Good morning! This is the summer when the countdown to the 2026 World Cup begins for the USMNT with big games played before big crowds. On Saturday, it drew more than 55,000 fans at Commanders Field, the largest crowd for a U.S. friendly on the East Coast since 2012, featuring thousands of Colombian fans decked […]
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Friday AM: MLS expansion team lands Mexican star. MLS architect recruited by global soccer group.
Good morning! The news that Tim Bezbatchenko, the architect of three MLS Cup championship teams in seven years, is leaving to take the position of president at Black Knight Football Club, which owns teams in England, France, Scotland and New Zealand, should come as no surprise. Young MLS executives — Bez is still only 42 […]
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Thursday AM: USMNT’s toughest test since World Cup. Germany hopes to relive World Cup ‘fairytale’
Good morning! SA readers will know Kevin Egan as the host of the MLS 360 whip-around show this season on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass. In his interview with SA’s Arlo Moore-Bloom, Egan tells the story of how he broke into television in his native Ireland. It is a great story about how to break […]
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Wednesday AM: USWNT’s ‘special place.’ Also: Bruce Arena on soccer today.
Good morning! Soccer has many interesting podcasts, but it has lacked a television talk show. The Golazo Network’s Kickin’ It (free on CBSSports.com and Pluto TV) has filled that void spectacularly with host Kate Abdo and former USMNT players Clint Dempsey, Maurice Edu and Charlie Davies. A couple of our favorite guests: Thierry Henry and […]
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Tuesday AM: Emma Hayes, ‘Heart surgeon in the middle of emergency surgery.’ Also: MLS coach dismissed.
Good morning! The USWNT plays its final match before new head coach Emma Hayes must name her 18-player roster for the Paris Olympics. Tonight’s match against South Korea follows Saturday’s 4-0 win in Colorado. The average age of the U.S. starters for Hayes’ debut game was 25 years, and none of them played in the […]
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Monday AM: Sick Crew sinks in Mexico. Also: Joyous start to Emma Hayes era.
Good morning! This week begins with a soccer rarity. FIFA international windows are open for both men’s and women’s national teams at the same time. Close to a full contingent of USMNT players was at training yesterday in Maryland ahead of the opening Copa America tune-up against Colombia on Saturday. The USWNT arrived in Minnesota […]
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Friday AM: A look at Saturday’s tripleheader. Crew vs. Pachuca, Emma Hayes’ USWNT debut, UEFA Champions League final
Good morning! Tomorrow is a big day for soccer, a tripleheader covering many spectrums of the game. The UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is the culmination of the European club season, probably the closest thing club soccer has to a Super Bowl game. Tomorrow also marks the beginning of a […]
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Thursday AM: Clues to U.S. Olympic men’s roster, MLS’s crazy Wednesday night
Good morning! Soccer is often criticized for organizing too many tournaments and handing out too many trophies. One of the hardest competitions to comprehend is the Europa Conference League, not to be confused with the Europa League. (Next season it will get a new name: UEFA Conference League.) UEFA’s goal in starting the competition three […]
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Wednesday AM: MLS’s three-game weeks increase. Also: USWNT players preach ‘process’
Good morning! SA’s Dan Woog profiles Josh Keller, who starred at UCLA in the mid-1990s when almost all of American soccer’s stars still went to college before turning pro, in this case for the start-up of MLS. Josh is now the USL senior vice president for corporate development and partnerships, a job made easier because […]
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Tuesday AM: MLS’s quiet makeover, Liga MX’s American bicampeone, New USWNT coaching staff.
Good morning! For a team that finished in the basement in its first three seasons, FC Cincinnati has made quite a turnaround, becoming a model MLS franchise. It won the 2023 Supporters’ Shield and is contending for the 2024 lead. The Garys sold Brandon Vazquez to Monterrey and lost half a dozen other key players […]