Liguilla looking TASTY: 🚂 Cruz Azul - Chivas 🐐 🦅 América - Rayados 🤠 😈 Toluca, 🐯 Tigres await play-in. Xolos-Juárez, Pachuca-Pumas the current matches but Pachuca could hop into that other game w. a result tomorrow. More here Monday! Getconcacafed.substack.com/welcome

Pumas fight back from a goal down to take a 3-2 lead on a late goal that would keep their season alive. Now they’ve got to defend for 5+ minutes to secure that play-in place.

On the one hand, I love college football. On the other, a life without this Terry Crews Dodge commercial is possible.

Jonathan David of #CanMNT & Melchie Dumornay of Haiti named Concacaf's players of the year.

Javier Milei thinks this is amateur hour.

Nothing says momentum like going dark for two years.

Folks I took Jon's travel advice in Dallas this summer, and he was extremely correct about everything he told me to check out. These are gonna be great.

Cristian Roldan is back. Well, if he ever left. I talked to the @soundersfc.com midfielder about his #USMNT return (and THAT Pochettino comment), the lessons he's learned from a wild 2025 & how he hopes to extend the year past this round of the playoffs. www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Watching the Clásico Regio this weekend, I kept thinking...could this present be prologue? On the potential of another Rayados-Tigres meeting PLUS more from Liga MX, Central America and the Caribbean! getconcacafed.substack.com/p/clasico-re...

Loved this video tour of Guadalajara from my guy @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social. Had the pleasure of hitting several of these spots with him last year when the #USMNT played there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEZ...

Introducing: Football Cities Starting with Mexico's World Cup host cities & hopefully continuing throughout the Americas & the world, I'm launching a video series offering soccer fans a practical guide to making the most of their travels in 2026 and beyond. youtu.be/5eEZvee5v8U?...

Cristian Roldan is back. Well, if he ever left. I talked to the @soundersfc.com midfielder about his #USMNT return (and THAT Pochettino comment), the lessons he's learned from a wild 2025 & how he hopes to extend the year past this round of the playoffs. www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Introducing: Football Cities Starting with Mexico's World Cup host cities & hopefully continuing throughout the Americas & the world, I'm launching a video series offering soccer fans a practical guide to making the most of their travels in 2026 and beyond. youtu.be/5eEZvee5v8U?...

FaceTime me and I'll turn the camera around and do some commentary.

Every week I run down the three best matches of the Liga MX weekend & let you know where you can watch. It's posted pretty much anywhere you're already watching vertical videos! www.instagram.com/reel/DQcuIYX...

This is crushing. Decades of cool uniform stuff nobody else covered, gone I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true

The KINGS OF THE CENTROAMERICANA strike again. Facing elimination, Alajuelense just found an equalizer thanks to Anthony Hernandez. 20 minutes left in this one streaming on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7F...

Palmeiras rallied to win 4-0 tonight over LDU Quito after losing the first leg 3-0. Libertadores final is once again Flamengo v. Palmeiras & there will be a Brazilian champion for the seventh consecutive tournament.

Get ready, 2026 list

Toluca's medical report says Alexis Vega will return to sporting activity in 3-4 weeks after his injury vs. Pachuca on Sunday. Puts the star attacker out for the international break but potentially returning by the Liguilla, which begins November 26. #LigaMXEng

Been trying to explain to non-writers the DREAD I felt this month when the traveling Suriname press corps happened to be at the same restaurant as me the moment my Suriname story came out. I watched them ask for the WiFi, then read my story - complete with nods, frowns, comments to each other etc.

Good thing sports aren't political, right?!

"Interesting, the subject seems to keep pushing the button to choose MLS. Is he aware he could push this other button and receive an episode of Silo?"

It's fantastic to see Mexico, Jamaica & Costa Rica come alongside the U.S. for the joint 2031 Women's World Cup bid. Now, those co-hosts must prove they're actually serious about supporting women's soccer at home. getconcacafed.substack.com/p/2031-women...

Seeing-eye goal from Jack Elliott

INCREDIBLE result for Liga de Quito, beating Palmieras 3-0 in the first leg of their semifinal. Bolivian attacker Gabriel Villamíl the hero but contributions from Monterrey ex Alexander Dominguez in goal, FC Dallas ex Carlos Gruezo in midfield & Haiti current Ricardo Ade at the back.

I generally don't love the friendly series when team plays the same team, but the #USWNT is about to get a very interesting opportunity playing this Portugal team again. Great effort from Portugal to get a 2-1 win. How will the U.S. respond in...three days?

Follow your dreams, kids, and you can be an expert on anything

There go your Thursday plans. With Tropical Storm Melissa approaching, tonight's Concacaf Caribbean Cup match between O&M and Cibao FC is postponed a week.

Choosing not to buy this NOT to protect my wallet but to protect my eligibility to officiate Sharktopus FC in potential future USOC ties should I become a referee.

Phil Neville going for that melatonin gummy sponsorship.

"Looks like we've got time for one more & then we're out. We're One If By Land, Drugs If By Sea. The album is on Spotify."

@reinhart.bsky.social Nailed it. Nailed Dallas diners! Nailed Michelin! Nailed El Califa de León! Nailed influencers! www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

Serie A's planned Milan v Como fixture in Perth may be next for the scrapheap, hot on the heels of La Liga's shelved Miami game. There's some confidence within UEFA that game won't go ahead, and understand AFC coming under pressure not to sanction. Story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

They say we have no “footballing culture” but right now in America, there’s a team named “Sharktopus FC” that just earned a replay of a loss because the ref for their last match turned out to have once been a player for their opponent’s second team. 🇺🇸

Fox Sports announces 2026 World Cup plans: 69 matches on Fox, the other 35 on FS1. All available on Fox Sports app and Fox One streaming. About two-thirds of matches will appear on main channel, up from 53 percent in 2022. NBCUniversal (Telemundo/Peacock) owns U.S. Spanish-language rights.

Just talked to RoRo a few weeks ago & got the impression this might be in the works (as you always wonder with a guy who is 38). Chivas USA+Veracruz survivor, Sacramento+Toluca thriver ... we'll still be seeing him around the sport, but quite the career! getconcacafed.substack.com/p/roro-rolls...

We (the Pac-Man font & numbers on the Club América shirts) are so back.

With the new cycle, it feels like we are never not having U-17 events, but the 2026 U-17 Men's Qualifiers draw took place this morning & here are the results.

Jamaica & Costa Rica are officially joining the United States' and Mexico's bid to host the 2031 Women's World Cup. “Concacaf fully supports this four-nation bid, which embodies our One Concacaf philosophy,” Concacaf President Victor Montagliani says in a news release.

Cruz Azul manger Nicolas Larcamon admitted the Clásico Joven was La Maquina's biggest match of the regular season, but quickly said his team needs to be intelligent enough to know it's after far more than one rivalry win. That AND MUCH MORE: getconcacafed.substack.com/p/has-intell...

On the ones and twos at @espn.com for the MLS PLAYOFF POWER RANKINGS. I love a hipster pick as much as (OK, more than) the next guy, but anybody notice what these Inter Miami guys are doing? www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Why has no one invited me to join a bar band comprised of fellow sportswriters like all the writers from the 90s seemed to be in?

New York Times believes in DC United

Yes! Ha ha ha! YES!

You already know. That's Cantore.

Read this if you're even somewhat interested in concacaf soccer. The best coverage out there, during an age where there's more contenders in the region than ever before

there's a fascinating conversation to be had about how these continental tournaments in women's soccer are being received and respected, relative to their age and investments by their respective federations