Are hydration breaks really just for ad revenue? Pretty much! But how do they exist within the game's rules? Who stands to gain from them the most? And how do they impact games? We also talk the 48-team format, and how that change stacks up to all the many formats we've seen at World Cups gone by

very clear corruption and favoritism towards the CONCACAF host nation allowing them to play on in this manner of course we’re speaking about Mexico not having to forfeit matches despite rampant use of a banned bigoted chant, you were talking about something else?

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Aiden O’Neil quietly putting together a solid World Cup representing MLS 👀🤫

was a great time digging into the 💰 of hydration breaks and the history of World Cup expansion/rule changes tap in! 👇

New episode of The Blueprint with @treyfillmore.bsky.social, @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social and it's all about the pausa de hidratación and how it fits into the long history of controversial and soccer-altering World Cup rule and format changes. Listen, like, subscribe, etc ⬇️

MATT FREESE CLEAN SHEET ALERT

the World Cup is a great opportunity to introduce the global audience to some niche soccer some of us are used to like the eternal ‘Eloy Room in a big spot’

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Matt Freese Clean Sheet

on the bright side, Aiden O'Neill would've two footed that calf into battuta al coltello tartare and ended up in a CIA blacksite by sundown if Puli played

congrats to jalen brunson for getting a key to the city much like fellow champ tony rocha

James Sands playing at Etihad Park? @newyorkcityfc.com

I know a direct central player that could’ve helped that prayer circle offense for Uruguay in the second half his name rhymes with Schmanti Schrodriguez, BIELSA

AIDEN ONEILL SAYS THIS CITY DOESNT SLEEP HE ALSO SAYS GO KNICKS

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A Gio trivela at the death is the most hilarious way to end the match

USMNT DAY *saluting the flag listening to this with tears in our eyes* youtu.be/HKDo-aX4XuI?...

"I'm not one for politics. I just want to play football, man." Tim Weah didn't choose to be at the Trump White House. @aleckossoff.bsky.social soff.bsky.social on why the 2026 World Cup is making football impossible to separate from politics. Read here: www.theoutfield.nyc/p/as-it-alwa...

Very easy to see the difference between the two halves. #knicks

revs more like red coats 😭

Happy @futi.live launch week everybody! Here's how we built the most advanced player ratings you'll find in any public soccer app (and how you can get them for the World Cup)

unfortunately now Nashville will win the league, because the one guy that could stop Sam Surridge is now gone

A great listen about all the off-field things swirling around this World Cup, courtesy of @treyfillmore.bsky.social + @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social and The Blueprint podcast Pricing absurdities, geopolitics, immigration policies impacting fans, refs, and team officials: There’s a lot covered

shoutout the 🐐 @andrewkleigh.bsky.social 🗣️

Jonny Shore interview with @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social out now! The Manhattan native talks about growing into a pro at NYCFC, playing pickup around the city, New York’s unique soccer culture www.nyctourism.com/articles/nyc...

when we said bring back 06 soccer that is in fact what we’re talking about

I know Matt has gone through every snow/winter nickname on the planet but how on gods green earth did we never use “Bacon Egg and Freese”

How 2016 NYCFC shaped the modern Premier League, my column

Per NYCFC head coach Pascal Jansen last night, Hannes Wolf “wasn’t sure what happened”, but all of a sudden had a bit of trouble breathing near the end of the Nashville match.

this would basically eliminate one of the most useful ways MLS teams have to manage international roster spots btw - huge news for GMs

3 of our contributors cast media votes for the MLS All-Stars, and we’ve collected our ballots and justified all our selections Unanimous on a few players, but with some wildcards. Read all about our ballots @battista.bsky.social @treyfillmore.bsky.social @andrewkleigh.bsky.social

#USOC2026 quarterfinal XIs are out: Andrés Perea in for Maxi, otherwise no changes to the XI that Pascal Jansen has been running out there match after match. Hugo Picard on the bench for Columbus, GK Patrick Schulte not in the squad, either (hadn’t played in either previous Crew Open Cup game)

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A draw feels like a fair result in the Hudson River Derby, after a first half that felt entirely one way. Malachi Jones definitely the NYCFC player of the match for how he changed the entire game.

If only NYCFC had an idea this approach was coming. Like, maybe, every other game Cowell has played in his entire life

maxi goes down and cowell is on his horse again to make a goal happen for Jersey, just bad on bad

Oh No. NYCFC legend Maxi Moralez goes down with a non-contact injury and is leaving on a stretcher. The 39-year-old has started each of NYCFC's last 48 regular season + playoff games. This is sad.

“punched”

Match 13 at Charlollte by @roryki.bsky.social : "Whatever, I'm Leaving in Like Two Weeks..." www.theoutfield.nyc/p/whatever-i...

some pre-derby reading on the last two NYCFC …wins?? 👇

The Tayvon Gray effect

god bless mls ad partnerships for future gif use

HT in CLT: NYCFC record is 4W-1D-0L when leading at half so far this season. Really should be 2 goals up instead of 1 after Agustín Ojeda pushed a shot wide while on a 1v1 breakaway with only Kahlina to beat. Chippy game with 5 yellow cards shown, not sure if it finishes at 11v11

Maxi Moralez with a scoop pass into the box to set up a goal man is fiftyleven years old with legs of cement and still has the magic in him

key to the match - don’t do this

ANOTHER NY CHAMP IN NY WELCOME FOLKS Sports Illustrated Stadium will now move back down to zero title winning occupants following the move