✍️ MLS Mix 28: Lionel Messi. Inevitable?

The Inter Miami captain has just put together a historically good MLS season. Should we be surprised?

#InterMiamiCF #MLS #Messi

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✍️ MLS Mix 24: The player who built a club.

Eight years on from his unveiling as LAFC's first major signing, Carlos Vela says goodbye as one of the most important players in MLS history.

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A 64-team men's World Cup is marginally better than a 48-team men's World Cup purely because it eliminates the need for third-place teams to make the knockouts. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

MLS Mix 23: Nine in a row for Charlotte.

Last weekend Charlotte FC beat Inter Miami 3-0, swatting aside the preseason favourites and extending their winning run to a league-record nine games.

But what does it mean?

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Tuchel asked about deadline day

"We will all wear yellow ties"

One Crew fan was ejected, and others say there were threats of one-year stadium bans, for bringing Palestinian flags to a game.

They defied an MLS policy, but the Crew had misstated that policy... and fans in other cities think the policy is something different.

Inside the tension:

Timo Werner linking up with Emil Forsberg again at RBNY would make a lot of sense, but they look so far away from challenging in the East at the moment. Even with reinforcements.

Son Heung-min has always been more than one thing. That’s his greatest strength.

As his move to Los Angeles is confirmed, what does Son mean for LAFC, MLS and legions of adoring fans around the world?

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UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆

THE INVINCIBLES! ✨

YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚

IT HAD TO BE MARTA 🫨

A late banger from Brazil's captain ties up the game to send the Copa América Femenina Final straight to extra time.

🎥 Fox Soccer

MLS broadcast audience is down by as much as 65% in the past three years.

The pre-Messi figures (2022) were bigger than the 2025 season, according this announcement by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.

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Why is that? 🧵

It took 162 years of association football, but we got there in the end.

The Perfect Goal from Seattle Sounders’ Pedro de la Vega last night.

Pedro de la Vega, my word. Go Sounders

Messi's 2 assists in a dramatic 2-1 win naturally hogs attention but what an Inter Miami debut for Rodrigo De Paul vs Atlas: 90 min, 69 touches, game-high 54/58 passes completed, 3 chances created, 8 recoveries, 3 def. actions, 3/6 duels won, 3 fouls drawn.

After 0 training sessions w/ his new team

Rodrigo de Paul making his Inter Miami debut tonight.

Hasn’t done a single training session with his new team and has basically been on holiday for the past month. Straight in to do Busquets’ running in the middle.

This from @johnspacemuller.com on San Diego FC is great.

SDFC goalkeepers play ‘long’ just 8.6% of the time. That’s lower than any team in the top European leagues since 2017/18. And they’re doing it in their first season in MLS ⬇️

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Of all the late-career MLS transfers, I think Thomas Muller to the
Vancouver Whitecaps might be the hardest for my brain to compute

💣🇩🇪 BREAKING: The Vancouver Whitecaps are finalizing a deal to sign Thomas Müller, per sources

Agreement in principle on discovery rights. @manuelveth.bsky.social 1st

Cincy receive up to around $400k GAM for rights. Final formalities

w/ @jacobsben.bsky.social
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MLS Mix 21: What next for the All-Star Game?

The #MLS has changed a lot since David Beckham flew across the Atlantic to play for the All-Stars.

Now, a mid-season exhibition game feels like a bit of a throwback.

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