Today:
•LA Galaxy acquire Chucky Lozano from San Diego FC By Cal Meachem (MLSSoccer.com)
• BYU women’s soccer motivated to send retiring coach, legend Jennifer Rockwood out on high note By Sean Walker(ksl.com)
Friday am:
• Emma Hayes urges U20 WWC focus to improve player development By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)
• Mexico’s football federation stands in solidarity with Gianni Infantino By Victoria Hernandez (USA Today)
• FIFA’s top executives were given an ultimatum to sell stake in the World Cup By Tariq Panja (New York Times)
• AC Boise aim to turn record-breaking support, Spanish influence into long-term soccer success in USL By Chuck Booth (CBS Sports)
🙏 A TREASURE OF AMERICAN SOCCER: Soccer America needs and deserves to be around forever By Michael Lewis (Front Row Soccer)
Thursday am:
• How U.S. Soccer wants to ‘challenge’ and rebuild America’s youth soccer system By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)
• For Larry Berg, a life in soccer became ‘a calling’ in quest to be MLS commissioner By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer 🔒)
• Portugal legend Luis Figo calls on Infantino to resign in blistering op-ed By Seth Vertelney (USA Today)
• Saudi wealth fund and Jared Kushner’s Affinity finalize $55 billion EA Sports deal By Joseph Wilkins (CNBC)
• Ted Lasso doesn’t know what to do with women’s soccer By Judy Berman (Time)
Wednesday am:
• Gianni Infantino summons senior FIFA leaders for crisis meeting Wednesday in Morocco in wake of failed World Cup sale plan By Dan Sheldon (The Athletic)
• Jordan FA president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein accuses FIFA, Gianni Infantino of blackmail (ESPN)
• JPMorgan finds Itself in another global soccer fiasco By Tariq Panja (New York Times 🔒)
• U.S. cities chasing millions of dollars from FIFA after hosting World Cup games
By Adam Crafton (The Athletic)
• U.S. Soccer ignores history in retaining Mauricio Pochettino through 2030 World Cup By Mark Zeigler (San Diego Union Tribune)
Tuesday am:
• Under-fire FIFA boss Gianni Infantino begs Trump White House to save his job: sources By James Franey (New York Post)
• Ken Griffin’s billions and billions: The hedge-fund titan is an unabashed big spender, from pièds-a-terre to politics. By Gary Sernovitz (The New Yorker)
• Former MLS star (2001 Best XI) Diego Serna faces drug trafficking charges after Miami airport arrest for carrying nearly 9,000 hydrocodone pills in two backpacks (local10.com)
• Denver Summit FC minority owner, Colorado native Jordan Angeli reflects on club’s debut season By Marissa Kraus (Denver Gazette)
• Coaching, mental health and getting help: A conversation with Matt Beard’s brother By Katie Whyatt (The Athletic)
• Game changers: How EA Sports made a video game the epicenter of soccer culture By Leander Schaerlaeckens (ESPN)
Friday am:
• How Gianni Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan By Martyn Ziegler (The Times 🔒)
• Could Infantino lose FIFA presidency after World Cup plans were rejected? By Mark Ogden (ESPN)
• Four reasons why FIFA’s World Cup plan never stacked up By Faisal Islam (BBC)
• Trump quiet as Infantino World Cup scheme collapses By Margaret Fleming (Politico)
• Women’s soccer continues to be used as a pawn in Gianni Infantino’s Fifa tenure By Suzanne Wrack (The Guardian)
• Longtime 49ers exec Paraag Marathe leaves team to focus on European soccer (AP)
Friday am:
• FIFA’s sales pitch revealed: more tournaments, more debt … but no mention of women’s game By Matt Hughes (The Guardian)
• Inside Yan Diomande’s meteoric rise from Florida high-school soccer to $154 million Real Madrid transfer By Kyle Bonn (The Sporting News)
• Soccer announcer Andrés Cantor on World Cup success and controversial Balogun call By Alex Sherman (CNBC Sport)
Thursday am:
• NWSL player Penelope Hocking suspended for stepping on opponent’s hair By Seth Vertelney (USA Today)
• A four-part series on Spain‘s triumph at the 2026 World Cup is coming to Prime Video by the end of the year By Lily Ford (Hollywood Reporter)
