World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

[Jimjamesak]

Exactly what I expected from you...You're a goddamn child.

[Jimjamesak]

Lost in the shuffle, Alex Morgan played her final game yesterday.

A fine end to a fine career.

[Jimjamesak]

Official now: Mauricio Pochettino is the USMNT coach.

[LynahFan]

It’s fun watching the U-20 women’s World Cup - nice to see some of the fresh US talent that will have a chance to make the senior team in about 15 years. 18 tops.

[SonofSouthie]

CBSSN is televising EFL Championship matches.

[SonofSouthie]

Chelsea's Cole Palmer became the first player in PL history to score 4 goals before halftime. It took him nine minutes and 48 seconds to complete a hat trick. His 4 goals was all it took to beat a sleepwalking Brighton 4-2.

[Kepler]

Chelsea's Cole Palmer became the first player in PL history to score 4 goals before halftime. It took him nine minutes and 48 seconds to complete a hat trick.

Jesus.

[Jimjamesak]

Venues were announced today for next summer’s FIFA Club World Cup:

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta (Atlanta United’s stadium)
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati (FC Cincinnati’s stadium)
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami (Miami Gardens)
GEODIS Park, Nashville (Nashville SC’s stadium)
MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte (Charlotte FC’s stadium)
Camping World Stadium, Orlando
Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando (Orlando City’s stadium)
Rose Bowl, Los Angeles (Pasadena)
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Lumen Field, Seattle (Seattle Sounders’ stadium)
Audi Field, Washington D.C. (DC United’s stadium)

If you’re wondering why there’s mostly East Coast stadiums, it’s because the Gold Cup is being played at the same time on the West Coast. Seattle is hosting because the Sounders are qualified thanks to winning the CONCACAF Champions League in 2022 so they get a home game. There’s one more MLS team to qualify as the “host” team, it hasn’t been announced but it’s generally assumed it’ll be the Supporters Shield winner because that’s the best chance to get Mes… err Miami in (Miami leads the standings but could still be caught by the Galaxy or Columbus, Miami and Columbus play Wednesday).

[SonofSouthie]

Bhoys, I have a feeling we're not in Glasgow anymore.

Champions League group stage.
Dortmund - 5
Celtic - 1
Halftime

[Jimjamesak]

Bhoys, I have a feeling we're not in Glasgow anymore.

Champions League group stage.
Dortmund - 5
Celtic - 1
Halftime

Celtic receiving a beatdown from a top team in the Champions League has become a yearly tradition at this point

[Jimjamesak]

Messi and friends, aka Inter Miami clinched the Supporters Shield last night with a win over Columbus.

Fun story out of it: The Supporters Shield is not owned and presented by MLS, it’s owned by a coalition of supporters groups called the Independent Supporters Council. When a team wins the Supporters Shield it’s presented to the players but held onto the rest of the time by whichever supporters group of the team that’s a member of the ISC. Well, apparently Inter Miami doesn’t have a supporters group that is a member of ISC so no one is entirely sure what happens now. Though it seems a few of the groups have applied to ISC.

[Jimjamesak]

Gregg Berhalter is back to work as head coach and GM err Director of Football for the Chicago Fire.

[Jimjamesak]

And you thought MLS had bad team names…

NWSL's Boston franchise finally has a name, and it's BOS Nation Football Club, according to CBS Sports sources. The franchise, set to join the league in 2026, will unveil the new name and logo on Tuesday. The official rollout of the name can be linked to "TooManyBalls.com," a placeholder for an extensive marketing campaign around Boston to promote the new club name and colors, which will be green and black.

Edit: I never thought a team name could be worse than Real Salt Lake and in comes Boston with this monstrosity.