Today:
• England to use palm-cooling devices at World Cup By Sami Mokbel (BBC Sport)

• U.S. Soccer’s business overhaul paying off in World Cup year By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

• A global World Cup tradition catches fire in the U.S.: Panini sticker collecting By Juliana Kim (NPR)

• You spend your life chasing the way the World Cup made you feel when you were 11 By Paul Howard (Irish Times)

• USL Super League to flip calendar to align with NWSL By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

Friday am:
• ‘Things have changed’ – Gio Reyna is ready to tell a new story as USMNT star looks to leave old questions behind at the 2026 World Cup By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com)

• Jozy Altidore, now a broadcaster, is bullish on the U.S. making a deep World Cup run By Tim Rohan (NBC News)

• FIFA ‘regrets’ free World Cup tickets and demands fans pay up (Sky News)

• World Cup sticker shock: The ugly cost of the beautiful game’s grand event by By Cesar Hernandez (ESPN)

•Bosnia’s World Cup pursuit begins at a home-away-from home in the American Midwest (AP)

• What you need to know about Team Japan’s stay in Nashville for the FIFA World Cup By Justin Barney (WPLN News 90.3)

• Serie A extends with CBS for another year after testing market By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

Wednesday am:
• How the USMNT went from Italia 90 embarrassment to World Cup force in 1994 By Jeff Carlisle and Leander Schaerlaeckens (ESPN)

• U.S. Soccer is using AI to scout 70 million teenagers. The former consulting CEO running the federation calls it a ‘paradigm shift’ for the sport By Nick Lichtenberg (Fortune)

• How pregnant Carli Lloyd, soccer star turned sportscaster, is gearing up to cover the 2026 World Cup By Anna Lazarus Caplan (People)

• Gary Lineker interview: Why BBC ‘marriage’ ended, his World Cup fears – and one big regret By Matt Slater (The Athletic 🔒)

• The elite high schools hosting World Cup teams By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports 🔒)

• Amid talk of World Cup tourism bust, Paraguay expects 10,000 to visit Bay Area and L.A. By Noah Furtado (San Francisco Chronicle)

Wednesday am:
• Brenden Aaronson’s Jersey Shore wedding was just one stop in a wild pre-World Cup schedule By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer 🔒)

• Less than six percent of $98 New Jersey Transit tickets to MetLife Stadium sold By Adam Crafton (The Athletic 🔒)

• ‘I had to be here’: Cape Verde fans celebrate soccer team’s U.S. arrival in Boston By Griffin Gonzalez and Asher Klein (nbcboston.com)

• Gianni’s Game: A Swiss bureaucrat is bringing the most profitable and politically tumultuous sporting event of all time to the U.S. And Trump loves it. By Andrew Rice (New York Magazine)

• How World Cup fans attending Miami games should brace for summer heat By Sarah Perkel and Samantha Neely(USA Today)

• Why England are risking Florida hurricanes in their World Cup prep By Hamzah Khalique-Loonat from the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis & Pickleball Center (The Times)

• His soccer voyage reached all 48 World Cup countries. He has one message for the world By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

Today:
A former teenage RSL player is suing for $100 million, claiming teammates hazed him in shower and locker room By Jason Batacao (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Mechanisms in Men’s Major League Soccer: A Systematic Video Analysis By Clarke C A, Moore S A, Mahatme R J, et al. (Cureus Journal of Medical Science)

• The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events By Kathleen Murray Preble & Jennifer E. O’Brien (The Conversation)

🎥 Ecuadorian soccer player collides with medical cart carrying injured teammate in bizarre scene By Christian Arnold (New York Post)

‘We want fans to know the risks’: US immigrant rights groups mobilize across World Cup host cities amid ICE fears By Claire Wang (The Guardian)

Monday am:
• Thousands of tickets remain available for USA World Cup opener vs. Paraguay; Will it sell out? By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

• Making our family grow even more’ – As Brenden Aaronson briefly leaves World Cup camp for his wedding, USMNT reflect on growing up together’ By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com)

