Current superdraft top 5: 1. D.C 2. Atlanta 3. Orlando (via Galaxy) 4. Sporting KC 5. Montreal 6. Colorado (via TFC) D.C. & Atlanta guaranteed to finish bottom 2 in some order, rest is up for grabs.

The US are into the U-20 World Cup quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive tournament. **insert 2000 words on the MLS academy initiative kicking off in 2007, and this being immediately downstream of that**

For the first time all season I'm going to do a mailbag column for MLSsoccer.. Hit me with your questions here. 👇

Show of hands from the neutrals: Are you rooting for Seattle or Miami tonight?

Reyna is still imo the single most-talented player in the US pool. A healthy, engaged version of him – hopefully with his parents being quietly supportive in the background – is the one player most likely to elevate the team to greater heights. Still believe that, even after the past four years.

nobody. But there's a half-dozen teams – including your friends just down I-5 – who should be calling about Opoku.

And just to put numbers to it: Musovski & Osaze have combined for 14g/4a across all comps in about 2000 first-team minutes this year. Developing depth like that is how you survive without your DP 9. *Every* MLS front office should be planning like this.

Leagues Cup starts tomorrow, and that means I've got an excuse to do a Tiers piece! Favorites! Contenders! The Group of Minimal Plausibility! Time to dive in... www.mlssoccer.com/news/leagues... Leagues Cup 2025 tiers: Rankin...

A question I'm almost afraid to ask: Are there any independent journalists covering D.C. United anymore? I'm trying to put together a doc of each team's local bloggers, podders & newspaper folks and for D.C.... I've now got nothing. Help! PS – Also need Crew recs beyond @massive-report.com

Armchair Analyst: Inter Miami's foundation, Columbus Crew's comeback & more from Matchday 24 Including a Philly team that made a statement and a Timbers team in need of some direction. www.mlssoccer.com/news/inter-m... https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:tjvo32l37yduf3hq2wifq7et&cid=bafkreidg7m5pqqhhgwu566s53zkyzadxqpt4s7o6vjdzpakrprpyk4tsfu