Liga MX Femenil takes the front page of El Universal's sports section after yesterday's dramatic first leg of the final

Linking back to this article because lol Gil Mora scored a panenka tonight that put Xolos up 2-1 in a Liga MX playoff game

Liga MX Femenil final 1st leg HT: Club America 3-0 Tigres FT: Club America 3-3 Tigres Tigres' three goals were scored within 21 minutes lol

"It'd be like the city of Salinas qualifying for the World Cup," said Cesar, excitedly talking about Curacao for a little too long to his very patient wife late on a Tuesday night

Mexico since winning the Gold Cup: -Draw -Draw -Loss -Draw -Draw -Loss 😬

I went to Curacao in 2019 & wrote a Goal USA story in which the great vibes of the retrofitted school bus the team uses to get around the island was the big star. Getting to the Gold Cup was the big deal then. Now, Curacao is into the World Cup. Incredible. www.goal.com/en-us/news/n...

Sorry I meant The Sebastian Berhalter AND Alex Freeman Show

How was the 1st half of Mexico v Paraguay? Stats pointing to Mexico with more possession and a dangerous opportunity but Paraguay with more shots?

Makes sense that a crunching tackle would then lead to another big moment for Freeman at an NFL stadium

One of the best things about Berhalter out was that Poch brought Berhalter in

The Sebastian Berhalter Show

The end to Scotland v Denmark 🔥🔥🔥

Our 2nd annual @espn.com anonymous #NWSL general manager survey is here, and the clearest trend from hours of interviews over the past two months is what's now playing out: concern about the limitations of the salary cap, and the inability to retain and attract the world's top players (inc. #USWNT).

44 - The 2025 #NWSLChampionship between Washington Spirit and Gotham FC will be the 44th meeting between the teams in all competitions, surpassing Seattle vs. Portland as the most played fixture between two #NWSL teams. Ultimate.

at 37' Jacquie Ovalle has 0.93 xG and the other 21 players combined have 0.06

El Tri looked better, but that's still a 0-0 for Aguirre and crew

Doesn't seem serious, but something for San Diego fans to keep an eye on. Chucky Lozano brought off after an injury. But for El Tri, now another big opportunity for Gil Mora.

lol, only El Tri fans, booing your own goalkeeper every time he touches the ball because he's not the local LMX goalkeeper that's on the bench

At the very least, gotta watch the Mexico game for seeing the new kits alone

Even though I'm still not sure how I feel about Arfsten --- his decision-making was a bit off in the final minutes --- I keep being impressed with him with each passing game. Seems to be growing in confidence and growing in significance to the USMNT.

FT: #usmnt 2-1 Paraguay. Deserved win for the U.S., which cranked up the pressure in the second half & finally broke through courtesy of Balogun's goal. Thought pressure by Tessmann and Aaronson was vital. All this while missing a lot of first choice players. A bit shaky at the end but US prevails.

Fairly physical 1st half, but still even between U.S. and Paraguay. USMNT need to get Balo more involved.

Some pre-game reading ahead of Roldan's start today

"I don't want to be known, especially with the national team, known as just a player that is known for his off-the-field stuff" "I want to be known for winning games...I want to be on the field kicking a player" How Roldan went from USMNT afterthought to Poch favorite www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Nothing quite like Concacaf World Cup qualifiers, next Tuesday is now must-watch soccer

Very specific non-soccer post, but it was annoying me for the longest time that Outlook wasn't sending scheduled emails. Someone on reddit recommended scheduling an email for a future date (so to myself in 2028 lol) and, somehow, voila, all other scheduled emails behind it are now going through

From ESPN colleague @lizzybecherano.bsky.social ...MLS approves calendar change, but there's no agreement yet with the MLS Players Association on the switch. One source described the talks between #MLS and the #MLSPA as "teetering". preview.espn.com/soccer/story...

Just a quick reminder

FT San Diego 4-0 Portland Some close calls earlier in the series, but SDFC got the job done tonight in emphatic style in their playoff win. No Chucky in the starting XI? No problem.

Atlanta will be the #NWSL's 17th team, adding to the league's rapid expansion (@theathletic.com first reported). Atlanta has been talked about as an NWSL market on and off for nearly a decade. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

And to think that they're doing this tonight with Chucky Lozano and Luca de la Torre on the bench

Hello again, playoff soccer. San Diego v Portland about to kickoff at Snapdragon Stadium

And speaking of North America, there may be nobody that's more representative of North American soccer than David Rodriguez. Playing professionally in Canada, born in Mexico, and with U.S. youth national team experience

Amazing story, and well done here by Cesar.

Is Adrian the hardest working man in sports commentary? Watching Toluca v America on Paramount and there he is again

Every time I watch Inter Miami I think about this and wonder why more teams don't do this

you have to respect the millennial efficiency of Messi doing what he needs to do at work but also maximizing time to just chill

With Hormiga leading the way, Chivas are suddenly looking like a dark horse for the Liga MX playoffs. What an end to the regular season.

Burky is an undusputed San Diego legend

Nothing is more dramatic or heartbreaking or euphoric in soccer like a penalty shootout

Hello old friend

Minnesota with 11 players: Allowed 2 goals in the first 8 minutes, losing 2-1 by HT Minnesota with 10 players: Up 3-2

Christina Burkenroad didn't have the same advantages of her high school teammates. She was worried about what she could eat, worried about where she could sleep. But that didn't stop the young San Diegan from dreaming. Soccer saved the future Mexican star. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Christina Burkenroad didn't have the same advantages of her high school teammates. She was worried about what she could eat, worried about where she could sleep. But that didn't stop the young San Diegan from dreaming. Soccer saved the future Mexican star. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

And Rayadas are the first to bring some #LigaMXFemenilAfterDark drama in the playoffs. Late equalizer against favorites Club America in the final minute of injury time in the 1st quarterfinal leg.

The latest #usmnt roster is out. Pepi, Reyna and Scally in, but Pulisic, Weah and McKennie(!) among those out. Injuries taking a toll for sure tho reason for McKennie’s absence is still unclear. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Now official (about the unofficial call-up), Canada announced this morning that Marcelo Flores will be joining November's call-up as a training player.

I've been told that Mexico's Marcelo Flores is currently working out the final details of possibly joining Canada's upcoming camp. Wouldn't be an official call-up, but as a training player in order to see the Canada project. The Athletic first to report the news. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Are you watching Obed Vargas, Javier Aguirre?

Pablo Sisniega should hold his head high, and as for San Diego's penalty takers, welp