• Iran’s team trains in Limbo for World Cup overshadowed by war By Tariq Panja (New York Times)

• Argentina fans line Berkley Riverfront to welcome World Cup champions to Kansas City (kmbc.com)

• Canada’s Marcelo Flores out of World Cup with knee injury suffered in Concacaf final By Gemma Karstens-Smith (Canadian Press)

• BYU’s South Field transforms into World Cup stage as Korea blanks Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 By Jordan Corbett (Daily Universe)

• Haitians switch soccer allegiances from Brazil as ‘Grenadiers’ end World Cup drought By Evens Sanon and Danica Coto (AP)

• The extraordinary story of Viktor Gyokeres’ grandfather fleeing Hungary By Sam Dean (The Telegraph)

Friday am:
• Union principal owner Jay Sugarman: “Unfortunately, we didn’t get it right” By Joe Tansey (Union Soccer Blog)

• I’m driving 7,200 miles to tell the story of a World Cup like no other By Daniel Storey (The i Paper)

• The shocking cost of youth sports in New Jersey By Steve Politi (NJ.com)

Thursday am:
• Out of tragedy, Jim Hardy built a program the Kensington community can be proud of By Kerith Gabriel (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• New York and New Jersey subpoena Fifa over ‘manipulated’ World Cup ticketing By Alexander Abnos (The Guardian)

• Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say By Raphael Satter and A.J. Vicens (Reuters)

• Ranking every player’s importance to Team USA’s World Cup roster 
By Anthony Dabbundo (The Ringer)

• The $400 million showdown between a billionaire and a California mayor By Matt Stevens, Ken Belson and Emmanuel Morgan (New York Times)

• What happened to World Cup fever?! England set to play warm-up in front of 50,000 empty seats as Harry Kane and Co fail to capture imagination of fans in Florida By Mike Keegan (Daily Mail)

• How Senegal became genuine World Cup 2026 contenders – at a cost By Maher Mezahi (Al Jazeera)

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Wednesday am:
• Don’t blow this, USMNT! Why USA desperately needs deep World Cup run By Nancy Armour (USA Today)

• Fox’s USMNT World Cup roster reveal spoiled by leaks By Dennis Young (Front Office Sports)

• Inside U.S. soccer’s World Cup camp at Orange County Great Park By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)

• From Milan disarray to the face of a World Cup: Christian Pulisic is home to turn the page By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

• D.C. lands massive FIFA World Cup Fan Zone on the National Mall By Anna Spiegel (Axios)

Tuesday am:
• ‘I was upset for him’: how Real Salt Lake reacted to Diego Luna’s USMNT exclusion By Jeff Rueter (The Guardian)

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• ‘It still hurts to this day’ – What’s it like to miss a World Cup? USMNT players and coaches explain both sides of the toughest call By Ryan Tolmich (Goal.com)

• Jesse Marsch extended as Canada’s men’s soccer coach through 2030 World Cup (CBC Sports)

• Mexico’s president sees ‘no issue’ with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team during tournament (AP)

• Ahead of the World Cup, pressure to win and grow American soccer is on Tim Ream’s mind By Jeffrey Pierre (NPR)

• Apple shot a live MLS match entirely on iPhone 17 Pro, and viewers had thoughts By Elliot Nash (Man of Many)

• A massive billion-dollar sports complex is coming to Tucson. Here is what to know By Sarah Lapidus (Arizona Republic)

Monday am:
• 2026 half-season awards! MVP, Young Player of the Year, Best XIs & more By Matt Doyle (TacticsFreeZone)

• Can ‘slow progress’ lead the United States to produce a top-20 player in the world? By Sanjay Sujanthakumar  (The Guardian)

• Rebecca Lowe on Spurs relegation, Liverpool drama, and her World Cup dream By Matt Yoder (Awful Announcing)

• Fox in ‘conversations’ with FIFA on World Cup hydration break use, to show half-time interviews By Adam Crafton (The Athletic)

• Kylian Mbappé Is scoring all the goals—and taking all the heat By Aidan McLaughlin (Vanity Fair)

