Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia's first woman governor

Bob Weir, a founding member of the iconic American rock group the Grateful Dead who seemingly never stopped touring for six decades, has died at 78. https://cnn.it/3LtRBFV

"Portland Cherry Bombs" seemed like a fun name. There's no way that it could be a reference to 1970s punk and ~other things~, right? Well... Talked to owner Alan Miller and GM Courtney Schmidt about naming, bro culture, and girl power, all wrapped up in soccer. www.goal.com/en-us/lists/...

I graded every MLS team’s Superdraft. It took me longer to write than the entire draft took to take place. open.substack.com/pub/500wp90/...

A homecoming for the orange From academy to the first team. Welcome home, Logan! 🗞️ https://bit.ly/45gWFE5

New York City FC will appoint Robin Nicholls as academy director, joining from Sunderland, where he has been part of the club’s academy structure since 2022. Nicholls will begin his role with #NYCFC on June 1, 2026, following the conclusion of the current season with Sunderland.

A new era starts now. Michael Bradley has been named our Head Coach. #RBNY 🔴 @oanda.bsky.social

Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should

US host cities facing at least $250m shortfall due to new Fifa deal Fifa take virtually all WC revenue, and costs supposed to be covered by sponsors But cities can’t do big deals as, eg, convenience store Wawa cuts across Fifa deal with McDonald’s www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

USMNT’s other opponent before World Cup is … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

Go-ahead goal by Wrianna Hudson puts Florida State up, 1–0, late in the NCAA College Cup final.

On November 4, USL Championship club North Carolina FC announced it would shut down operations at the end of the season - just four days before a crucial playoff game. I talked to some of the players about the human cost of seeing your team fold www.goal.com/en-us/lists/...

Rodrigo Lopez technically didn't have a bedroom at 27, tore his ACL at 37, and experienced all sorts of madness in between. But at 38, he has retired as USL's greatest ever. On a crazy career, with plenty of input from the man himself: www.goal.com/en-us/lists/...

Washington Spirit has hosted more playoff matches at Audi Field this year (two) than D.C. United has since the stadium opened in 2018 (one). 😵‍💫

🇺🇸 Sources: Trinity Rodman could be playing final home game for Washington Spirit today in NWSL semifinal - Rodman is out of contract in winter - Several clubs abroad pushing hard - Negotiating directly with NWSL but things not looking good w/ @meglinehan.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

If you missed @mkickaround.bsky.social yesterday, here's out complete conversation with @travismclark.bsky.social about US Soccer's college soccer reboot. youtu.be/IhoqsLUzZqw

You can let MLS know how you feel about generative AI recaps if you’re so inclined: www.mlssoccer.com/feedback/rec...

Uefa says that allowing a Spanish La Liga match to be played in Miami, and an Italian Serie A one in Perth, isn't precedent-setting. But soccer's organizing principle has been shattered. Any game can go to the highest-bidding locale now. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

With 10,776 from academy products, no team in MLS history has relied on its academy more than the 2025 Chicago Fire Here's how homegrowns are powering a resurgent Chicago Fire meninred97.com/academy-prod... #cf97 #VamosFire

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. https://cnn.it/4mvwZt6

Inbox: Colorado Rapids 2 sign Grant Gilmore through June 2026. At the end of that, he’ll be a Rapids first team Homegrown for 3.5 years. Guaranteed through 2029. Club option for 2030 and 2032. Center back, 6-0, age 17, club likes his physicality.

I was not at all prepared to learn that David Luiz is - still playing - in the Champions League - for a club in Cyprus - balding

"We've got more Homegrown kids and college players than anybody else." 🏡 PNW grit was on display Sunday night in the Leagues Cup Final. READ ⬇️

Republican governors have sent National Guard troops to Democratic-led Washington, D.C., even though cities in their states all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

"No. Leo will not travel." Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano says Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi will not travel to D.C. to face D.C. United. It is the second consecutive year since he joined MLS that Messi will not play in D.C.

🎙️New pod! What happened to the FC Dallas talent pipeline that graduated McKennie, Pepi, Richards, Tessmann and many more? Buzz Carrick, aka @3rddegree.net, breaks it all down. Lots to discuss, but one of the problems was Nico Estévez. scuffed.simplecast.com/episodes/620...

On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United. In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it. United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A member of my daughter's school community was abducted off the street by masked ICE agents in unmarked cars on his way to work yesterday. He's a hard-working father who's been living in DC for 20 years. His family is seeking help for his legal defense: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-our-f...

Thought I’d seen it all in men’s college soccer, only to find an 03 “freshman” who played in the English Premier League on a roster for this season

Complete list of media present in the press box at D.C. United's friendly vs. Ethiopia not affiliated with the Ethiopian federation or D.C. United: Me

One of my favourite articles to write, on a club I've wanted to write about for some time. A look at @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social ahead of their USL League Two final against Ballard FC. How a 'division four' club became the soccer team of the moment. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

TSUNAMI WARNING 3: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.7 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29

Aussies and Europeans can get rooftop solar on their homes for a third the price of Americans—and one huge reason why is our crazy local permitting system. (And Congress and the WH can’t keep us from changing this.) www.motherjones.com/environment/...

As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.

Chat, is cancer research woke? The Trump administration seems to think so, having erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research in a move that seems to be part of its anti-DEI, anti-trans, and anti-vaccine agendas.

The Trump administration has barred a team of 15- and 16-year-olds from Venezuela from entering the United States to compete in the Little League Senior League World Series. The team from Maracaibo won the Latin America tournament to qualify for the World Series in South Carolina wapo.st/4o8DKmS

This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon: An event planner A coal miner An Uber driver Tortilla maker Barber DoorDashers Soccer coaches Furniture-maker Car washers Taxi drivers HVAC techs Auto parts worker Tire plant worker and 240 more... projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

NEW: SpaceX’s plan to expand in the Pacific has largely flown under the radar. So, I started digging thru thousands of pages of government documents and found the company plans to detonate rockets over the Hawaiian Islands. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This has been the second most humid summer in DC on record (since 1945) based on the number of hours with dew points over 70 degrees or the level considered GROSS.

Bay FC made their first transfer of the window, adding 19-year-old Onyeka Gamero www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...

Nice work from an American club!

Texas politicians have been loudly denying the link between climate change and extreme floods But behind closed doors, the oil companies that fund those politicians have been acknowledging that storms and floods are getting worse—so they can prepare their own infrastructure for what's to come

Beloved Ohio high school soccer star kidnapped by ICE and deported www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

"Colindres’ club soccer coach, Bryan Williams, had accompanied the teen to his last several routine ICE meetings ... he was a “star player” who dreamed of continuing his soccer career at a university in the coming months." www.thedailybeast.com/ice-deports-...

New York Red Bulls II Appoint Former U.S. Men’s National Team Midfielder Michael Bradley as Head Coach

Some teams would struggle to compete w/o international athletes. An incoming field hockey player can't get a visa appointment. There's constant uncertainty. A look at how an ongoing battle w/ Trump is affecting Harvard sports (w/ @emilygiam.bsky.social): www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

As climate change juices up severe storms and wildfires and makes heat waves even deadlier, cuts at all levels across the US federal government have thrown agencies tasked with preparing the country for disasters—and helping it recover—into chaos. In Trump's America, what do we do? A guide:

“The group estimated that reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service… we would be witnessing the dismantling of a century-old system”

Tonight, Mael Corboz will lead Arminia Bielefeld out for the German Cup final against Stuttgart. From Alabama to New Jersey, to a decade toiling in European football, and now the Olympiastadion. Not a normal journey or a normal player. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...