Berhalter with big "what are you going to do, fire me two months before the World Cup?" energy.

Wow Paul Dano playing for Brazil now.

Which real Premier League players are most like the members of AFC Richmond, according to FIFA 23? Jeff Rueter and I found out. We also learned something about the likes of Steven Gerrard and Brendan Rodgers along the way... theathletic.com/3737009/2022/1…

How Messi might fuel the next big jump for American soccer, from me, Pablo Iglesias Maurer, Sam Stejskal, Jeff Rueter and Felipe Cárdenas. (Obviously Messi would just be coming over to be closer to Legoland Florida, though.)

The English call it football, Americans call it soccer. Is it just a name, or is the game fundamentally different on either side of the pond? Before the World Cup clash, Tim Spiers & Brooks Peck discuss boots (cleats), boozing and calling the referee a...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England vs the USMNT 🇺🇸 This could be a lively one… Follow live coverage of the potentially decisive Group B clash with Michael Dominski, Phil Hay and Brooks Peck, featuring contributions from the entire Athletic FC team ⤵️ #FIFAWorldCup theathletic.com/live-blogs/eng…

"Wait a minute, shit, I'm Leo Messi." —Leo Messi just before finally scoring against Australia

Roman Abramovich is about to offer to give Boehly £1 billion back just to let him sack Potter.

So excited to have Emily and Elias on board! Great things ahead.

My favorite shot of the new Union kit from the Adidas photoshoot for it.

“Mal Swanson is going to score roughly ten million goals in this kit and look baller as hell doing it.” Meg Linehan, Steph Yang | Horrible Soccer Goose & Brooks Peck review the 2023 #NWSL kits.

We're delighted to welcome Tom Bogert to The Athletic. He'll be bringing you breaking news, insight into the world of MLS, the USMNT and transfers. Read his first column here... 👇

The group was on the ground just a few hours in Barcelona in Sept. 2019. In a hotel suite, Jorge Mas met Jorge Messi for the first time. Four years later, Lionel Messi became an Inter Miami player. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how it happened. theathletic.com/4667336/2023/0…

We're launching a new vertical covering sports memorabilia and collectible The Athletic! Check out my intro to the new section: nytimes.com/athletic/57051… And share your thoughts in our collectors survey: nytimes.com/athletic/57081…

Now they just need to sign Decoy to an exclusive deal.

BREAKING NEWS: I’m excited to announce that I’m joining The Athletic as an editor on their new section on coverage of collectibles! Trading cards! Memorabilia! It’s all here! Pumped to join Brooks Peck and the talented TA staff on this new adventure!

The new MLS season is here and so is a new batch of kits for every team in the league. ◽️Most popular with 10 year olds ◽️Most disorienting ◽️Most likely to be worn by Mr. Freeze Brooks Peck and David Betancourt have superlatives ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/61515…

From The Athletic: Who is signing Lionel Messi's autographs? A controversy surrounds the authenticity of multiple trading cards supposedly signed by the legendary soccer player. nyti.ms/4cfei9S

Whoa, whoa, whoa did people know that the U.S. calls it “soccer” and other places call it “football”?? This is an astounding revelation. Surely it’s the first recorded instance of different words being used for one thing. Not sure how humanity can overcome this.