• USMNT World Cup roster news: Gio Reyna called in, Diego Luna out; more Pochettino squad decisions By Paul Tenorio and Tom Bogert (The Athletic)

• Son Heung-min ready to rekindle rivalry with Mexico after World Cup moment By Jon Arnold (USA Today)

• Head Coach, sporting director firings send Austin FC back to drawing board By Eric Goodman (The Austin Chronicle)

• Why Thomas Tuchel got it right with England’s imperfect World Cup squad By Miguel Delaney (Independent)

Friday am:
• The Mirage of the World Cup boom: Why Spokane is just the beginning of domestic soccer’s harsh reality By Kartik Kirshnaiyer (Beyond the 90)

• Turf Wars: For recreational soccer leagues, finding a field to play on has never been harder. By Jeremy Rellosa (New York Magazine 🔒)

• How Philadelphia built a $140 million World Cup war chest By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports)

• How Trump entrusted his World Cup to another Giuliani By Matt Flegenheimer and Rebecca R. Ruiz (New York Times 🔒)

• Bullying, hazing and the making of a ‘soccer president’: Donald Trump’s forgotten career on the pitch By Pablo Iglesias Maurer (The Guardian)

• Soccer, dinosaurs and books collide for Lawrence library’s summer reading program (Lawrence Times)

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Thursday am:
• MLS lobbying IFAB to explore stopping clock for pauses in play By Pablo Iglesias Maurer and Matt Hughes (The Guardian)

• USMNT World Cup roster projection: Who are the sure bets and bubble players by position? By Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports)

‼️ My son’s hockey team and the crisis of American resentment By Chris Murphy (The Atlantic 🔒)

• Enhanced NYC Ferry service sets sail this summer ahead of FIFA World Cup By Ethan Stark-Miller (amNY)

• Netflix VP of Sports confirms streamer wants to be in ‘conversation’ for men’s FIFA World Cup rights By Brendon Kleen (Awful Announcing)

• San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discusses repayment for failed MLS bid, city budget deficit (KSAT)

Wednesday am:
🎙 Final USMNT World Cup Roster Projection (Inside American Soccer with Tom Bogert and Tab Ramos)

• After 8,060-day drought, Arsenal are deserved Premier League champions By Mark Ogden (ESPN)

• What Germany’s soccer chief really thinks about this World Cup By Berries Bossmann (Politico)

• Southampton may face legal challenge from own players after being kicked out of playoff final By Jacob Steinberg, Louise Taylor and Ben Fisher (The Guardian)

Tuesday am:
• Guardiola’s legacy of genius will echo through all ages for years to come By Phil McNulty (BBC Sport)

• Soccer official took millions reclaimed after FIFA scandal, complaint alleges By Tariq Panja (New York Times)

• Gotham FC’s potential New York City move could be a win for everyone By Asli Petit (The Athletic)

• I wrote a book about the last 40 years of US men’s soccer. Here is what I learned By Leander Schaerlaeckens (The Guardian)

• ‘Green card for the planet’? Fifa’s World Cup is on pace to be a climate catastrophe By Jules Boykoff (The Guardian)

•Heading toward rouble? Soccer ‘Hehaders’ acutely raise brain damage biomarkers By F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE (Medscape)

Monday am:
• Sources: U.S. women’s pro leagues discuss interleague competition By Jeff Kassouf (ESPN)

• Knicks title run could overlap with World Cup, causing potential headaches at Penn Station By Ramsey Khalifeh (Gothamist)

• Why Steve Kerr stayed with the Warriors By Wright Thompson (ESPN)

• The rise of the “hybrid” MLS NEXT pro club? A KKR-driven blueprint …but is it really different? By Kartik Krishnaiyer (Beyond the 90)

• Beloved sports bar, Oakland Athletic Club, reopening in time for World Cup By Alex Baker (kron4.com)

Friday am:
• It’s Gozo time: Why USMNT should turn to uncapped teen for the World Cup By Zavier Gozo (The Athletic)

