Son Heung-min’s LAFC arrival opens up new business opportunities for MLS, but the road to economic impact is paved by a first-of-its-kind star power on the occasion of his home debut, let the Son effect commence www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
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Son Heung-min’s LAFC arrival opens up new business opportunities for MLS, but the road to economic impact is paved by a first-of-its-kind star power on the occasion of his home debut, let the Son effect commence www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
"thank you for pressing the button, Kaka" is the type of Mad Libs sentence that feels right at home in a Champions League draw
it's so wild that Manchester United played a league two side in the cup and still played a 3421 with a dedicated DM, stay at home CBs and defensive WBs because there is no other system they are allowed to play
Here is the section of the policy in question, with the discrepancies between the old and new versions highlighted:
![(discrepancies in brackets) OLD NWSL EXTREME HEAT POLICY: … During the Delay a. Similar to a severe weather delay, the match will not start or resume until it is safe to do so as outlined by the procedures below. b. The Fourth Official will take another WBGT measurement 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the match. [Follow the same procedure as above, should the WBGT reading meet or exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit.] • If the WBGT temperature reads below 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit, warm-ups may begin. c. [Following the reading 15 minutes prior to the start of the match, should the delay continue, a WBGT measurement will be taken every 30 minutes at the kickoff spot,] until it is deemed safe to play, below 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit, or until such time has passed that the League decides to postpone the match. [• In the event a WBGT measurement is below the 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit threshold by 1 degree (i.e., 91.3 degrees Fahrenheit), it will be the Fourth Official in conjunction with the home club’s Team Physician with feedback from visiting team medical personnel, operations, officials and both technical staffs, to make the ultimate decision if and when play is allowed to resume.] NEW NWSL EXTREME HEAT POLICY: … During the Delay A. Similar to a severe weather delay, the match will not start or resume until it is safe to do so as outlined by the procedures below. B. The Fourth Official will take another WBGT measurement 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the match. ○ If the WBGT measurement reads < 92.3°F/33.5°C, warm-ups may begin. ○ [If the WBGT reading continues to be ≥92.3°F/33.5°C, the match will continue to be delayed.] C. [A WBGT measurement will then be taken every 15 minutes at the kickoff spot, until it is deemed safe to play], < 92.3°F/33.5°C, or until such time has passed that the League decides to postpone the match.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rn7pv7y7h5bnb26trk6uo2cn/bafkreihnesfkhwgeb4nw6qtgp7frhqij4pvocwuyzukyduc6rui3k5ucoq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
went long form on why Liverpool's imbalance should be thoroughly encouraged, even if it makes no sense - we need more teams to go into entertaining sicko mode, especially the elite ones www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
Headline: Mauricio Pochettino calls September "the last camp to have the possibility for us to see new faces."
