Some experts are calling it "the laziest day of all time"

If we all really commit to it as a society I think we can get Blade IV (plot obviously is AI industry run by vampires, Blade's had enough) made

Is an Uncut Gems+ Die Hard double feature, where the intermission is a sprint for food, a good idea? One man did his best to find out

An expert panel without a single Black voice on it? I knew y'all thought we weren't smart. I didn't think you'd be so blatant. I didn't even see CAF representation despite having CAF players listed. Before you get mad at me for pointing it out, look within.

Bay FC is one of the teams that has expressed interest in signing U.S. national team striker and former Stanford star Catarina Macario | @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...

We, and our fellow independent supporters groups, stand with the players.

The HIP rule, at least under the terms announced yesterday, isn't even half-baked.

Thought they were gonna have to carry Enow's contract for another year tbh. Safe to say his move to DCU did not work.

Done deal: Sean Johnson signs with D.C. United through June 2027 and becomes the starting keeper. Kim Joon Hong and Jordan Farr will battle for the No. 2 slot.

99 players qualify for NWSL's new HIP money. Only 16 aren't American or European. I made a list of all the players who are eligible to take advantage of the league's new rule that the NWSLPA seems to hate. (I also made a list of players who don't qualify, but probably, definitely should):

This IMO gets at a big problem: there isn't a lot of proven, elite coaching talent in woso due to the lack of resources. The pool is shallow, and it's going to take a long time & focused effort to expand. Until then, inexperienced folks or questionable CVs from broso are going to get gigs.

Armas' record as an MLS head coach over ~4.5 seasons: 65W-31D-72L.

Good deal for Chicago, I have no notes

NWSL Players Association Statement on League’s Unilateral Implementation of the High Impact Player Rule:

Anyway I was busy when this deeply unsurprising news dropped. Carle is quietly vital to the Spirit having so many tactical options they can use against opponents. Spirit deals ending in 2026 now down to 9: Kingsbury, Krueger, Wiesner, Santos, Sullivan, Ratcliffe, Brown, Hershfelt, & Stainbrook.

Meghann Burke made a very good point in the last "NWSL HIP or cap raise" news cycle. Teams are incentivized to spend the cap space well for the most obvious reason: they want to win soccer games. Soccer-side employees look players in the eye regularly, they see the price paid to do this. (1/2)

Heard buzz over 2025 that the league, owners, and possibly CSOs were all feeling that player power had gone too far in NWSL, and can't help but think today's HIP announcement is linked. Doesn't seem to have gone over well!

Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is: archive.org/details/60mi...

Sean Johnson's PSxG+/- in 2025 was +10.9, best in MLS (as a total & on a per-90 basis). However, a) he turns 37 in May, and b) some data: 2024 PSxG+/-: -1.4 (49th of 65 GKs) 2023 PSxG+/-: -2.8 (55th of 65 GKs) 2022 PSxG+/-: -0.6 (26th of 63 GKs)

Thread of farewell posts from Chicago, with Shea Groom, Cari Roccaro, & Ava Cook all apparently leaving the club

Trade reported here last week just announced by clubs: NY Red Bulls send center back Sean Nealis to D.C. United for $200k GAM in ‘26, $150k in ‘27. Nealis made $626,250 in ‘25, out of contract after ‘26.

I still shouldn't say who this was, but in the year 2021, NWSL chief soccer officers were discussing whether or not it made sense to institute a rule change to enable the league to make Macario a competitive offer. One CSO argued that she was just a college player who hadn't proved anything.

#USWNT forward Cat Macario is drawing interest from several #NWSL teams, sources tell ESPN. She's out of contract this summer. The NWSL's potential rule change for star players could play a role in how competitive NWSL teams will be. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Inbox: Boston Legacy has signed free agent Ella Stevens on a 2-year deal with a mutual option for 2028. Likely day-one starter somewhere in Boston's attack.

PSG forfeits 3 Prèmiere Ligue wins over issues with Florianne Jourde's ITC

It's gone. This story is being memory holed as we speak.

Tamara Bolt has posted her farewell to Dallas Trinity on Instagram. Her loan from the Spirit was for 2025 only, and she spent some time this summer training with the Spirit as well. Should be an interesting preseason in these parts. www.instagram.com/p/DSi5IahEWF...

AFCON is in session 👀 And what a better way to start the tournament than with an overhead GOLAZO by #Morocco attacker Ayoub El Kaabi 🤩

London City Lionesses have sacked their manager Jocelyn Prêcheur, with the newly-promoted club sitting sixth in the Women’s Super League table. Story for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Onside kick recovery in the final 2 minutes to set up a preposterously dramatic win in the final 30 seconds, that's canonically a @sandraherrera.bsky.social wedding gift from the Chicago Bears™

Spacehog on the Bears-Packers broadcast

Weston McKennie constantly helping Juventus despite Juventus spending each summer trying and failing to chase him out the door is an incredible bit

hey, join me in making things a little more bearable for trans kids: www.transanta.com

My ballot: Surprise - Abiodun Hero - Carle Defensive play - McKeown Assist - Kouassi Goal - Santos Candy Corn Crown - Kouassi

The Spirit Squadron’s statement on the ongoing negotiations regarding Trinity Rodman’s contract and the salary cap.

BREAKING: Select Boston Legacy games will be played at Centreville Bank Stadium (10,500 capacity) in Rhode Island next season. Gillette will still be the team's primary home in 2026, and venue assignments will be released when NWSL schedule comes out

a year after the #NWSL ditched the college draft, it officially unveiled the replacement — the combine I spent a few days in Florida getting a behind-the-scenes look at the league’s new incubator for playing (and coaching) talent www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

Rob Vincent scored one of the funniest goals in DCU history thanks to an indirect free kick placed just inside Chicago's six-yard box. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2aQ...

Adams to miss at least two months with torn MCL

They really "boys will be boys"-ed an almost impossibly antisemitic gesture, really mind-blowing stuff

Folks this scarf has been in the back seat of my car since the afternoon of the Spirit-Thorns semifinal. Still glad to get it to its actual owner, if we can find that person somehow

This is how everyone feels about every one of my posts

Expecting D.C. United to complete a trade with NY Red Bulls for center back Sean Nealis (144 starts) for financial considerations, per sources. #mls

hi and bye from vacation www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

Once I felt like I had a handle on NWSL coverage, so many problems seemed to boil down to "can we get out of our own way?" That was like 10 years ago, and even with undeniable, major progress, I feel like "can we get out of our own way?" is still the big question in women's sports.

The most MLS thing of this 2026 MLS draft may have been Colorado using the 6th pick, which they received from Toronto in exchange for an assistant coach and a video analyst, to select a player already in the Colorado Rapids system.