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Lots of injured Legs for NYCFC as MLS resumes. Biggest surprise absentee among them is Raul Gustavo, really thinning out the left-center-back options for Pascal Jansen (James Sands might start there) www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-pla...
2 and a half hour delay but a 2:35 announced start for Gotham-Reign, players warming up as we skeet
The staffer trying to clear the very waterlogged corners of the Icahn pitch getting some “squeegee! Squeegee” chants from a few people in the crowd. It’s semi-bright here now and not raining as hard nor storming actively, so maybe soccer will happen?
It is definitely not great out here on Randall’s Island as Gotham and the Reign are delayed and as it storms, aggressively. From bad air quality to floods, what a week in NYC for GFC
Jay Z stage left Yankee Stadium with a sketchy outfield grass situation ahead of NYCFC vs Chicago Fire on 7/25
Brad Sims, now up there with Kevin O’Toole, says that Etihad Park will open with its first NYCFC match one year from tomorrow, July 17, 2027
Michael Bradley: “The league is growing at an unfathomable rate. If I think back to the league I came back to in 2014, there’s no comparison: Standards, competitiveness, facilities, teams, you name it. We’re not all the way there yet, but we should feel good about the progress.”
At the big MLS event at their midtown HQ, Don Garber says of “we’ll take it from here”: “It’s on us, that comment is intentional. We delivered for you, building a soccer nation…which I believe we’ve built. Now we gotta focus on what’s next, better players. Better development.” (More TK in this 🧵)
What it looked like in photos as Erling Haaland powered Norway past Brazil in what ended up being Neymar’s international swan song. A gallery from a Sunday in East Rutherford in what was NY/NJ Stadium’s next-to-last World Cup match www.nysoccerjournal.com/photo-galler...
France 1-0 Paraguay in photos, as tempers and temperatures were high in Philadelphia on the 4th of July. See how it looked through the lens of Irish Maliborski who was on the scene for us yesterday afternoon 📸 www.nysoccerjournal.com/photo-galler...
Aiden O’Neill vs Egypt 90 minutes 2 key passes 0.28 xG+xA 28/35 passes completed in the opposition’s half 18 passes into the final attacking third 3 duels won Balled out in his biggest game ever
After a poor showing as France's No. 10 vs Senegal last week, Dembélé starts on the RW for a second straight match and already has his second goal at this World Cup. 37 G/A for club & country since Aug 2025. 🇫🇷 #FIFAWorldCup #NORFRA
Slightly head scratching to rotate even at keeper after 2 wins and 1 goal conceded and no clear issu s to speak of, so we choose to instead focus on there being 4 New Yorkers in there to try to hold onto “momentum” while playing with 9 changes
NYSJ is back in the Meadowlands (NYNJ Stadium) for more World Cup action. #Germany is already through to R32, but #Ecuador needs to win to keep their hopes of progressing alive. Massive Ecuadorian crowd gathering for the nation’s biggest match in years. (cc @markradigan.bsky.social) #FIFAWorldCup
The Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) starters for today's final World Cup group stage match against Curaçao. Four changes from last game with Ousmane Diomande (Sporting CP), Christopher Operi (Başakşehir), Guela Doue (Strasbourg), and Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal) starting. #FIFAWorldCup
Curaçao starters for today's final World Cup group stage match against Ivory Coast. Included is two The Miami FC players from USL Championship; forward Jürgen Locadia & keeper Eloy Room - who had a record 15 saves vs Ecuador to earn his country's first-ever WC point. cc: @njemurray.bsky.social
New York Soccer Journal is splitting coverage today for World Cup Group E. Will be on site at; * Ecuador 🇪🇨 vs Germany 🇩🇪 (NYNJ) * Curaçao 🇨🇼 vs Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 (Philadelphia) Germans are through to Round of 32, everyone else fighting to advance. #FIFAWorldCup
Reminder, the winner of Group I will face a 3rd Place team from Group C, D, F, G, or H in the World Cup Round of 32 on Tuesday, June 30 at NYNJ Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. #FIFAWorldCup (Graphic by FOX Soccer)
Norway fans doing the row is a sight to see. #FIFAWorldCup #NORSEN
NYNJ Stadium in New Jersey filling in for Norway 🇳🇴 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 despite the weather. Teams on the field warming up. Both @matthewmangam.bsky.social and @battista.bsky.social are on site for World Cup coverage. #FIFAWorldCup #NORSEN
It’s a rainy World Cup matchday! Norway and Senegal face off at NYNJ Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Group I action is already underway with France vs Iraq, while this kicks off at 8 PM. #FIFAWorldCup
Final from Foxborough as Morocco beats Scotland 1-0. Big result for the African nation, first win at this World Cup. Scots thank their traveling support, look to refocus to Brazil next week. #FIFAWorldCup #SCOMAR
Saibari with a cracker for his second goal of the tournament, but let's give Diaz his flowers. What a ball over the top. Inch-perfect. Perfect pass and perfect finish to cap off a brilliant team goal. (Video from Fox Sports)
Boston Stadium is filling in as both Scotland and Morocco warm up. Its literally half red and half blue. This might be the best atmosphere of the World Cup. NYSJ has @markradigan.bsky.social and @battista.bsky.social on site. #FIFAWorldCup
Truly, international soccer has hit New York City. Yankees doing a soccer kit giveaway during the World Cup and so far I’ve seen the following at Yankee Stadium: - 4 Mexico kits - 2 Japan - 1 Brazil, Scotland & Croatia - 1 guy with an #NYCFC drawstring bag #FIFAWorldCup #RepBX
Official attendance for today’s FIFA World Cup Group I match between France and Senegal is 80,545. That is 118 people less than Saturday’s game between Brazil and Morocco. #FIFAWorldCup #FRASEN
The #NYKnicks are guests at New York/New Jersey Stadium today, taking in France v Senegal. Met with a chorus of cheers from the near sellout crowd. Won the franchise’s first NBA Finals in 53 years on Saturday night. Championship parade set for Thursday in Manhattan. (📷: @markradigan.bsky.social)
#Brazil FW Vinícius Jr on the New York New Jersey Stadium pitch on Saturday: "Because of the grass dries up very quickly and the game gets stuck. We can't keep the pace up. But we'll have to adapt. We'll improve and evolve and we'll get great victories." cc: @markradigan.bsky.social #FIFAWorldCup