Steven Goff

⚽️ writer. Recently: Yahoo Sports. Previously: Wash Post. 15 World Cups (9m, 6w), 357 US caps (267m, 90w). 25 MLS Cups. Soccer Hall of Fame inductee. NH ➡️ DMV.

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Expecting USMNT's four-game home schedule in the Sept-Oct window to be announced in the coming days, including Mexico and South American opponents. (Europeans unavailable.)

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Mauricio Pochettino agrees to new contract to coach USMNT through 2030 World Cup, USSF announces. Poch gets a full WC cycle after 20-month tenure ended with r16 appearance this summer. Outside contract $ from execs Kenneth C. Griffin, Scott Goodwin, Adam Freede and biz partners.

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"Working together with U.S. Soccer the past 2 years, it has become clear to us there is tremendous potential to make the program even stronger," Poch says. "The passion we experienced from the fans throughout the World Cup only strengthened our belief in what is possible here."

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[FIFA Media @fifamedia]

Statement attributable to the FIFA President

The FIFA Forward Enterprise project was intended to provide a basis for further strengthening our FIFA Member Associations and our sport worldwide, especially in those countries where support is most needed. And more so, as we said from the outset, to do this only if a majority of the FIFA Member Associations were in support and always subject to a consultation process with them, the FIFA Council, the Confederations and wider stakeholders.

Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.

Our purpose has always been - and will always be - to unite and improve.

As a result, this proposal will not proceed.

Moving forward, my intent is to bring all interested parties back together in the coming days and weeks in the spirit of shared interest in our game, and with the objective to continue growing football everywhere, particularly in those countries that mostly need our support.

[Javier Tebas Medrano @Tebasjavier]

Hoy Gianni Infantino ha escrito un patético mensaje en su cuenta de instagram y en las cuentas de @FIFAcom

Nadie discute que el fútbol sea emoción y unión. Pero la transparencia, la buena gobernanza y la rendición de cuentas nunca son odio; son una obligación. Las instituciones fuertes no desacreditan a quienes preguntan, responden a las preguntas.

Y una reflexión Gianni: cuando un dirigente dedica un mensaje entero a descalificar a quienes ejercen un escrutinio legítimo, es inevitable preguntarse... ¿por qué precisamente ahora? ¿Hay algo que explique un tono tan defensivo?¿Esta pasando algo que desconozcamos?...🤔🤔

https://t.co/LLeK24wsP4

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@fredthefan Messi is an alien. Take him out of the equation and almost all the high-profile signings perpetuate the league’s image as a landing spot for such players nearing the end of their careers. After 30 years, MLS needs to spend on high-end players in their prime.

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MLS high-profile summer signings not at all perpetuating its image as a landing spot for late-career European-based stars:

Lewandowski, CHI, 38 next month
Griezmann, ORL, 35
Casemiro, MIA, 34

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@KARR_82 And now, well past their prime, they’re playing out their final years in far-inferior MLS, which doesn’t compete for high-end players in their prime.

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Fox top World Cup markets, full tournament (rating/share)

KC (4.89/20)
BOS (3.91/16)
AUS (3.91/20)
SF (3.84/21)
DAL (3.77/17)
SD (3.66/18)
ATL (3.51/16)
STL (3.45/13)
Providence (3.35/14)
W Palm (3.33/12)
SEA (3.25/19)
Richmond (3.25/12)
DC (3.24/16)
DEN (3.14/18)
LA (3.12/13)

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@GarethCKelly @edokeefe In America, it’s absolutely an astounding number for any TV programming (sports or otherwise) other than the NFL and for a sport that has never seen numbers close to this.

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Fox averaged 38.9 million viewers for World Cup final, the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. TV history, per the network. Peaked at 51.7 million.

Telemundo/Peacock averaged 22.6 million.

Total: 61.5 million.

Astounding.

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Telemundo’s most-watched World Cup matches:

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🫡 The BBC's World Cup 2026 montage is utterly sensational. https://t.co/lzOUWxwTuM

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Reflections from a World Cup.

My column: https://t.co/LT7CWuZlJi

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“They flowed into MetLife Stadium, tired (from standing in hours-long lines), poor (from paying four figures and up per ticket), huddled in masses of vivid red and sky blue …”

Lovely piece by @jaybusbee https://t.co/Z1GCkMGj9m

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Spain's World Cup triumph confirmed what its soccer had been saying all along.

Story from the final … https://t.co/Dghc7s0VnT

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FIFA is always about FIFA.

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World Cup lineups …

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France vs England