Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! Reminder: the entry period for FIFA’s second lottery phase of World Cup 2026 ticket sales opens today. Soccer America Daily is edited by Paul Kennedy and Mike Woitalla. MLS Top seeds Philadelphia and San Diego FC win, Vancouver cruises Six MLS playoff games have […]
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Attendance Report: Oct. 22-26
Sunday’s three MLS playoff games averaged almost 28,000 fans.
Sunday AM: Tim Weah’s injury is potentially ‘bad news’. Also: Emma Hayes’ teaching moment, Two MLS players on administrative leave.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! MLS likes to serve up the playoffs in small bites. After Lionel Messi started off Round One with two goals for Inter Miami on Friday night, there will be three first-leg games today, followed by two more matches tomorrow and one match each day […]
USL League One: One Knoxville SC wins Players’ Shield
One Knoxville SC captured the USL League One Players’ Shield with a 1-0 win over Greenville Triumph in the final game of the regular season.
Friday AM: Lionel Messi is staying. Also: World Cup tickets, the next lottery phase.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! We hope you have a chance to listen to U.S. Hall of Famer Marcelo Balboa discuss with John Shrader his broadcast work in English and Spanish, his Argentine heritage, and the USA’s high-pressure 2026 World Cup expectations. Marcelo should know. He has one of the stars […]
Soccer Jobs
Here are soccer jobs of interest, as selected by Soccer America’s staff.
Thursday AM: Chicago Fire gets first MLS playoff win since … 2009. Also: USWNT’s ‘younger generation,’ Inefficient Balogun.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! In SA Confidential, Jenna Pel recounts the career of Alex Morgan, who will be honored in advance of tonight’s USA-Portugal friendly at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. Morgan scored the first of her 123 goals at what was then called PPL Park in 2010. […]
Episode 3: ‘Marcelo Balboa: Bilingual Broadcaster’
U.S. Hall of Famer Marcelo Balboa discusses his broadcast work from English to Spanish, his Argentine heritage, and the USA’s high-pressure 2026 World Cup expectations.
Wednesday AM: Pepi scores, Dest benched, PSV romps. Also: LaLiga game in Miami off.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! Congrats to expansion Portland Hearts of Pine. They set an attendance record last night in USL League One (launched in 2019) as 6,440 fans watched them beat Spokane Velocity 6-1 at Fitzpatrick Stadium. A Tuesday night! In October! In Maine! By any standard, the […]
College polls: NCAA Division I soccer
Top-ranked Notre Dame (women) and Stanford (men) were both idle last week.