congratulations to taylor swift, travis kelce, and to the whoever is about to drop the world's most unnoticed news dump
Mauricio Pochettino seems *very* invested in exploring the entire USMNT player pool before locking in a core group
I would never argue against the notion that Liverpool are imbalanced and this may not be a sustainable strategy to win the title, but I'm having a ton of fun watching their chaos so I have no notes for them
Daniil Medvedev is so iconically and entertainingly toxic (complimentary)
just took in the best final set of tennis I’ve ever seen — Alex Eala (20yo, had never won a Grand Slam match) came back from 5-1 down to win 13-11 14 seed Clara Tauson melted down after a call didn’t go her way, announcer is now calling Eala “the most famous Filipino in the world”
not that Gianni Infantino isn’t already a professional hanger-on for Donald Trump at this point but the idea that he flew to D.C. on short notice for today’s World Cup draw announcement feels like a new low on a day that exemplified new lows www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
![excerpt from The Athletic: “I said, ‘Gianni, do [the announcement] by phone, you don’t have to come,’” Trump said. “He said, ‘No, I’ll come, I’ll come.’ And he flew all night long to be here, and listen to this about how great we’re doing in D.C.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:52qxgqpolgb4re6tyr6wszqx/bafkreibfeh5wkkwibzrtbsdx4ul5wdccj2bjmjcfs5inrzh4yum37inzs4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
you’re opening up a can of worms about Brooklyn’s source of wealth by putting this out into the universe
rare are the days when Concacaf’s mayhem makes its way to NYC but at Gotham’s first official game in the city, Concacaf found a host that, like it, knows a thing or two about beautiful chaos stories from an authentically soccer sicko experience www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
announced attendance for Gotham-Monterrey on Randall's Island: 858
Monterrey pull one back to make it 2-1 thanks to Restrepo and based on the applause (you can't see the crowd from the press box), there's either a decent crowd to see them, too, or the acoustics in here are incredible
Icahn Stadium is a small place -- capacity is 5,000 and it's definitely not full -- but it did get fairly loud in here as Bruninha popped the ball into the back of the net to give Gotham the lead in the sixth minute
hello from Randall’s Island, where Gotham kick off their title defense in the Concacaf W Champions Cup it may be mid-August in NYC but it is surprisingly damp and cold today, really adding to the sickos vibe that is a Concacaf staple
Eze isn’t a make-or-break signing for Tottenham (they need a player in that role but it doesn’t have to be that one) but if you needed another reason to question their sporting department’s ability to the job…
Obviously the correct choice is to stop scheduling summer games in the 12-4pm window, but for my whole life US pro soccer leagues have had to choose between bad ratings (& the loss of revenue that causes) & these increasingly unsafe windows to get to showcase their product. (1/2)
the crowd going wild at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Lucas Bergvall does a long throw, you love to hear it
Never thought I’d see the day a Premier League ref punished a goalkeeper for holding the ball too long!
"Anthony Gordon not distracted by a balloon" okay but I would have respected him way more if he broke off the counterattack to play with it
Thomas Frank describes Spurs' performance against PSG as a "special operation" that he started planning the day after the defeat to Bayern. "In medical terms, the operation succeeded but the patient died."
the summer of hilarious penalty shootouts continues!
Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero scoring in the same game after barely playing together over the last two seasons is such a treat
you know recession references are trendy when you fail to figure out what the opposite of Temu because you to crack a joke about how Spurs are now Brentford, but with better players
Chicago Stars FC named Martin Sjogren as head coach, but won't start till 2026, and there's a new interim in Anders Jacobson. More on timelines, why this isn't USSF/Hayes 2.0 or even Spirit/Giraldez 2.0, Ella Masar isn't head coach, and where the club goes from here www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
not withstanding the goal itself before hand which the sequence of events was very funny on its own right and deeply unfortunate for Mal Swanson
the summer of hilarious penalty shootouts continues!
better than Gonzalo Higuain playing the final game of his career at Citi Field, but still very MLS
the camera cuts to a woman crying, the Son Heung-min impact fully in effect
Mo Salah is asking the right questions
If you're wondering what happened at Sports Illustrated Stadium, the "RÜFÜS DU SOL Inhale / Exhale World Tour 2025" just took place there on July 25.
