Today:
• The Vancouver Whitecaps are MLS’s best team this season. Why are they on life support? By Eoin O’Callaghan (The Guardian)

• The 2026 World Cup could supercharge soccer in the U.S. — or slow its rise By Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports)

• Fueled by family viewing and recruiting purposes, youth sports streaming is now a $10 billion business By Joe Lemire (Sports Business Journal)

Tuesday:
• Big-city politicians are starting to worry about the World Cup By Daniel Miller and Ry Rivard (Politico)

• How the Rapids lobbied MLS for a visit from Lionel Messi By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal 🔒)

• Columbus council OK’s $25M women’s soccer deal with last‑minute update By Jordan Laird (Columbus Post-Dispatch)

• Spokane to host Egypt’s soccer team as World Cup base camp By Angela Jara (kxly.com)

• Frenchman Tahiyrs Dos Santos signs first pro deal after surviving fatal bar fire in Switzerland (AP)

Monday am:
• ‘Thank you, Marcus’: Hundreds celebrate life of longtime SSU soccer coach By Kienan O’Doherty (Press Democrat)

• Everybody’s working for that weekend: Why a July 4 of soccer, sailors and Swift already has New York officials on edge. By Ri Rivard (Politico)

• NYC may rename 2 streets for soccer legends to gear up for World Cup — but there’s a catch By Nicole Rosenthal (New York Post)

• The decades-long internal takeover and exploitation of Rainbow Soccer By Keya Mahajan (Daily Tar Heel)

• The US private credit firm betting on a lucrative World Cup trade By Michelle Chan (Financial Times)

• Most NWSL players currently oppose potential calendar switch By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• Houston is ‘one of the most well-prepared’ host cities for 2026 World Cup, FIFA officials say By Michael Adkison  (houstonpublicmedia.org)

Friday am:
• Sources: NWSL expected to vote on calendar shift this month By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• Democrats’ new affordability nemesis: FIFA By Ri Rivard (Politico)

• N.J. begged for the World Cup. Now we must deal with this corrupt mess By Steve Politi (NJ.com)

• Michael Bradley’s Red Bulls are impressing in MLS – what could come next? By Sanjay Sujanthakumar (The Guardian)

• Brenden Aaronson: Not true that USMNT players don’t care (ESPN)

• Argentina-Honduras soccer match drives College Station hotel prices above $800 By Emily Paulson (kbtx.com)

Thursday am:
• No, FIFA isn’t actually banning tailgating at the Linc during the World Cup By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Garber pushes back against MLS skepticism at World Congress By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

• Trump chill hits World Cup demand as panicked hotels slash rates By Isabel Van Brugen (Daily Beast)

• Matarazzo reaching new heights for U.S. coaches in Europe at Real Sociedad By Sid Lowe (ESPN)

• The World Cup is coming. The soul of American soccer is already playing in the U.S. Open Cup By Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports)

Wednesday am:
• Reno soccer stadium plans include hotel-casino, dining, retail By Jeffrey Meehan (Reno Gazette Journal)

• Omaha City council approves $48M for new soccer stadium (wowt.com)

• Columbus City Council continues discussions on possibly bringing NWSL team to city By Emani Payne (Spectrum 1 News)

• Marco Donadel shouldn’t have been hired by CF Montreal in the first place By John Molinaro (SportsNet)

• Netflix Plans Next Big Live Soccer Game Offering in Mexico: A Deal with Concacaf By Etan Vlessing (The Hollywood Reporter)

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signs executive order in preparation for FIFA World Cup 2026 By Dre Bradley (KSHB 41 Kansas City)

Tuesday am:
• German soccer team creates its own peace prize, awards it to St. Paul bar owner Wes Burdine and The Black Hart (Daily Kos)

• ‘Starr Vegas’ aims to house NBA team, soccer stadium, integrated residential-commercial project By Darrell Harris (8newsnow.com)

• Mayor wants Spurs to pay San Antonio millions owed after failed Major League Soccer bid By Molly Smith (San Antonio Express-News 🔒)

• Generation adidas Cup 2026 tournament recap By Marcus Chairez (ussoccercollective.com)

• How Lionel Messi became Miami’s billion-dollar economic engine By Arian Campo-Flores (Wall Street Journal 🔒)

• ‘You base your life on this opportunity’ – Celtic’s Auston Trusty won’t stop fighting for his USMNT World Cup chance By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com)

• American Samoa’s Women’s World Cup fairytale takes them from ‘underdog to dark horse’ By Tom Maher (The Guardian)

