Shawn Francis
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Twitter refugee. Soccer, music, pop culture + travel. Creative agency guy. Ideas for sale.
‘Most Likely’—Illustrious Man Utd Star Tipped to Make MLS Switch
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‘Most Likely’—Illustrious Man Utd Star Tipped to Make MLS Switch
Man Utd are reportedly on the verge of a midfield exodus in 2026.
https://www.si.com/soccer/man-utd-star-tipped-mls-switch
15 days ago
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OMG how the price has gone up on Allende since the playoffs began.
27 days ago
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MLS viewership soars during Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs
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MLS viewership soars during Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs | MLSSoccer.com
The stars have come out in full force during the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs. And so have viewers at home.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/2025/news/mls-viewership-soars-during-audi-2025-mls-cup-playoffs
about 1 month ago
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Dutch Pendergrass
about 1 month ago
Mike’s Hard Cranberry Sauce
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San Diego FC owner Mansour on early nerves and making MLS expansion history
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The owner of MLS's record-setting expansion team weighs in on a historic season
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6826502/2025/11/24/san-diego-fc-mohamed-mansour-mls-playoffs/
about 1 month ago
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NBC News
about 1 month ago
Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican music icon who helped expand the popularity of reggae around the world, dies at 81.
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Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and Jamaican icon, dies at 81
"It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife, Latifa Chambers, wrote on Instagram.
https://nbcnews.to/3KbTZjZ
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL
about 1 month ago
Man this is delightful
add a skeleton here at some point
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Carlos Coronel to leave New York Red Bulls as no agreement reached over new deal
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Carlos Coronel to leave New York Red Bulls as no agreement reached over new deal
Coronel is out of contract at the end of December and is eligible for MLS free agency.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6814438/2025/11/17/carlos-coronel-rbny-contract-transfer/
about 2 months ago
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No more
Lower.com
Field, Columbus Crew will have new stadium naming rights deal for 2026
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No more Lower.com Field, Columbus Crew will have new stadium naming rights deal for 2026
Columbus Crew announced they mutually agreed to conclude their stadium naming rights deal with Lower.com, announcing a new partnership for 2026.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/mls/columbus-crew/2025/11/17/columbus-crew-lower-com-field-new-name-mls-soccer/87317213007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114805p115350c115350d00----v114805&gca-ft=36&gca-ds=sophi
about 2 months ago
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Former Major League Soccer Chairman Says MLS Pro-Rel ‘Inevitable’
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Former Major League Soccer Chairman Says MLS Pro-Rel ‘Inevitable’
Former US Soccer Federation President Alan Rothenberg says the Major League Soccer calendar change was "inevitable." He says the same of promotion and relegation in MLS.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2025/11/17/former-major-league-soccer-chairman-says-mls-pro-rel-inevitable/
about 2 months ago
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How Cold Climate Markets Have Reacted to Seismic MLS Change
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How Cold Climate Markets Have Reacted to Seismic MLS Change
CF Montréal is the lone MLS club in a cold market that has mentioned playing in another stadium as an option.
https://www.si.com/soccer/how-cold-climate-markets-reacted-seismic-mls-change
about 2 months ago
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MLS club officials agree that calendar shift will boost power in transfer windows
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MLS club officials agree that calendar shift will boost power in transfer windows
Chief soccer officers across MLS clubs believe the switch to the European calendar will strengthen their position in the transfer market
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6812320/2025/11/17/mls-calendar-shift-transfer-window-impact/
about 2 months ago
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MLS, Apple rework terms of media rights deal for earlier ending, in 2029
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MLS, Apple rework terms of media rights deal for earlier ending, in 2029
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6808440/2025/11/14/mls-apple-tv-broadcast-rights-deal-2029/
about 2 months ago
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Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities?
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Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/realestate/soccer-specific-stadium-pawtucket.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 2 months ago
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Apple TV Abandons Extra Paywall for Major League Soccer Games
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Apple TV Abandons Extra Paywall for Major League Soccer Games
The standalone subscription offering, MLS Season Pass, is shuttering, with all games becoming available to all Apple TV users.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/apple-mls-games-free-apple-tv-1236426472/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
There's something really funny about a graphic that just reads "GREW UP PRIVILEGED"
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MLS owners expected to vote on fall-spring calendar and season format changes: Sources
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MLS owners expected to vote on fall-spring calendar and season format changes: Sources
Substantial change could be coming to MLS's structure and operations following a Thursday vote, sources tell The Athletic
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6801193/2025/11/12/mls-fall-spring-calendar-season-format-change-owners-vote/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
🇺🇸 BREAKING: Club legend Walker Zimmerman will depart Nashville SC this winter when his contract expires, per sources. Zimmerman is a two-time MLS Defender of the Year winner. Joined ahead of inaugural season. Lifted U.S. Open Cup this year.
