Raining goals!

Nice finish.

In a Empire of Soccer article by Dave Martinez: Cosmos in Crisis: Late Pay, Furloughs cast team’s future in doubt The North American Soccer League has been in trouble for several months. Despite recent revelations that the league severed its ties to the embattled Traffic Sports, they are still set to lose three of their more successful teams (Minnesota United, Ottawa Fury, Tampa Bay Rowdies), with rumors quickly spreading of the possible end of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Rayo OKC. Through it all, the NASL has been able to count on a select few clubs and investors that were always married to the cause — none more influential than the New York Cosmos. But now, the Cosmos have troubles of their own. Hear Dave Martinez on The Total Soccer Show speak about his perceptions of the long storied and troubled franchise. http://totalsoccershow.com/podcasts/no-more-new-york-cosmos-w-dave-martinez-plus-is-the-end-of-the-nasl-good-or-bad-for-american-soccer/

Via Vice Sports, an intriguing interview covering a range of topics around Christian Pulisic's rise and breakthrough into a world class football club.

You have to subscribe to this channel if you want to follow this compelling story.

RIP

Been saying this for years. We're too hard on the coaches (I'm looking right at you, Adam Whittaker Snavely) and way too soft on our players. While I love the kid, it boggles my mind that Jordan Morris has NYT write-ups on him being one of the next great US players. This would never happen in Europe. And when you stand him up next to Pulisic (who's 4 years his junior), you see the difference between the development systems (and the players' drive) in the US and the rest of the world as clear as day.

He also scored a brace in the US Open Cup final victory.

Just another day's work from Darlington Nagbe

No way in hell Klinsi would ever consider this, but it's something to think about if we ever wanted to shoot for a pot 1 spot in the WC.