Following the World Cup draw Friday to determine groups, FIFA will reveal match venues and kickoff times Saturday at noon ET on its website and YouTube channel.

Klinsmann’s “hat trick.” McKenzie’s thrown-in assist. Pepi’s overhead kick. Adams from 45 yards. A weird and wonderful USMNT weekend rundown from Europe, MLS and Liga MX: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

D.C. area teams moving on to NCAA men's quarterfinals next weekend: Maryland, the 4 seed, routs UConn, 3-0, and will host Stanford or Washington Georgetown, the 7 seed, edges High Point, 2-1, and will host NC State or UNC Greensboro

FIFA says almost 2 million World Cup tickets have been sold. Next selling phase begins Dec. 11. Top purchasers from … 1 United States 2 Canada 3 Mexico 4 England 5 Germany 6 Brazil 7 Colombia 8 Spain 9 Argentina 10 France

USMNT in Champions League Balogun plays 89 and scores at Pafos in 2-2 draw Cardoso starting for Atletico Madrid vs Inter Milan Dest starting for PSV Eindhoven at Liverpool, Pepi in reserve Musah in reserve for Atalanta at Eintracht Frankfurt

NWSL top local viewership markets for championship game on CBS platforms: 1) Washington, DC 2) Kansas City 3) Portland, OR 4) Tulsa T5) Baltimore T5) Buffalo 7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe T9) New Orleans T9) Hartford & New Haven T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose T9) San Diego

Wednesday deadline looms for inactive MLS teams to decide on contract options. Many have already announced their decisions. D.C United has not. I would expect DCU to decline Christian Benteke’s option and try to negotiate a non-DP deal. He turns 35 next week. 2025 salary: $4.5 million.

NWSL viewing record: An average of 1.184 million on CBS/Paramount+ for championship match between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit. It was a 22 percent increase over 2024.

USMNT in Champions League today: Weston McKennie 90 minutes, scored in 59th, in Juventus’ 3-2 win at Bodo/Glimt Tim Weah 90, assisted on 50th-minute winner, in Marseille’s 2-1 win over Newcastle Malik Tillman 90 in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 win at Manchester City

USMNT in English Championship today: Aidan Morris (injury) left at halftime of 2nd-place Middlesbrough’s 4-2 home loss to leader Coventry. Coventry’s Haji Wright (injury) didn’t play. Patrick Agyemang 80 in Derby’s 2-1 win at Swansea City Josh Sargent 90 in Norwich’s 1-1 draw with Oxford

Here's who the USMNT could face at the World Cup after FIFA unveils draw plan … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

With the MLS conference finals now set, the potential matchups for the Dec. 6 final are: San Diego at Miami Vancouver at Miami NYC at San Diego NYC at Vancouver

Why Trinity Rodman should make the move to Europe — and get paid what she's worth. My column: #nwsl #uswnt sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...?

Pulisic delivers Milan derby winner Weah scores in Ligue 1 Tillman scores in Bundesliga It’s the USMNT weekend roundup … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

MLS conference finals are both set for Saturday: New York City FC at Inter Miami, 6 pm ET Vancouver Whitecaps at San Diego FC or home vs Minnesota United, 9 pm ET

Four of the top five seeds in NCAA men’s tournament ousted at home in second round: 1 Vermont (by Hofstra) 2 Virginia (UNCG) 3 Princeton (Duke) 5 SMU (Washington) Exception: 4 Maryland, which escaped UNC in a shootout.

Defending champion Vermont, the top seed, upset at home by Hofstra in second round of NCAA men's tournament, 3-2.

Vancouver-LAFC match was theater of the highest order. Absorbing late night. I’ll take Sebastian Berhalter on my team any day. Now, Whitecaps will play in first conference final in their MLS history on Saturday — with two more days’ rest than San Diego or Minnesota.

