Private equity was coming up on the rails in the race to destroy Premier League football, but it looks like state ownership will be the one to finish it off after all.

A goal scored from just outside his own area by Kobe Hernández-Foster for Detroit City FC at Brooklyn FC in the USL Championship. Also just noticed that the goal line at that end of Maimonides Park is the start of the warning track!

Philadelphia Union sign Bronx-born Union academy product Mark McKenzie as a Designated Player from January 1, 2027. Contract through the 2029-30 season, with a club option for the 2030-31 season.

17yo Cavan Sullivan named MLS Player of the Month for September. I mentioned in recent articles for the BBC and FotMob that he's arguably been the best player in MLS post-World Cup.

A very Trumpian statement from Man City's leadership.

Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · yesterday

Manchester City CEO Soriano says guilty verdicts are ‘a Premier League conspiracy theory’

The Man City findings could affect New York City FC, but it remains to be seen how and to what extent. "Etihad Park" is due to open next year, with the $780 million construction funded by NYCFC, which is majority-owned by City Football Group.

On the terraces: German football and the far right 🔴 Extreme-right banners at Energie Cottbus 🔵 Nazi hooligans at Hansa Rostock 🗳️ The AfD & German football 🟢 Resistance in Leipzig 🇩🇪 Klopp's call for "positive patriotism" Full stories on Gegenpressing: gegenpressingpodcast.com/p/on-the-ter...

On the terraces: the far-right in German football

In a weekly Newsletter, Matt Ford keeps an eye on the action off the pitch in the Bundesliga and German football, explaining what’s going on from choreographies to fan protests to finances.

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Article on Cavan Sullivan for BBC, written when he was still 16 and before the Man City stuff escalated. It'll be interesting to see what happens there. Big thanks to @jtannenwald.bsky.social for his input. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Cavan Sullivan: The 16-year-old US debutant primed for the Premier League

Cavan Sullivan made his United States debut on Saturday aged just 16 - and produced a performance to show just why Manchester City moved to sign him.

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"An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation."

Premier League Statement: Manchester City FC

An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.

premierleague.com

And then FC Dallas moved up to third in the overall table... My latest weekly MLS column for @fotmob.com also looks at the MLS homegrowns making the USMNT, Union's run continuing, and more. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

The MLS Wrap: Wonderkids go international and another Messi golazo isn’t enough for Inter Miami

As is regularly the case, MLS fixtures continued during the international break, and some of the league’s in-form teams managed to put in strong showings despite missing several players to national te...

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US Open Cup, Leagues Cup, and Nations League among the things discussed in my Concacaf roundup for the October issue of World Soccer magazine. Out now! shop.kelsey.co.uk/world-soccer...

Inter Miami post-World Cup form... Only three wins from 12 games.

Didn't think Atlanta had enough international roster slots

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4d ago

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to live at Atlanta zoo in Georgia as part of loan deal between Chinese and US governments

J&P Coats is another link between Scottish thread manufacturers and early American soccer. Also a good example of association football being shortened to "soccer football" before later becoming just "soccer".

Wonky Target Man@dancreel.com · 3d ago

Ad for a First Round National Challenge Cup match between J. & P. Coats and Saylesville.

There were numerous Inter Miami (Messi) fans in the supporters section of the opposition team, Columbus Crew, last night. They were wearing yellow t-shirts in order to be let in a home area. Another example of Messi Mania seeing Inter Miami have plenty of support in home sections at away games.

Ralph Schudel@ralphschudel.com · 4d ago

Messi chants in Nordecke are inexcusable. Get those people out of there. #Crew96

True relationism is not telling the players.

Anna@injuryfc.bsky.social · 4d ago

That's bad

It's just another form of football, so they didn't need an association team really, as the sport of rugby league itself has had a big local following over the years. The likes of Widnes and Wigan et el have been at various points the best football teams in the world.

A really interesting part of football history is how association football developed in some Lancashire and Yorkshire towns while rugby league football was prevalent in others nearby, and remains so to this day. You'd think a town as big as Warrington is now would have a pro soccer team.

The wider popularity of soccer, especially since the global growth of the English Premier League, means it seems unusual for big English towns or cities such as Warrington, Wakefield and others to not have fully professional soccer teams, but they do have professional football teams.

A really interesting part of football history is how association football developed in some Lancashire and Yorkshire towns while rugby league football was prevalent in others nearby, and remains so to this day. You'd think a town as big as Warrington is now would have a pro soccer team.

The "Man City-bound" line in Cavan Sullivan stories now has a new element of doubt to it, but the 16-year-old makes his #USMNT debut tonight. He's been one of the best players in MLS these past few months.

First Grand Final since 2017 without Wigan or St Helens (& a new Super League champion given Warrington and Wakefield's championships were in 1950s and 1960s). Seems good for the game overall.

Warrington v Wakefield Trinity is a good Grand Final matchup #rugbyleague

Good to hear @liberopodcast.com cover Allardyce - England. Always thought it didn't warrant a sacking. The Telegraph "investigation" was a weird set up to get him sacked for no reason, and Allardyce ultimately didn't say anything as bad as the paper originally suggested anyway.

International football is not without its issues, but as the club game at the top level is being ruined by private equity and state ownership, the international game provides an alternative. This weekend's Morning Star column on Nations Leagues and extended international breaks.

Excellent column about international football echoing a lot of things I've been writing about recently. Nice to see Cymru fans in the photo used in the online version as well!

James Nalton@jdnalton.bsky.social · 5d ago

International football is not without its issues, but as the club game at the top level is being ruined by private equity and state ownership, the international game provides an alternative. This weekend's Morning Star column on Nations Leagues and extended international breaks.

International football is not without its issues, but as the club game at the top level is being ruined by private equity and state ownership, the international game provides an alternative. This weekend's Morning Star column on Nations Leagues and extended international breaks.

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My report from Everton vs Ipswich as part of the Morning Star's weekend football coverage.

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