Zachary Rainey
@zacharyrainey.bsky.social
Sloth enthusiast 🦥, LA Galaxy ⚽️, FC Barcelona ⚽️, St. Louis Cardinals ⚾️, Sacramento Kings 🏀, FDT
Bringing on Garces when chasing a game is a firable offense. #vanneyout #lagalaxy
Get Aude outta there man. He looks like a fish out of water out there. #lagalaxy
USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino said Noahkai Banks still has not made up his mind and will not be considered for the upcoming camp. www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...
Pochettino: Noahkai Banks still undecided, USMNT ‘cannot consider him for next camp’
The 19-year-old center back is still torn between representing the U.S. or Germany on the international stage
nytimes.com
We needed that win. Sergi looked great, Pablo looked good off the bench, defense looked strong (besides the penalty). #lagalaxy
Ramos Jr, Cuevas, Dylan Vanney, Neal… Why do we insist on sending our homegrown players away instead of giving them a chance to develop? So frustrating. #lagalaxy
Yup, greatest tifo I’ve ever seen (VfL Osnabruk fans against Bayern Munich in the DFB Pokal) 🎢
I feel like the Galaxy should’ve been all over this. We have an open u22, a less than solid defense, and we have his brother Elijah on the roster. #lagalaxy
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · last wk.🇺🇸 BREAKING: New England Revolution in advanced talks to sign USYNT center back Josh Wynder on loan from Benfica, per sources - Complicated deal but Revs working hard to get it done before deadline - Loan until summer www.nytimes.com/athletic/755...
News: U.S. Soccer is restructuring its sporting department. - no classic "sporting director" - Poch and Hayes report straight to CEO - two new "directors of soccer" — one on men's/boys' side, one women's/girls' — will oversee the pathway to USMNT and WNT More, free to read @theathletic.com:
U.S. Soccer restructures sporting department: What it means for Pochettino, Hayes (Gift Article)
Changes are afoot in the way U.S. Soccer sets up its hierarchy, affecting both the men's and women's national teams
nytimes.com
Oh shit, this was not on my bingo card. He was one of the only bright spots of 2023. #lagalaxy
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · last wk.🇧🇷 Sources: LA Galaxy finalizing a deal to sign Brazilian defender Lucas Calegari from Eyüpspor Calegari, 24, was with Galaxy in 2023 season on loan. He impressed but tore his ACL at the end of the season, complicating permanent deal Now, back in LA. Player thrilled to return
👀 Sources: MLS is fully returning to the U.S. Open Cup. All 27 U.S.-based MLS teams will participate in a revamped version of the country's longest-running soccer competition 🏆 Reporting with @benwright.bsky.social for @backheeled.com ⤵️
Sources: MLS to return all of its teams to the U.S. Open Cup
All 27 U.S.-based MLS teams will return to a revamped version of the country's longest-running soccer competition.
backheeled.com
Take Yoshida out please. He’s so awful. Ball watching on the first goal. Misplacing passes. Missing tackles. #lagalaxy
Good on Sporting for showing this level of ambition. I hope the #lagalaxy are taking notice.
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2w ago🇺🇸 BREAKING: Sporting KC has acquired USYNT midfielder Owen Wolff from Austin FC, per sources. Deal is $4.5m + $3.1m add-ons in cash trade, the largest for a U-22 initiative player in history of the rule Wolff, 21, had 7g/7a in breakout 2025 season. www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
Fuck. Can we have some discipline as a team?? #lagalaxy
JT shouldn’t kick it long when we don’t have a target to win the ball. Each time he kicked it long, Montreal won the ball and countered. Including that red card play. #lagalaxy
This transfer window rules
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 3w ago🇳🇱 Sources: Real Salt Lake have had talks with Dutch midfielder Gini Wijnaldum. @jacobsben.bsky.social 1st Wijnaldum, 35, is a free agent after leaving Saudi Arabia this summer He is impressed by convos with RSL and open to a move to MLS but no agreement imminent www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
Ugh, MLS gonna MLS. Why can’t we just have a normal 16 team single elimination bracket?
Pablo Maurer@mlsist.bsky.social · 3w agoNew: MLS is planning another potential overhaul to its playoff system, one that could involve as many as 20 teams, feature a "double-elimination" component along with a mess of other changes. Nothing finalized yet. Full details from me on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
