I feel good about 1st and the bottom 3 Everything in between 🤷‍♂️

EA FC has Horan with better shooting than Chawinga and Taylor Flint as the best defender in the game (despite her, ya know, not playing defense) Every year, they test us

But they’re willing to give hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to the Bears for a stadium Which they already did for the Colts But they can’t do the basic job of making sure people have electricity Great state you’ve got there

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 2d ago

Gary Indiana hasn't had power for almost two weeks

Yesterday, @joechatz.bsky.social and I talked about how maybe now with the return of Lorne Donaldson the Stars would at least be a difficult team to beat... whoops #nwsl

CHGO Stars@chgo-stars.bsky.social · 2d ago

90+1' GOAL Dash Atkinson charges out to try and cut down the angle of a shot, but Lisa Boattin slots it past her 5-0.... #nwsl

Stars gonna Stars

Raingump Kto: Smile Through The Pain Harold

ALT: Raingump Kto: Smile Through The Pain Harold

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CHGO Stars@chgo-stars.bsky.social · 2d ago

GOAL DASH 5 minutes in and Houston take the lead. Long ball down the left side finds Avery Patterson wide open, a simple cut-back finds Kat Rader and she hammers home the shot Disastrous start 0-1 #nwsl

AppleTV just ran an ad saying LAFC was facing Chivas in Phase 1 of Leagues Cup tonight… Great work everybody!

LINEUP Mal Swanson captain’s the team! Will be interesting to see who’s central in attack, looks like Jameese Joseph? Michelle Alozie returns from WAFCON and Emma Egizii is back from injury (both on the bench) #nwsl

Chicago Stars FC@chicagostars.com · 2d ago

Our XI is ready for takeoff 🚀 ✨ Mal is wearing the captain’s armband ✨ Emma is back from injury ✨ Michelle is back from international duty ✨ The Stars have a 16-10-8 advantage over Houston Dash dating back to 2014 Not available: Ryan Connaughton, Julia Grosso, Jordyn Huitema, Natalia Kuikka

It has been a *long* journey here for David Poreba Tearing up Next Pro in 2024 earned him a first team contract only for a knee injury to sideline him for all of 2025 He’s gotten some minutes in Open Cup and Leagues Cup, and tonight makes his MLS debut #cf97

Chicago Fire FC@chicagofire.bsky.social · 2d ago

A proper debut for Poreba 👏 #cf97

In hindsight, Emma Hayes’ comments about needing to take the U20 World Cup more seriously were clearly a reaction to #NWSL clubs not releasing their players Thrilled for Micayla Johnson but it’s a pretty underwhelming roster #uswnt

Good opportunity for Larry Berg to show leadership as the new commissioner and get the Quakes to change their mind Also a reminder that this is the same owner who owns the A’s, that guy sucks

Seth Vertelney@svertelney.bsky.social · 3d ago

Bay FC has denounced the San Jose Earthquakes for their recent hire of Gavin Wilkinson as a consultant

Plenty of good vibes in the first of two pods with @joechatz.bsky.social yesterday, as performances from the likes of Dje D'Avilla and Puso Dithejane have the Fire flying into a four straight MLS road matches with a Leagues Cup quarterfinal sandwiched in between #cf97 #vamosfire

CHGO Fire@chgo-fire.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW POD: Alex is joined by @joechatz.bsky.social of WLS-AM890 + @ontapsportsnet.bsky.social to enjoy the Fire's 5-game winning streak and Leagues Cup success (so far) as they continue through a very busy stretch including a Hugo Cuypers reunion #cf97 #vamosfire #mls allchgo.com/podcasts/chi...

You would have never thought Promise would be the first David brother in the Premier League Though Union St. Gilloise is basically AAA Brighton Still a cool signing

Jean-François Téotonio@jfteotonio.bsky.social · 3d ago

Promise David 🇨🇦 en Premier League, avec Brighton ! Quel transfert.

A day of contrasting podcasts with @joechatz.bsky.social and me @chgo-fire.bsky.social 5 Ws in a row! Top of Leagues Cup! Hugo reunion! Puso! Dje! Good vibes! #cf97 @chgo-stars.bsky.social Sjogren OUT! Donaldson back! More injuries! More losses! A training center eventually? 4:30, CHGO YouTube

Following up on this from yesterday, UT-Martin won 4-0 (all goals in the 2nd half) and I was super impressed by their 6 Yaritza Trejo Ole Miss transfer, just clearly a class above everyone else on the field Yes it’s against Chicago State but her ball security was off the charts

Alex Campbell@acampbellsports.bsky.social · 6d ago

First broadcast of the 2026/27 school year! Chicago State Women’s Soccer hosts UT-Martin on the South Side at 1 PM on NEC Front Row ⚽️🎙️ necfrontrow.com/game/16412

The Chicago Fire have won 5 straight games

Larry David Says 'Pretty Pretty Good'

ALT: Larry David Says 'Pretty Pretty Good'

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First broadcast of the 2026/27 school year! Chicago State Women’s Soccer hosts UT-Martin on the South Side at 1 PM on NEC Front Row ⚽️🎙️ necfrontrow.com/game/16412

Got introduced to someone at a party tonight as ‘that guy I told you I knew who was randomly on the @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social After Dark that one time sounding like he was on the moon’ What an honor

Barco flopping wasn’t on them (he’s starting his third season at Spartak Moscow) Pity was a panic buy with the Almiron money but was actually pretty good Almada, great signing, absolutely fumbled not getting a huge transfer fee for him ELL, just a horrible use of money Embolo: ???