I definitely buy the argument that Geyse should pick up a yellow for that challenge but red feels harsh #NWSL
I also found a way to work in a reference to the time Cristian Romero stole Ryan Mason’s beer during Spurs’ Europa League parade so if nothing else, hopefully that inspires you to click
after 20-plus years at Tottenham, Ryan Mason is forging his own path as he begins his managerial career at West Brom I spoke to him about the closing of a chapter, being a “feelings person” and Mauricio Pochettino’s aura www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
it is officially #NWSL rivalry week so I caught up with Laura Harvey in Seattle last week to talk Cascadia and authentic rivalries, Mia Fishel, the Reign's rebuild and how Lynn Biyendolo filled Megan Rapinoe's leadership void www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
Tottenham's video and statement bidding farewell to Son Heung-min were real tearjerkers so in the same spirit, here's another push for my piece looking back at his decade with the club and the end of a perfect sports story: www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
The World Cup is less than a year from now www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Son Heung-min will be remembered as a fan favorite but he was also really freaking good: -5th, all-time club goals -16th, PL all-time goals -17th, PL all-time assists -3rd, goal contributions since debut Kane and Salah are the elites of this generation but Son wasn’t far off
as Son Heung-min’s decade-long spell with Tottenham ends, he exits not only as a club legend but as the most underrated attacker of his generation a look back at his “perfect puzzle” years in north London www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
as Son Heung-min’s decade-long spell with Tottenham ends, he exits not only as a club legend but as the most underrated attacker of his generation a look back at his “perfect puzzle” years in north London www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
obviously at the very least, Marta is reaffirming her own GOAT status
are you allowed to use GOAT for singular sporting events because the Copa America Femenina final is really making that case
well and truly the end of an era - Son Heung-min at Tottenham was a great sports story of a player who unexpectedly became not only a club great, but one of the best of his generation
congrats!
A word for Jess Carter. Can’t imagine how tough these past few days have been for her. But put in one of the displays of her career and has a 2nd Euros title. Sometimes good things happen to good people.
a penalty shootout with several missed spotkicks was the only appropriate way for the Women's Euro to end
Jacqui: “nobody wants to be the villain” But you know what, I think these people DO want to be the villain, because they know this isn’t true. That or they’ve never had chorizo.
I think this is called doing the treble
Does it count as a hattrick if Basel won the Swiss Super League, held the Women's Euro final and hosted Eurovision in the span of a few months?
An NWSL-commissioned investigation found that San Diego Wave "could have done more" to address an assault allegation, per a summary obtained by @us.theguardian.com. An illustrative example of the difficulties alleged victims face when reporting. By Matthew Hall: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
i know the bar is in satan’s toilet for this guy but invoking a ‘girl dad’ defense over his show spreading a sexually explicit rumor about an 18-year-old is extremely gross
I can't think of a team as good as Spain that's so incapable of playing any other way than how they want. On one hand, it's a giant flaw, but on the other they always find their way back to their style of play so who cares?
even considering the potential repercussions for Messi (and Jordi Alba, for that matter), this really does not surprise me at all
Michelle Agyemang > Patrick Agyemang
An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read: "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die. AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1
not enough to allege that racism has no place here, clearly it’s found one. the question is only when will white people be willing to categorize and punish racism as not just words but the promotion of the world’s most violent and inhumane ideology
France really going with a varied approach with these run-ups
Ann-Katrin Berger, take a bow
you really do have to applaud these teams for the quantity and variety of the drama they’ve offered, between the moments of excellence during the 120 minutes and the silliness of this shootout — England-Sweden has lived up to the hype, no doubt about that
England and Sweden (mostly) allergic to scoring penalties
congrats!
Trans athlete bans always get used to police cis women's bodies. The athletes affected by this are disproportionately Black. There's a direct through line from this stuff to racism.
what it was like covering the new-look Club World Cup is a much easier question to answer: I went for a 60 minute massage today and the masseuse bumped it up to 90 minutes because I was so knotty
things I did not anticipate from the Club World Cup final: analysis from Rita Ora on Cole Palmer and Chelsea’s performance
after four weeks and 60-plus games, the first edition of the new-look Club World Cup has come to a close — but did it really matter? turns out, that’s a complex question to answer (but I took a stab at it anyway) www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
He stayed for Chelsea to lift the trophy…what an awkward moment. #FIFACWC
another round of boos at MetLife Stadium as Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino make their way to the pitch for the trophy ceremony at the Club World Cup final
I still have no idea how much these players genuinely care bout the Club World Cup but the post-match brawl was a sign that they can get hyped for something that has also forced a lot of complaints out of them!
