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Mauricio Pochettino and US Soccer officially announce the USMNT 2026 World Cup roster. So why are Gregg Berhalter’s fingerprints all over it?

To whom it may concern, Thank you for your interest in the US Men’s Soccer Team. The coaching staff has chosen a player with skills and experience more aligned for the position and will not be selecting you for the World Cup squad. Best, Mauricio Pochettino Manager, USMNT One Nation. One Team.

BREAKING | US Soccer announces all World Cup post match press conferences will be handled via email. Questions can be submitted to [email protected].

To whom it may concern, Thank you for your interest in the US Men’s Soccer Team. The coaching staff has chosen a player with skills and experience more aligned for the position and will not be selecting you for the World Cup squad. Best, Mauricio Pochettino Manager, USMNT One Nation. One Team.

Shoutout to the US Soccer team at the Guardian on the scoop and sparing us all 3+ hours of Alexi Lalas. 👊

Limited central midfield depth. Snubbing players in Europe for MLS lifers. No Diego Kochen. 10 defenders. Is Berhalter to blame?

In this USMNT X group chat we don’t care that MLS insiders Matt Doyle and Tom Bogert were calling for Gio Reyna to make the US World Cup roster. For all we know, MLS fans are absolutely fuming at his inclusion.

MLS quota strikes again

Donald Trump is often called America's first "soccer president." I wondered: what role did the game play in his upbringing? I talked to Trump's high school teammates about his brief moments on the pitch - and the brutal military school that formed him. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Underreported, but MLS is also in talks to move to a 5v5 format on the same 11-a-side field dimensions as a part of the proposed clock changes.

The bare minimum for the next USMNT head coach is someone who has won the Champions League multiple times, reinvented positional play twice, and has zero interest in coaching the USMNT. Guardiola IS the bare minimum. Anything less is failure. By: 11 Yanks

There is no pressure to succeed in MLS and the firing of ONLY 5 coaches at this point in the season is the proof. In a real league with Pro/Rel at least half of the clubs would be under new management.

MLS is never beating the beer league allegations

Oh shit - the Tactical Manager channel found out I was lurking in the Discord

Just 30 days out from the World Cup, HBO premieres new docuseries “U.S. Against the World”. The five-part docuseries, which chronicles the USMNT's journey from the 2022 World Cup to the 2026 tournament, once again reminds us all that Berhalter is to blame.

NEW: Per MLS salary disclosure, Lionel Messi earns $28.3M in guaranteed salary. More than the entire wage bill of 28 out of 30 clubs. This is not a league. This is one world class player surrounded by a recreational structure. Messi deserves better.

*uncontrollable laughter*

Ugh listen, folks: Don Garber’s account was HACKED. Also, we’re in the market for a new social media manager at MLS HQ. Referrals welcomed. By: MLS Comms

Landon Donovan thinks playing in over 400 professional club matches, representing the National Team 157 times and being involved at all levels of the game makes him some kind of expert. He’s wrong. Until he’s screaming at a 7 year old to one touch in the rondo he’s just a fan. By: 3four3

Life imitates Art

BREAKING | Jürgen Klinsmann, Bob Bradley and Steve Sampson confirm there is no MLS Quota during FOX Sports round table interview. However, until Gregg Berhalter and Bruce Arena publicly deny its existence then the truth is still out there.

I’ve seen enough. The hiring of unqualified AI abusers in DC has finally gone too far

What ever happened to the eye test? PowerPoint decks and meaningless stats like xG are sucking the soul from the game. Football is turning into the baseball of the modern day - a nerd’s wet dream. Here’s why MLS soccer dot com’s lack of statistical data is a bad sign for the league’s future

Donnarumma, get ready to learn MLS, buddy. You’re going to fit in just fine

With the departure of Matt Crocker from US Soccer, it got us thinking: is Berhalter to blame?

I'm joining @usatodaysports.usatoday.com as the National Soccer Writer! Read more about our plans there & the future of beloved newsletter Getting CONCACAFed: open.substack.com/pub/getconca...

Crocker spent two years talking about "alignment" and the “US Way" only to dump the project for a bag of Riyals before a single ball is kicked on home soil. He didn’t fix pay-to-play; he just found a bigger payer.

FC St. Pauli presents the Peace Prize in the US for the first time. The award honors individuals and initiatives that stand for solidarity, participation, and respectful coexistence. The first recipient is Wes Burdine, owner of the Black Hart of Saint Paul in Minnesota. #fcsp

rob stone: 1-0 USA, thoughts on the half? zlatan: weak, zlatan would have scored 3 carli lloyd: too many smiles out there for me, & celebrating the goal? the job isn't done yet. alexi lalas: 5 years later the media is still calling them insurrectionists, but on that day i saw nothing but patriots

Pulisic was matching with other girls on Raya while still in a relationship. Why hasn’t that confidence in front of goal translated to the USMNT?

Early front runner for the 2027 FIFA Peace Prize

That Chainsmokers performance was incredibly lame

It’s never a good thing when the far left and the far right agree on something

Steffen, get ready to learn USL Championship, buddy

Just look at this goal. What an awful first touch to tee it up for a volley. MLS continues to let down the USMNT by not developing enough technical talent. By: Tactical Manager

I can’t compete

The USMNT just conceded 9 goals in the last 2 games. Here’s why Patrick Agyemang has absolutely no right to be on the World Cup roster.

Portugal announce their kit for Tuesday night

Turner can’t stop the long ball. We can’t close down the perimeter. Pulisic’s trail defense is lazy. Is the USMNT cooked from three point range this World Cup? By: USMNT Stan

For all people interested in playing soccer tomorrow and/or getting drunk in Atlanta information here ⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/150653...

The friends @barnesandnoble.com must be soccer fans, because they've timed their sale on pre-orders to fall during this international window. Which is to say you can now pre-order my upcoming #USMNT book for 25% off with code PREODER25 through Thursday. Use this final pre-World Cup window wisely.

When a team concedes 11 goals in two games it’s hard to point a finger at any one individual. But if I’m on the USMNT bubble I definitely wouldn’t want to be a key defensive player on a team that has just conceded 11 in the last two.

It’s over, baseball freaks

We go live to the AFCON final

BREAKING: MLS awards 2024 MLS Cup and 2025 Supporters’ Shield to Inter Miami after lengthy appeals process.

Messi, Muller, Son, etc moving to MLS and playing well. Morris, Agyemang, Cremaschi, Freeman, etc. moving to Europe and not failing. MLS youth getting MLS minutes and succeeding. It’s breaking the brains of USMNT X

Since the NWSL starts back up tomorrow, here’s my periodic reminder to let me know of any woso journalist who isn’t already on my starter pack. Any league, any language. go.bsky.app/EucPPCe

This is some kind of sick joke for RBNY fans