“No pro franchise in town has leaned into the District, its residents and the issues they care about the way the Spirit has. It’s a beautiful combination of organic and intentional.” Read Barry Svlurga in today’s @postsports.bsky.social:

MLS reveals 2026 schedule: Lionel Messi, Miami opener at L.A. Coliseum headlines season overshadowed by World Cup hiatus. Details: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

The NASL lawsuit is dead; long live the NASL lawsuit NASL's appeal in its antitrust lawsuit against US Soccer and MLS, which was filed on May 9 after a jury verdict was rendered against NASL in Feb, is still on the 2d Cir. docket and MLS' brief is due today.

Update ... Lionel Messi* and Inter Miami are indeed coming to Baltimore early in the 2026 MLS season to play D.C. United, which chose to play the high-profile match in much-larger M&T Bank Stadium over Audi Field, per sources. *pending availability

World Cup qualifying playoffs are set for March in Mexico: Congo DR and Iraq are the top seeds and need to win just once to secure passage.

New FIFA rankings has been released. Top nine join three World Cup hosts as top seeds. With no chance of ending up in U.S. group, Portugal and Belgium now seem clear to play friendlies vs USMNT in March window in ATL.

Guadalajara and Monterrey will host the World Cup qualifying playoff tournament March 23-31, FIFA formally announces. The draw is tomorrow morning ET. Teams: Jamaica, Suriname, Iraq, Congo DR, Bolivia and New Caledonia.

Three camps. Six states. Three time zones. Six matches. 4-1-1 record. Swelling optimism. Breaking down Pochettino’s USMNT fall success and what lies ahead … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...?

USMNT routs Uruguay 5-1 as young stars shine and Mauricio Pochettino's World Cup build gains momentum. Match report: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

First time USMNT has scored four goals against a non-Concacaf opponent since October 2023 vs Ghana in Nashville. That match, as well, featured four U.S. goals before halftime.

USMNT lineup: Freese; Freeman, Dest, McKenzie, Trusty, Morris, Tolkin, Luna, Tillman, Berhalter, Wright.

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'We backed our guy': Inside the USMNT's unified response to the Alex Freeman-Paraguay melee … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

USMNT matchday-1 in Tampa

Gio Reyna jumpstarts USMNT with early goal, sparks 2-1 victory over Paraguay in key World Cup tuneup. Details: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

USMNT lineup vs Paraguay: Freese; Arfsten, Ream, Robinson, Scally, Dest, Roldan Tessmann, Aaronson, Reyna, Balogun.

World Cup fever in greater Philly …

Washington Spirit has hosted more playoff matches at Audi Field this year (two) than D.C. United has since the stadium opened in 2018 (one). 😵‍💫

“My body can do really great at healing itself and bouncing back. It sucks to say that, but I’d rather know.” After three torn ACLs and a first pitch gone awry, Croix Bethune is thriving once more for the Washington Spirit — and one game away from at last playing in an NWSL final.

Roster absences. Roster additions. Reyna-Berhalter revisited. And Harry Potter. The latest from USMNT camp ahead of Saturday’s friendly vs Paraguay in Chester: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

USMNT matchday-1 in Chester, PA

My column on why weird, gaffe-prone MLS got it right by changing the competition calendar: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

MLS Board of Governors announces approval of the calendar change, starting with the 2027-28 season. Instead of February to December, the league will run from mid-late July until May, with a winter break from mid-December to early February.

On the banks of the Delaware, USMNT training in brisk conditions ahead of Saturday’s friendly vs Paraguay.

How Matt Freese and Max Arfsten became unlikely fixtures in the USMNT lineup … sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

USMNT camp opens after chaotic weekend: Folarin Balogun sent off, Tyler Adams injury clouds roster. The roundup: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

Adams and Zawadzki out. T. Tillman in for USMNT. Details: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...

Timmy Tillman added to USMNT camp roster, USSF announces. Tyler Adams and Sean Zawadzki withdraw with injuries.

MLS Old School

New England Revolution announces its new head coach: Marko Mitrovic, formerly the U.S. Olympic and U20 boss.

NWSL audience grew 61 percent year over year this season on ABC/ESPN platforms, averaging 228,000 for 17 matches, network says. Top 5: KC v POR 610,000 CHI v WAS 561k WAS v POR 555k ORL v SD 448k NJ/NY v WAS 325k ABC/ESPN+ will carry 2 quarterfinals Sunday.