Pardeep Cattry

it has brought me no pleasure to cover the Folarin Balogun red card suspension so I wrote about how FIFA's decision-making mars the #USMNT's chance at making history today -- and the World Cup as a whole www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

“don’t forget to vote for the Ballon d’Or of all time,” a made-up trophy with the silliest acronym ever, has to be the worst sign-off in the history of award shows

Lionel Messi may have opted out of the Ballon d'Or ceremony but worry not, he did not opt out of making sartorial … choices … at the *checks notes* Messi Cup, naturally in partnership with *checks notes again* Messi Fragrances

RULE OF COOL THOUGH

I cannot believe someone, somewhere (and by this, I mean the powers-that-be at the Kansas City Current) think in-stadium attendance is a flexible concept

I have otherwise been unimpressed by Real Madrid this session (and for the last few seasons, for the most part) but they really did get it all right today. Didn't see it coming!

Manchester United made Lisandro Martinez for this?!

Tottenham’s trips to Stamford Bridge are always box office but they’re rarely this funny. Great addition to the lore

BREAKING: The NWSL and NWSLPA have settled several grievances, including the High Impact Player rule. The criteria is wiped (still 12% cap charge). ANY player can be HIP. Also settled: Other Rodman grievance, footwear grievance. Greater $ transparency reporting now required. More on @espn.com:

this might be the funniest thing I’ll see all day

USWNT injury update via Sonia Bompastor (via @emsandersbbc.bsky.social): Naomi Girma is working through a calf injury and is still out for a few weeks. Concacaf W Championship starts in five-ish weeks.

really enjoyable scene-setter for the U.S. Open Cup final, which is as greaf an excuse as any to dive deep into American soccer history

say what you will about Manchester United but their ability to consistently reach the same lows, no matter the personnel or the approach, is pretty darn impressive

PSG and Barcelona's shared commitment to delivering instant classics, no matter the circumstances, is greatly appreciated

Lamine Yamal is inevitable

How Brazil’s election result could shape women’s football in the country

so happy for Dejan Kulusevski

What we really shouldn’t be doing is turning this into a “Jalen Hurts is so tough” story

saw You Can See Everything yesterday and it is a must-see in a lot of ways, but it is truly a must-see in a movie theater experiencing shock and awe with other people only adds to the whole thing (and there is SO MUCH shock and awe)

Gotham are very much one team when Jaedyn Shaw plays and another when she doesn’t

Looking at Gotham's season makes you wonder where would this team be without Jaedyn Shaw* *Pretty poor at scoring goals that's where www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

The UEFA Conference League is back tonight, and to celebrate, I have created the world's trickiest flatpack/football crossover quiz: Ikea or Conference League! I give you a name. You tell me if it's an Ikea product or Conference League team! passmode.shop/ikea/

in case you were wondering, Sepp Blatter is currently in his anti-Gianni Infantino shitposter era and he’s now invoking the Pope while doing it

The October window is over, and now it's on to World Cup qualifiers for the Concacaf region. The #USWNT will face El Salvador, whose head coach just threatened to drop players and ban coffee breaks after losses against Paraguay. More on his unnecessary crash out ⬇️ www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

You’ve seen stutter step penalties but how about this stutter walk penalty in the Caribbean Cup semifinal?

Ross Barkley scoring a Champions League brace is not a thing I expected to happen in the year 2026

Having one of those days where I remember that US Soccer CEO JT Batson dated disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in college. From John Carreyrou's excellent post-mortem, "Bad Blood":