Mike Pendleton

"I thought the joke was distasteful & unfortunate, & I think the way women are represented, it's a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats. Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior? It's not my responsibility."

Hilary Knight got the question re: that phone call and the laughter at the Torrent presser. Her answer:

Do I want Juve to win? No.

Do I want Juve to be tired going into the weekend match with Roma and have to contend with more midweek games as the season goes on?

[Grinch smile]

Apparently Real Madrid and Benfica are just having a good, old-fashioned, racism-off.

Karate, apparently

Atlalanta-Dortmund. Very silly game. Hilarious even.

Frankly that gives them a bonus point

I missed this kit drop. I like it.

Once again, I am thankful that the Richmond is longest running professional club in America. Never taking that for granted

I kind of expect RayJay to get a similar type treatment with a roof structure overhead. (That would make games there so much better.)

Are the Jags moving or just developing the area?

These shorts almost made the 4 pic cut in my post

Dallas Trinity sneakily has the best merch in all of US pro soccer. Yeah. ALL of it. And no one even knows.

(There’s a bomber jacket from last year as well that is one of my favorite soccer pieces of clothing ever.)

Hey, if you are a M or L and want to support the the USL Super League team in Dallas (Dallas Trinity) you should buy this jersey.

Hell, if you are a jersey head, you should buy it.

shop.dallastrinityfc.com/products/chi...

Those things were fun, and fun is good Same, Bolt. Same. So this is hard. My North Star of this blog, my guiding principle, is that sports are supposed to be fun. We can take them...

New at #Stormwatch912: Those things were fun, and fun is good.

Tormenta suspends operations for 2026 and I wrote a lot of words that, hopefully, make sense.

stormwatch912.blogspot.com/2026/02/thos...

All Open Cup tix (at least for initial rounds) should be included in season tix packages. I know DCU doesn’t often do things well, but I feel like that’s a good move.

Two years of subpar play has lead to a complete roster overhaul in Tampa. Now, we see one of the more formidable squads to dream on in 2026.

Just how long will it take the Rowdies to gel at Al Lang?

We talk about it TONIGHT at 9pm ET/6pm PT!

I feel like wishing ill for our rivals at our own expense is very reasonable italianism.

I've been a fan since you were just a Glimt in your Bodø's eye

Fuck yeah, Jake Guentzel.

Concacaf women's competitions will be on Paramount+ in the U.S. through 2030, including the W Qualifiers resuming this week, the W Champions Cup, the W Nations League and W Gold Cup.

Big W for viewers to have it all aired & centralized.

hahahahahahaha

This bird is correct.

The @tampabayrowdies.bsky.social announced on Monday evening that Saturday's inaugural edition of the Cochol Cup raised more than $20,000 for the Come Get You Some Joy Foundation, created in honor of former #USL executive John Cochol who passed away last year.

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Breaking: The WNBA told the WNBPA and its teams today that a term sheet for a new CBA ought to be completed by March 10 for the 2026 schedule not to be impacted.

That's two weeks from tomorrow.

A reminder that the Tormenta BS not only impacts their fans and players, but also the other teams (and their revenue streams if they can’t schedule a replacement friendly).

USL League One: Tormenta Officially Out for 2026 The league and club finally broke their silence and made the announcement.

The league and club make it official.

Now the question becomes: why was this not all sorted out back in the Fall, before a new batch of players signed on a moved to Statesboro?

Tormenta won't take the field in 2026 In a surprising move just 13 days from the start of their season, South Georgia Tormenta and the United Soccer League announced Monday that the team will suspend operations and not participate in the ...

As promised:

www.statesboroherald.com/sports/torme...

It appears as if technical and FO staff are keeping their jobs and that is great. AND the players should be made whole.

I don't want Tormenta fans to lose their team, but there's got to be a penalty for this kind of irresponsibility even if it wasn't malicious.

I don't know if it was ego or even a well-intentioned attempt to preserve the season, but it's irresponsible to sign players and pull this at this timeframe. The players should be made whole and frankly, imo, Tormenta shouldn't be allowed back (or to USL2/USLW) without that happening.