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Arm away from his body extended in unnatural position is the only way Gergino Rutter controls the ball before scoring for Brighton, genuinely how is that not disallowed? West Ham still shouldn’t concede there but man handball decisions make 0 sense

By starting for NYCFC today, Aiden O’Neill becomes the first O’Neill wearing No 21 to start a home playoff game at Yankee Stadium since November 1, 2001, World Series Game 5 aka Paul’s final home game for the Yankees

Unfinished Astoria Bike Lane Languishes As Judge Delays Lawsuit Ruling - Streetsblog New York City The completion of Astoria's 31st Street protected bike lane may get pushed to next year if a Queens judge doesn't make up her mind soon.

Astoria businesses sued to block this in part by arguing it will (illogically) make the street less safe. By suing, they’ve accomplished exactly what they claimed to want to prevent: 31st now an incomplete, confusing, dangerous mess for cyclists/drivers & likely stays that way for months, great work

2025 End-of-Season Survey We're taking the pulse of MLS fans following the 2025 Major League Soccer season. Answer the multiple choice questions below, and fill out the open response sections if so inclined. Your answer in Se...

We partnered with @sixonefivesoccer.com and other soccer websites to put together this MLS survey. We’d love it if you filled it out, and shared it with other MLS fans out there ⬇️

Nancy taking a totally allowed and normal 30-second timeout right after his team conceded: MLS is always innovating

A photo of the new Queens early voting sticker

The new stickers are S-tier, never been more excited to vote to digitize a city map in my life

Brek Shea the only answer filled in on my Immaculate Footy grid

I feel no need to go any further on this particular grid, perfect as is

We @hudsonriverblue.com have now shared a field with the current and future mayor of NYC, though Eric Adams did not organize a 5-a-side tourney he just breezed through Citi Field pre-NYCFC while wearing a hat that said “Mayor Adams” on it

I’m the man in the middle of this frame looking at his phone and typing, taken from NYCFC’s new video series about building their stadium in Queens

Caught in natural habitat, staring down at my phone writing a post from a community board meeting about a soccer stadium in a Queens church basement youtu.be/bIBkn_LCTes?...

A reporter's letter to Major League Soccer | Laurel Pfahler Get more from Laurel Pfahler on Patreon

Wrote something a little different during the break that I hope MLS PR considers, as national outlets keep decreasing coverage and now AI content is replacing writers. Someone had to say something before media access just gets worse. (Free post) www.patreon.com/posts/141166...

Mind the Gap: Goal scored through side netting in local Open Cup Qualifier Doxa FCW are officially protesting a 2-1 loss to Lansdowne Yonkers FC in Sunday's US Open Cup Qualifier after a ball that seemingly went out of bounds and through the side netting was called a goal.

This taught me to never doubt the importance of a ref inspecting a goal and its netting before a match

Major network breaks journalistic ground by appointing the first-ever Ragebaiter-in-Chief

No better way to ring in the start of spooky season than with the possibility of watching Anthony Precourt lift the US Open Cup trophy

Cody Ransom, now there’s a Guy to Remember

West Ham might never win on the pitch but at least they’ve twice this transfer window forced Fabrizio Romano to delete incorrect “here we go” posts in shame. Would be avoiding relegation if they got points for that

Perfect for Walmart, zero locations in NYC, to sponsor a Men In Blazers event ostensibly about “celebrating New York soccer” with a slate of Red Bull players/staff, a Knick from NJ, another Knick known for being a Villanova Guy. Bridge and Tunnel Night and at NYC’s worst venue, Terminal 5, too

Maxime Chanot on his new academy, coaching aspirations, NYCFC exit In an exclusive interview, Chanot discusses launching his La Fabrique academy, the start of his coaching journey, and his NYCFC departure.

Revisiting this interview with Maxime Chanot I conducted not too long after he left NYCFC. Will be watching to see how his coaching career progresses now that he’s hung up the boots, natural leader who wears it all on his sleeve www.hudsonriverblue.com/maxime-chano...

Meanwhile the handful of bitter Astoria business owners suing to stop the bike lane try to argue that installing said bike lane will make the road, currently too sketchy for the next mayor to bike on, more dangerous for cyclists. Make it make sense (it doesn't/they simply love illegal parking)

Astoria business group sues NYC to block new bike lane below subway tracks Statistics show 31st Street has a high rate of crashes.

Drivers kill pedestrians + cyclists in Astoria on the regular, children included, but an aggrieved group of businesses is suing to block NYC Dept of Transportation from making street safety improvements b/c they don’t want a bike lane installed to disrupt some of their free parking

I chose wisely in our @hudsonriverblue.com Leagues Cup preview when picking a non-NYCFC must-watch match from Phase One, this was pure cinema (minus some terrible fan behavior) www.hudsonriverblue.com/hrb-roundtab...

Johnny Cardoso with his new No 5 Atlético Madrid kit, plus Johnny 5 from Short Circuit (1986)

Does he know? Applies for both really

Photo from section 222/press box of Red Bull Arena taken while it was the 56th minute between NYCFC and Puebla

9,384 the announced crowd at Sports Illustrated Stadium for Puebla 3-0 NYCFC. 1 hour, 54 minute return trip door to door via PATH and a local N train, Harrison to Astoria. All valuable Leagues Cup statistics I think

YouTube video by Major League Soccer Alonso Martínez HAT TRICK Powers NYCFC To Win On The Road!

ICYMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUvK...

Bring back Gawker (again)

Cole Palmer showing off the newfound powers he gained from riding a scooter through Times Square

Those used to trying to get off Staten Island know that if you miss a ferry it’s a 30 minute wait for the next one, now the balloon bird has learned

It took a while, but now we love the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup With the final three games of the 2025 Club World Cup taking place at MetLife Stadium, we take stock of a tournament that has won us over.

The lads love the tournament, maybe FIFA should try floating a 700 pound 5-story tall replica of the Club World Cup trophy down the Gowanus Canal to help raise the excitement level around the semis and final, hear that’s the marketing move these days

I’m sorry, the guy on the DAZN call of Dortmund-Monterrey just earnestly linked Sebastian Berhalter with a move to Bayern Munich based on a fake “made to look real” transfer post by a USMNT account that got a bunch of attention/1k likes on X

NYCFC poster ads plastered on a construction wall on 23rd Ave in Astoria Queens

The marketing is expanding to the side streets of Astoria. A fun and useless fact is that this is feet away from Tony Bennett’s childhood home and from one of the best Italian delis in NYC (Sal, Kris, and Charlie’s)

NYC needs a mayor invested in the community they’re elected to represent, someone who will do the work advocating for residents and their needs, not just work to serve their interests or those of the city’s elite ruling class, the ones handing millions to ZM’s opponents via PACs

Go vote! vote.nyc