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Philadelphia Union
Marco Fabián and Sergio Santos are both back healthy with Union set to host Colorado Rapids.
A Rapids fan previews tonight’s game.
With a little prodding from Union Hulk, PhiladelphiaUnion.com dug up some #BeardFacts on Keegan Rosenberry. And the MLS website posted something on Amish Messi too.
MLS’ Disciplinary Committee fined Kai Wagner for alleged embellishment in the 45th minute of the Timbers match on Saturday.
New episode of It’s Always Soccer in Philadelphia is up.
USL
Bethlehem Steel’s midfielder Chavany Willis made the USL Championship Team of the Week.
Local
Despite a weather delay, Reading United earned their fourth straight win with a 1-0 victory yesterday.
MLS
MLS and Liga MX are set to announce a new tourney.
Bruce Arena may make his Revolution debut against L.A. Galaxy this weekend.
Sporting Kansas City’s Krisztian Nemeth suspended an extra game for “serious foul play.”
Women’s World Cup
The Tobin Heath nutmeg chronicles.
Scotland are off to France with a win in front of a record home crowd of 18,555.
France‘s road to the title begins.
U.S. Soccer
USMNT has five goalkeepers on roster. D.C. United’s Bill Hamid is not one of them.
The National Soccer Hall of Fame voting remains a grossly flawed process, says Sports Illustrated.
🚨 #USOC2019: The Official Draw for the Fourth Round will be live-tweeted from Soccer House in Chicago on Thurs May 30 @ 11 a.m. ET — all 11 Third-Round winners will meet teams from @MLS (Division 1) in the Fourth Round.
— U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) May 28, 2019
Around the globe
ESPN+ to broadcast Copa America.
Spanish players arrested in Liga match-fixing scandal.
Unprecedented security plan set for the Champions League final.
Bundesliga’s Hertha Berlin will get a little political during its brief tour of the U.S.
#RealMadrid are the most valuable football club in Europe according to The European Elite 19 report, prepared by KPMG. The Whites have a value of €3,224 million, ahead of #ManchesterUnited (€3,207m), #Bayern (€2,696m), #FCBarcelona (€2,767m) and #ManCity (€2,460m) #SportsBiz pic.twitter.com/SYuJ4yyw39
— Łukasz Bączek (@Lu_Class_) May 28, 2019
Highlight of the day
I find this hilarious https://t.co/jpyLMw3yog
— MLS Transfers (@MLSTransfers) May 28, 2019
I don’t know that I have ever seen the Union praised the way they just were in that Rapids preview. Even the folks who commented were singing our praises. I am uncomfortable with all of this.
^yup.
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It’s like the part of a horror movie where it’s deafeningly silent. That’s how uneasy I feel these days.
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It’s just weird…
If you’re looking for a sleeper team to root for in addition to USWNT at the World Cup, this Scottish team should be fun to watch. Erin Cuthbert might be one of the best young players in the womens’ game right now. Scores absolute crackers.
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Their first time qualifying for the WC (might be Scotland’s only hope given the mens team’s proclivity for losing winnable games in qualifying).
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I will be in the “cheering/welcoming Keegan during intros” part of the crowd tonight
That League Cup competition is a new level of trash. Everyone should boycott it, including the players. I love the idea of doing more with competition with Liga MX, but you already have the basics with CCL. Why on earth wold you not try to do more to promote that? Oh yeah, CONCACAF owns it. MLS and LigaMX want their own thing to make money off of. Though, this seems like a losing proposition in every way.