From @mediabyhenry.bsky.social: FIFA canceled 2,000 of its 10,000 hotel room reservations in Philadelphia last week, exercising a last-minute opt-out clause in its contract. This follows a reported cancellation of 40% of its bookings in Mexico City. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

"Raise your fists and get stuck in - we will forever be on top" Hannover 96 vs. Eintracht Braunschweig (2. Bundesliga) The 184th #Niedersachsenderby (Lower Saxony Derby)

Three games to watch in Germany this weekend: 🎉Rheinderby between Köln and Gladbach 🏆2nd placed Darmstadt host 1st placed Schalke 🦓MSV Duisburg face 1860 Munich in 3.Liga www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCda...

New Gegenpressing Transfer Show. @sbienkowski.bsky.social and I chat: 🐂Rocco Reitz joins RB Leipzig 🐻Bayern Munich sign new midfielder 🇽🇰Chelsea & Bayern want Asllani 🐦Brighton want Said El Mala gegenpressing.substack.com/p/transfer-s...

New Gegenpressing Transfer Show. @sbienkowski.bsky.social and I chat: 🐂Rocco Reitz joins RB Leipzig 🐻Bayern Munich sign new midfielder 🇽🇰Chelsea & Bayern want Asllani 🐦Brighton want Said El Mala gegenpressing.substack.com/p/transfer-s...

New Gegenpressing Pod. @sbienkowski.bsky.social, @danwighton.bsky.social and I discuss: 💊Leverkusen's UCL exit 🦖Are Arsenal Europe's best team? 🐻Or are Bayern Europe's best team? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Another historic night for Kane 🇩🇪Does the Bundesliga need to be better in Europe?

To work within the salary cap, the best MLS teams see their budget-friendly players produce. With a youth movement featuring a rising attacker, that's what Red Bull New York is doing, says @benwright.bsky.social. Read up on Julian Hall — and more from around MLS ⤵️

Rocco Reitz will join RB Leipzig next summer. But while on the pitch he will be a loss for Gladbach, the transfer also provides the Foals with a big opportunity to restructure the squad. gegenpressing.substack.com/p/why-sellin...

New CanMNT kits, launched. 87 days to go. The World Cup is coming to Canada 🇨🇦

Monday Bulletin: HSV beat Köln, Chukwuemeka switch to Austria, lucky pigeon helps Mainz, Nicolas Jackson loan bust As always! Free to read on Gegenpressing! gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...

New Bundesliga Gegenpressing Pod. @matt4d.bsky.social, @danwighton.bsky.social and I chat: 🔷 HSV's individual quality 🇲🇨 Köln ahead of must-win derby 📈 Relegation battle 🔴 And what are Bayern moaning about? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnyX...

🐦 Werder Bremen pigeon update on Gegenpressing Plus: 🔷 HSV's individual quality 🇲🇨 Köln ahead of must-win derby 📈 Relegation battle 🔴 And what are Bayern moaning about? 🎙️ #Bundesliga podcast with @manuelveth.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Gegenpressing Monday Bulletin including bits from me on: 🔷 How HSV have overtaken Köln 🐦 How a pigeon helped Mainz 🟢 Why Bremen are so harmless Plus more from @manuelveth.bsky.social, @sbienkowski.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social #bundesliga gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...

Another brilliant night by the Whitecaps as they dismantled Minnesota United on James’ debut. Story for Transfermarkt www.transfermarkt.us/destroyed-by...

23,885 to see the Whitecaps demolish the Loons. Both Müller and James are on for what is another brilliant night at BC Place.

The way this has been going, with the Whitecaps demolishing Minnesota United in a little less than 25 minutes, I would be surprised if we see Müller against James for the first time ever today.

On location today for Whitecaps against Minnesota. Might get to see James, maybe? Could be the first time he and Thomas Müller play against one another.

Example 2464, Carl Zeiss Jena in downtown Vancouver close to Canada Place.

German ultras are everywhere. Example 2463, Darmstadt in downtown Victoria.

Sounds like folks who show up at tonight’s #Canucks game with a paper bag for headwear will be escorted out and could be banned.

Tonight’s game-winning goal scored at 8:17:02 EST by Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar was officially the 25,000th regular-season goal scored in MLS history.

