Pot 1. Argentina, Uruguay, USA, France, Senegal, Italy
Pot 2. England, Korea Republic, New Zealand, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia
Pot 3. Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Japan, Iraq,
Honduras, Fiji
Pot 4. Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Israel, Slovakia, Tunisia
Viewing: Draw will air live on FIFA+ from Zurich on Friday at 10 am. ET.
Fans gave Sergino Dest, James Sands and Jordan Morris and Alan Sonora off the bench the top grades. Read the whole story
• Telemundo: 1,522,000.
• TBS: 434,000.
• Universo: 197,000.
Notable: Telemundo's
0.61 rating among adults 18-49 was the second highest among all network programs, behind only CBS's Survivor.
A-Rod is just the second former U.S. women's world champion to take charge of an NWSL team. Read the whole story
• Borussia Moenchengladbach extended Joe Scally’s contract, due to expire in June 2026, another season. “This contract extension acknowledges his development, which we want to
continue supporting in the future," said 'Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus. In two seasons with the first team, the 20-year-old New Yorker has played 56 times in the Bundesliga (1 goal) and
five games in the DFB-Pokal (1 goal).
Europa Conference League. Djordje Mihailovic came on in the second overtime for
AZ, which beat Anderlecht, 2-0, and advanced to the semifinals against West Ham thanks to a 4-1 shootout win after the series ended 2-2.
The proposal was revealed the same day Oakland mourned the impending loss of the baseball A's to Las Vegas. Read the whole story
• The New York Red Bulls signed 15-year-old Aidan Stokes to play for Red Bulls II on an MLS Next Pro contract for the 2023 season and join the first team on an MLS Homegrown contract next season through the 2027 MLS season. Stokes trained with both pro teams in 2023 preseason camps.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO reports on a first-of-its-kind girls soccer program in India. Read the whole story
In 2022, Tormenta FC teams won USL League One and USL W League championships. Read the whole story
The Man United captain, own-goal scorer in the first-leg, blundered early in the 3-0 second-leg loss to Sevilla. Read the whole story
The Rossoneri and Nerazzurri, archrivals, between them have been crowned kings of Europe 10 times. Read the whole story
1. The USWNT brand is big business, and players are ready to cash in for the 2023 Women's World Cup By Jeff Carlisle
(ESPN)
2. How cable changed sports and what happens when fans cut the cord By Ben Strauss (Washington Post)
3. Seattle soccer royalty Pete Fewing
steps aside from program he built from humble beginnings into champions By Larry Stone (Seattle Times)