RSL-Sounders ref assignments

WATCH: Talkin #RSL from @kutv2news.bsky.social features @briandunseth.bsky.social and @spencechecketts.bsky.social previewing the home opener Saturday v Seattle :: kutv.com/sports/real-...

Charlie is so good at these types of features – weaving in personal stories from the player, tactical fit, and historical MLS/USMNT context. Learn something new every time. Nobody does it better.

"He still coaches me now. He watches my games with me and gives me his insight, whether I listen or not!" You've heard about Real Salt Lake star Diego Luna. Now meet Zavier Didier Tapei Gozo, a talented kid both deeply Utahn and profoundly Ivorian, thanks to Dad: www.mlssoccer.com/news/zavier-...

Back in September, RSL hosted a red-hot LAFC side and got brutally trucked, 4-1 at home thanks to a Sonny hat trick. Yet the highlight of the night, a true worldie, came from a local teenager. Maybe it will turn out to be the world's introduction to the great Zavier Gozo. youtu.be/ycz6MmpDI6U?...

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MLS is moving to a fall-spring calendar in 2027, doing away with the summer scorchers and welcoming the frigid fixtures.

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#RSL boss Pablo Mastroeni joins @spencechecketts.bsky.social NIW on @espn700.bsky.social to preview Saturday opener v SEA

#MLSRefStats Match Day 2 @realsaltlake.com vs @soundersfc.com REF: Tori PENSO - 59th game AR1: Walt HEATHERLY - 91st AR2: Eduardo JEFF - 51st 4TH: Allen CHAPMAN - 93rd VAR: David BARRIE - 79th AVAR: Robert SCHAAP - 139th #RSLvSEA #RSL #Sounders

#RSL GOZO

When Mauricio Pochettino said the USMNT doesn't "have a lot of wingers”, Zavier Gozo took note. The rising 18-year-old attacker has big dreams — ones involving the national team and major European clubs. This is Gozo’s story. From @sanjaysujan.bsky.social ⤵️

Great stuff here from @andreaurbanfox.bsky.social for @fox13news.bsky.social previewing Saturday #RSL v SEA in 2026 home opener youtu.be/wy_Y-VPAQf8

Great stuff here from @andreaurbanfox.bsky.social for @fox13news.bsky.social previewing Saturday #RSL v SEA in 2026 home opener youtu.be/wy_Y-VPAQf8

#URFC fans! Check out this episode of Full Time! They interview a few of the league’s new rookies including our newest signing Kameron Simmonds! Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts! #COYR #NWSL @utahroyalsfc.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

ICYMI: #RSL CSO Kurt Schmid looks back at the VAN loss, ahead to home opener Saturday v SEA, discusses youth in rise, visa status, and injury updates as well podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

ICYMI: #RSL CSO Kurt Schmid looks back at the VAN loss, ahead to home opener Saturday v SEA, discusses youth in rise, visa status, and injury updates as well podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#RSL Chief Soccer Officer @kurtschmid.bsky.social joins @spencechecketts.bsky.social at 4:30p MT today to review 1-0 loss at VAN, look ahead to Saturday home opener v SEA, talk RSL Academy contributions, provide injury/visa updates as well! #TuneIn @espn700.bsky.social

Real Salt Lake didn’t get the result, but showed bravery, trust, and a mentality that suggests this group is far from fragile. Match recap from Vancouver ⤵️ shinkicker13.substack.com/p/brave-but-... If you enjoy the coverage, subscribe and tell your friends. It helps more than you think. #RSL

The #RSL first-choice XI for Saturday’s season opener was hardly first-choice. But a squad lacking talisman Diego Luna and DP Morgan Guilavogui and starting two teenagers put in a shift that came within a sliver of a result off the defending West champs. www.ksl.com/article/5145...

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Unhinged, shameful, evil incompetence, embarrassment, even for a Putin asset

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

In a sane timeline, this sentence alone would be the end of this guy’s career.

