The #USMNT's Round of 16 exit means they get $16M in prize money (prizes increased from original December announcement). Per CBAs, they + #USWNT's 26 players at 2027 WC each get 40% of that. How that breaks down, and what's ahead for prize sharing in 2027 (Infantino had previously teased equal $)👇

The #USMNT's Round of 16 exit means they get $16M in prize money (prizes increased from original December announcement). Per CBAs, they + #USWNT's 26 players at 2027 WC each get 40% of that. How that breaks down, and what's ahead for prize sharing in 2027 (Infantino had previously teased equal $)👇

Argentina's win probability at the 78th min: 0.6%

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

🎶Ain't no drama like World Cup knockout drama🎶

EEEEEEEEEgyyyyyyyyyppppptttt 🤯 Another counterattack. 2-0 for real this time.

VAR really said back that play up 110 yards for this minor incident. Within protocols but, man, Argentina gets a huge break.

Pausa de hidratación en interiores... es necesaria para Argentina ahora contra Egipto. 👀

One more tangent to Gotham, Queens, and the wider #NWSL picture. I asked commissioner Jessica Berman if it could be a future NWSL Championship site. No hesitation: "Absolutely." A team in NYC proper also theoretically helps media rights.

NYC Mayor and Ball-Knower Zohran Mamdani reps a Gotham FC jacket for the announcement of the #NWSL team's move to Queens. Jessica Berman has talked about local gov support needed for teams, incumbent + expansion. It's clear here from Mamdani & Co., not for the 1st time. That's good for NWSL HQ, too.

Gotham to Queen was inevitable, as was polarizing reaction. NJ fans feel left behind. More favorable to wider NYC population. It's a better drive from CT (the stories I have about Harrison...). The team obviously feels there is more upside: geography + own locker room etc. Gotham 4.0

#NWSL NEWS: Gotham FC is moving to Etihad Park in Queens in 2028. The team will have its own locker room and can customize most digital signage to make it feel like its own stadium. Jessica Berman tells ESPN that Gotham playing in NYC "is incredibly valuable to the league." More details 👇

4-1 Belgium. The USMNT is out of the World Cup on home soil in the Round of 16. Each co-host bounced on three successive days. There were some passing moments of pressure from the U.S. but that was a really disappointing performance. Poor with lapses and lacked urgency throughout.

The U.S. had the pressure and momentum to get an equalizer in those opening 10 minutes of the second half, making that mistake and goal all the more deflating. Pulisic off hurt, Dest already off from halftime, Lukaku about to come on for Belgium. Monumental task to even get to extra time.

The briefest of celebrations for the United States. Box marking issues strike for the second time as Tim Ream just gets outjumped inside the six. 2-1 Belgium.

Malik Tillman, the man's foot is magic over a dead ball.

Really, though, it's been 15+ minutes of the United States under siege. Belgium leads 1-0 and keeps knocking on the door for another. The U.S. has been pinned in, scrambling defensively, and coughing up the ball on a rare outlet attempt. Very bad start!

Somebody get the White House on the phone. Surely the U.S. is allowed to a do-over for this wretched start.

And they're off in Seattle, where the scenes look glorious.

Lineups are out. Folarin Balogun starts for the #USMNT, to no surprise Balogun Pulisic McKennie Dest Adams Tillman A. Robinson Ream Richards Freeman Freese Surprises with Belgium: Kevin de Bruyne and Jérémy Doku are on the bench.

By the end of July, a red card is just going to become a three-minute stint in a penalty box set up next to the fourth official.

One half of me can’t believe this are real sentences being said during this World Cup and the other half somehow knew all along that these sentences would be said during this World Cup

Wake up, people, the slow roast of wacky #USMNT gameday continues from overnight

Harry Kane almost literally speechless with a hoarse voice post game. A match not to be forgotten.

That's as entertaining of a game you'll ever see. The goals, the saves, the misses, the atmosphere, the tension. England's defensive resilience down a player was a masterclass. Jordan Pickford stood on his head in goal. Pure, maximum adrenaline kind of game.

England showing they could have handled the Concacaf Hex qualifying grind 🫡

Man, this game is absolutely nuts 😅 chef's kiss drama

This game has not disappointed. Chaos and theater on tap.

Three goals in six minutes from a game that is suddenly popping. England leads 2-1 in Mexico City. Clutch goal from Quiñones to shift momentum before the half.

What a save by Jordan Pickford to prevent the Azteca from erupting early. Cagey start to this game, no real flow either way.

Ice cold from Sophia Wilson tonight: goal, assist, great flick-ons. Thorns thrash Louisville in Portland. #NWSL

A little demoralizing, a lot of a gut check half for Racing Louisville. They did a lot right in the press, rang the crossbar twice in 21 minutes, then lacked good box defending and trail Portland 3-0 at the half. A microcosm of their season to a degree. #NWSL

Quite a result for Chicago after the break, and a tough way for Utah to return after a spectacular start to the season.

THE FIVE-TIME WORLD CUP WINNERS, BRAZIL, ARE ELIMINATED IN THE ROUND OF 16 BY NORWAY 🤯 The most successful team in the competition’s history will have to wait another four years 🇧🇷

Mbappe: 7 goals Messi : 7 goals Haaland: 7 goals A WORLD CUP GOLDEN BOOT RACE FOR THE AGES 😱

Yet again, the stutter-step penalty fails.

Early warning shot from Norway. If that through ball gets played a touch earlier when it should have been played, it's inside and it stands as 1-0.

Extraordinary development that raises so many questions.

I like how FIFA says "this is in line with Article 27 of our disciplinary code" and you expect it to be something about the specific reasons when they can undo improper VAR decisions or a review of the specific play but its just "we can undo suspensions if we decide to undo suspensions" lmao

Early #NWSL kickoff in Rhode Island. Two new additions to their respective teams are starting: Lilly Reale for Boston and Kennedy Fuller for Bay FC.

Berger's life on the edge (of midfield) gets Gotham burned late searching for an equalizer. Trinity Byars taps it into an empty net, and the Wave will stay top of the #NWSL to start July. Tepid showing from Gotham tonight.

Melanie Barcenas does some of the most outrageous stuff in the #NWSL in flashes. If she can start putting together consistent 90s (don't forget she's still 18 years old) she's going do big things.

Ashley Sanchez now has nine goals this year, two off of Barbra Banda's pace for the NWSL Golden Boot. Career year after shifting to a wider role.

Thought about this France-Paraguay game to get our suddenly hooked 5-year-old in a stadium but woof, bless your souls out there, Philly. (Brazil-Norway weather at least looks bearable — except for T-storms? — but the get-in price sure isn't)

Strong second half from Morocco, and Canada is the first of three 2026 World Cup hosts eliminated.

Hello, old friend. #NWSL

NWSL's gonna win its first Sports Emmy for this ref cam solely because of Marta.

The goals are flowing in #NWSLAfterDark. Denver and Orlando currently getting rude welcomes to July.

Denver's back line is getting torched by Kansas City right now, but they've got a lifeline after Lo'eau LaBonta skies a penalty (0 for 2 on the season) and it retrospectively makes Eva Gaetino's 'give them the PK' moment a la Luis Suarez handball (only a yellow!) pay off.

Well, the #NWSL sure is back. Houston equalized in DC in the 89th minute, and Trinity Rodman answered with this '90+4 winner (and reaction) for her second goal and a Washington Spirit win in the sweltering heat.