2 1 and New York, NY, for Amici Curiae 14 Antitrust, 2 Sports Law, and Economics Professors, in support of 3 Plaintiff-Appellant. 4 5 LOHIER, Circuit Judge:

6 Soccer, also known as “the beautiful game,” unites the world in shared

7 competition. This case, by contrast, concerns an allegedly anticompetitive

8 policy that restricts access to the game by prohibiting soccer leagues and

9 teams from playing official season games outside of their home territory. 10 Relevent Sports, LLC (“Relevent”), a U.S.-based soccer promoter, alleges that 11 the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) and the United 12 States Soccer Federation, Inc. (“USSF”) adopted and enforced this geographic 13 market division policy (“2018 Policy”) in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman 14 Antitrust Act and Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Antitrust Act. 15 The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 16 (Caproni, J.) determined that Section 1 required Relevent to present either 17 direct or circums