1. Families flee Bay Area and COVID-19 rules so their kids can play soccer By Elliott Almond (San Jose Mercury News) 2. FIFA moves away from proposal banning international regular-season games By Daniel Kaplan (The Athletic) 3. Qatar to allow rainbow flags at 2022 World Cup By Rob Harris (AP)
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Amid the pandemic, finding soccer joy by passing it on to those we love
Given the scale of loss of a global pandemic that has already seen more American dead than would fill the Rose Bowl three times over, it’s a trifling deprivation for my child to miss out on what would have been her first year playing organized soccer. AYSO, which started in Southern California in 1964, with […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Rubio Rubin’s experience of a lifetime: Playing for Diego Maradona By Brian Straus (SI.com) 2. Barcelona are in ruins and Messi, no matter where his future lies, can do nothing to save the club he loves By Sid Lowe (ESPN) 3. The U.S. has passed the hospital breaking point By Robinson Meyer and Alexis […]
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What They're Saying: Gareth Ainsworth
“We won a throw-in in the first minute and they cheered like it was a goal. It was eight months of frustration, desire and need coming out in that moment.” — Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth on 1,000 fans allowed on Wednesday at Adams Park for the Chairboys’ 1-0 loss to Stoke City, the first […]
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. How Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke went from the USWNT to the front lines of COVID-19 By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times) 2. The Golazo Show: How CBS is shaping the NFL RedZone concept to the Champions League By Felipe Cardenas (The Athletic) 3. The Ben Millers helped American soccer move west By Clemente Lisi […]
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COVID-19: Four Crew players test confirmed positive
The Columbus Crew, the top seed remaining in the Eastern Conference playoffs, had four players test confirmed positive for COVID-19 following testing this week. There were no additional positive results for players or staff after more testing on Wednesday, four days before the Crew’s Eastern Conference semifinal match against Nashville. Two players tested positive on […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Players have been kneeling for months. Now what? By Miriti Murungi (New York Times) 2. After waiting patiently for his moment, FC Dallas’ Bryan Reynolds has shined as a starter By Jon Arnold (Dallas Morning-News) 3. Apart but together: tips for a cozier Zoom Thanksgiving By Katie Wortman (AP)
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Sources: Five players to miss Inter Miami’s playoff match vs. Nashville SC due to COVID-19 By Franco Panizo (SBI Soccer) 2. Popular Maryland soccer tourney expected to draw thousands of players canceled over positive COVID case By John Henry (WUSA9.com) 3. Wayne Rooney keen on Derby County manager role By Simon Stone (BBC Sport)
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. American Prodigy: The Freddy Adu story Told By Grant Wahl (Blue Wire) 2. MLS to charter flights for players on international duty to sidestep quarantine – sources By Jeff Carlisle (ESPN) 3. Government considers plans for English fans to be back in stadiums before end of year By Paul MacInnes (Guardian)
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Should your child participate in the winter sports season? The data is limited, and mixed. By Tim Bannon, Margaret Cahill and Amanda Parrish (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) 2. Manchester United’s Paul Pogba calls France duty breath of fresh air By Julien Laurens (ESPN) 3. Norway scramble to save Nations League campaign after COVID cancellation By […]