Update: 2 of these players are being sold for a combined $33m

Tutul Rahman@tutul.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My MLS 22u22 Rankings (Wk 7) 1) Gozo, RSL, RM, 19🇺🇸 2) Hall, RBNY, ST, 18🇺🇸 3) Mehmeti, RBNY, CM, 17🇺🇸 4) Martinez, LAFC, LW, 20🇻🇪 5) Duah, SD, CB, 20🇬🇭 6) Silvetti, MIA, RW, 20🇦🇷 7) Tsakiris, SJ, AM, 20 🇺🇸 8) Donkor, RBNY, CM, 21 🇬🇭 9) Ferree, SD, GK, 19 🇺🇸 10) Herrington, COL, CB, 18🇦🇺 Whats your top 10?

Evander is on one. Holy moly what a strike.

Gozo brings a skill that virtually no other player on the cusp of the USMNT does: the ability to use skill *and* athleticism to beat an opposing fullback around the edge. Very promising player. Premier League success isn’t out of the question.

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 24h ago

🇺🇸🔴🔵 BREAKING: Crystal Palace in advanced talks to sign American winger/wingback Zavier Gozo from Real Salt Lake, per sources - Deal not agreed yet, but trending well. Likely in $15m region - Gozo, 19, made clear he wants to go to Europe www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

We're gonna be able to see a lot of good young MLS talent in Leagues Cup, here's a running list of starters: CLB Adams, ST (18). Habroune, RM (20) CIN Chirila, CB (17). Valenzuela, CM (21) CLT Aloko (19, Benin). Goodwin (21, AUS)

I don't think I've seen a club's perception fall apart in six games like Seattle Sounders has just now. "They can't be consistent with this roster spend". They've literally been the most consistent team in MLS history. "They can't win with this spending approach" They won Leagues Cup last year

Love this move (assuming Chucky wants to play soccer and has been keeping himself fit). But also excited to see SD actually use that DP slot then

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2d ago

💣🇲🇽 BREAKING: LA Galaxy in advanced talks to sign Mexican winger Chucky Lozano from San Diego on loan, per sources - Not done but trending well - Likely DP, but SD holding some salary - SD gave permission for Galaxy to negotiate w/ Chucky w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

It may seem odd in SKC looking to make one of the most expensive signings in MLS for a back up winger from the Greek league, but here's how it ended up here: Luiz's value comes from earlier last season with Rio Ave, where he had 12 goal contributions in 1500 minutes in Liga Portugal 1/

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2d ago

🇧🇷 Sources: Sporting KC reach verbal agreement in talks to sign winger Andre Luiz from Olympiacos. Sport24 1st. Fee $18m + add-ons, per sources. Deal not done, still details to sort but SKC proceeding. Reporting w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

MUST PLAY, MUST PLAY

futi@futi.live · 2d ago

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This week's games attendance VAN v LAFC - 40,086 CHI (Lewy Debut) - 32,183 MIA - 25,922 CIN - 25,513 POR - 24,686 STL - 22,423 RBNY - 22,104 NYC (Fri) - 21,085 MIN - 19,607 DC - 19,215 LAG - 18,122 SKC - 17,268 MTL - 15,082

Tutul Rahman@tutul.bsky.social · last wk.

MLS Saturday Night Games (vs team's last Sat pre World Cup) SJ - 43,026 (flat*) NE - 34,428 (+30%, 26,385) NYC - 27,419 (+54%, 17,770) SD - 24,489 (+2%, 23,906) ORL - 24,453 (+22%, 20,074) RBNY - 22,087 (+8%, 20,414) CLB - 20,385 (+3%, 19,782) HOU - 19,869 (-1%, 20,114) MTL - 19,629 (+22%, 16,018)

Colorado got Herrington from the A-League (Brisbane Roar) for $800k + Brisbane kept 20% sell-on. Colorado then bought out the sell-on for $560k, JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, right before the World Cup. That sell-on ended up being worth at least $3.4m (up to $4.6m) Tidy work by the Rapids.

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 3d ago

🇦🇺💣 BREAKING: Hull City has reached a verbal agreement to sign Australia int'l defender Lucas Herrington for a deal worth up to $23m, per sources. - $17m (!) fixed fee - $6m add-ons - 15% sell-on clause of any profit - Deal not done, but just formalities www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

RBNY v Orlando is the official "defense is for ugly people" game.

I can't believe Middlesbrough is going to let Hull City get an MLS player like this. (Also Herrington shouldn't go to Hull, they're going to be historically bad)

Paul Tenorio@paultenorio.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sources: Hull City in discussions for Colorado Rapids center back Lucas Herrington, but the deal is NOT done. The 18-year-old Australian could be Premier League bound, but work to be done on the deal still. With @david-ornstein.bsky.social @dtathletic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

MLS England. Also if you think about it, they traded Latte Lath ($22m) to MLS for: McGree - $4m Morris - $4m Malanda - $8m Berhalter - $2m Arfsten - up to $7.5m Pretty good work by them! Got to root for them to promotion.

