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Every day is a soccer news day. A soccer site covering MLS, NWSL, Liga MX, Concacaf and beyond.

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Messi was magical on Sunday night, and Inter Miami survived its biggest scare yet.

Our Victor Araiza made the trek to Frisco:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/08/07/lionel-messi-inter-miami-4-fc-dallas-4-leagues-cup

07.08.2023 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ready to stay up late, USWNT fans? Tonight is your night:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/31/soccer-watch-guide-august-1-2023

31.07.2023 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Galaxy are out of Leagues Cup.

More on what happened with that:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/31/la-galaxy-1-vancouver-whitecaps-2-recap-leagues-cup-exit

31.07.2023 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's what Austin FC fans should be doing tonight as they watch FC Juarez take on Mazatlan FC in Leagues Cup:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/25/fc-juarez-mazatlan-fc-preview

25.07.2023 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Appreciate that!

24.07.2023 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leagues Cup has been amazing for more than just the Messi free kick

But also, the Messi free kick:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/24/leagues-cup-review-first-three-days-messi-free-kick-highlights

24.07.2023 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call it what you want ... fΓΊtbol, soccer, calcio ... we're here for everyone!

24.07.2023 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New striker in town ...

LAFC made a surprise announcement and signed Mario Gonzalez today; here's what we know:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/22/lafc-signing-mario-gonzalez-braga

23.07.2023 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Leagues Cup is here.

Here's your look back at Jornada 3 and a Liga MX-eye view on Leagues Cup:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/21/liga-mx-notebook-2023-apertura-jornada-3-recap-leagues-cup-preview

21.07.2023 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

After 24 @atlantaunited.bsky.social matches in 2023, signs point to ... weird.

This team is weird.

@jsamjones.bsky.social explores:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/20/atlanta-united-strangest-team-analytics-overview

20.07.2023 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ozzie Alonso: From a Walmart in Houston to an incredible career in MLS

@jsamjones.bsky.social

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/19/ozzie-alonso-feature-defecting-cuba-atlanta-united

19.07.2023 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And, if you missed our first installment yesterday of Leagues Cup previews yesterday, here it is again:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/17/leagues-cup-previews-byes-west

18.07.2023 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leagues Cup previews!

Here are the Central groups:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/18/leagues-cup-previews-central

18.07.2023 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Liga MX coming to Austin in September (also coming on Friday for Leagues Cup, of course) ...

Here's the latest on Club America vs. Tigres UANL:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/18/club-america-vs-tigres-uanl-austin-q2-stadium-sept-10-2023

18.07.2023 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And finally, here's our #FIFAWWC Group H preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/15/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group--previews-germany-colombia-morocco-south-korea

17.07.2023 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here's our #FIFAWWC Group G preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/15/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-g-previews-sweden-italy-south-africa-argentina

17.07.2023 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have more #FIFAWWC group previews to share!

Here's Group F:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/15/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group--previews-germany-colombia-morocco-south-korea

17.07.2023 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sergio Busquets is signed! (Plus another guy!)

There's that, plus two matchweeks worth of MLS action to catch you up on, courtesy of @philwest.bsky.social:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/17/mls-notebook-2023-matchweek-25-26

17.07.2023 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chris Mavinga tackles Brian White

Chris Mavinga tackles Brian White

It didn't start well for the Galaxy on Saturday night ...

... but it ended up closer than the scoreboard might indicate.

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/16/vancouver-whitecaps-4-la-galaxy-2-recap-071523

16.07.2023 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Growing pains. Atlanta United's got 'em.

But what are they building toward?

@jsamjones.bsky.social examines last night's loss:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/16/atlanta-united-will-keep-having-growing-pains-

16.07.2023 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Austin FC won last night. Josh Wolff declared it a triumph of the human spirit.

More from @philwest.bsky.social:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/16/austin-fc-2-sporting-kc-1-analysis-071523

16.07.2023 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a final: Austin FC 2, Sporting KC 1:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/15/austin-fc-2-sporting-kc-1-recap

16.07.2023 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There's Inter Miami news. Rodolfo Pizzaro left.

There's also other Inter Miami news; we have that and more in this weekend's MLS Previews:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/15/mls-previews-2023-matchweek-26

15.07.2023 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our Group E #FIFAWWC preview:

(That's the one with the USWNT in it)

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/14/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-e-previews-united-states-netherlands-portugal-vietnam

14.07.2023 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Group D #FIFAWWC preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/13/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-d-previews-china-denmark-england-haiti

14.07.2023 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Group C #FIFAWWC Preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/13/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-c-previews-costa-rica-japan-spain-zambia

14.07.2023 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Group B #FIFAWWC preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/12/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-b-previews-australia-canada-ireland-nigeria

14.07.2023 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Group A #FIFAWWC preview:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/12/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-group-a-previews-new-zealand-norway-philippines-switzerland

14.07.2023 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which two Austin FC players are at a crossroads following last night's loss to the Whitecaps?

@philwest.bsky.social digs in:

https://www.thestriker.com/2023/07/13/kipp-keller-rodney-redes-crossroads-austin-fc-vs-vancouver

13.07.2023 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which hashtags would help you? We're happy to help your feeds out (and, yes, we cover more than WWC though we're really excited for that)

13.07.2023 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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