FT: Chelsea 3, Paris Saint-Germain 0 Chelsea win the first edition of the expanded Club World Cup, also becoming the first team in a long while to make PSG look second-best -- they took the game to PSG and the French champions really just didn't look up for this game
two very, very similar goals for Cole Palmer and Chelsea have a 2-0 lead before the half-hour mark if they keep this up, we may just have an an answer to the question of how you beat a seemingly unstoppable PSG team...
Michael Buffer also got booed, right before he did the quickest countdown ever because they were behind schedule — kickoff finally came at 3:08 p.m.
feels like a pro-Chelsea crowd today, complete with a tifo
Club World Cup final pre-match show is coming to a close here at MetLife Stadium, lowlights include the giant trophy, yellow smoke and a performance of the new FIFA anthem
there were some very audible boos at MetLife Stadium as they showed Donald Trump on the screen during the national anthem (though they quickly cut away)
If the laws governing your game allow for the fudges by Red Bull and CFG but not for the scenario Palace and Lyon find themselves in, you really should let this one slide and reassess your regulations.
Amanda Anisimova!!
FT: Paris Saint-Germain 4, Real Madrid PSG come up with another proper thrashing, no surprise they're still the team to beat at the Club World Cup
announced attendance at MetLife Stadium for Paris Saint-Germain vs. Real Madrid: 77,542
expert analysis: seems like PSG are good at football
kickoff for PSG-Real Madrid delayed by 10 minutes because both teams got stuck in traffic on the way in from their hotels in Manhattan it's been a rocky trip to MetLife for Real Madrid - their flight yesterday from the Miami area was also delayed (which forced them to cancel pre-match media avail)
another day, another glance at the MetLife Stadium crowd, this time for Paris Saint-Gremain vs. Real Madrid crowd will likely favor Madrid, though there are people rooting for both sides clad in Mbappe kits
appropriate that Kylian Mbappe starts in today's semifinal since, regardless of his fitness, it's essentially a check-in on his move from PSG to Real Madrid a year ago, as well as a comparison of two teams in "very different situations," per Luis Enrique www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
team news from MetLife Stadium: Kylian Mbappe will make his first start of the Club World Cup today against Paris Saint-Germain, while Gonzalo Garcia and Vinicius Junior also make the cut for Real Madrid
With Chelsea's win vs Fluminense, Conmebol finishes with a 3-3-6 record vs Uefa competition in the Club World Cup. That's the best any confederation has performed vs Uefa in this tournament. (Also that record is W-D-L, I'm not a maniac)
Joao Pedro marks his first Chelsea start with the opening goal of this game just 16 minutes in, and against his former team
a glance at MetLife Stadium shortly before Fluminense and Chelsea kick off in today’s Club World Cup semifinal — pretty strong Fluminense contingent in the stadium today
the Fluminense faithful have made their way to Penn Station, very much outnumbering the number of Chelsea kits I’ve seen so far
the Gold Cup final may have offered yet another reminder of the #USMNT’s limitations, but it did not actually cancel out the positives from the this summer’s matches www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
this summer has made it oh-so-clear that christian pulisic should not be taking set pieces for the usmnt
it's so Concacaf to not have goal line technology for the Gold Cup final
Gio Reyna’s final stats for Borussia Dortmund at the FIFA Club World Cup: One appearance, 12 minutes played, four games as an unused substitute. #USMNT
FT: Real Madrid 3, Borussia Dortmund I guess these teams were happy to deliver a lot of end-of-match chaos, since it was 2-0 in the 90ht minute and it ended 3-2 to Madrid, who went down to 10 along the way!
announced attendance at MetLife Stadium for Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund -- 76,611 second biggest crowd of the Club World Cup (behind the 80k at the Rose Bowl for PSG-Atletico Madrid), and a dramatic departure from the other games here, with MetLife at 44.9% capacity during the group stage
HT: Real Madrid 2, Borussia Dortmund it's been a nice afternoon so far for those with Garcia as a last name