Monday am:
• The other US-Iran standoff Can FIFA keep Iran in a Trump-hosted World Cup? By Sophia Cai (Politico)

• Union Berlin make Marie-Louise Eta first woman to lead Bundesliga men’s team (AP)

• The latest on Argentina’s dubious World Cup run-up, Messi’s odd lack of commitment By Felipe Cardenas (The Athletic 🔒)

• Potential U.S. host cities for 2031 Women’s World Cup games mull withdrawal over FIFA concerns By Matt Hughes (The Guardian)

• Bosnian ball boy who hid Donnarumma’s penalty shootout notes hailed as hero By Hafsa Adil and Anadolu (Al Jazeera)

Friday am:
• MBTA sells more than 17,000 tickets for soccer trains on first day By David Lassen (Trains.com)

• How new rule is tearing apart H.S. soccer teams across America ahead of 2026 World Cup By Kevin Armstrong (NJ.com)

• Massachusetts soccer club says company ‘duped’ them out of thousands of dollars for overseas trip: ‘They just totally vanished’ By Samantha Chaney (CBS News)

• The 11 USL young players shining in early in the 2026 season By John Morrissey (Backheeled)

• Scarves, drums and tifo: The traditions driving soccer’s matchday culture By Colin Riley (Denver7.com)

• How soccer assisted Viktor Orbán’s rise — and maybe his hall By James Dettmer (Politico)

Thursday am:
• ‘Hard to not feel scammed’: World Cup fans say FIFA misled them with ticket allocations, seat maps By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic 🔒)

• Iranian American soccer fans are torn between pride and protest as the World Cup nears By Philip Marcelo and Amt Taxin (AP)

• White Stadium fate debated as top court weighs Boston soccer plans By Tréa Lavery (masslive.com)

• Texas A&M’s Kyle Field to host Argentina’s World Cup tune-up against Honduras By Travis L. Brown (kbtx.com)

• Sports Illustrated Stadium to host 2026 World Cup fan festival this summer By Jonathan Mak (amNY)

• The hidden cost of Euro 2004 (Football Heritage)

Wednesday am:
• Nu Stadium still awaiting occupancy certificate before next Inter Miami home game By Tess Riski (Miami Herald)

• NWSL taps influential investors for input at inaugural advisory board meeting By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

• Los Angeles Stadium workers urge FIFA to bar ICE from World Cup (Reuters)

• Free World Cup watch parties announced for over 30 Bay Area locations By Noah Furtado (San Francscio Chronicle)

• Soccer fan plans to sell his second home in England to pay for World Cup trip to Dallas By Amelia Jones(fox4news.com)

• Monterey County Probation Department celebrates first life skills and soccer program graduation By Brooke Kinebrew (ksbw.com)

• FIFA starts disciplinary action over ‘Islamophobic and xenophobic’ chants during Spain vs. Egypt By Tom Rostance (BBC Sport)

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Tuesday am:
• NY Penn Station to close for hours before World Cup matches By Colleen Wilson and Katie Sobko (NorthJersey.com 🔒)

• MLS commissioner: FIFA ‘smart’ to use dynamic pricing for World Cup tickets By Chris Smith (The Guardian)

• Rose Bowl: 2028 Olympic soccer stadium gets $1 million to avoid a poop-ocalypse By Farley Elliott (SFGate)

• Kansas City spends $650 million to become America’s soccer capital By Katherine Hamilton (Wall Street Journal 🔒)

• L.A.’s new 12-acre ‘Urban Oasis’ is getting a soccer field — The $60 million project is on track to open in late 2026 By Sofia Delpueche (Secret Los Angeles)

• Columbus City Council hears mixed reactions to women’s soccer facility plans By Libby Cathey (10tv.com)

Monday am:
• KKR-backed Varsity Brands to buy Soccer.com and LAX.com By Luisa Beltran (Sportico)

• Neymar hit with fresh World Cup setback after controversial comments in Brazil By Jamie Spencer (SI.com)

• Is the English Championship League heading for financial ‘catastrophe’? By Ben Ashton (BBC Sport)

Friday am:
• How FIFA used dynamic pricing to milk millions more out of 2026 World Cup tickets By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic 🔒)

• Italy soccer president Gabriele Gravina and delegation chief Gianluigi Buffon resign after another World Cup failure By Andrew Dampf (AP)

• Star-Spangled exodus: How MLS became a Mecca for Israeli soccer stars By Itay Goder (Jerusalem Post)

