• Nathan Goldberg Crenier, who for the last year has served as Assistant GM & Chief Soccer Officer of the NWSL's Gotham FC, has announced his candidacy for vice presidency of U.S. Soccer. Goldberg Crenier, who served as special assistant to current U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone and her predecessor, Carlos Cordeiro, is running for the seat currently held by Bill Taylor, who won a 2021 election to fill the VP position vacated when Parlow Cone (VP since 2019) moved into the presidency upon Cordeiro's resignation. Cordeiro had served as VP in 2016-2018. Mike Edwards served as VP in 2006-2016.

•  Joe Dickerson, who will serve as a VAR, is the lone U.S. official assigned to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia (Nov. 10-Dec 2) for which 18 referees, 36 assistant referees and 18 video game officials have been appointed. He is the only Concacaf official assigned from a participant nation. The other eight from the Concacaf region hail from Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
NOTE: Complete list of 72 officials assigned to 2023 U-17 men's World Cup HERE.

1. FIFA moving 100+ jobs to Florida from Zurich as legal department transfers to 2026 World Cup base By Graham Dunbar (AP)
2. Luca de la Torre: His move to LaLiga's ‘higher level of football’, USMNT & more! (ESPN FC)
3. Jermaine Jenas apologizes after posting criticism about referee Rob Jones By Bobbie Jackson (BBC Sport)

1. Luciano Acosta, FC Cincinnati (15 goals + 12 assists) 27
2. Thiago Almada, Atlanta United (10 goals + 16 assists) 26
3. Hany Mukhtar, Nashville SC (15 goals + 10 assists) 25
4. Cucho Hernandez, Columbus (13 goals + 11 assists) 24
5. Daniel Gazdag, Philadelphia (13 goals + 10 assists) 23
5. Cristian Espinoza, San Jose (12 goals + 11 assists) 23

• Canada, winner of the gold medal in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics, will play in 2024 Paris Games. It completed a sweep of the Concacaf playoffs with a 2-1 victory over Jamaica for a 4-1 aggregate win and advanced to next year's 12-team competition. Cloe Lacasse  (Arsenal) and Jordyn Huitema (OL Reign) scored for Canada in the second leg, which drew a sold-out crowd of 29,212 at Toronto's BMO Field, a record for a men’s or women’s national team game in Ontario.

• Women's qualifiers: 1. France (host). 2. USA. 3. Brazil. 4. Colombia. 5. Canada.

Eastern Conference
Sunday, October 1
New York Red Bulls II (No. 4) vs. Chicago Fire II (No. 6), 1 p.m. ET
Columbus Crew 2 (No. 3) vs. Orlando City B (No. 5), 5:30 p.m. ET
New England Revolution II (No. 2) vs. Philadelphia Union II (No. 7), 8 p.m. ET
Bye: Crown Legacy FC
Western Conference
Friday, September 29
Sporting Kansas City II (No. 3) vs. Austin FC II (No. 4), 8 p.m. ET
Sunday, October 1
St Louis CITY2 (No. 5) vs. Earthquakes II (No. 6). 6 p.m. ET)
Tacoma Defiance (No. 2) vs. Houston Dynamo 2 (No. 7), 10 p.m. ET)
Bye: Colorado Rapids 2
Note: No. 2 and No. 3 seeds  choose their opponent from the No. 4-7 seeds.