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This guy worked with Infantino for a decade at UEFA, helped lead his 2016 campaign to become president of FIFA, was picked by him as FIFA COO, worked alongside him for the last two years and is now shocked, shocked to find out what he's up to

MLS/Championship is the best arbitrage in soccer

FIFA: Football is not for sale FIFA rejects initial bid for football Football is important part of FIFA chief's plans Buyers must meet football's release clause, FIFA insists FIFA won't stand in football's way if it wants new challenge Personal terms agreed with football Thank you, football!

It's kind of beautiful how closely Infantino's money grab is following the European Super League trajectory

We only need a few more confederations to pull out before the USMNT has a real shot at winning the World Cup

Monkey's paw bursts into flames

Interesting split here between teams that protect a lead by keeping the ball and the ones that do it by playing direct

Conservation organizations make a big deal out of saving "charismatic megafauna" like pandas not because they're super important but because they get people to donate money that the orgs can use to do the work that matters What I'm saying here is maybe Mauricio Pochettino is a panda

Through reliable sources, I understand that things are progressing well toward a second-string USMNT loss to Panama in the semi-finals of the 2027 Gold Cup, causing fans to turn on Mauricio Pochettino, who quickly accepts an offer to manage Everton before he can be fired

I would like to interrogate the phrase "the race to sign Jordan Henderson"

Incredible missed opportunity to make a rule that an outfield player has to play in goal for one minute

Thinking about how I had no idea when Lewandowski and Griezmann and Casemiro would be making their MLS debuts

Casemiro versus CF Montreal looks how you would expect those words to

Vini to Arsenal would be terrifying, can you imagine Declan Rice having such a good backup corner kick taker

Finally Real Madrid will have a fast, dribbly right-footed winger

Crazy how fast his first 23 years in Philly flew by

This part is really interesting — national styles of play clearly persist even as leagues become increasingly international

Sacha Kljestan is a really good color commentator, pays attention to detail and explains tactics well. More of this please