1. Inside the NWSL’s conflict with FIFA dates, and why a global calendar crisis could be looming By Jeff Kassouf (The Equalizer)2. Beloved New York HS soccer coach dies while helping son from rough waters By David Propper (New York Post)3. The FBI, a Rolling Stone and the ‘billionaire’ US fraudster who almost bought two football […]
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Around the Country: Major League Soccer
• Orlando City signed 2022 Hermann Trophy winner Duncan McGuire to a contract through the 2023 MLS season with options for 2024-26. The forward set the Creighton single-season record for goals with 23 and was taken with the No. 6 pick in the SuperDraft. The Lions also signed draft picks Shakur Mohammed (No. 2 overall […]
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TV Watch: Weekend soccer viewers
• Sunday’s USA-Japan SheBelieves Cup match — the first USWNT match on TNT under U.S. Soccer’s new media rights deal — averaged 373,000 viewers. Ratings for the Spanish-language coverage on Universo and Peacock were unavailable. The first USMNT game on TNT in January averaged 416,000 viewers with an additional 540,000 on Telemundo … Viewers for […]
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By the Numbers: USA vs. Brazil (SheBelieves Cup)
50%. Mallory Swanson has scored half of the USWNT goals (6 of 12) in 2023. 1-2-3. Pia Sundhage’s (W-L-T) record against USWNT with Sweden and Brazil. 4. USA will clinch its 4th straight SheBelieves Cup title with win or tie. 6. Brazil players in NWSL: Bruninha, Julia Bianchi, Ary Borges, Kerolin, Debinha, Marta. 22. USA […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. ESPN’s ex-top exec describes how soccer’s World Cup was lost By Bobby Caina Calvan (AP)2. Venus and Serena Williams to produce documentary on 1971 Women’s World Cup By Seth Vertelney (Pro Soccer Wire)3. GotSport: System outage causing headaches for Oklahoma youth soccer leagues By Cal Day (News 9)
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Tweet du jour: A.J. DeLaGarza
“No, honestly I would like to know every name that is sitting in a room and approving this new playoff format.” — A.J. DeLaGarza, who retired after the 2022 MLS season after 14 seasons in league, on the changes in MLS’s playoff format to be introduced in 2023. (@AJD_20)
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Women's World Cup: Haiti clinches first appearance
• Haiti qualified for the Women’s World Cup when it beat Chile, 2-1, in the playoffs. Melchie Dumornay, 19, scored both goals to send the 55th-ranked Grenadieres to the finals for the first time. Dumornay recently agreed to join French giant Lyon after her contract at Reims expires at the end of the D1 Arkema […]
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Youth movement: USA at Concacaf championships (2022-23)
• 2022 U-20 WYNT (7-0-0, 49/0 GD). Finished third in group at U-20 World Cup. • 2022 U-17 WYNT (7-0-0, 58/1 GD). Lost on PKs in U-17 World Cup quarterfinals • 2022 U-20 MYNT (6-0-1, 31/2 GD). Qualified for 2023 U-20 World Cup & 2024 Olympics. • 2023 U-17 MYNT (5-0-0, 21/4 GD). Qualified for […]
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Earnie Stewart, U.S. Soccer’s outgoing sporting czar, is leaving behind a vision By Henry Bushnell (Yahoo Sports)2. Phil Neville on working for David Beckham, Messi to Miami, promotion/relegation in MLS and more By Pablo Maurer and Felipe Cardenas (The Athletic)3. Liga MX: Chivas ahead of schedule in rebuild; Mexico coach Cocca starts scouting mission By Cesar […]
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Referee Watch: USA
• Frank Anderson, who recently retired from 18 years of officiating in MLS, is the new Manager of Senior Assistant Referees of PRO. Earlier this month, PRO promoted Mark Geiger to General Manager, succeeding Howard Webb. Alan Kelly has stepped into the Director of Senior Match Officials role Geiger had served since 2019 … At the […]