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Sources: USMNT's Zimmerman to leave Nashville SC, become free agent
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6801280/2025/11/12/walker-zimmerman-nashville-sc-usmnt-free-agent-mls/
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America is now the biggest market for international football
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America is now the biggest market for international football
As well as co-hosting the World Cup in 2026, more and more people in America are watching soccer, and spending on football media rights is rising
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2025/11/12/america-is-now-the-biggest-market-for-international-football?utm_campaign=shared_article
about 2 months ago
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The USL: US soccer league bringing promotion-relegation stateside to capitalise on World Cup fever
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The USL: US soccer league bringing promotion-relegation stateside to capitalise on World Cup fever
The USL plans to implement a new first division in 2028 at the same level as MLS that - once promotion-relegation is introduced - will sit at the top of an interconnected three-tier professional pyram...
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13463782/the-usl-us-soccer-league-bringing-promotion-relegation-stateside-to-capitalise-on-world-cup-fever
about 2 months ago
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MLS deputy commissioner, SUM president Gary Stevenson to retire
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MLS deputy commissioner, SUM president Gary Stevenson to retire
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6797779/2025/11/11/gary-stevenson-mls-retiring/
about 2 months ago
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MLS Commissioner Rules on MLS Cup Favorite’s Stadium Relocation Plans
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MLS Commissioner Rules on MLS Cup Favorite's Stadium Relocation Plans
The Vancouver Whitecaps have not confirmed where they will play in the 2026 season.
https://www.si.com/soccer/mls-commissioner-rules-on-mls-cup-favorite-stadium-relocation-plans
about 2 months ago
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Tata back.
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Tata Martino returns as Atlanta United head coach | MLSSoccer.com
Atlanta United have named Gerardo
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/tata-martino-returns-as-atlanta-united-head-coach
about 2 months ago
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Kansas City unveils plan for its free 2026 World Cup fan fest
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Kansas City unveils plan for its free 2026 World Cup fan fest
Kansas City will host six games during the 2026 World Cup, but its fan fest will be a staple throughout the competition next summer
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6756977/2025/10/28/kansas-city-2026-world-cup-fan-fest-plan/
2 months ago
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NYCFC’s unbearable wait inches toward its end with a new stadium on the rise
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NYCFC's unbearable wait inches toward its end with a new stadium on the rise
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6763288/2025/10/31/nycfc-new-stadium-etihad-park-queens-mls/
2 months ago
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Sports Media Pod: MLS viewership surge
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Sports Media Pod: MLS viewership surge
On this week’s Sports Media Podcast, SBJ’s Alex Silverman breaks down the surprising 29% increase in MLS viewership in 2025. Is it the Messi effect, better distribution, or something else? Find out ho...
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/10/30/sports-media-pod-mls-viewership-surge/
2 months ago
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Messi’s $20m salary and MLS’ future. Plus: Dowman, 15, makes history
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Messi’s $20m salary and MLS’ future. Plus: Dowman, 15, makes history
MLS salaries have been revealed, and there are no prizes for guessing its top earner. But what does it say about the competition?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6762730/2025/10/30/messi-salary-mls-dowman-tafc/
2 months ago
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Ant
2 months ago
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect misic year
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
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MLS has 19 of the world's 50 most valuable soccer clubs. Here's the full list.
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MLS has 19 of the world's 50 most valuable soccer clubs. Here's the full list.
Five MLS teams are valued at more than $1 billion, while 14 other clubs are among the Top 50 most valuable clubs in the world, according to Sportico.
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/mls-19-worlds-50-most-150942701.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJupLSMa0kMsVjAr1K-17vLvKetLxG9bJbsaMtnbjODWnW1kGl51b7ZmoXlX5cs332BWpZKuyQpLpUd6qFT6ijQfX0enLKn6KzMW5cNZ2mReNhxyG7CpfkFiAdhCWfDg9SpFGvh4_e1dIycnryUdTVRQI0ooVSvTghb0TC0TGBzq
2 months ago
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The chaos of the U.S. Open Cup: Why Sharktopus FC gets a rematch
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/46687807/the-chaos-us-open-cup-why-sharktopus-gets-rematch
2 months ago
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Brooklyn FC tabs USMNT great Brian McBride as first GM
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Brooklyn FC tabs USMNT great Brian McBride as first GM
McBride is heading back into management in USL after his role as U.S. men's national team general manager
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6736600/2025/10/21/brooklyn-fc-brian-mcbride-gm-usmnt-usl-championship/
2 months ago
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Vintage store almost got my money today.
3 months ago
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How do US soccer fans feel about the men's team 8 months before the World Cup?
