A source who knows confirms that this will be the announcement of a Columbus NWSL expansion team.

USMNT defender Sergino Dest offers positive injury update as World Cup nears Sergiño Dest has said he's "almost back" from his hamstring injury, a boost for the U.S. men's national team as the World Cup nears.

some good news here from Sergiño Dest

needs, even

whoever opted for the slow zoom need a raise

Saludos to the Apple TV camera team for this tribute to the iconic Sting WWE meme, featuring LAFC president John Thorrington

oh my god lollllll

Update: I reached out to the photographer, Chantal Anderson, who told me this was pure coincidence - says she’s never seen the Donovan photo (until, of course, I sent it her way, 😂).

let me just echo JT here www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

normally I'm very against cutaways during live action but....BABY!!!!!

not great there from Sentnor, who couldn't hold the ball up, Reale, who got turned inside out and Tullis-Joyce, who got beat by a curler at her near post

Hell fuckin’ yeah @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social @svertelney.bsky.social

hard to disagree here

🏆 Getting CONCACAFed Forever I'm joining USA Today! And the newsletter lives on!

I'm joining @usatodaysports.usatoday.com as the National Soccer Writer!

Read more about our plans there & the future of beloved newsletter Getting CONCACAFed:
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Absolutely brilliant signing for @svertelney.bsky.social and the crew at USA Today.

Folks, this is a "hell yeah" development. Jon absolutely gets it, can't wait to see what he & @svertelney.bsky.social cook up

couldn't be more thrilled to have Jon on board and make things a little more Concacaf-y around here

Even though Johnny Cardoso will likely be playing in the Champions League quarterfinals today, I'm still not sure he'll be part of the final USMNT roster.

@svertelney.bsky.social joined me this week to discuss this and 4 other #USMNT questions on my mind.

Full episode:
youtu.be/YBu_cN3Lob8

the "with immediate effect" part of this is pretty wild

Sources: U.S. Soccer's Matt Crocker To Take Saudi Arabia Role Ahead of World Cup Matt Crocker is leaving his position as U.S. Soccer’s sporting director to take a similar role with Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told me on Monday.

Per multiple sources, Matt Crocker is leaving his role as U.S. Soccer sporting director for a similar role with Saudi Arabia: www.foxsports.com/stories/socc...

The Americans Abroad Five: USMNT dual nationals in focus With many USMNT stars having quiet weekends, this week's Five touches on three players who could become national team mainstays in the future.

we may need to start paying attention to Bryan Okoh again

not entirely sure how you score a pure sidefooter from this range. outrageous

An ailing dog, goal and 'inappropriate' celebration: MLS player's wild week San Jose Earthquakes forward Preston Judd needed to raise awareness of his dog's plight, so he turned to an unusual celebration.

Preston Judd started a GoFundMe for his ailing dog, scored a goal, did a dog pee celebration and then got fined. So I had to talk to him about it.

An ailing dog, goal and 'inappropriate' celebration: MLS player's wild week San Jose Earthquakes forward Preston Judd needed to raise awareness of his dog's plight, so he turned to an unusual celebration.

Preston Judd started a gofundme for his sick dog, scored a goal, did a dog pee celebration, then got fined. so I had to talk to him about it.

Henry has been killing it on the ticket beat

The World Cup is just over two months away. Here’s what to watch. The World Cup is just over two months away. The 48 teams that were selected will be competing in a record 104 matches across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. What storylines can we e...

got to talk some big-picture World Cup stuff on The Excerpt today so....listen???

Derby County update on #USMNT striker Patrick Agyemang confirms the worst:

“As a result of this injury, Patrick will unfortunately miss this summer’s FIFA World Cup.”

USMNT striker Patrick Agyemang stretchered off with non-contact injury Patrick Agyemang suffered a potentially devastating blow on Monday, as the Derby County striker was stretchered off with a non-contact injury.

well here is something that sucks!

prob too late for the World Cup squad but man it makes you think doesn’t it

I tried to buy World Cup tickets. Six hours later, here's what I found. FIFA may have expanded its World Cup ticket access this week, but the selection is far from comprehensive — or cheap.

I tried to buy World Cup tickets yesterday and you will probably believe what happened next