WAFCON scores for August 4: Tanzania 1-2 Cote D'Ivoire Burkina Faso 0-1 South Africa Cote D'Ivoire and South Africa advance to the quarterfinals. First two quarterfinals are set: Morocco vs South Africa Cote d'Ivoire vs Algeria Winners advance to the 2027 WWC, losers enter repechage round.

Didn't notice that. That's technically true then, but I can't imagine them not adding another player with so many games left in the season.

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Looks like they have not (yet) officially put Sonnett on the SEI list - which technically leaves them at 22?

Mak Whitham being loaned out by Gotham means they are now under the minimum roster limit, with 21 active players on the roster.

WAFCON Scores for August 3 Kenya 0-2 Algeria Morocco 0-0 Senegal Morocco and Algeria advance to the quarterfinals.

And, hey, the NWSL doesn't have the market cornered for dead eyed commissioners that don't care about the players.

www.rangemedia.co/former-spoka... Pretend to be shocked, but the shuttered Spokane Zephyr from the USL Super League was an unprofessional shambles.

Former Spokane Zephyr players say club ‘cut corners,’ undercounted hours

As women's soccer pay disputes have become rallying points, these athletes can’t even file for unemployment benefits.

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www.nytimes.com/athletic/748... Early August surprise! Marc Skinner is gone from Manchester United with the WSL season looming.

Man United and Skinner agree to mutually terminate head coach's contract

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NWSL Form Table After August 2 (Points in Last Five Matches) 13 - GFC 10 - AC, BOS 9 - WSH, URFC, SEA 7 - SD, LOU 6 - NC, ORL, BAY 5 - KC, DEN, HOU 4 - POR 3 - CHI

Updated NWSL Magic Numbers after August 2 PLAYOFF NUMBER 28 - GFC 29 - WSH 32 - URFC 33 - SD 36 - KC 37 - POR 41 - NC 42 - AC ELIMINATION NUMBER 28 - CHI 30 - LOU 33 - BOS 34 - BAY 35 - HOU 36 - ORL 39 - DEN 42 - SEA

Gonna have to lock me in a straitjacket until the MLB trade deadline at 6 PM tomorrow. Alex Anthopoulos is gonna murder my World Series dreams again.

An absolute bloodbath in Salt Lake City. Portland desperately needs to find some answers at CB in this transfer window.

Attendance in Salt Lake City: 6,243 A real bummer of a number, since the home team is absolutely showing out tonight.

WAFCON scores for August 2 Ghana 0-1 Cameroon Mali 3-2 Cape Verde

Attendance in San Jose: 11,439

Attendance in Houston: 7,512

WAFCON results for August 1: Egypt 1-3 Malawi Nigeria 1-0 Zambia

Attendance in Louisville: 5,148

Gemma Bonner's signing with Denver puts them over the roster limit, at 27 active players. Lourdes Bosch was on international duty though, so they may not need to make a move until she returns.

Attendance in Cary: 7,232

A reminder that Orlando has fourteen (!) players out of contract at season's end. Odds are this going to look like a very different team in 2027, manager change or no.

I'm guessing Seb Hines lasts the season, but this really feels like a club-manager relationship headed for an offseason divorce.

Hey, Angel City is back at the roster limit and also somehow too cheap to sign a player to a rest of the season contract?

WAFCON Scores for July 31 South Africa 2-2 Cote d'Ivoire Burkina Faso 2-1 Tanzania South Africa needed a goal in the ninth minute of second half stoppage time to keep themselves afloat. Still in major danger of not making it to the knockout stages.

Meanwhile on Planet NWSL, Gotham and Utah are now at the 22 player roster minimum after Emily Sonnett's season ending injury and Aria Nagai being loaned out.

If you're wondering how things are going for the USL Super League on the business side of things, here was last season's average attendances. Oh, and two weeks before the season, half of the teams have fewer than 20 players rostered. Brooklyn has 15. I still have to add Ashlyn Miller on my sheet.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets... After the venting, here's my roster chart for the Fall USL Super League season, a short one before the calendar switch. Positions need to be updated at some point, and who knows how accurate these are given what I just talked about.

Fall 2026 USL Super League Roster Chart

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Blame me for doing it late at night, but updating the USL Super League roster chart for the Fall 2026 season was a truly infuriating experience.

Jun Endo being placed on SEI now means Angel City is below the active roster minimum, with just 21 players active.

WAFCON scores for July 30: Senegal 1-0 Kenya Morocco 1-0 Algeria

Attendance in Salt Lake City: 9,538