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Philadelphia Union

Cory Burke opened the scoring yesterday for SKN St. Pölten.

Sure, you read about Ray Gaddis helping form the Black Players Coalition in yesterday’s news roundup, but here is more on it at KYW Newsradio and The Inquirer.

Local

The Lancaster Inferno will be part of the United Women’s Soccer National Cup in Texas. The competition kicks off July 9.

MLS

Remember, Disney isn’t Florida.

To be clear, I think MLS setup is solid. Flying into exec airport, players choose when/if housekeepers go to rooms, frequent testing, etc. Safer than Florida at-large.

That said, it wouldn’t take much to derail one team, which would affect whole tourney. Just a huge task.

— Sam Stejskal (@samstejskal) June 23, 2020

Landon Donovan interview over on the MLS website.

NWSL

The league released its Challenge Cup schedule. Many stars won’t play.

USL

The USL Championship to allow five substitutions for the 2020 season.

U.S. Soccer

A judge denied the USWNT’s request for an immediate appeal.

National Soccer Hall of Fame's induction ceremony in September has been postponed. Members of 2020 and 2021 classes will be inducted during singular ceremony next year in Frisco, Tex.

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) June 23, 2020

Around the globe

Harry Kane scored his first Premier League goal of 2020 in the 2-0 home win against West Ham.

Liverpool is on the verge of adding a Premier League crown to their trophy cabinet, while the club’s underpowered, overlooked women’s team has just been relegated.

Burnley F.C. said it will impose lifetime bans on those responsible for the White Lives Matter banner that flew over the team’s match at Manchester City.

Australia and New Zealand are favored to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup after Japan’s withdraw.

Highlight of the day

ICYMI:

Bruce Arena on the 🇺🇸 anthem. https://t.co/QvPRlFqrPg pic.twitter.com/3ugD79epo7

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 18, 2020