Today:
• FIFA to double Women’s World Cup prize money – but it doesn’t match men’s tournament By Rob Harris (Sky Sports)

• From last place to the playoffs: How the Philadelphia Union pulled off MLS’s most stunning turnaround By Chuck Booth (CBS Sports)

• Washington Spirit’s Hal Hershfelt tears ACL, will miss rest of NWSL season  By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• In 1st year with Rowdies, GK Jahmali Waite having career-best results By Hannah Walls (Tampa Times)

• San Siro: New Milan soccer stadium lands record $725 million naming rights fee By Scott Soshnick and Kurt Badenhausen (Sportico)

Thursday:
• Youth sports participation report: Tennis, golf see biggest gains in 2025 By Jon Solomon (Project Play)

• Ken Griffin’s $32M to GOP Ttwers over soccer election spending By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports)

• Dementia risk ‘not limited to footballers who used old leather balls’ By Matt Lawton (The Times)

• Small colleges are starting football programs, hoping to boost enrollment as student shortage looms By Eric Olson (AP)

Tuesday:
NWSL GM survey: How teams cheat, Rodman Rule, USWNT’s World Cup, and more By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

Men’s college soccer was celebrating its season overhaul. So why might it not happen? By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

Notebook: League One contractions, potential relegations, and push for PLS reform By Kartik Krishnaiyer (Beyond the 90′)

Mom of 3-year-old speaks out after police called over dispute at youth soccer game By Deena Zaru & Tesfaye Negussie (ABC News)

Wenger’s ‘daylight’ offside trial unlikely to be extended By Dale Johnson (BBC Sport)


Monday:
• The extraordinary life of Holden Trent, who defied the odds to play the sport he loved By Adam Crafton (The Athletic)

• Police called to remove family of 3-year-old from Florida soccer tourney By Robert Klemko (ESPN)

• What will the local USL scene look like in 2028 when promotion and relegation arrives By Andrew Leigh (New York Soccer Journal)

• Longtime Timbers midfielder Diego Chara says he’ll retire after the MLS sprint season By Anne M. Peterson (AP)

Monday:
• Ballon d’Or ceremony returns to England in nod to ‘revolutionary’ Stanley Matthews By Ed Aarons (The Guardian)

• Here’s what it’s like to cover Lionel Messi By Michelle Kaufman (Press Box Postscripts)

• NWSL gets rid of ‘Rodman Rule’ criteria in settlement with players’ union: What you need to know By Melanie Anzidei (The Athletic)

•  ‘As bullish as I’ve ever been’ – USL rebrand reflects owners’ belief in promotion-relegation, but stadiums and expansion remain hurdles By Tom Hindle (Goal.com)

• McDonald’s ending sponsorship with FIFA, World Cup after 32 years (Sports Business Journal)

• Concerns about tight budgets, traffic issues brought up during Audi Field roof hearing in DC By Kate Ryan (wtop.com)

Friday:
• FIFA begins formal bidding process for U.S. broadcast rights to 2030 World Cup By Drew Lerner (Awful Announcing)

• Meet Adri Mehmeti, the 17-year-old future star of American soccer By Ben Church (CNN)

NCAA update:

How Manchester United became a club too big not to fail By Gavin Cooney (The Irish Times)

Thursday:
• America last? The influx of international players is squeezing out domestic college athletes and Washington wants to fix it By Karen Crouse (Sport & State)

• MLS unveils 2026 22 under 22 rankings (MLSSoccer.com)

• AC Milan backs fan boycott over ‘excessive’ away ticket prices, warns of retaliation (Associated Press)

• The BookKeeper investigates FIFA’s ‘Forward’ fund: How it’s managed and who gets what By Chris Weatherspoon (The Athletic)

Wednesday:
• Long before MLS, St. Louis ruled the U.S. Open Cup: Gateway to the West’s latest club wants to add a chapter By Chuck Booth (CBS Sports)