• Mauricio Pochettino, U.S. Soccer ‘close’ on deal to renew USMNT coach: Sources By Paul Tenorio, Tom Bogert, Henry Bushnell and David Ornstein (The Athletic)
• 1966 World Cup glory remembered — through eyes of the players’ children By Owen Slot (The Times)
• Ex-USMNT star Desmond Armstrong talks about his trailblazing career: The longtime Nashvillian has been a steward for local youth soccer By Logan Butts (Nashville Scene)
• Referees call for VAR tweak (BBC News)
• European soccer officials eye Qatari sports executive to challenge Infantino By Ali Walker & Sophia Cai (Politico)
Wednesday am:
• MLS owners to hear proposed changes to league’s roster, spending rules: Sources By Paul Tenorio and Tom Bogert (The Athletic)
• World Cup exit spurs U.S. Soccer push to fix pay-to-play By Ava Hult (Front Office Sport)
• 18 months after cutting all sports, Sonoma State brings most of them back, including men’s and women’s soccer By Alex Simon (SFGate)
• Politically connected stakeholders received free World Cup tickets from Harris County (Texas Voice)
• Barely one-third of Toronto’s FIFA FanFest premium tickets sold, early data shows By Isaac Callan (Global News)
• Most Kansas City restaurants saw negative impact from 2026 FIFA World Cup, survey finds By Greg Dailey (KCTV5)
• World Cup 2026 leaves lasting legacy in New Jersey (NJBiz)
Tuesday am:
• Italy in shambles again! Paolo Maldini and Leonardo resign from FIGC roles after just two weeks over Andrea Pirlo rejection By Moataz Bellah El Hadedy (Goal.com)
• Premier League to crack down on goalkeepers faking injury (ESPN)
• The 2026 World Cup is over, but the onslaught of soccer relentlessly rolls on By Leander Schaerlaeckens (The Guardian)
Monday am:
• Austin FC academy players under investigation by police and FBI for allegations of youth-on-youth sexual abuse By Alexander Abnos and Pablo Iglesias Maurer (The Guardian)
• Can MLS capitalize on World Cup momentum? Garber’s successor faces defining challenge By Ben Strauss (ESPN)
• The Oakland Roots wanted to bring professional sports back to the Coliseum. It’s cost them dearly By Kate Talerico (San Francisco Chronicle)
• USWNT defender Emily Sonnett stretchered off in Gotham FC match By Seth Vertelney (USA Today)
L.A. got a World Cup beer surge, not the economic jackpot it expected By Annika Duneja (Los Angeles Times)
101 things I learned on a World Cup road trip across America By Daniel Story (The i Paper / iNews 🔒)
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Oh Ponch to Real Madrid…. Let’s See; Stern Disciplinarian, who will TELL THE PLAYERS HOW IT IS.!!!
And; How did that work out for Xavier.!?!?!?
FIFA NOT going to like a Govt. Ministry “Interfering” in Their “Pool”
Iranian Federation will get Suspended…
Russia will be Brought In: IF THEY SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH UKRAINE.!?!?!? [You Read it here, First from Me]{Months ago Actually}
Good recommendations, SA. Also, interested fans would like to know of the U.S.-host stadia pitch dimensions during this World Cup. Any write-ups on this crucial information?
Any time these unworthy throwball stadia host real football matches, the playing area is noticeably cramped, thus impacting play negatively. Are any approaching 75 yards wide? Only the most skillful teams are capable of spectacular play within these smaller areas and these conditions certainly do not benefit Team Pinocchio (Yoo-Ass-Ayy).
Hey SA…
“Desmond Morris, the zoologist, author{The Naked Ape, The Soccer Tribe1981}, artist and television presenter, has died aged 98” {BBC}
How about Article on this;
His Book “The Soccer Tribe” is Still THE BEST Description of WHY “Football” IS the Greatest Fan Sport/Addiction in the World.
Seems like you had Some Old SA Articles that might be Worth Reposting.
RIP Mr. Morris. Thanks for this note Santi. I had not read or heard of this book. Looks like a classic. Found a first edition on ebay for $10 in moments. Thanks again!