PLEASE CATCH THE BALL.

Robin Fraser is out as head coach of the Colorado Rapids.

Why? Well....
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NEW: The West’s top-three sides combined for a single point against teams outside the playoff places. Who will claim a wide-open conference this fall?

Plus musings on “clear and obvious,” Facundo Torres in Orlando, and Pablo Iglesias Maurer on DC United in #MLS Weekly. theathletic.com/4830983/2023/0…

Well obviously Leo DiCaprio is at an LAFC game. The Galaxy are over 26 years old. #LAFCvMIA

If you didn't love me at my Tom Arnold-at-Red Bulls vs. Galaxy then you don't deserve me at my Selena Gomez-at-LAFC vs. Miami

Thank you for animating this. Electric stuff

Drake Callender has been Inter Miami's MVP since July 21.

Messi has done very little media since joining MLS.

It’s not the biggest surprise: some of MLS’ clubs have been shirking the league’s media policies for years.

On The Athletic Soccer, I write about MLS’ evolving - and sometimes eroding - media policies:

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Gonna have to start calling it MLS 361 to make room for this stache

Quite simply one of the best albums of all time.

Ben Cremaschi gets first USMNT senior call-up, Kristoffer Lund joins team for September friendlies.

#USMNT roster news: theathletic.com/4818625/2023/0…

I’ve never seen a better front page. And neither have you.

Via the brilliant The Daily Tar Heel student journalists.

Now this right here is a good tweet.

ICYMI: We are hiring at The Athletic Soccer. If you or someone you know can report great stories about women's college soccer, please apply. This is a full-time position alongside our stable of incredible writers on the North American soccer desk.

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'Let’s fight to the death.'

In a WhatsApp group, Spanish women's players planned their joint statement against Rubiales and RFEF after he insisted he wouldn't resign. More from our roundup of events so far The Athletic | Football:

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FIFA and UEFA are so clearly scared to do the right thing, for plenty of reasons, but also because who knows what happens when you set an actual precedent of accountability? You might be next.

For my money, Laia produced the best English-language coverage anywhere of Spain’s World Cup. This is yet another example.

Long live Nahuel. Great stuff from ⁦Felipe Cárdenas⁩. theathletic.com/4805161/2023/0…

Really hard to accept NYC’s relative lack of casual-level Persian places when you go to California and can walk into any ol shopping district and get this.

Wow, these guys saw the world’s best player win against Cincy on a game-ending kick at the semifinal stage twice in 2023.