I don't love it but just for clarification sake the USA 250 patch is part of the America 250 program, which is the joint program set up by Congress years ago for the anniversary. Not the Freedom 250 org which is Trump's private slush fund run out of the White House.

🚨HAPPY MLS OPENING DAY🚨 With this day here, us at @kickbackcommittee.bsky.social are excited to roll out a new way to connect with fans: VOICEMAIL LINE (301) 893-4338 If you have any feelings of joy/despair about your MLS team this weekend, we want to hear from you 🫵🏽 @soccerwisehq.bsky.social

The host Vancouver Whitecaps beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 on Saturday in a Major League Soccer opener.

g+ GameFlow: MLS Regular Season Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Real Salt Lake on February 21, 2026. #VANvRSL ⚽️🤖

Very young lineup for #RSL tonight, with teenage academy graduates Gozo, Hezarkhani, and Moisa starting. If nothing else, this game will be a look into the future.

A TON of unavailable players for Real Salt Lake tonight. With that, 3 teenagers enter the starting XI for Pablo Mastroeni!

AUDIO: #RSL boss Pablo Mastroeni previewing 2025 opener at VAN w/ @kslsports.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

WATCH: Talkin #RSL w/ @spencechecketts.bsky.social and @briandunseth.bsky.social preview 2026 kickoff at VAN on @kutv2news.bsky.social - every Thursday night 10:35p MT kutv.com/sports/real-...

Not the Wasatch… but Vancouver isn’t a bad office view tonight. Mountains, water, and a season opener waiting. I’ll have starting lineups, tactical notes, and live coverage from BC Place. 🔴🔵 #RSL 👉 shinkicker13.substack.com/p/identity-o...

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NEW: One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments. They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics." We are going to teach it anyway. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...

The club flipped six rotation players in the offseason and is looking for a dynamic new attack to improve upon last season’s lackluster production.

#RSL Chief Soccer Officer @kurtschmid.bsky.social joins Sean O’Connell at 12:30p MT on @espn700.bsky.social to review 2025/26 offseason moves and look ahead to Saturday 2026 #DaleReal kickoff at VAN #TuneIn

WATCH: Talkin #RSL w/ @spencechecketts.bsky.social and @briandunseth.bsky.social preview 2026 kickoff at VAN on @kutv2news.bsky.social - every Thursday night 10:35p MT kutv.com/sports/real-...

AUDIO: #RSL boss Pablo Mastroeni previewing 2025 opener at VAN w/ @kslsports.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

#RSL 2026 Matchday One at VAN Game Notes link here :: images.mlssoccer.com/image/upload...

#RSL at VAN 2026 season kickoff preview :: www.rsl.com/news/real-sa...

#MLSRefStats Match Day 1 @whitecapsfc.com vs @realsaltlake.com REF: Drew FISCHER - 219th game AR1: Lyes ARFA - 101st AR2: Mike NICKERSON - 44th 4TH: Alain RUCH - 29th VAR: Geoff GAMBLE - 147th AVAR: Melissa BECK - 4th #VANvRSL #VWFC #RSL

Some rare MLS content on the newsletter with the league kicking off its season this weekend: www.thetransferflow.com/p/5-young-ml...

Encouraging #RSL love here in @theguardian1.bsky.social @mls.bsky.social 2026 preview

My standings prediction for the 2026 MLS season, for I am no coward. A competitive league makes this tough, but a week of previewing all 30 teams on the @totalsoccershow.bsky.social sure helped. Threading all five episodes below - should be easy to jump from team to team as you'd like!

Do you ever think, "Why the hell isn't anyone getting arrested?" and feel like you want to spontaneously combust...or is it just me?

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

I'm higher on Real Salt Lake and Minnesota United than any of these guys + anybody else I've seen. Can't wait for the season to start so we can begin sussing out how wildly wrong we all are!

Good stuff here as usual from @briandunseth.bsky.social talking #RSL 2026 season opener at VAN with @spencechecketts.bsky.social on @espn700.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...