• The Union have the lowest payroll in MLS for the first time in their history By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Save the Caps meeting was ‘very positive,’ may lead to stadium deal By Patrick Johnson (The Province)

• Saudi Arabia continues soccer push with World Cup deal, even after LIV Golf exit By James Robson (AP)

• World Cup should be a tourism bonanza for the Bay Area. Visa problems may make it a ‘non-event’ By Noah Furtado, Sara DiNatale (San Francisco Chronicle)

• John Ourand (👇) at Puck (🔒)

• Inflatable nearly double the size of actual Lionel Messi launches at Lowe’s By Jon Arnold (USA Today)

Thursday am:
• Fox Sports teams up with ‘Sesame Street’ for World Cup collaboration By Drew Lerner (Awful Announcing)

• Andres Guardado: ‘I’d have to think about’ Mexico national team coaching role By Jon Arnold (USA Today)

• From Daytona to the World Cup: Ivory Coast hopeful Yan Diomande’s rapid rise has Europe’s powerhouses circling. By Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports)

• Iran soccer’s only U.S. visit: death threats, diplomacy, jarring security and joy By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

Football on ruins: Gaza’s orphans find refuge on the pitch By Mohammad Mansour (Al Jazeera)

Wednesday am:
• U.S. hotel operators say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn’t materialized yet By Philip Marcelo (AP)

• Why soccer still defies statistical analysis By Nick Greene (Wired)

• ‘Ted Lasso’ actor signs with El Paso Locomotive after long tryout By Bret Bloomquist (El Paso Times)

• FIFA Fan Fest welcoming soccer fans and their dogs for World Cup in Kansas City By Kerri Stowell (Fox4KC.com)

• Longtime Corvallis soccer hub closing doors after nearly 30 years By Rachel McConaghie (kezi.com)

Tuesday am:
• Why so many World Cup tickets remain unsold one month out By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports)

• Goal! Dozens of NYC school streets to host kids soccer activities ahead of World Cup By Ramsey Khalifeh (Gothamist)

• If World Cup hotel reservations are low, does that mean soccer fans plan to camp around KC? By Thomas White (The Beacon)

• How could extreme weather affect World Cup 2026? By Simon King (BBC)

• Cape Verde: Tiny nation, massive World Cup dream By Ricci Shryock (NPR)

• World Cup fans in China and India face broadcast uncertainty By Osmond Chia (BBC News)

Sunday am:
🎙Jorge Ruvalcaba on choosing Mexico over USMNT & Michael Bradley’s youth movement (Vamos Network with The Give N Go & Herc Gomez)

• FIFA World Cup fans in Miami can ride free shuttle service to stadium By Brody Wooddell (WFTV.com)

• Grisly injuries, a brutal murder and a vanished hero: the forgotten tales of US World Cup history By Jonathan Wilson(The Guardian)

• Installing the World Cup final pitch: 27 trucks, a 12-hour journey and 10-hour shifts By Melanie Anzidei (The Athletic)

• The beautiful game meets America’s ugly moment By Sophia Cai and Ry Rivard (Politico)

• USWNT’s Emma Hayes hails Zohran Mamdani’s Gotham FC ticket initiative, continues prep for Women’s World Cup By Pardeep Cattry (CBSSports.com)

Friday am:
• How MLS clubs in less-glamorous markets pitch global stars on signing with them By Tom Bogert (The Athletic)

• Rupert Murdoch’s high-stakes blitz against the NFL By Dana Mattioli, Josh Dawsey, Andrew Beaton and Joe Flint (Wall Street Journal)

🎥 Watch (👇):

In this Backyard, it’s “win or go home,” and this crew hasn’t left since the 90's.

