Missouri Tigers football, the University of Missouri's FBS program (Mizzou), founded 1890, SEC Eastern Division member since 2012 after Big 12, Big Eight eras; 12 conference titles, 1960 team honored as national champions, home at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field.
Mittelrheinliga
The Mittelrheinliga is the highest men's football league of the Fußball-Verband Mittelrhein, the Middle Rhine regional association, at the fifth tier of German football with 16 clubs.
MLS Cup
MLS Cup is Major League Soccer's championship match, the final of the MLS Cup Playoffs, awarded since 1996. The LA Galaxy lead with six titles; D.C. United has four. Won 2025 by Inter Miami.
MLS Cup 2024
MLS Cup 2024: LA Galaxy beat New York Red Bulls 2-1 on December 7, 2024 at Dignity Health Sports Park for a record sixth MLS Cup, first since 2014; Paintsil and Joveljić scored, Brugman was MVP.
MLS Cup 2025
MLS Cup 2025: Inter Miami CF beat Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 on December 6, 2025 at Chase Stadium for the club's first MLS Cup; Messi named MVP with record 15 playoff goal contributions.
MLS is Back Tournament
MLS is Back Tournament: 2020 World Cup-style MLS restart, July 8 to August 11, at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando. 26 clubs, 54 games; Portland Timbers beat Orlando City 2-1 in the final; Blanco named Player of the Tournament.
MLS Next Pro
MLS Next Pro is Major League Soccer's third-division development league, launched in 2022, with 30 teams (27 MLS-affiliated, three independent), 35-player rosters, penalty-shootout tiebreakers, and 230+ players promoted to MLS first teams.
Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid
Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid: the Moroccan Football Association's fifth solo hosting attempt (after 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010), announced August 2017, scored 2.7/5 by FIFA, and lost to United 2026 on 13 June 2018.
National First Division
National First Division (NFD), now the Motsepe Foundation Championship, South Africa's second-tier professional football league founded 1996, run by the PSL with 16 clubs; winner promoted, bottom two relegated to SAFA leagues.
National football team results by decade
A national football team results by decade article presents a national team's international match record in ten-year blocks, with summary statistics for wins, draws, losses, and goals in each period.
National Independent Soccer Association
National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), USSF Division III men's pro soccer league founded by Peter Wilt and Jack Cummins, began play 2019; low barriers, no territory rights, NISA Nation path-to-pro, Independent Cup.
National League (division)
National League (division): fifth tier of English football, top non-League division, 24 clubs, formed 1979 as Alliance Premier League, Conference 1986, National League 2015; champions and play-off winners promoted to EFL League Two.
National Premier Leagues
National Premier Leagues (NPL), Australia's state-based second tier football competitions under Football Australia's Member Federations, launched 2013 after the National Competition Review; NPL premiers now qualify for the National Second Tier 'Champions League' from October 2025.
National Premier Leagues Victoria
National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria), run by Football Victoria, is the state's top club football competition within Australia's national second tier; 14-team men's and women's leagues with promotion to the Australian Championship.
National Stadium, Singapore
National Stadium, Singapore: 55,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Kallang, opened 2014 as centrepiece of the Singapore Sports Hub (renamed The Kallang, 2025); world's largest free-spanning dome, retractable roof, host of NDP, football, and major concerts.
National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup record which men's national teams have played the finals since 1930. Brazil has appeared in all editions (22 through 2022); 80 nations had debuted by 2022, with 48-team expansion and four debutants in 2026.
National team season squad lists
A national team season squad list is an appearance-based archive recording every player used by a national football team across one season, across all competitions rather than a single tournament.
National Women's Soccer League
National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), top US women's pro soccer league, single-entity, founded 2012, launched 2013; 14 teams in 2025, 16 in 2026; $3.3M cap rising to $5.1M by 2030; draft abolished 2024.
Nations in the UEFA Nations League
The nations in the UEFA Nations League are UEFA's member associations, placed in tiers A through D with promotion and relegation since the first edition in 2018–19.
Navy Midshipmen football
Navy Midshipmen football, also known as Navy football, is the United States Naval Academy's Division I college football program in Annapolis, Maryland, famous for its annual Army-Navy Game rivalry, played every year since 1930.
NCAA Division I FBS independent schools
NCAA Division I FBS independent schools play top-level college football without a conference; Notre Dame and UConn are the only two as of 2025, after UMass joined the MAC and BYU, Army, and Navy entered leagues.
Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska Cornhuskers football, also known as Nebraska football, is the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's intercollegiate team, playing since 1890 and winning five national championships, most recently in 1997.
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I, OTP Bank Liga) is Hungary's top men's professional football league, run by the MLSZ since 1901; 12-team format, Ferencváros record 36 titles, Hungary 18th in UEFA ranking.
Néstor Pitana
Néstor Fabián Pitana, Argentine football referee (born 1975) who refereed the 2018 World Cup final France–Croatia and the opening match, IFFHS World's Best Referee 2018; retired 2022, later Ecuador's refereeing director.
New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup
New Zealand, nicknamed the All Whites, is a three-time FIFA World Cup qualifier (1982, 2010, 2026) and the first OFC nation to play at the finals.
New Zealand Football Championship
New Zealand Football Championship (Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa), the ISPS Handa Premiership, was New Zealand's top men's football league from 2004 to 2021, an eight-franchise summer competition won a record 12 times by Auckland City before replacement by the National League.
New Zealand women's national football team
Football Ferns, New Zealand women's national football team, governed by New Zealand Football. First played 1975, winning the Asian Cup in Hong Kong; six Women's World Cups (1991–2023); historic first World Cup win 1–0 over Norway in 2023.
NIFL Premiership
NIFL Premiership, also Sports Direct or BOYLE Sports Premiership, is Northern Ireland's top men's football league, run by NIFL since 2013, with 12 clubs, a post-split season, and the Gibson Cup title.
Nigeria Professional Football League
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the top division of Nigerian club football, a 20-team league founded in 1990 whose champions qualify for CAF competitions like the Champions League.