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Good Rivals, our 3-episode documentary series on the USA-Mexico soccer rivalry, is OUT NOW on
@PrimeVideo
. It's the defining story of one of the greatest rivalries in sports.
WATCH HERE:
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Just now: Security guard refusing to let me into the stadium for USA-Wales. “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”
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FC Barcelona is not $1 billion in debt due to Covid. It's $1 billion in debt due to bad decisions by the club.
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NEW: World Cup Daily, Day 25. They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.
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The United States has been eliminated from World Cup 2018. The most surreal and embarrassing night in US soccer history.
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I’m OK, but that was an unnecessary ordeal. Am in the media center, still wearing my shirt. Was detained for nearly half an hour. Go gays 🌈
Just now: Security guard refusing to let me into the stadium for USA-Wales. “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”
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Just an incredible designed set-piece goal by the Netherlands.
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Watching the Super League collapse in real time is one of the most enjoyable Twitter experiences I’ve ever had.
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Maven just fired me from Sports Illustrated. No severance. Nothing.
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Absolute trash: French DJ Martin Solveig asks Ada Hegerberg to twerk after receiving the first women's Ballon d'Or award. (Love her response, though.) This is the crap female athletes deal with on a daily basis around the world.
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A personal note. On June 10, I lost my mom. Wrote about her love of the USWNT: Mentioned
@mPinoe
was her favorite player. On June 28, Megan surprised me with a signed No. 15 shirt. Pretty amazing gesture. We’ll bring it to Mom’s funeral service next week.
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"The job of MNT player ... requires a higher level of skill based on speed and strength than does the job of WNT player."
— U.S. Soccer Federation
Christen Press:
(via
@espn
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@alikrieger
@mPinoe
So that’s 3 of the most popular USWNT players who’ve said publicly they won’t visit Trump’s White House: Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Ali Krieger. More to come?
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Aliou Cissé: Easily the most GIFable coach at this World Cup.
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Christen Press looked up at the sky after scoring the US's first goal. She said she recently lost her mother, Stacy. Tonight, she said, "I was thinking of my mom."
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We lost my Dad last night. Dave Wahl was a truly great guy who influenced me and so many others in a big way. Thankful to all our family and friends in the soccer community who have been so supportive today. 🙏
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Free to read: What happened when Qatar World Cup security detained me for 25 minutes for wearing a t-shirt supporting LGBTQ rights, forcibly took my phone and angrily demanded that I remove my t-shirt to enter the stadium. (I refused.) Story:
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Beyond proud that President-elect Biden has named my wife Dr.
@celinegounder
to his 12-person Covid-19 Advisory Board during the transition. Lots of work ahead, but this is an impressive group. 🇺🇸
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My mom, a devoted USWNT fan, passed away on Monday. I wrote about the impact this team had on her.
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Megan Rapinoe: Wins World Cup, Golden Ball (MVP) and Golden Boot (top scorer). Not bad.
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I don’t understand why every national soccer federation in the world, including US Soccer, isn’t saying right now that they refuse to play Russia in any game anywhere and demand that Russia be banned from this year’s World Cup. If you’re not saying that, something’s wrong.
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MLS is suspending its season immediately until further notice due to coronavirus, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Sports Illustrated.
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If you're focusing on Chicharito's "start of retirement" quote, you're living life wrong. Rare to see this kind of raw honesty from an athlete speaking to his parents at the end of a 10-year run in European soccer.
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The USA-led bid to host World Cup '26 (with Mexico and Canada) has beaten Morocco. USA will host 60 of the 80 games in World Cup '26, including every game from the quarterfinals onward. Historic moment for soccer in North America.
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US men's national team captain Michael Bradley adds to his earlier comments on Trump's
#MuslimBan
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Pretty wild that the Euro ⚽️ final averaged more viewers in the United States than the NBA Finals are averaging.
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I can't tell you how impressive Tyler Adams was facing questions from Iranian media at today's press conference.
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Christen Press scored a goal in the US's World Cup semifinal win and honored her mother, Stacy, who passed away unexpectedly in January. Cody Press, Christen's father, shares their family's story.
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1) I told Maven I was fine taking a 30% pay cut during the pandemic. But it was shameful to try to push through a permanent 30% cut beyond the pandemic.
2) My base salary was far below that, but I got a bonus because my bosses said my work was very good.
3) I write frequently.
