David Kilpatrick

From today’s @financialtimes.com #onlinesafetyact

MLS, NWSL see attendance dip [USL Championship and League One see attendance rise!] amid busy soccer summer:
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

Issue 6 of our #boxing #fanzine The Spit Bucket is now in the world. Pick up copies from us in person, or download a free PDF here: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...

Contributors include: @donmcrae.bsky.social @retired-eric.bsky.social @cov-art.bsky.social @sheetboxing-en.bsky.social

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Longridge: And the Scandalous Women Footballers
by Steve Bolton - @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social

Link 👉 bit.ly/4fisj8b

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μῦθος matters.

Incredible. @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social won again. This time on penalties.

Now, they’re on to play in the USL League Two national championship.

Congratulations to Vermont Green. Bring home the gold!

New York Cosmos Return, Reviving Soccer Nostalgia The New York Cosmos are officially returning, reigniting nostalgia and new hopes for a club that once defined American soccer’s golden years.

Check out Astoria legend Shane O’Brien’s article in AMNY:

Cosmos brass hope to write successful chapter in legendary club’s latest iteration

www.amny.com/sports/cosmo...

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#OnThisDay in 2014 – Sebastian Guenzatti scored the game-winner as #NewYorkCosmos defeated hosts #OttawaFuryFC, 1:0, in #NASL Fall Season Opener, before 14,593 fans, at #TDPlace.

A bad drawing of Ann-Katrin Berger's incredible one-handed back-peddling save for Germany against France in the Women's Euros Quarter-Final. It was BANANAS.

Woke up and felt compelled

Full Rights to all immigrants, including the Right to be left alone.

Love, Love, Love.

Colorful banner with the words: No On Is Illegal, Soccer is for Everyone. There is a half globe/half soccer ball in rainbow colors. A group of people are holding it above their heads at a soccer game.

No one is illegal, Soccer is for everyone. Today and every day.

The Cosmos badge is not new 👉🏾

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The Cosmos return – with a new home, new league and old ideals The storied Cosmos are back with a new home in Paterson, a historic ground, and a bold vision to rebuild from the grassroots

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

#OnThisDay in 1981 – Julio Cesar Romero & Jeff Durgan scored for the hosts #NYCosmos as it opened the 2nd annual #TransAtlanticChallengeCup w/ a 2:0 win over #CelticFC, before a crowd of 20,986, at #GiantsStadium.

How Trump turned football into a soft power weapon The president played the game in high school. Now he sees the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the US, as his biggest stage yet

A few words of mine in this article for The Times of London:

www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

بازگشت غول خفته فوتبال آمریکا با نامی جدید طرفداری | باشگاه فوتبال مشهور نیویورک کاسموس، که روزگاری ستارگانی چون پله، فرانتس بکن‌ باوئر و یوهان کرایوف را به فوتبال آمریکا آورد، دوباره احیا شده است؛ البته این بار تحت عنوانی جدید و حذف ارجاعات م...

The Cosmos return in Iran's media!

This article speaks very highly of the Cosmos.

The “Dormant lion of US football is awake again" as the title.

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THEY'RE BACK: Cosmos will return, to USL League One, and to New Jersey in 2026 - Front Row Soccer The New York Cosmos are returning to the field and to New Jersey next year.

THEY'RE BACK: Cosmos will return, to USL League One, and to New Jersey in 2026 - frontrow.soccer/lqs7a

The #NYCosmos boyz are back in town! Take the field in 2026!

🟢 As initially reported by @battista.bsky.social
at @hudsonriverblue.com and confirmed by The Athletic, The Cosmos are returning to play in 2026!
▫️They’re joining as a professional team in USLL1
▫️Play their games at Hinchcliffe Stadium
▫️Dropping NY from their title and will be known as “Cosmos.”

The New York Cosmos are being revived.

The club that brought Pele and Franz Beckenbauer to the U.S. has laid dormant for much of the past decade but will make its return in third-division USL League One in 2026.

@jeffrueter.bsky.social has all the details.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

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💚💛💙 WE ARE BACK 💚💛💙

NY Cosmos to compete in USL League One in 2026; historic Hinchliffe Stadium is the new home The City of Paterson says the club will resume operations with a focus on regional development, inclusive programming and historical preservation.

🔥BOOM🔥

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“Love, Love, Love…”

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Call it MetLife.
Call it the Meadowlands.
I call it #CosmosCountry.
Still feels like home.
Great seeing some old friends at the Club World Cup semifinal yesterday.

Hey @evlovesnyc.bsky.social can you give me a follow back? I’ve got this @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social magazine with @jdnalton.bsky.social, @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social, & @stephencbrandt.bsky.social nearly wrapped up and I’d love to donate a page to promote what you do for NYC!

Fluminese v Chelsea, FIFA Club World Cup Semifinal

'I follow my heart, not my pockets' - Former Villarreal, Fiorentina star Giuseppe Rossi on turning down USMNT, return to New Jersey's soccer scene with USL | Goal.com US GOAL sat down with the former Italy star to discuss his new path, why it means so much to him and how his prior experiences got him here

Don’t think Ryan Tolmich is on Bsky, but his work here is appreciated.

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@nycosmossc.bsky.social - signed on the back by Chinalia, Beckenbauer and others 👍.