Nathan Tucker

Is it just the typical US fan not being used to caring about a tournament that isn't the league? Is it more of a logistics/planning thing since the games are often scheduled with about a month or so notice? I would like some cup games without Lionel Messi to draw good crowds

One thing that is seemingly quite difficult for MLS teams is selling tickets for midweek tournament games like the Champions Cup and Open Cup. Even here the Open Cup game is a general admission affair with presumably less than half of the stadium actually open to the public

Wait there's like 30 people at the Galaxy Champions Cup game

Finally an answer to the question "Can Messi do it on a cold rainy night in Nashville?"

I've been in and out of Nashville/Miami while at work tonight but basically every time I watch for a few minutes at a time Christian Espinoza is breaking a line and creating something for Nashville

Chelsea forward Pedro Neto has apologised for his role in an altercation with the Paris Saint-Germain ballboy at the Parc des Princes.

The Portuguese fronted up to the cameras after his side's 5-2 defeat in the French capital.

I mean unfortunately Chelsea are just not as competitive without him busting a lung up the wing. Him and Joao Pedro breaking the lines has basically been the team's whole offensive strategy this season

If I had a nickel for every time a Chelsea player had a physical altercation with a ball boy on the side of a soccer field, I'd only have two nickels, but it's weird that it's happened twice

Well now giving up a goal on a bad pass from the goalkeeper looks really silly.

Almost immediately after I typed that a bad pass from Jorgensen throws the game away

Haven't been able to put my finger on why exactly this is the case but Chelsea feel better suited for Champions League games than basically every other game they play, dating back like half a decade or so

This feels like a story from a bygone era, notably, one without a phone in your hand. But I could believe being someone without a grasp of the local language and getting on a train heading the wrong way and getting off at a train stop that has the same name as the stadium on my ticket

Choosing to believe this story of a Barcelona fan going to the wrong St. James Park and watching a League One game instead of the Champions League game they had a ticket for

In this crazy world we live in today it's almost soothing to check fotmob and see Tottenham down by multiple goals. A port in a storm

Ilona Lowen, wife of St. Louis City SC midfielder Eduard Lowen, dies of brain cancer at 28 Ilona Lowen, wife of City SC midfielder Eduard Lowen died of brain cancer at age 28

There are some stories you really don't want to write. A sad day. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah have just been issued lifetime suspensions from Major League Soccer for betting on MLS matches.

"After reviewing the results of the investigation, MLS concluded that the players engaged in extensive gambling on soccer, including on their own teams."

#AllForCITY Open Cup tickets on sale, $34 a pop, general admission tickets for the lower deck. Last year I asked Olof Mellberg if their 2-0 win over Union Omaha was a "must-win" for him and his City team. They did not win again until he was canned

You gotta give the guy some MLS minutes eventually, right #AllForCITY

Mykhi Joyner right through the backline and into the back of the net for his second goal today #AllForCITY

45 minutes for Mbacke for CITY2, which is a start #AllForCITY

Also CITY2 has two goals in 30 minutes today. The first team has one goal in 270+ minutes #AllForCITY

Mykhi Joyner needs just 30 minutes to find the back of the net for CITY2 today #AllForCITY

I know David Critchley tried to make training a bit more fun for the guys, I wonder if some took this as it not being serious enough/weren't working as hard in training? Or was Critch just trying to salvage anything after the failed Olof Mellberg reign? #AllForCITY

Going back through last night's postmatch presser while writing earlier and think its interesting that Timo Baumgartl says #AllForCITY "we treat training more serious than last year, there's such a difference from last year" and mentions the culture. Was it *that* bad with the group last year?

Mbacke and Mykhi Joyner are starting for CITY2 vs MNUFC2 this afternoon.

Definitely worth reading into with Mbacke likely to be in the lineup vs LAFC and Joyner yet to make his 2026 debut amidst the chance creation issues #allforcity

Going back through the postmatch presser from last night and Timo Baumgartl really is a perfect guy to say "look you gotta score goals to win soccer games" because he's not really the guy who has to do it and he doesn't really have to lay the blame on a singular person #AllForCITY

Well the F1 season was fun for about 20 laps or so there

I think City has done a good job during Corey Wray and Yoann Damet's short time here of raising the floor of the club. The average player on the roster is better this year than last. But they also sold the guy who scored the goals, and now the biggest problem is scoring goals. #AllForCITY

There is a lot to like in what Yoann Damet is preaching. Unfortunately, this team is not very good, and offseason fears of not having a true striker to offer goal threat are starting to become realized. #AllForCITY

Klauss 4, CITY 1 after 3 weeks. Hard to find a better through line stat to explain the fanbase’s frustration after 3 weeks. #AllForCITY