New: Internal memo sent from Maven Founder and CEO James Heckman following the termination of
@GrantWahl
@SInow
:
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Would it have been that hard to start Reyna at the No. 9 instead of Ferreira today instead of bringing him on at halftime in a 2-goal hole?
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Best postgame interview of the year, courtesy of PSG's Ander Herrera (NSFW, etc)
(via
@ViaplayFotball
, interview by
@AndyMitten
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The USMNT players union has a statement on yesterday's US Soccer letter on pay for the WNT/MNT that you may not have expected.
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Lost a lot of respect for Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol today.
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Final Brazil record TV audience average is 35.2 million. Basically double the US audience for the NBA Finals.
#FRABRA
gets biggest ever
#FIFAWWC
audience: combined 35.245m in
#BRA
! Also highest single
#FIFAWWC
audience of all time: 30.574m on
@RedeGlobo
(plus 2.996m on BAND/1.676m on
@SporTV
). Valeu, Brasil!
#DareToShine
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Giorgian showing why he’s probably the best club player in South America right now.
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Dutch TV asked me last night if I knew who Johan Cruyff was. I told them he was an excellent player for the Washington Diplomats and LA Aztecs.
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Honestly, I'd be embarrassed if I was a news organization that wasn't barred by the White House today.
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🇺🇸⚽️
21-year-old Weston McKennie at Juventus
21-year-old Christian Pulisic at Chelsea
21-year-old Tyler Adams at Leipzig
17-year-old Gio Reyna at Dortmund
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Men—and it’s all dudes—seem to be bothered by saying Marta now has the most World Cup goals of any man or woman. Which is, you know, an ironclad fact.
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Megan Rapinoe on what she’s expecting for the huge USA-France quarterfinal showdown. 🔥
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Column: A hollow apology to angry sponsors won’t cut it. US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro should resign immediately.
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Thrilled to announce that I have joined CBS Sports as a TV analyst and editorial consultant for original soccer documentaries. Vamos!
@GrantWahl
Joins CBS Sports as Analyst for Concacaf Coverage and Editorial Consultant on Paramount+ Original Soccer Documentaries
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NEW: I took a picture of the Qatar World Cup slogan on the wall of the media center today—and a security guard came over and demanded that I delete it from my phone. Is that how this World Cup is going to work? Story:
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This is important to hear. Landon Donovan on why his team forfeited a game it was winning in a tight playoff race after his player (who is out) received a homophobic slur. It comes the week after another SD player was the target of a racist slur. Teams need to walk off the field.
Landon Donovan on why the team decided to forfeit tonight's match against Phoenix Rising FC.
#SDvPHX
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My cover story for this week’s Sports Illustrated magazine
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Just heard from Hope Solo. Here's what she had to say.
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Just had a guy in Moscow stop me. "Michael Bradley?"
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Full Hope Solo quote on Sweden after US was eliminated from the Olympics today.
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Bastian Schweinsteiger and Ana Ivanovic are about to have a baby in Chicago, and that kid will be USA-eligible 🇺🇸
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Everyone acting like Trump suddenly sounded semi-competent today. But he's still telling governors to get ventilators on their own, saying his performance deserves a "10 out of 10" rating and calling it the "Chinese virus." So ... nope.
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Credit to the USMNT players for not saying it before the game, but it’s clear from their social posts and what I’ve heard today that they didn’t like the extreme weather conditions that US Soccer chose either and don’t want to do anything like that in the future.
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Walking through NYC right now feels like being in a World Cup host country that just won a big elimination game.
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"This is a disaster from FIFA."
Allowing the 2019 men's Copa América final and men's Gold Cup final to be on the same day as the women's World Cup final shows exactly what FIFA thinks of the women's game. For all of PFTV Ep 43:
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Special moment. Gigi Buffon's last game for Juventus.
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DaMarcus Beasley doing the right thing here. Current USMNT players should follow his lead and not rely on statements written by a USMNT players union lawyer.
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Huge moment in the fight against racism here. Demba Ba: "Listen to me!" Credit to him and to Basaksehir and PSG players for showing zero tolerance and walking off the field after the 4th official crossed a very clear line.
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Ali Krieger was out in the cold for 2 years until a couple months ago. Then she had her national team career resurrected. Now she's in for the 2nd half of the World Cup final.
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Could be a huge moment in the story of this young USMNT. Comes from behind twice to beat Mexico, its biggest rival. Pulisic earns and converts the winning penalty. Substitute goalkeeper Horvath saves late Guardado penalty to preserve the victory.