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How do US soccer fans feel about the men's team 8 months before the World Cup?
The World Cup is eight months away. We asked USMNT fans in Austin how they feel about the team as the tournament approaches.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/dynamo/article/world-cup-usmnt-fans-feel-team-8-months-out-21094518.php
3 months ago
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After years of winning back his Juventus place, Weston McKennie aims to do same for USMNT
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After years of winning back his Juventus place, Weston McKennie aims to do same for USMNT
McKennie has endured an annual grind to prove his worth for his club. After much time away, he must replicate that for his country
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6704202/2025/10/09/weston-mckennie-usmnt-return-juventus-pochettino-world-cup/
3 months ago
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Local leaders team up, call for ‘greater collaboration’ over planned NE Revolution stadium in Everett.
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Local leaders team up, call for ‘greater collaboration’ over planned Revs stadium in Everett
"A transparent, inclusive dialogue will ensure that a new stadium for the Revolution will strengthen the entire region," Malden Mayor Gary Christenson said.
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/10/local-leaders-team-up-call-for-greater-collaboration-over-planned-revs-stadium-in-everett.html
3 months ago
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Why Jordi Alba’s retirement shuts off one of Lionel Messi’s most telepathic supply lines
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Why Jordi Alba’s retirement shuts off one of Lionel Messi’s most telepathic supply lines
Across more than 400 games together, the two players have combined to bypass opponents with predictable ease
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6700582/2025/10/09/jordi-alba-lionel-messi-relationship-mls-barcelona/
3 months ago
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‘Its mediocrity has grown on me’: time almost up for intimate stopgap stadium Messi calls home.
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‘Its mediocrity has grown on me’: time almost up for intimate stopgap stadium Messi calls home
The club will finally begin playing in Miami next season. For local fans near Chase Stadium there are mixed emotions
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/09/inter-miami-chase-stadium-farewell-mls
3 months ago
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Orlando City eyed Tottenham's Richarlison in summer - sources
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Sources: Orlando eyed summer Richarlison deal
The MLS club wanted to sign the Brazil international to a long-term contract ahead of the 2026 World Cup
https://www.espn.com.au/football/story/_/id/46528562/richarlison-orlando-city-transfer-tottenham-mls
3 months ago
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LAFC’s Denis Bouanga is thriving with his new strike partner: ‘I feel so good with Sonny on the pitch’
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LAFC’s Denis Bouanga is thriving with his new strike partner: ‘I feel so good with Sonny on the pitch’
Any questions about how the Gabon international would gel with Son Heung-min have been put to rest after a historic scoring run
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/30/lafc-denis-bouanga-heung-min-son-mls-scoring-record
3 months ago
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Thomas Muller Digs Out Vancouver Mentality, Strives for Culture Change
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Thomas Muller Digs Out Vancouver Mentality, Strives for Culture Change
The six-time DFB Pokal winner could make history for Vancouver in the first-ever “604 Derby.”
https://www.si.com/soccer/thomas-muller-vancouver-mentality-strives-culture-change
3 months ago
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3 months ago
what if we kissed on the pretty freight machine
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In San Diego for the opening of
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’s Right to Dream Academy and it’s beyond impressive. Residential dorms, training facilities and fields for youth (from both sides of the border) and 1st team on one mega-campus. I’m in love.
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3 months ago
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This gas station in Highlands, NJ has very clearly not been visited by their Red Bull rep in a looooong minute.
3 months ago
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New Miami FC stadium will be part of $337M hub
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New Miami FC stadium will be part of $337M hub
New Miami FC stadium will be part of $337M Sports Performance Hub in Homestead, Fla. Investors in the project include former NBA star Manu Ginobili, retired international soccer star Juan Sebastian Ve...
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/09/19/new-miami-fc-stadium-will-be-part-of-337m-hub/
4 months ago
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As Atlanta United flounders, would a Tata Martino reunion be the right play?
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As Atlanta United flounders, would a Tata Martino reunion be the right play?
Despite heightened expectations, Atlanta will miss the MLS playoffs, and if a coaching change is in the offing, a familiar face is available
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6635898/2025/09/19/tata-martino-atlanta-united-ronny-deila-mls/
4 months ago
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Son Heung-Min delivering MLS, LAFC a star on and off field
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Son Heung-Min delivering MLS, LAFC a star on and off field
So much of the conversation around LAFC F Son Heung-Min’s signing was about how important he would be for the Korean community, or how much he would raise the profile of MLS -- but what is perhaps mis...
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/09/19/son-heung-min-delivering-mls-lafc-a-star-on-and-off-field/
4 months ago
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Brazil is a serious country.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Seth Stammler was the best MetroStar.
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4 months ago
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Absolute heater from LAFC and NTS Radio. 10/10. Would cop.
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