Jonathan Tannenwald

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Lehigh's Nasir Whitlock with a 50-footer from just beyond halfcourt to beat Holy Cross in the Patriot League quarterfinals

YouTube video by The Best Soccer Show MLS Week 2 And World Cup Roster Questions w/ Thomas Pinzone and Jonathan Tannenwald

Starting up on The Best Soccer Show. @tpinzone343.bsky.social and @jtannenwald.bsky.social to guest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzo...

Sonia Citron will have to wait to make her competitive debut for the senior national team. After suffering an injury during Unrivaled, she has been replaced on the roster for the World Cup Qualifying Tournament and won’t be available. @theixsports.bsky.social

The Washington Post will let a wire service deal with this piddling event

UPDATE: The USL Players Association posted its full statement on Instagram regarding the league's email to players.

"If anything, this kind of pressure campaign only reinforces why players voted to provide strike authorization in the first place."

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano

sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

No. The Union are the “home” team
for all their games.

USL emails players about union resignation procedures as strike looms The email, sent to all USL Championship players, includes an “FAQ” section on crossing a potential picket line

REPORT: On Wednesday, the USL emailed all Championship players with information on procedures for crossing a potential picket line and resigning their union membership, multiple sources have confirmed to The Guardian.

Details, including the attached "FAQs" pdf: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

MLS Commissioner Don Garber at the Inter Miami White House ceremony, sitting next to Andrew Giuliani

For those asking (once again) why more fans weren't in Harrison today... making its 2026 debut...

Bradley Carnell says 'sometimes, the moment gets to' his Union players, and he wants to fix it After a 0-2 start in Major League Soccer, Carnell says: “We know we’re not quite where we need to be, and that’s totally understandable, but it’s no excuses either.”

Bradley Carnell says 'sometimes, the moment gets to' his Union players, and he wants to fix it.

(Good thing he does.)

Plus a look at the Leagues Cup draw:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/mls-s... via @phillysport.bsky.social @inquirer.com

Programming notes!

I'll be on @siriusxmfc.bsky.social with Wynalda immediately following Spurs-Palace to talk about soccer on the radio.

Tonight at 9 ET I'll be live on YouTube for this week's ep of The Best Soccer Show. Guest co-hosts @tpinzone343.bsky.social and @jtannenwald.bsky.social.

Holy shit does she not know?

#USMNT World Cup home kit, confirmed at a local grocery store.

And if you'd like to see a web page get built in real time...

www.leaguescup.com/schedule/#cl...

If you guessed that the Union would probably see Julián Carranza in the Leagues Cup, you're right.

Necaxa will visit Subaru Park on August 9.

The Union will also host Cruz Azul and Santos Laguna in the group stage.

🤷‍♂️

The Mbappe Project: Making a Superstar Making a Superstar

Publication day! My new book, "The Mbappé Project", is officially out today. It is not a biography, but an attempt to understand and explain how a football prodigy was built into a global star by his entourage and by himself, retaining control every step of the way.

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Indiana Vassilev has remained the roaring engine driving the Union attack: ‘He’s been really important’ A true box-to-box midfielder, Vassilev is one of a few players on Carnell’s roster that has the freedom to roam, in part because the Savannah. Ga., native never stops moving.

@sprtswtr.bsky.social puts a spotlight on Indiana Vassilev:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/india... via @phillysport.bsky.social @inquirer.com

WAFCON 2026 postponed fewer than two weeks before planned start date CAF said the decision was taken "in the light of certain unforeseen circumstances".

Official: WAFCON 2026 has been postponed until July 25th — August 16th.

For NWSL stars Temwa Chawinga and Barbra Banda, that could mean missing 7 league matches each.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/707...

What happened to the Big 5? The decline of Philly basketball’s one-time legendary alliance began a long time ago. The Big 5 was a glorious thing that folks knew about beyond Philadelphia. Now it isn’t much of anything anymore. The reasons are many.

I’ve been waiting a long time for this from Mike Sielski, and it does not disappoint.

What happened to the Big 5? The decline of Philly basketball’s one-time legendary alliance began a long time ago. www.inquirer.com/college-spor... via @phillysport.bsky.social @inquirer.com

What on Earth…

Rob Mac's Wrexham AFC will play at Subaru Park this summer The Welsh soccer team, popular in Philadelphia and nationwide thanks to the 'Welcome to Wrexham' TV series, will face Sunderland of the English Premier League in Chester on Aug. 2.

Wrexham will return to Subaru Park this summer to play Sunderland on Aug. 2, as part of a three-game U.S. tour.

Liverpool and Leeds are also in the touring group. It could be the first time Brenden Aaronson plays for Leeds on U.S. soil:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/wrexh... via @phillysport.bsky.social

SEPTA gets $5.5 million in federal funds to add extra service during World Cup SEPTA says it will spend $21.5 million to expand transit service for this summer's events. It also is working on $30 million worth of infrastructure improvements to stations expected to host visitors.

Significant local World Cup news:

SEPTA says it's getting $5.5 million dollars from the federal government to offset the $21.5 million it plans to spend to increase service during the summer.

www.inquirer.com/transportati... via @inquirer.com

FIFA to allow cut-away TV commercials during 2026 World Cup ‘hydration breaks’ Matches at the 2026 World Cup will feature more TV ads than usual, with FIFA opening the door after instituting a blanket water break edict

FIFA will allow TV networks to cut to commercial breaks during the "hydration breaks" that will split up every half at the 2026 World Cup, sources tell @theathletic.com.

More on the rules and context:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

He’ll be at Subaru Park in five days, by the way…

Breanna Stewart was not going to lose.

(But deciding the title on a free throw doesn't feel great.)

Final: Villanova 76, DePaul 57. Dominant second half (50-33) for Villanova behind big nights from Tyler Perkins, Duke Brennan, and Devin Askew.

Wildcats are 23-7, 14-5 in the Big East, and finish their regular season at home Saturday vs. Xavier.

So proud of the job Steve Donahue has done. He's done an amazing job, and not just measuring by the lowered expectations of how he took over

Iranian journalist barred by AFC has Women’s Asian Cup accreditation reinstated The AFC has reinstated the accreditation of veteran journalist Alireza Mohebbi three days after it had been removed while he was covering Iran’s national team

a veteran Iranian-Australian journalist had his accreditation cancelled by the AFC, and then hurriedly reinstated, after accusing him of holding a prohibited flag at the #AFCWAC.

Iran play the Matildas on the Gold Coast tonight.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...