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In awe of my wife Dr.
@celinegounder
, who trained in infectious-disease. In a way, she has prepared all her life for this moment. To see her responding in so many ways right now is incredibly inspiring. (This photo is from her white-coat ceremony at the U of Washington in 2002.)
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Sometimes think Heath would rather nutmeg a defender than score a goal.
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NEW: I used to think we'd never see a Woj/Schefter for European football insider reporting since there are so many countries. But
@FabrizioRomano
, at 27, is on his way to doing it. Here we go!
Rate & review, SUBSCRIBE
Apple
Spotify
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Peacock isn't working. What a disaster, NBC.
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US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro resigns
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One of the most interesting things about Canada's men's soccer rise is that I don't think they totally realize yet they're the best story on the planet in World Cup qualifying.
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Don't understand why some people are getting on Pulisic for wearing a USA hoodie during Chelsea's celebrations. It's common for players from any country after winning major club titles to celebrate with their nation's flag or something that shows where they're from.
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Any clown who goes after Dr. Fauci as the highest-paid government employee should realize 1) he’s the very best of us, and 2) he could earn 50 times as much in the private sector if he wanted to do something outside of the public service he’s done for decades.
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Now official: Daryl Dike moves to West Brom from Orlando in a full transfer.
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"How many fouls have we committed? Maybe 2? It's not a f--king friendly, it's a Champions League match."
Jesse Marsch's halftime talk vs Liverpool has gone viral. Salzburg scored 2 goals right after this for 3-3, ended up losing 4-3. (Language warning.)
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I spent a week in Liverpool and got quality time with Jürgen Klopp, who may be the best coach right now in any sport, anywhere. My story for Sports Illustrated:
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive for coronavirus, and the Premier League is still playing games in front of crowds this weekend? That’s crazy.
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Still think it's terribly disrespectful that CONCACAF and CONMEBOL scheduled their men's finals on the same day as the women's World Cup final (and FIFA let it happen), but you already knew that.
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Do Americans understand how much worse we're doing with the coronavirus than other countries?
Why were European teams able to conduct several months of soccer using home stadiums (not a bubble) without similar problems?
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Megan Rapinoe speaking truth as she accepted Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year award last night in New York.
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Sports Illustrated: Javier “Chicharito” Hernández has signed a contract with LA Galaxy that will make him MLS’s highest-paid player.
@CH14_
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Claudio and Danielle Reyna were the royal couple of US soccer. Their son Gio is a top US prospect, but they can't see him play without thinking of his older brother, Jack. An inspiring story of love, tragedy and how to cope with a parent's worst nightmare.
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Previously tweeted photo: That was EVERY Chilean field player vs Messi (Díaz already sent off). APB for photographer
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My wife Dr.
@celinegounder
is the toughest person I've ever known. She flew into an Ebola zone for 2 months as an unpaid volunteer in 2015. I have seen her break down maybe 4 times in our 25 years, and this was one of them on
@LeBatardShow
today. ❤️ you.
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Pulisic scores for Chelsea, joining McKennie’s goal for Juventus and Reyna’s goal for Dortmund today.
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Coincidence? The people saying we should “relax” about this are men and not women.
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It’s remarkable how badly NBC has botched everything connected to Peacock, irreparably harming the company’s reputation with US-based Premier League fans (which used to be good).
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Rapinoe just delivered that speech off the cuff. Pretty incredible.
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Wild AFCON day. Comoros scores 3 to sink Ghana. Comoros had never scored in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations before today.
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Can remember Alexi Lalas telling the story of being in a middle plane seat in ‘94, telling someone he played soccer and getting the response “What do you do for a living though?” Reggie Cannon just got announced on our plane PA and got a round of applause.
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Two Honduran players treated for hypothermia and had to come out of the game.
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Who else would pay real money to see the US 1st team compete against the US 2nd team in a full-speed competitive game? 🖐
“We have the best team in the world,” defender Ali Krieger said, “and the second-best team in the world.”
On depth, rotation, freshness, and trust after the US women's national team made seven changes to its starting lineup:
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Fox Sports has taken so many millions from the Qatari regime by now, they’re adopting Qatar’s policy of “women need permission from male superiors for their dating choices, which had better be men.”
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Rapinoe is currently not warming up with teammates—but is doing the Macarena with the PA system.
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The USWNT-Japan game in Denver area didn't just sell out—it sold out in 10 minutes. Rockstars.
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