What happens when athletes, like the Iranian footballers, defect? This is a piece about some of them, including an amazing man called Paul Szabo, a Romanian fencer who walked out of the Olympic village in 1976 & has been in Canada ever since www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

New Three Games to Watch in Germany this week episode for Gegenpressing. ⬆️3. Liga promotion fight 🏰HSV host 1. FC Köln 👹Südwest Derby between FCK & KSC youtu.be/69vD5N4t9f0?...

I guess I won’t have to go to Spokane now. Maybe next time…

New Three Games to Watch in Germany this week episode for Gegenpressing. ⬆️3. Liga promotion fight 🏰HSV host 1. FC Köln 👹Südwest Derby between FCK & KSC youtu.be/69vD5N4t9f0?...

Man it looks like there is only five people at BC Place tonight against the Sounders. I get it, it’s midweek. But I just wish Concacaf and MLS would do a better job marketing this. I mean this is actually a rivalry match.

#Narrative!

I was at that roundtable last month, and thought some of the headlines that came out from that were interesting. At no point did he say that he wasn't going to make the Germany switch. In fact, he clearly said in that conversation that he was in touch with the DFB. Prost!

Noahkai Banks leaning towards Germany – World Cup not a decisive factor in decision www.transfermarkt.us/noahkai-bank...

Leverkusen against Arsenal reaction show with @sbienkowski.bsky.social and @matt4d.bsky.social gegenpressing.substack.com/p/leverkusen...

Leverkusen against Arsenal reaction show in 12 minutes. Join @sbienkowski.bsky.social, @matt4d.bsky.social and myself as we try to break it all down. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Feels like proper karma that Arsenal get scored on by Robert Andrich from a corner.

Bayern Munich smash Atalanta but lose Alphonso Davies to another injury @sbienkowski.bsky.social, @matt4d.bsky.social and I break it all down on Gegenpressing gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bayern-mun...

Going live with @matt4d.bsky.social and @manuelveth.bsky.social to discuss the Bayern game in about 10 minutes: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I can't wait for all the hot takes about Bayern rushing him back. If the player and the medical staff say the player is good to go, then you have to play him, how else is he going to build up that match fitness?

Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies and then just before the final whistle Jonas Urbig all off with injuries for Bayern. 6-1 up after the first leg. But at this rate will they have enough players to kick off the second leg?

Another Alphonso Davies injury. Hopefully it isn't anything serious, especially ahead of the World Cup this summer. Also huge implications here for Bayern, considering the massive deal they signed him too last season.

In 2024, Sabrina Wittmann became the first woman to coach professional team in Germany. Gegenpressing caught up with Wittmann to discuss her career, and her aspirations for the future. gegenpressing.substack.com/p/a-trailbla...

The No. 2 source of commercial revenue for MLS teams is gambling sponsorships. No. 1 is healthcare. (Of course these are sources of revenues unavailable to the Whitecaps.)

Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah have just been issued lifetime suspensions from Major League Soccer for betting on MLS matches. "After reviewing the results of the investigation, MLS concluded that the players engaged in extensive gambling on soccer, including on their own teams."

The new #Bundesliga Monday Bulletin is here. This week @matt4d.bsky.social, @danwighton.bsky.social, and I cover: 🐐Köln enter relegation battle 🎄Werder resurgent 🐝Beier to replace Brandt? 🐻Bayern debut Maycon Cardozo 🇩🇪...and much more! gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...

Demolition has begun for the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks. #Canucks #NHL www.timescolonist.com/national-spo...

Three games to watch across Germany this weekend: 🏛️The true Klassiker 2️⃣Bochum against Lautern 🚂 Lokomotive host Jena youtu.be/aFO2j96t3j8?...

What if…? What if Beckenbauer had picked 1860 or Netzer stayed at Gladbach or Schalke had won the title in 2001 or Dortmund never gone bankrupt? The ultimate alternative Bundesliga history. gegenpressing.substack.com/p/what-if-an...

Three games to watch across Germany this weekend: 🏛️The true Klassiker 2️⃣Bochum against Lautern 🚂 Lokomotive host Jena youtu.be/aFO2j96t3j8?...

Good Bundesliga representation here at Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island

What if…? What if Beckenbauer had picked 1860 or Netzer stayed at Gladbach or Schalke had won the title in 2001 or Dortmund never gone bankrupt? The ultimate alternative Bundesliga history. gegenpressing.substack.com/p/what-if-an...

Bundesliga brings in new financial regulations - How will that impact your club? @sbienkowski.bsky.social, @matt4d.bsky.social and I break it all down! gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bundesliga...

Also the Monday Bulletin is free to read for everyone!