Fixed link: ‘Most expensive World Cup ever’ — European FAs complain to FIFA By Martyn Ziegler (London Times)

• Organizers unveil 2026 FIFA World Cup transportation plan for North Texas By S.E. Jenkins (CBS News)

• Guadalajara facing water crisis as 2026 FIFA World Cup … new ride-hailing rules and live public transit tracking By Dawn Stoner (Mexico News Daily)

• Thierry Henry: What it’s like to win a World Cup, lose a World Cup, and coach at one By Adam Crafton (The Athletic 🔒)

Thursday am:
• Inter Miami’s Nu Stadium a ‘dream come true’ for Little Havana native David Ruiz By Michelle Kaufman (Miami Herald)

• Kosovo 0 Turkey 1 — Heartbreak for hosts but how good were Yildiz and Guler? Should the USMNT be worried? By Greg O’Keeffe, Felipe Cardenas and Anantaajith Raghuraman (The Athletic)

• Philly, get ready to meet Iraq, the final team to qualify for this summer’s FIFA World Cup By Owen Hewitt and Kerith Gabriel (Philadelphia Inquirer)

‘• Soccer is special’: Marcelo Balboa reflects on Bay Area’s role in 2026 FIFA World Cup By Kailee Bryant (ABC10)

• Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor angry with VAR after Katie McCabe hair pull on Alyssa Thompson By Emily Salley (BBC Sport)

• The never-ending story of England footballdom: this is why we can’t have nice things
By Barney Ronay (The Guardian)

Wednesday am:
🎥 Sarajevo to Baghdad via Kinshasa: World Cup party (One Football)

• Deputy CEO Justin Papadakis exits USL after leading real estate strategy By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

• ‘Twenty-four seven, that’s what’s on my mind’ – USMNT star Tim Weah on 2022 dreams, 2024 nightmares and hoping his next World Cup moment is one worth loving By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com)

• Lucky or good, John Thorrington keeps LAFC striving for best results By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)

Tuesday am:
• U.S. Soccer gets a $228 million national home of its own with new training center in rural Georgia By Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports)

• U.S. soccer team must be en vogue: Annie Leibovitz was at training By Ronald Blum (AP)

• How USMNT player pool has evolved since 2022 World Cup, and what it means for 2026 By Bill Connelly (ESPN)

• They may win the World Cup. They’ve already won best dressed. By Jacob Gallagher (New York Times 🔒)

Monday am:
• Roberto Martínez: ‘It’s a hammer blow when you don’t succeed, but let us dream’ By Sid Lowe (The Guardian)

🎙Major changes underway within USL’s hierarchy By Kartik Krishnaiyer (Beyond the 90)

• MLS’s new winter schedule will be unbalanced based on the weather By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer 🔒)

• How Chris Richards become USMNT’s most important defender: ‘I never wanted to be just a name on the teamsheet’ By Pardeep Cattry (CBS Sports)

• ‘A long, bumpy road.’ Inter Miami will finally play at the home Beckham promised By Michelle Kaufman (Miami Herald)

• U.S. 2031 Women’s World Cup bid waiting on Trump guarantees while host cities want better deal By Adam Crafton (The Athletic 🔒)

Friday am:
• USMNT players speak up about what Pochettino the coach is like By Jeff Carlisle and Lizzy Becherano (ESPN)

• Iran forbids its sports teams from traveling to ‘hostile’ countries (AP)

• Reaching new heights, Denver Summit FC set to have historic home opener this weekend By Maggy Wolanske (denver7.com)

• Legislature sends Kansas governor bill enticing World Cup soccer fans with booze, housing By Tim Carpenter (Kansas Reflector)

• Akron Zips men’s soccer coach Jared Embick receives contract extension By Nate Ulrich (Akron Beacon Journal)

Thursday am:
• Why Mauricio Pochettino wants the USMNT’s ‘right 26 — not the best’ for the World Cup By Steven Goff (Yahoo!Sports)

• USMNT: Three things I’m watching in the Belgium & Portugal friendlies By Matthew Doyle (Tactics Free Zone)

• Mauricio Culebro selected as president of soccer for Atlanta United and Atlanta’s new NWSL team (Associated Press)

• Women’s soccer made the U.S. a world powerhouse — and Kansas City its star player By Suzanne Hogan (KCUR-NPR in Kansas City)

• DFW Soccer-Enthusiast executives share their personal World Cup stories By Will Maddox (D Magazine)

