WHAT A SHOW 👏 If you missed it, no worries! The chaos @tombogert.bsky.social, @empiregass.bsky.social, @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social and surprise guest @mattdoyle.bsky.social is now up on all listening platforms 🎧 Spoiler: it gets a little wild!

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🇩🇪🇨🇦 Sources: The Vancouver Whitecaps are closing in on total agreement on personal terms with legend Thomas Müller. Only final details remain. TAM in 2025, DP in 2026 ➕ Vancouver still in negotiations w/ Cincinnati for discovery rights w/ @jacobsben.bsky.social www.givemesport.com/thomas-mulle...

@andrew-wiebe.bsky.social‬ joined this week's preview pod to talk Loons with Jonathan Harrison and Manny Lagos ahead of our showdown with Seattle Watch » https://utd.mn/4juu7vc

Anyone want to see @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social's level of concentration when shooting off a shitpost in the group chat?

🚨 May is ALS Awareness Month 🚨 ALS hits close to home. My dad was diagnosed in January 2024. Donate if you can, but more importantly educate yourself, so it's not a mystery should it pop up in your life and so the families living w/ such a cruel disease don't do so alone.

"There is such a strong structure that every player can perform on a similar level in the structure." "I'm amazed about the players’ performances, because I think it is not normal." Another shout for my @whitecapsfc.com feature as we count down to #CCCFever: www.mlssoccer.com/news/how-van...

Really enjoyed this conversation with Cameron Meyer at Soccer America about my new role on Sunday Night Soccer. To be in a position to even have this conversation in such a legacy soccer publication? Man, it's an honor! url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/UYHsCPNgxG...

The primary transfer window in MLS closes next Wednesday. Here are the five stories to watch before the window closes www.givemesport.com/mls-transfer...

@soccerwisehq.bsky.social is massive. Shouts to @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social for the selfie. #AllForCITY

Atlanta's in some trouble, RBNY seem to have another disappointing DP 9, Brian White bags four & everything else from around MLS on Matchday 8. Mostly, though, I'm frustrated that it took so long for St. Louis to show any interest in attacking soccer. www.mlssoccer.com/news/portlan...

Days like this (every day) I miss Extratime terribly.

💣🇭🇺 BREAKING: The Columbus Crew have agreed a deal to acquire to star attacking midfielder Daniel Gazdag from the Philadelphia Union, per sources. Cash trade, sources add. www.givemesport.com/columbus-cre...

Picked up the older son from school to watch Arsenal (his Euro team) vs. Real Madrid. Moment that third goal went in, he was headed down to the basement to bang the ball against the wall. Comes up every couple minutes to check the score and pantomime shooting. Beautiful game.

Should Messi's goal have counted? What about that Kerwin Vargas goal for Charlotte? Bumper crop of MLS MD7 #InstantReplay! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEk5...

Look at the "straight lines" on the field. Do they look straight? If they don't, do we think a vertical line will tell us who is or isn't offside?!?!

[I posted on X but some have asked me to post here ... and I still suck at that sooooo here ya go] There are many things I could say about Peter Vermes and what he means to MLS / Sporting KC, but I expect those have been or will be said. True legend. Here’s what he meant to me early in my career…

Pretty fun game in Atlanta Sunday evening - Messi & Friends visiting The House That Miggy Built. Deputizing for @mattdoyle.bsky.social on the SNS preview, with a couple of key passes from @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social: www.mlssoccer.com/news/atlanta...

Free Newsletter: I had some thoughts on the U22 initiative, and how to use it well. Plus five teams that need to make moves before the window closes next month, plus some help from @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social previewing Sunday Night Soccer. open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

Sources: Real Salt Lake looking both international and domestic for a center forward. Aim is to have one signed before end of window, hopefully soon. RSL have called around MLS about: Duncan McGuire, Brian White, Willy Agada and Tani Oluwaseyi. www.givemesport.com/mls-transfer...

Here goes nothing. Follow me on the ‘gram. I’ll take you around the country for #SundayNightSoccer! www.instagram.com/whereswiebe?...

Free newsletter: My Power Rankings from matchday 1, and a fun chat with Gass on @soccerwisehq.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

First #InstantReplay of the MLS season! 🐶 DOGSO for Tomas Aviles or soft red? 🟥 Should Guti have been sent off for violent conduct? 🤔 Was Yedlin no-call a penalty or nah? My take on every controversial decision! Watch on YouTube or #MLSSeasonPass! www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqa...

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠: MLS Winners and Losers ⬆️⬇️ Every week, @joeclowery.bsky.social dives into the standout performances and trends from around MLS. From San Diego FC to the Chicago Fire, here's who's climbing (and who's crashing) after opening weekend ⤵️ www.backheeled.com/mls-winners-...

Armchair Analyst: LAFC find some answers, Houston's quality concerns, Georgi Minoungou is A PROBLEM & more from Matchday 1. Including the Galaxy mostly failing their first 2025 "how do we play without Riqui?" test. www.mlssoccer.com/news/lafc-fi...