Where there’s a pitch, there’s a legend. #YouGotThis pic.twitter.com/EJpQSHcWEi — adidas (@adidas) May 7, 2026

• In the shadow of NYC, ‘the cradle of American soccer’ prepares for the World Cup By David Brand (Gothamist)

• The man who saw It coming: Ted Turner and the soccer story nobody is telling today By Jason Longshore (Soccer Down Here)

• FIFA claims to have ‘508 million’ requests for 7 million available tickets. So why are plenty of tickets still available? By Shlomo Sprung (Yahoo Sports)

Thursday am:
• FIFA president defends World Cup ticket prices with dubious claim By Seth Vertelney (USA Today)

• English FA and U.S. Soccer seek more control from FIFA over Women’s World Cups By Matt Hughes (The Guardian)

• Argentine fans are struggling to afford this World Cup By Tariq Panja, Leila Medina and Sarah Pabst (New York Times)

• Haiti dreams of bringing a party to the World Cup, even though its citizens can’t come to Philadelphia By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• NYC hoteliers are world-class worried over sluggish World Cup bookings By Arun Venugopal (Gothamist)

• How FIFA is seeking to minimize U.S. tax burden for World Cup teams — and itself By Alex Silverman (Sports Business Journal)

Wednesday am:
• Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring fleet of school buses By Jeremy Siegel (wgbh.com)

• Transgender man signs with Minnesota Aurora women’s team By Christopher Wiggins (The Advocate)

• FIFA could make billions from the World Cup. host cities will get little in return. By Dylan McGuinness (*Houston Chronicle)
*With ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

• Planning a World Cup watch party at a bar? The ‘FIFA Police’ are lurking By Vjosa Isai (New York Times)

• How U.S. Soccer’s decades-long dream of a national training center became reality By Henry Bushnell (The Athletic)

• Mercedes-Benz Stadium will keep fan-friendly prices during FIFA World Cup, Arthur Blank says By Alison Mastrangelo (WSB-TV)

Tuesday am:
• USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie: Being versatile is blessing and curse By Jon Arnold (USA Today)

• MLS 3.0 is around the corner, and the stakes couldn’t be higher By Joe Patrick (Five Stripes Final)

• Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections By Rafael Nam (NPR)

• Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experiments By Neel Dhanesha (Nieman Lab)

• Inside the new state of the art USMNT training center that features a whopping 19 soccer fields and high-tech gym By David Scott (The U,S. Sun)

• From Brazil’s rainforest to Rio de Janeiro, an all-Indigenous soccer team debuts with victory By Mauricio Savarese and Diarlei Rodrigues (AP)

Monday am:
• FIFA has met its match in the Garden State By Ry Rivard and Sophia Cai (Politico)

• The best soccer story in America right now is unfolding in San Jose By Kevin V. Nguyen (San Francisco Standard)

• A North Korean team is set to play women’s soccer match in South Korea for first time since 2014 By Kim Tong-Hyung (AP)

• MLS Cup-winning coach Ronny Deila facing investigation over sexual harassment claims by female Israeli taxi driver By Christian Arnold (New York Post)

• Inside the new state of the art USMNT training center that features a whopping 19 soccer fields and high-tech gym By David Scott (The U,S. Sun)

• Nike transforms Venice Beach into night soccer showcase for young L.A. talent By Lily Dallow (ktla.com)

• From Brazil’s rainforest to Rio de Janeiro, an all-Indigenous soccer team debuts with victory By Mauricio Savarese and Diarlei Rodrigues (AP)

• Glenn Crooks: One of the winningest coaches in Rutgers women’s soccer turned radio commentator prepares to cover FIFA World Cup By John Beisser (Rutgers Today)

Friday am:
• Las Vegas buyer submits bid for Whitecaps amid potential MLS relocation from Vancouver By Paul Tenorio (The Athletic)

• The World Cup has always been political, but it feels even more so now By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Amid backlash over World Cup parking and transportation, LA Metro offers a solution By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)

• Want cheaper way to attend World Cup at MetLife? Try $60 bus ticket By Colleen Wilson (NorthJersey.com)

• FIFA president Gianni Infantino stages rare Israel-Palestine moment on stage, here’s how it unfolded By Pardeep Cattry (CBSSports.com)

Thursday am:
• Iranian Football Federation president Mehdi Taj and two other Iranian officials turned away from Canada ahead of FIFA Congress By David Baxter (Canadian Press)

• B.C. premier holds ‘constructive’ talks with MLS commissioner over Whitecaps’ future By Martin MacMahon (CTV News)