• Kansas Soccer Field Tragedy: Cops grilled driver for hours before letting her walk (TMZ)

• Wichita Police urge patience, address false claims as they investigate soccer field crash By Suzanne Perez (Kansas News Service)

• Regulator has ‘absolute power’ to force Man City sale if guilty verdict upheld By Jamie Gardner (The Independent)

• Turkish federation bans 147 officials for breaching betting rules By Tom Mallows (BBC Sport)

Tuesday:
• Atlanta City FC name Richard Gunney as chief soccer officer By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• Women’s soccer is booming. Why are players still leaving the game? By Jonathan Harding (DW.com)

• Did Megan Moroney just reveal she’s dating soccer star Christian Pulisic? Here’s why fans think so By Rachel DeSantis (People)

• Game on? Ref tests ball on flooded pitch, video goes viral (One Football)

• Ronaldo suspended for 30 days and fined for walking out on Portugal camp (Associated Press)

Monday:
• 2 dead, 11 injured after woman in truck drives through soccer game in Wichita, Kansas: Police ByIvan Pereira, Jack Moore, and Bill Hutchinson (ABC News)

• The challenges facing former soccer players-turned-pundits By Clemente Lisi (Forbes.com)

• Zambia players to miss several NWSL games due to Ebola travel restrictions By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• ‘We always know we will lose players’ – How Sweden’s Damallsvenskan copes with being the most popular market for transfers to the WSL and beyond By Ameé Ruszkai (Goal.com)

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15 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).

  4. 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.

    1. 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!

  5. re: oakland roots at howard terminal. I guess this is better than off hegenberger, but the howard terminal wont have any views. I would have hoped for something on alameda island with views of the bay, SF, bay bridge etc. there is space next to the old Alameda Naval Air Station air strip but maybe neighbors protested.

  6. 10-22-26
    America Last? The Influx Of International Players Is Squeezing Out Domestic College Athletes And Washington Wants To Fix It
    Humm.???
    To Me; it doesn’t seem like things have Changed…
    When i Played in College;{Late 70s} There were 3 of us Starting “Gringos” {GK, 2 CBs, Even though i had been the Leading GoalScorer in a MAJOR US city in H.S.}
    Iran, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico,… etc.. Etc… I think we had One more Gringo on the Roster.???
    But, as a MAGA Man; I must Say… Americans FIRST for Scholarships….
    Foreign Players should have to PAY Their OWN WAY.!$!$!$

    1. LOL. Here is my version. I fell in love with soccer in 1958. Outside of school yard kick about during recess, there was no soccer. I was looking forward to playing intermural at University, but when I finally got there at 19 it was dominated by the foreign students. The only US student allowed to play on my dorm team was a transfer from West Point who had played varsity for two years. He sat the bench. I talked to the English guy running the team, but he politely told me no way. No US students allowed. So no soccer at all for me. I was lucky to find a match or two a year until I was was in the Army. Then I would get maybe 6 or so matches a year. Finally when I was 35 I had the chance to tryout for the base team playing summer league against local college teams. Got to play two years with them before I was re-assigned. The good news was when I got to Northern VA I was able to play year round. Played about 800 organized adult matches altogether. Loved every minute.

      1. Bob, great story. Were you around Springfield area between ‘75-‘81. I had soccer store called Soccer World

          2. yeah Frank… That’s the One.
            I Can Read Dutch….
            I just Can’t Understand IT.!!!
            jajajaj

        2. Moved to Arlington in ’89, Springfield in ’93. Retired and moved to Tucson in ’14.

    2. Santi, that’s the complaint in Holland too. We bring in foreign players from different countries who are not top class which takes away positions from younger Dutch players.
      I prefer the old rule that you can have 3 foreign players at the most playing at one time on the field. I remember the ‘Dream Team’ Barcelona of Cruyff, who had to leave the 4th foreign players on the bench. It was either Koeman , Laudrup, Stoichkov, or Romario. One of those would be benched for not all 4 can play at the same time.

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