1. What a Jesse Marsch team looks like: Possession with purpose, post-match recovery and pressing intensity By Mark Carey (The Athletic)
2. After U.S. Open Cup announces second-round hosts, clubs wonder whether they’ll break even By Joe Chatz (Forbes.com)
3. Qatar deploys ex-spies to blunt German’s World Cup criticism By Alan Suderman and Ciaran Fahey (AP)

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