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

Atlanta United is responsible for five of the top 10 most expensive transfers in the league’s history: 🇨🇮 Emmanuel Latte Lath— $22m 🇨🇭Breel Embolo— $18m 🇦🇷 Thiago Almada— $16m 🇦🇷 Pity Martinez— $15.5m 🇦🇷 Ezequiel Barco— $15m

Nigeria MNT Nigeria WNT 🤝 Not being able to put together a functional football team despite a massive talent advantage and all your players forgetting how to play as soon as WCQ starts

Chacon was signed for a reported €500,000 Euros last summer and then given basically no opportunity to make an impact Now sold to Italy for a nominal fee to be replaced by Charley who washed out of NWSL after constant injury issues and couldn’t find a footing in the 2nd tier in England Woof #nwsl

CHGO Stars@chgo-stars.bsky.social · last wk.

MOVES! Charley made just one appearance for Newcastle in WSL 2 this past spring after leaving Orlando City, and now didn’t even have a chance to play for Brooklyn FC She has 11 goals in 80 career NWSL games ALSO: Ivonne Chacon has been sold to Fiorentina in Serie A after 1 goal in 18 games #nwsl

Oh boy, FC Dallas getting CONCACAF’d early in this one

This move makes sense, but now the team does not have a GM nor a coach They need to get things together *quickly* or players will be looking for ways out the door like after the Dames scandal Rudderless

CHGO Stars@chgo-stars.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: The Stars have “parted ways” with Head Coach Martin Sjogren Assistant Coach Anders Jacobson has been dismissed as well Current assistant Karina Baez is the interim manager for the reminder of the season, with Lorne Donaldson returning to the club in the capacity described below #nwsl

The 2026 World Cup is in the rearview as we deal with the uncertain fate of global international soccer But I wanted to do a World Cup For Dummies way too early primer for the 2027 #USWNT because it's fun and the US can actually win this tournament alexcampbell.substack.com/p/wcfd-a-202...

WCFD: A 2027 USWNT World Cup Primer

Yes, the next World Cup is almost a year away but it's never too early to start looking ahead when the US actually have a chance of winning.

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Cavan’s recent performances have been impressive but this sample for a mostly really bad Philly team is not comparable to what Pulisic was doing for a good Dortmund team at 17 They’re also just different types of players Cavan isn’t a winger, and it’s not clear yet what he *is* He’s Foden-shaped

Adam Whittaker Snavely@snaves.bsky.social · 2w ago

A debate/take I see raging on some USMNT Twitter accounts right now: Cavan Sullivan is different/better at this age than Pulisic ever was at the same age A lot of this is coming from people that are either just farming engagement or that don't know anything, but! wanted to engage a tiny bit

Yeah the FMF isn’t just going to give up the United States ATM

Douglas Reyes-Ceron@dreyesceron.bsky.social · 2w ago

From r/soccer and on mexico.as.com : "Gianni Infantino reportedly promised he would help México join CONMEBOL and leave CONCACAF if they publicly backed him." mexico.as.com/futbol/mexic...

Now there’s a ‘what the hell?’ signing What a deeply unserious organization

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

🇨🇱 BREAKING: CF Montréal has signed Chile legend Alexis Sanchez, per sources. Sanchez, 37, joins as a DP. The former Barcelona, Arsenal, and Inter Milan forward spent last season with Sevilla. Sanchez is Chile's all-time leader in goals (51) and caps (161). www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...

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Part of the U20 WWC bronze medalists in 2024. An All-American in 2025. Seven minutes for the NWSL’s bottom side after 18 matches.

Jeff Rueter@jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’d heard a lot of good things about Elise Evans coming out of Stanford and was really excited to see her play in the NWSL. A shame the Chicago Stars don’t seem interested letting her do that.

Pack it up, cancel the rest of the season

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mal Swanson’s been favoring that leg for a few minutes now. She’ll be coming off, Jenna Bike on to replace.

The Number 1 song on Billboard when Robert Turdean was born was TikTok by Kesha #cf97 #vamosfire

Chicago Fire FC@chicagofire.bsky.social · 2w ago

A historic debut on deck 🔥 #cf97