As Liga MX returns tonight, here's a video looking at several storylines you may have missed while watching the World Cup: www.instagram.com/reel/Da3voIZ...

BREAKING: Tonight’s marquee MLS match between the Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps has been postponed due to unsafe air quality, per sources. Canadian wildfire smoke has blown south to Chicago. Robert Lewandowski’s MLS debut is on hold. www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

As MLS returns from its World Cup break, some big names are set to make their debuts. I spoke to @chicagofire.bsky.social manager Gregg Berhalter about how the club convinced Robert Lewandowski that coming to Chicago was the right choice & how he'll use the FW. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

I say again that auto-translations are still so bad. One of the only use cases I really want AI to get right and...???

They can't keep getting away with this ... except Lionel Messi & Argentina have just one more match to complete a title defense: On @usatodaysports.usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Turns out you can't give Enzo that look twice...

We may have seen the last of Nahuel Guzman (and Andre-Pierre Gignac) in the Concacaf Champions Cup. The Tigres legends are banned seven games for language used toward officials after the CCC final v. Toluca. Three for APG, Toluca's Pollo Briseño.

Good morning. I went to yesterday’s World Cup semifinal (which ruled) and thought a lot about why it mattered so much to North Texas that this tournament went as well as it did. Then I wrote about it: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Eredivisie will have 15 minute live commentary snippets available on Moviefone.

Ivan Barton may not have his spray, but he DOES have his cards.

Pressure? Newly 19-year-old Lamine Yamal says he's not feeling it, even if Spain is relying on him to have a breakout game to push them back to the World Cup final. After all, he's seen things much more serious than a soccer game. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Kylian Mbappe and Messi are battling it out for the Golden Boot at this World Cup. Read @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social's profile on the guy who will be battling Mbappe for the next decade.

Pressure? Newly 19-year-old Lamine Yamal says he's not feeling it, even if Spain is relying on him to have a breakout game to push them back to the World Cup final. After all, he's seen things much more serious than a soccer game. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

There will be a moment of silence before the France-Spain semifinal on the 10-year anniversary of the truck attack in Nice & also for Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of Qatar who died July 12, leading FIFA president Gianni Infantino to travel to Doha to express condolences in person.

David and Victoria Beckham went with Terry Black's for dinner in Dallas tonight. You could do worse!

Atlas getting ahead of the curve by firing its coach BEFORE the Liga MX season even gets started. Diego Cocca and the club's new ownership couldn't come to an agreement "despite the willingness & effort from both sides"

🇸🇻 BREAKING: D.C. United to acquire El Salvador international forward Nathan Ordaz from LAFC, per sources. Ordaz, 22, is a product of LAFC's academy. Made 98 first team apps. 9g/4a in 2,163 mins over last two years. Gets chance to earn more mins at D.C.

Argentina has clear weaknesses. It is not making the most of its strengths. Yet, the Albiceleste are into the World Cup semifinals. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Argentina has clear weaknesses. It is not making the most of its strengths. Yet, the Albiceleste are into the World Cup semifinals. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Argentina are wearing black armbands to remember Antonio Rattín, who passed this weekend - and whose soccer legacy goes beyond what he did with the national team & Boca Juniors, thanks to his inadvertent assistance inventing red & yellow cards. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

How long can Messi be Messi? Our @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social tells you what Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni thinks. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Argentina is unchanged for just the fourt time in Lionel Scaloni's tenure as manager. But...why? What did the coach like about his team in that nervous win over Egypt? And how can the same group improve? More on @usatodaysports.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Hall of Fame broadcaster JP Dellacamera has called his last World Cup game. Though he isn’t retiring yet, the most decorated American soccer broadcaster told me he is choosing to step back from the biggest stage after a tournament on home soil. His reflections: www.inquirer.com/soccer/jp-de...

Switzerland manager Murat Yakin rules Johan Manzambi out for tomorrow's quarterfinal v. Argentina. "We tired everything we could to get him back in peak form. Unfortunately, he’s not able to perform tomorrow," Yakin said through a translator.

Nuit, nuit.

Norway players in March: Our hotel is too boring. Norway players in July: Our hotel is too interesting.

Oh my gosh! I met Sarina Villa and her mom at an open El Salvador tryout in Farmers Branch back in 2022. Had lost track of her after she represented La Selecta at the youth levels. So cool to see her sign a pro deal! getconcacafed.substack.com/p/-el-salvad...

The Big 12 for some reason:

Mexico reignited the love affair with its fan base during the World Cup & should have hope for a great cycle ahead of 2030, but it will need far more than Rafa Marquez's good vibes and Gilberto Mora's growth. Thoughts on El Tri's future: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Mexico reignited the love affair with its fan base during the World Cup & should have hope for a great cycle ahead of 2030, but it will need far more than Rafa Marquez's good vibes and Gilberto Mora's growth. Thoughts on El Tri's future: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Choosing to believe the Atlanta church flying the flags of teams visiting ATL put Uzbekistan upside-down as part of a long-standing beef instead of an honest error.

Here's where Guardado's head was at BEFORE the World Cup: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Has Fox been doing the Messi voice translation the whole tournament? No thank you.

Lionel Messi wasn't going to let it end like that. For @usatodaysports.usatoday.com in Atlanta: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

In our last #USMNT Instant Reaction of the World Cup, @lorilindsey6.bsky.social & I worked through the feelings, talked what went wrong, gave Belgium its due & tried to assess the tournament as a whole youtu.be/c3Hlqc17fS8?...

I mean…same.

while a lot of you will be yelling "go Belgium!" or "go USA!" I will be yelling "GO GIANNI INFANTINO AND THE RULE OF LAW!"

Quiñones out for Memo Martinez characterized Aguirre's entire strategy. Get a big guy in there who you can lump it toward & he can maybe nod one in. Meanwhile, Vega & Chino Huerta were there as potential 1v1 winners & Hormiga gives some aerial threat while also being better at coming to join a play

This is basically the first time I've seen the James Corden show, and I know nobody is heaping praise on it, but why wouldn't you have a Mexican in Hollywood on tonight? I know Chicharito did a cameo, but are they not bringing in other celebs? What's Guillermo del Toro up to?

I was on our @usatodaysports.usatoday.com live blog for the Mexico - England match and it was... well... chaotic! But an excellent match. One we will remember for a WHILE. Here's what went down... www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Some quick thoughts on Mexico's elimination from the 2026 World Cup at the hands of England in a great game where El Tri showed effort but may always ask what could've been. www.tiktok.com/@jonarnoldfc...

Mexico didn't need Viagra, they needed Vega... (or someone else with the creativity to do more than get the ball wide & lob in a cross.)

Mexico is out of the 2026 World Cup, falling short in the round of 16 vs England. The effort was there for El Tri, but the ideas weren't. The legacy of this tournament, though, looks like a reparation of the relationship with the supporters. There is a future here, but Mexico needs to nurture it.

Go Tala! Do a Moi!

Concacaf is that playoff hockey tweet except, like, that's a normal Tuesday night in San Pedro Sula or Kingston.

Brinca

The World Cup brings out our best.

How many chances is Raul going to get before he beats Pickford?

There is one remaining bid for both, but it needs to be ratified. The decision was delayed from the Vancouver congress for several reasons, notably potential U.S. host cities hoping for larger share of revenue than at this 2026 tournaments.