Gotta ask some serious questions

Me & @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social joined the boys on @soccerwisehq.bsky.social today for the annual Golden Boot draft. If you're missing ETR, here ya go! www.youtube.com/live/BdifGj8...

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The Partners in Soccerwise 2025 MLS Golden Boot Draft will be LIVE today at 1:45 PM EST with @empiregass.bsky.social, @tombogert.bsky.social (repping Tom/Calen), @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social and @mattdoyle.bsky.social 🏆 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ‼️ youtube.com/@SoccerwiseHQ

I am ... yeah uh ... yeah ... I will be on the show lol

Sources: Botafogo at final stages of deal to sign Santi Rodriguez from NYCFC. RodriVazquez95 1st reported. Reports in Brazil say the fee is a huge $17m.

That headache, the runny nose, the scratch at the back of your throat... yep, it's that time of year. #CCCFever szn is well and truly upon us, with ConcaChampions hitting full stride. So my editors asked me to rate the prospects of the 10 MLS participants: www.mlssoccer.com/news/concaca...

Free newsletter: Just submitted my first Power Rankings vote of the year for MLSsoccer.com. And I'll happily peel back the curtain for y'all. open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

If #FCCincy is able to find a trade partner for Luciano Acosta, it will require his permission. Sources confirmed that he has a no-trade clause. Potential roadblock for a move, but nothing decided either way, I'm told, with interest from Dallas/San Jose. queencitypress.net/2025/02/10/s...

As the son of an attorney who loves red text compare and contrast docs, this is speaking my language in every way.

“What’s simple for everybody else is a huge deal for us,” the owner of Haitian club Real Hope told me. They've persevered despite a tough situation & debut in the Concacaf Champions Cup tonight v Cruz Azul. Read more about the CCC's smallest minnow here: getconcacafed.substack.com/p/how-haitis...

🔴⚫️ Atlanta United have completed a new MLS league-record transfer to sign center forward Emmanuel Latte Lath from Middlesbrough, per sources. Atlanta will pay a fee of $22 million plus add-ons, the biggest deal in MLS history. w/ @jacobsben.bsky.social

Ku-DiPietro 2024: Injuries hurt, but mostly he wasn't a great fit in Lesesne's system. Ku-DiPietro 2023: One of the most dynamic & productive young attackers in the league in a system that prized the ball more. Love this for the Rapids.

🇺🇸🟣 Sources: The Colorado Rapids have acquired attacker Teddy Ku-DiPietro from D.C. United. Washington Post 1st reported. Sources say deal is $1.125m + $275k add-ons. Cash, not GAM. www.givemesport.com/colorado-rap...

D.C. United trading homegrown attacker Ted Ku-DiPietro to Colorado Rapids for $1.25 million cash and add-ons, per sources. #dcu #mls

MLS's $10m sales in the last year (profit) 7/1 - Giakoumakis $10m ($5.5m) 7/10 - Almada $21m ($5m) 7/22 - Wiley $10m ($10m) 8/17 - C. Gomez $11m ($7m) 1/1 - D. Gomez $14m ($11m) 1/3 - Torres $14m ($7m) 1/17 - Driussi $10m ($4m) 1/23 - Velazco $10m ($3m) 1/25 - Bogusz $10m ($8.5m) ?? - Cucho $16m

simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.

I realllllllllly wanna know what went down in terms of contract talks. Look at the fees Cincy and ATL just paid ... for players who ... and look I could be wrong ... are not as singularly impactful (goals + chance creation, positional versatility) in MLS and certainly not proven MLS MVP level.

Many things can be true on this Cucho deal... 1) Sucks to see him leave. MVP-caliber player/entertainer in prime. 2) 16M+ is a solid return, no doubt, but what happened w/ contract talks? 3) Pressure is now on Columbus FO to make a splash and keep this Cup window wide open.

🔴🐂 Sources: The New York Red Bulls have signed forward Lewis Morgan to a contract extension. Deal around max TAM. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Morgan wanted to stay and pledge future to the club despite interest elsewhere

🇨🇴🟡 BREAKING: Real Betis are nearing a deal to sign Cucho Hernadnez from the Columbus Crew, per sources. Pipe Sierra first reported. Cucho, 25, led Columbus to win MLS Cup in 2023, where he was named MVP of the final. He was 2nd in MVP voting last season www.givemesport.com/real-betis-n...

Well, the East just got a lot more open!

Swatting these B teams away like the flies they are

Free newsletter: The intra-league cash transfer market is beginning to work as intended, which means more incentives for every MLS team to spend more time & money developing young players. open.substack.com/pub/tacticsf...

The definition of why the MLS cash market was so needed. Player with talent and potential who wasn’t a fit for his team’s system moves to a team where his gifts will be better appreciated. McGlynn seen as a deep-lying playmaker for Dynamo. Hunt for DP 10 still on.