Ian Nicholas Quillen

Roger Bennett’s Latest Book Reminds Us: The World Cup Always Delivers The Men in Blazers Media Network founder has authored a personal history of every World Cup since 1978. And pre-tournament dread is a recurring theme.

A little bit of a departure from my usual work for @forbes.com, but my review of @rogbennett.bsky.social's new book, "We Are The World (Cup)," with a few thoughts from the author himself.

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#WorldCup #USMNT

Berterame Makes His Mark As Messi, Inter Miami Rally At Orlando City Berterame may not have scored, but he made a critical play for his new club that showed what he's about and bodes well for the Herons' future.

Some instant analysis on German Berterame's role in #InterMiamiCF's 4-2 win at Orlando City on Sunday night.

Via @forbes.com:

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Who knew John Terry's uncle moved to Central Florida

Still have yet to see anything remotely resembling a good close-up of the foul that got Antonio Carlos sent off on the #AppleTV broadcast of #HOUvLAFC

New MLS Apple TV Data Is Promising, But Don’t Jump To Conclusions On Thursday, Major League Soccer announced that 9.7 million viewers had watched opening weekend matches across all platforms, an increase of 59% from the year before.

As we prepare for #MLS MD2, some words on the "record breaking" TV viewrership from #AppleTV and other league partners on the opening weekend.

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The Wait For Manchester City-Bound Teen's Breakout Is Over Cavan Sullivan erupted in his first start of 2026 for the Philadelphia Union on Thursday night.

On #ManCity bound Cavan Sullivan's first goals for #Doop in Concacaf last night, for @givemesport.bsky.social:

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Eric Ramsay’s West Brom Flop Bad News For MLS After Nancy Saga Given little track record of MLS managers testing European waters, these two recent failures may discourage other clubs from taking a similar chance in the near-future.

After former #MNUFC boss Eric Ramsay and former #Crew96 manager Wilfried Nancy both flamed out quickly in the UK, it may be time for #MLS to look inward as to why it struggles to produce managers that succeed elsewhere.

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2026 MLS Matchday 1 Power Rankings | LAFC Send A Message Who's up and who's down after Son Heung-min bested Lionel Messi, Tai Baribo got revenge and Michael Bradley earned his first managerial win.

My new #MLS power rankings are up following MD1.

The biggest movers? #DCU, #HoustonDynamo, #OrlandoCity and #ATLUTD

Read on at @givemesport.bsky.social

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5 Key Stats From LAFC’s Statement Win Over Messi And Inter Miami One result does not a season make. Even so, there was a lot to think about after LAFC’s exceptional performance.

After #LAFC made a statement in their 3-0 drubbing of #Messi and #InterMiamiCF, I highlighted five stats that jump out about both clubs' start to the season for @forbes.com.

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MLS Power Rankings: Who Can Challenge Messi And Miami in 2026? How all 30 clubs stack up as Matchday 1 approaches.

#MLS power rankings are a fool's errand. Fortunately, I'm a fool.

My certain-to-be-proven-wrong assessment of all 30 MLS clubs ahead of the new season, for @givemesport.bsky.social

Among the biggest movers: #DCU, #NERevs, #FCCincy, #ATLUTD and #LAGalaxy

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Later in this match, the same guy said "That's a penalty everyday and twice on Ash Wednesday." Seriously.

Are we sure there weren't? Like, how much do we actually hear about the pursuit of intra-league signings that don't materialize in general, in a league where only a handful of clubs get true regular local media coverage?

Admittedly haven't been following preseason super closely, but playing Son in #LAFC 's Concacaf Champions cup opener after he didn't play a single minute in the preseason feels like a very risky idea.

James Rodríguez to Sergio Reguilón - The Top 10 MLS 2026 Winter Transfers Timo Werner and Germán Berterame are also among our list for the most significant moves made during an extremely active MLS offseason.

Still time to go in the #MLS primary transfer window. But here's my take on the top 10 #transfers so far this winter.

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Why DC United Wants Baltimore Pro Soccer (And Maybe MLS Expansion) Jason Levien is leading an effort to build a stadium, youth academy and mixed-use real estate development in one of the largest American cities without pro soccer.

Why is #DCU leading the effort to bring pro soccer to Baltimore (and maybe even #MLS expansion).

It's confusing to those of us who remember Jack Kent Cooke and Peter Angelos. But makes sense in today's American pro soccer landscape.

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As MLS Begins Year 4 On Apple TV, Here’s What’s New In 2026 No more MLS Season Pass, a new Walmart Saturday Showdown and more details of the Apple TV's updated offerings for the 2026 MLS season.

So @mls.bsky.social and #AppleTV have some new coverage plans for the 2026 #MLS regular season.

I wrote about a few of the biggest changes for @forbes.com:

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In James Rodríguez, Minnesota United May Have Found Their Gareth Bale The Colombian's move to the Twin Cities has a clear parallel to another splashy recent MLS signing, but not the one you might be thinking of.

There's a clear #MLS precedent for @mnufc.com signing James Rodriguez. And in the end, it worked pretty well for LAFC.

But the Loons have one challenge the Black-and-Gold don't.

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Here's how 2030 World Cup Qualifying Will Look for USMNT, Mexico Concacaf' Revealed the format on Friday, as well as the rest of its international match calendar for the 2030 cycle.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but here's what the #USMNT, #ElTriEng and other #Concacaf teams will have to do to qualify for the 2030 FIFA World Cup. A quick a dirty breakdown for @givemesport.bsky.social:

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Social media admin still in preseason form too, I guess

#Sounders

For Ricardo Pepi, Fulham’s Transfer Loss May Be The USMNT’s Gain Fulham clearly valued Pepi, but probably as an eventual replacement for Raul Jimenez, who is still with the Premier League side until the end of the season.

I'm sure it's personally disappointing, but the collapse of Ricardo Pepi's Fulham move is probably the best thing for his #USMNT World Cup hopes.

I explained why earlier this week for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/ianqui...

Honestly not sure I saw this coming? Wonder if he will become a TAM player with the new deal?

Is Messi is MLS' Best Bet in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup? We rank all nine MLS teams in this year's field, based on squad quality and tournament draw.

The @concacaf.bsky.social Champions Cup begins tomorrow.

I ranked the chances of all nine #MLS teams involved for @givemesport.bsky.social:

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