1. ‘I chase bad men!’ How the late Andrew Jennings changed investigative sport journalism By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com) 2. Washington Spirit’s contentious sale process further erodes trust in NWSL By Steph Yang (The Athletic) 3. Portland’s Back Cove no longer in play as site for pro soccer stadium By Steve Craig (Portland Press-Herald)
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Spokane Public Facilities District officials chose United Soccer League to bring men’s and women’s teams to new downtown stadium By Jim Allen (Spokesman Review) 2. Divided Yemen finds moment of unity in underdog youth soccer victory over Saudi Arabia By Ali Al-Mujahed and Siobhán O’Grady (Washington Post) 3. Plagued by fan violence, French soccer […]
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MLS: 2021 Expansion Draft (FC Charlotte picks)
1. McKinze Gaines (Austin FC) 2. Anton Walkes (Atlanta United) 3. Joseph Mora (D.C. United, out of contract) 4. Tristan Blackmon (LAFC, traded to Vancouver for $475,000 in 2022 and 2023 GAM) 5. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (NYCFC, traded to LAFC for $400,000 in 2022 GAM)
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. MLS expansion to Las Vegas would be interesting – Don Garber By Jeff Carlisle (ESPN FC) 2. Inter Miami forward Robbie Robinson called up by Chile for World Cup qualifying games By Michelle Kaufman (Miami Herald) 3. Don’t like FIFA’s schedule? Go ahead and appeal. To FIFA. By Tariq Panja (New York Times)
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Austin FC: Q2 Stadium's opening will put 20 of 27 MLS teams in their own built-from-scratch stadium
,Austin FC will become the 20th MLS team to open a built-from-scratch soccer stadium when it hosts the San Jose Earthquakes at Q2 Stadium on Saturday. The stadium, which opened to a sell-out crowd (20,500 fans) on Wednesday when the USA beat Nigeria, 2-0, in a women’s friendly is the second of three new stadiums […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Ron Burkle bailed on Sacramento’s soccer dream. Now he’s getting sued over stadium work By Dale Kasler (Sacramento Bee) 2. A soccer-match disaster shows why we can’t ever bring ourselves to look away By Molly Roberts (Washington Post) 3. When it comes to music, soccer or life, Loons teenager Aziel Jackson is beyond his […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Manchester United will allow soccer fans to buy shares in club following backlash from attempt to form Super League By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) 2. St. Louis City SC has taken advantage of the pushback of its MLS starting date By Tom Timmermann (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 3. ‘I feel like I’m living a nightmare’; Mizzou […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. How Alex Roldan finally caught up to his big brother Cristian in Seattle By Charles Boehm (MLSSoccer.com) 2. Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez: I was underestimated by Barcelona By Alex Kirkland (ESPN) 3. The USL is experiencing a soccer stadium boom. Its real estate chief explains Why. By Ian Nicholas Quillen (Forbes. com)
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Carlos Vela still out for LAFC, and his long-term future with team is unclear By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times) 2. Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium switching from natural grass to artificial turf By Aliana Getzengerg and Alexandra Andrejev (Charlotte Observer) 3. Olympics updates ground rules for Games: Daily tests and dining alone By […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. MLS expansion update: Five cities vying for a spot after Sacramento’s setback By Sam Stejskal and Paul Tenorio (The Athletic) 2. Pele’s 1,000+ goals: Why Santos’ claims about the G.O.A.T. should be taken seriously By Andrew Cesare Richardson (ESPN) 3. The day L.A. sports died: Teams adapt, move forward after shockingly swift shutdown By […]