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Mount Pleasant lament US visa woes ahead of LA Galaxy clash - Jamaica Observer Mount Pleasant lament US visa woes ahead of LA Galaxy clash

“We are not being given the opportunity to be at our best.”

🇯🇲 10 players for Mount Pleasant have been denied entry into the United States for their Concacaf Champions Cup debut against the LA Galaxy due to visa issues. 7 are from Haiti. They've had to call up several academy players to fill out the squad.

The US hosts the 2026 World Cup in 93 days.

looks like the ball kinda just bounced in on its own

this will haunt me

I'm not actually going to DM you. My lawyer wants me to make that abundantly clear.

Anyway, I'll DM the first 20 people to like this an exclusive Polymarket code to place a free $5 bet on the next MLS player to be banned for gambling.

Suspensions are better with the power of live markets.

yeah, Jones earned that one

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."

incredible

fully committed to the youth pipeline

I think maybe just barely? I thought it was off initially, but looks fairly tight. Best answer is I'm not sure.

Nashville SC do really fun stuff with the ball now.

Doyle's Sunday night column has been and continues to be the standard for league-wide MLS coverage. Must read, must subscribe stuff.

MLS Winners and Losers: San Diego FC’s depth, Real Salt Lake’s youth movement & more Some teams are already looking lost. Others are wowing us. Hop in.

✍️ @Backheeled.com: MLS winners and losers from Matchday 3, including an improbable moment for Wiki Carmona and a ridiculous moment from Gabriel Pec.

name names!

Walker Zimmerman just subbed off for Toronto FC, 15 minutes after a head-to-head collision with Kevin Denkey. He initiated the sub himself with the referee, pointing to his head.

Really hate to see it after his concussion last season. Hopefully he's ok.

Patrick Yazbek is levelling up for Nashville. Covers tons of ground (third-most in MLS) but has added real quality on the ball and positional versatility.

Drops back to pick the ball off the backline, plays a line-breaking pass, and follows it with a killer late run to set up the goal.

Court orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist  • Tennessee Lookout A judge has given Immigration and Customs Enforcement a deadline of noon Monday for justification for the arrest of Estefany Rodriguez.

A federal judge has given Immigration and Customs Enforcement a deadline of noon Monday to file a written justification for the arrest of Nashville journalist Estefany Maria Rodríguez Florez, reports @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.

Sam Surridge AGAIN: Nashville SC display "relentless mentality" | MLSSoccer.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The stars were singing in Music City on Saturday night, as Nashville SC continued their unbeaten start to the 2026 season with a 3-1 win over Minnesota United FC at GEODIS Park.

"Sam scores goals. That's what he does."

For @MLS.bsky.social, Sam Surridge is off to a blazing hot start, tied for the Golden Boot lead with four goals in his first two games.
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Also, yeah... Atlanta are just 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 to get carved apart with the complete lack of anything resembling pressure on the ball.

So impressed with the structure Pablo Mastroeni has set up in Salt Lake. They have such clear ideas and are very efficient in possession. Not at all what I expected from them.

The off-ball run from Hezarkhani to open space for Gozo here is so smart.

This was such a bad decision from Gabriel Pec. The Galaxy had all the momentum, were creating chances at will, and had just equalized.

Zero need for this on a yellow card, near midfield, and with Glesnes right there to help. It cost the Galaxy the game.

FT: Sam Surridge and Cristian Espinoza score as Nashville SC cruise past Minnesota United.

That looked like a pretty blatant penalty for Sam Surridge, but nothing given from the ref.

GOAL! Patrick Yazbek with an incredible run into the box, and set up Surridge for a near post rip with a cutback pass.

Great finish from Surridge, but Yazbek has quietly been fantastic for Nashville. He's been their best player so far in 2026.

Goal! An absolutely absure strike from Triantis to pull one back for Minnesota. Not nearly enough pressure from Nashville's midfield, but that was a piss missile.

Goal! Cristian Espinoza follows up a shot from Hany Mukhtar and burries the rebound for his first Nashville SC goal!

Goal stands. That looked pretty clearly offside to me...

Goal! Sam Surridge puts Nashville ahead. Patrick Yazbek curls a shot towards the far post that may have been going wide, and Surridge deflects it in for the opener.

Questions of offside again on this one.

He gets a round of applause from the crowd. Don't see that too often.