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 5d ago

🇺🇸 At Middlesbrough, Max Arfsten will join: - Aidan Morris (former Crew teammate, joined 2024) - Sebastian Berhalter (former Whitecaps, Crew academy midfielder, joined this week) - Adilson Malanda (former Charlotte FC CB, joined in Jan.) - Riley McGree (technically former Charlotte FC midfielder)

Distance of all goals scored in WC2026

VAR in an All Star Game, lol

I genuinely think it's because each new USMNT manager comes in after a crisis & then chooses a full rebuild period (1.5 years), before the team clicks (3+ years), and stays too long after to another crisis. So what if USMNT manager just leaves on a high? Likely new manager continues to build on.

MoreartbyBrentAMoore@brentamoore.bsky.social · 7d ago

The pattern consistency is eeire. Especially since there's not an improving tend over all these years. Even the peaks.

So I've been thinking about this deeply, but I think the best case scenario for USMNT is to resign Poch & then he leaves post Copa America 28. Rationale: 1) The most important thing now isn't 2030. It's actually continuing momentum immediately as the country has a World Cup halo. That means that

Lol, I like watching our stars having fun. Muller & Evander buying into the fun is great TV, imo

Thomas Muller, the legend!

11(!) of Liga MX players pulled out of the All-Star game yesterday. Makes you wonder about the game/format with the schedule change moving forward

Game ends 6-1. To me, standard of play looks miles ahead of where elite youth play was in the recent past. Most of these players are in the pro pipeline so much earlier, and are so much more well-rounded, than previous generations. Those who really care about USMNT fortunes at the World Cup...

With Yan Diomande's $130m transfer to Real Madrid, should mean that DME Academy & AS Frenzi are lined up for solidarity payments. Yan's 2.5 years there likely lines up like 1% ish. Which would be over $1.3m and is larger than USL's largest ever transfer fee (Wynder)

You may have heard of a mess going on around Italy’s men’s National soccer team. Well, let’s try to unpack it, bc it’s very easy to see it as a matter of “respected soccer figures’ desire to bring in Change slowed down by internal politicking” and that’s not totally what happened

Update on this: Olwethu Makhanya is close to done, I'm told. Around US$4.5 million plus a sell-on fee - no specifics on the number yet. He gets his move, Rangers get a guy they've been watching for a while, and I believe the Union get more money than was initially on the table from Belgium.

Jonathan Tannenwald@jtannenwald.bsky.social · last wk.

Yes, Olwethu Makhanya is probably heading to Rangers; and yes, Philippe Ndinga is probably heading to Belgium's Zulte Waregem on loan with a purchase option. Last I heard, neither deal was done, but this is definitely the direction of travel.

Charlotte FC has developed and sold players for upwards of $20m in recent seasons 🇺🇸 Patrick Agyemang to Derby County 🇫🇷 Adilson Malanda to Middlesbrough 🇨🇴 Kerwin Vargas to Atletico Paranaense

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · last wk.

🇨🇴 Sources: Atletico Paranaense will sign winger Kerwin Vargas from Charlotte FC. Deal is worth up to $6m including add-ons. Charlotte keep 20% sell-on as well

Coaching changes spark turnarounds for Philly, Portland & the Crew | Matchday 18 Lots of stuff to talk through, but one of the big ones is that Cavan Sullivan seems to have found a different gear on the ball... tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/coaching-cha...

Sounders with Alex Roldan starting: 5 wins 1 tie (vs SD, winning xG 2.5 to 1.9) 1 Loss (vs RSL, even xG) Sounders without Alex Roldan starting: 5 losses in a row 1 Tie (vs SKC) 2 Wins vs HOU & SJ, where SEA lost xG 1.9 to 3.5

Jeremiah Oshan@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · last wk.

Still trying to fully wrap my head around the reality that the Sounders went immediately from a nine-game unbeaten run into a five-game losing streak.

From the 24/25 Deloitte Report: Premier League Clubs. Saw £6.8B in revenue (+7%, +£450m) Pre-tax expenses: £7.6B (+17%, +£1.1B) £4.4B spent on player wages (+9%, +£260m) £3B spent on transfer fees (+27%, +£650m) Pre-Tax Loss: £800m (6x previous year) And that's the richest league!

Tim Keech@timkeech.bsky.social · last wk.

Every day in football I am astounded by wage demands. I think wage caps are required, not because I believe that players should not earn to their full potential, but because the current system puts clubs at existential risk. Most clubs are losing €3-30m before player trading.

Red Bull New York jersey sighting in Lamine Yamal 's latest TikTok (with 200m views & 22m likes) (It's his friend)