Tuesday am:
• NFL stadiums must scrub all branding for FIFA’s World Cup. One roof got an exemption By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

• BMO Field’s World Cup renovations are complete (Waking The Red)

• ‘Cavan Sullivan does not fit in the Bradley Carnell system’ – Apple TV analyst Taylor Twellman on Philadelphia Union woes, Inter Miami’s mixed start By Tom Hindle (Goal.com)

• Hudson River Blue is shutting down after 13 years of covering NYCFC By Sam Neumann (Awful Announcing)

• Soccer team pays $69 million for stadium site along Chicago River: Construction of Chicago Fire venue underway By Ryan Ori (CoStar News)

Monday am:
• Jessi Pierce will be remembered for the heart, humor and zest she had for the Wild — and life By Michael Russo and Joe Smith (The Athletic)

• A sign of the times: Germany’s most famous female footballer Alexandra Popp has signed for a third-division team By Jonathan Harding (DW.com)

• U.S. Soccer narrowed its coaching pay gap — then hired Mauricio Pochettino By Steven Goff (Yahoo!Sports)

• Taking wildcards, leaving out stars – the art of World Cup squad building By Chris Evans (BBC Sport)

• Ultimate 2026 FIFA World Cup USA Travel Guide: You Will Not Believe These Strict American Rules! (Travel and Tour World)

Monday am:
• MLS commissioner Garber plans for end of reign, may leave before contract expiry By Paul Tenorio (The Athletic 🔒)

• Iran striker Sardar Azmoun kicked off national soccer team for disloyalty, say reports (Reuters)

•  Union fan groups criticize club’s response to suspension of sporting director Ernst Tanner By Pablo Iglesias Maurer (The Guardian)

• The only way to get to MetLife during the 2026 World Cup will be through public transit By Laura  Ratliff (Time Out New York)

Friday am:
• Famed SF taqueria soccer team El Farolito gets into fight with fans after cup loss By Gabe Fernandez (SFGate)

• Cavan Sullivan had his coming out party; Bradley Carnell cut it short By Matthew Doyle (Tactics Free Zone)

• Jesse Marsch: Canada boss on World Cup dream, What happened at Leeds and the USA job By Ben Jacobs (Give Me Sport)

• Landon Donovan is an open book By Tanner Garrity (Inside Hook)

Thursday am:
• MLS late-bloomer Musovski embraces his Macedonian roots, earns ‘special’ World Cup shot By Paul Tenorio (The Athletic 🔒)

• ‘Summer of ’94’ review: The 1994 U.S. World Cup soccer team gets a rousing underdog documentary Tribute By Daniel Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Four English teams out in 24 hours – what just happened and why? By Jess Anderson (BBC Sport)

• DHS finally gives World Cup cities $625 million In security funding By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports)

• Is MassDOT ready for World Cup transportation? A big stress test comes next week By Eli Rosenberg (NBC 10 Boston)

• World Cup 2026: Is the US-Iran war an ethical tipping point? By Jonathan Harding (DW.com)

• Iran continuing World Cup preparations with two games in Turkey but will not play in U.S., says soccer chief (Reuters)

• Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, pickup soccer games in Mexico’s streets are all the rage By Alejandra Arteaga (NBC News)

• Dad starts soccer team for grieving fathers who have lost a child. Now they hope to create more across the country By Georgia Slater (People)

• Soccer drama ‘Heysel 85’ racks up international sales, led by Icon in U.K. By Scott Roxborough (Hollywood Reporter)

Wednesday am:
• Mauricio Pochettino’s latest USMNT roster signals door is ‘still open’ for World Cup hopefuls By Jeff Rueter (The Guardian)

• Pochettino on the case for Gio Reyna’s inclusion and USMNT’s key pre-World Cup injuries By Henry Bushnell & Paul Tenorio (The Athletic 🔒)

• World Cup games to proceed at Gillette Stadium after Foxborough board grants license By Doha Madani (NBC News)

• Preparing for the World Cup: Collaboration and training take center stage in counter-UAS planning By Miriam McNabb (DroneLife)

• Airbnb To Offer $750 Bonus To New Hosts in Boston Area for 2026 World Cup By Michael Vyskocil (Boston’s Rock 92.9)

• New York City rejects bid to lift Airbnb restrictions during 2026 FIFA World Cup
By Chanteé Lans (ABC 7)

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3 Comments

  1. 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.!?!?!?

  2. 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}

  3. 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).

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