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Thursday AM: Gio Reyna still in play. Messi in Jamaica. Two MLS clubs celebrate. Also: Women’s soccer crowd count.

Good morning! Soccer’s always a global affair but Wednesday delivered exceptional American excitement in club play. Borussia Dortmund’s win means the 22-year-old Gio Reyna remains part of Europe’s Champions League. A 17-year-old Californian helped LA beat a Costa Rican foe in our region’s Champions Cup. A Canadian team succeeded in Mexico thanks to New Jerseyan […]

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Colin Jose Media Award: Former ESPN broadcaster Bob Ley named 2025 winner

The face of ESPN’s soccer coverage for decades, Bob Ley is the recipient of the 2025 Colin Jose Media Award, which honors journalists whose careers have made significant long-term contributions to American soccer. One of ESPN’s original broadcasters when it launched in 1979, Ley played a role in covering 10 men’s and women’s World Cups […]

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Tuesday AM: MLS teams underdogs in Mexico. Also: New age-group cutoff dates, men’s college program dropped after 86 years.

Good morning! The USMNT’s 23-player roster for the Concacaf Nations League will be announced this morning. Soccer America will break down Mauricio Pochettino’s roster. In today’s Daily: The latest Concacaf Champions Cup and UEFA Champions League news, the return to school-year registration for youth soccer, and another men’s college soccer program on the chopping block. […]

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Monday AM: Christian Pulisic: ‘The best.’ Also: MLS Matchday 3, NWSL Challenge Cup, USL Championship openers.

Good morning! We take expansion successes for granted today, but there were not a lot of overnight sensations in American soccer until the mid-1970s. One of the first was the San Jose Earthquakes, whose story is the subject of a book by sports historian Eric Gouldsberry (author) and his father, Ray Gouldsberry (photographer), “Our Life […]

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