• Passport chaos and the crisis that has consumed Dutch Eredivisie By Tom Hamilton and Pier Schotanus (ESPN)

• Reno’s soccer stadium project delays opening to 2028 By Jim Krajewski (Reno Gazette Journal)

• When Wrexham’s first Hollywood season ended in final-game tears By Chris Wathan (BBC Sport Wales)

• FIFA opens new field at Oakland middle school By Crystal Bailey (KTVU FOX 2)

Wednesday am:
• LAFC, owners of record 27-time Swiss champion Grasshopper, offer to sell after fans’ forceful protest (AP)

• Dynamic pricing adding to ‘dystopian’ 2026 World Cup, ex-Liverpool CEO Peter Moore says By Frank Dell’Apa (Al Jazeera)

• White House’s World Cup security plea after Trump assassination attempt By Tom Morgan (The Telegraph)

• Will U.S. Cities Regret Hosting World Cup? By Steven Malanga (City Journal)

• From Moment to Movement: Realizing a $2.7 Billion Youth Soccer Opportunity Around the 2026 World Cup By Cameron Korab (Youth Sports Business Report)

Tuesday am:
• Tailgating back on at Boston Stadium By Josh Nye (The Blazing Musket)

• World Cup fans hit with tech issues in latest ticket drop By Margaret Fleming (Front Office Sports)

• A calendar flip away from summer could do more harm than good for the NWSL By Jeff Rueter (The Guardian)

• Abolish peace prize and keep ICE agents away from World Cup, FIFA told By Martyn Ziegler (London Times)

• Tartan Army ‘taking back control’ from FIFA with fan ticket exchange By Iona Young (BBC Sport)

• The Wayfinders: The Marshall Islands’ first national soccer team discovers what “home” can mean—on a field in Arkansas. By Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)

Monday am:
• Leagues to be allowed one game abroad a season under new FIFA proposals By Nick Ames and Matt Hughes (The Guardian)

•  ‘Going to the moon’: Irish players from University College Dublin return to China 50 years after historic tour (AFP)

• How a 9-year-old girl found a confidence-changing role model in Denver soccer star Carson Pickett: “It fills me with hope” By Steve Hartman (CBS News)

• Arena soccer player gets lifetime ban for ‘severe and violent’ conduct after cup final brawl By Pablo Iglesias Maurer (The Guardian)

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Friday morning April 24:
• Giorgia Meloni’s government rules out Italy replacing Iran at World Cup (Sky Sports)

Soccer’s 2025-26 Watchability rankings, from Bayern Munich to Wolves By Bill Connelly (ESPN)

• Bright to miss Inter Miami vs. New England game after MLS extends suspension By Michelle Kaufman (Miami Herald)

• Atlante returning to Liga MX after 12 years in 2nd tier By Cesar Hernandez (ESPN)

• South Jersey soccer club out thousands after travel company cancels overseas trip By Liz Crawford (CBS News)

Thursday am April 23:
• Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy at World Cup, says Financial Times report (Reuters)

• Chelsea sack Rosenior after worst run since 1912 (AFP)

• Sources: Barcelona fear Lamine Yamal suffered torn hamstring By Sam Marsden and Moises Llorens (ESPN)

• An unintended consequence of U.S. immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the U.S. By Vivian Song (CNN)

• Three games against Japan. What did we learn? By Megan Swanick (Swan Dive)

Wednesday am April 22:
• 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 am April 21:
• 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 April 20:
• ‘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 April 17:
• 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 April 16:
• 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 April 15:
• 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 April 14:
• 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 April 13:
• 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 April 10:
• 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 April 9:
• ‘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 April 8:
• 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)

Tuesday am April 7:
• 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 April 6:
• 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 April 3:
• 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 April 2:
• 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 April 1:
🎥 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 March 31:
• 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 March 30:
• 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 March 27:
• 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 March 26:
• 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 March 24:
• 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 March 23:
• 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)

• 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 March 20:
• 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 March 19:
• 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 March 18:
• 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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