oh my goodness Olise

Michael Olise gets it: curling an insurance goal is a million times cooler (and more effective, I suppose) than loitering in the corner. Best team in Europe goes through.

Matt Crocker spoke and acted in the long term, but was only around for the short. @jeffrueter.bsky.social on the departing USSF Sporting Director: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

NEW: Sporting directors are chronic mid-to-long-term planners. After Matt Crocker’s sudden exit, US Soccer is left to wait and hope his initiatives will pay off. An attempt to assess incomplete work as Crocker bolts for Saudi Arabia, on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🇨🇦 What on earth is going on with CF Montreal? 🔥 Which MLS coaches are on the hot seat? ✨ Red Bull youngsters continue to shine! Today's 𝐌𝐋𝐒 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 episode👇

This essay by @terrygodier.bsky.social is both beautiful to read and absolutely right (plus he’s a fellow F91-W stan) terrygodier.com/phantom-obli...

I'm joining @usatodaysports.usatoday.com as the National Soccer Writer! Read more about our plans there & the future of beloved newsletter Getting CONCACAFed: open.substack.com/pub/getconca...

Over the weekend, CF Montréal dismisses Marco Donadel. On Tuesday, Mascherano resigns his post. Coincidence? I think SO!

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👋 from the WNBA draft! Excited to be here on a fun night for basketball doing some live-blogging for @us.theguardian.com. Link below!

Dianna Russini didn’t just put her own credibility at risk. She jeopardized that of every other woman in sports, too.

Assez clair, non ? « For a sporting market that’s only two decades removed from the painful relocation of baseball’s beloved Expos, CF Montréal have become a worryingly neglected holdover begging for restoration. » #CFMTL www.theguardian.com/football/202...

NEW: CF Montréal changed coaches, as serious clubs do when form dips. But this is no serious club, by MLS (or any) standard. Bologna's sibling club treated like baloney. Plus! Phil Neville outlasts a rotated LAFC, Bruce Arena: Year 2 ctd., and more. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Want to save the World Cup from the sorts of hosts who would like to have it primarily to extract its cultural and geopolitical clout? Decentralize the thing. Me @theguardian.com

I can't recommend The Long Game enough for fans of domestic soccer and the USMNT alike. Leander deftly balances the hard evidence with engrossing anecdotes, making it easy to laugh *with* and *at* the program's fits and starts. A book like no other I've read on this topic. Enjoyed it quite a lot!

Big ups to my peaceful, prized friend @wesburdine.bsky.social

NEW: CF Montréal changed coaches, as serious clubs do when form dips. But this is no serious club, by MLS (or any) standard. Bologna's sibling club treated like baloney. Plus! Phil Neville outlasts a rotated LAFC, Bruce Arena: Year 2 ctd., and more. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Always worth reading Jeff Rueter's MLS roundup. #RCTID www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Digging through the last five years of CF Montréal and found this from Justin Kingsley, the creative director behind the Club de Foot rebrand as well as a marketer for United 2026. "Underestimate us, underestimate our team and our coach. I invite you to." And they've taken that to heart!

my god lmao

Reached a point with FIFA World Cup coverage where it feels like repeating things from previous weeks/months/years columns, so now moving towards what's being done to fight back against the way football is going and the alternatives for fans and for the game. This weekend's Morning Star column.

Good morning. 🍒

ICE pulled over a man in Patterson, CA + shot him 6 times, hitting his face. ICE now says he is part of a gang in LA – a city he has no connection to. Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, 36, now in ICU, says he's "never ever been in a gang" + was shot without justification www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In a sense, Zack Steffen had a Europa League-worthy performance in Toronto.

NEW: A bit of appreciation for Julián Alvarez, with free kicks like yesterday's evidence of his leading-man chops. No wonder he's already back in demand with Barcelona circling and Atléti desperate to retain. On the world-class Argentine chameleon: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

Bowing at the eroding altar of the away goals tiebreaker

Put differently: most Americans would rather hold out hope of someday being in on the grift than hold grifters accountable to the law.

The 13 FIFA World Cup matches on Canadian soil are expected to cost at least CDN$1 billion in taxpayer money, according to a Radio-Canada investigation Toronto original planned hosting costs: $30-45 mil; now estimated @ $380 mil+ Vancouver: $240 mil➡️$624 mil+ 🍁💸 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Just Undo It ™️

source call out for a Guardian story: I am pretty sure a lot of progressive/leftist Christians follow me... if that's you and you're involved in faith-based organizing and mutual aid right now, please get in touch over Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68

Watch today's 𝐌𝐋𝐒 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 with @taylorrockwell.bsky.social, @joeclowery.bsky.social & @jeffrueter.bsky.social on YouTube 📺

Atlanta United can't press effectively and Tata Martino's game model is all out of whack because of it. I dug into a maddening performance that's a symptom of a major issue with this roster. open.substack.com/pub/fivestri...

Trump’s own words, posted publicly and tied to a specific deadline and set of demands, provide unusually direct evidence of intent to violate international law

after reading the full article, Jessica Berman might be the GOAT consultant-style speaker

NEW: MLS resumed play after the March intl window, marked by the rare emotional hit that accompanies long range goals (intended and otherwise). Plus: Son plays provider, Steffen's shift to forget, Yeboah the matchwinner, Farrington-Musa, Philly bad, and CHARA🟨👑. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“Everybody's worst nightmare was a scoreless tie” “I do remember Sunil Gulati at the hotel afterwards, or maybe it was in the press conference, saying something like ‘thank God for Eric Wynalda,’ which probably is the only time any U.S. Soccer administrator ever said that about Eric.”

Happy 30th birthday to MLS, which kicked off on this day in 1996. Great highlight package for those love no-nonsense, black Umbro boot soccer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xar8...

NEW: John Eustance declined to speculate on Patrick Agyemang's status after the US striker exited Derby's match on a stretcher. "Hopefully, it’s not as bad as what it might be. Until we get the scan results, we’ll have to wait and see.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

NEW: MLS resumed play after the March intl window, marked by the rare emotional hit that accompanies long range goals (intended and otherwise). Plus: Son plays provider, Steffen's shift to forget, Yeboah the matchwinner, Farrington-Musa, Philly bad, and CHARA🟨👑. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

King of Cards 🟨 Diego Chara is now the MLS all-time leader in yellows

Did some #USMNT World Cup squad predicting w/ @jeffrueter.bsky.social & @mlsist.bsky.social. Pretty wild how we all made slightly different picks yet we will assuredly somehow all be proven correct! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

It’s giving this.

NEW: A frustrating March window begs tough questions about Mauricio Pochettino’s squad for the World Cup. @anabnos.com, @mlsist.bsky.social, and I picked our #USMNT rosters, and disagreed on… - GK3 - Two defense roles - NO midfield spots - AM3 - ST3 Hear us out: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

An international break that many expected to provide clarity has instead provided fresh reasons to doubt the tournament co-hosts

Sorry no insulin for Grandma, we are busy giving Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‘s more extremist son control of the Strait of Hormuz

Chelsea-Arsenal is a hell of an epic at this point, especially since Blackstenius' header was disallowed.

Analysis: Most justices seemed skeptical of the administration’s argument, despite Trump’s unprecedented appearance