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Royal Roundup: FIFA continues to press for bi-annual World Cup

RSL highlights, FC Dallas fire their coach, USMNT players in EPL may not be available vs Panama, RIP English scoring legend Jimmy Greaves, and more...

The Best FIFA Football Awards Photo by Valeriano Di Domenico - Pool/Getty Images

It’s rare enough that FIFA publishes results of a poll, but releasing one that conflicts with many public comments from players, fans, and confederations to show fan support for a bi-annual World Cup makes the results seem suspect. The poll, held via the YouGov site had over 15,000 people over the age of 18 respond from 23 countries. A follow-up survey will poll over 100,000 people in at least 100 nations.

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REAL SALT LAKE / UTAH

  • [90Min] Pablo Mastroeni praises players after win vs Seattle.
  • [MLS][LWOS][SAH] Recap: RSL 1, Seattle Sounders 0.
  • [YT] Highlights RSL vs SEA.
  • [RSL] Late goal vs New Mexico United hands Real Monarchs another road loss.

MLS / USL / NWSL

  • [WTR] Toronto FC is on pace to have the worst record of it’s history.
  • [SBI] Club America knocks Philadelphia Union out of Champions League.
  • [SSD] CF Montreal closes the supporter section in Stade Saputo stadium after repeated incidents of violence.
  • [USSP] Colorado Rapids and Nashville SC are this year’s dark horses gunning for MLS Cup.
  • [USL] Championship expansion team Monterey Bay FC breaks ground on their new stadium.
  • [NWSL] A total of 42 NWSL players have been called up for international duty in the upcoming break.
  • [MLS][FRS] FC Dallas has fired their coach Luchi Gonzalez amid rough year. Saturday’s 3-2 loss to rival Houston Dynamo was the last straw.

USA

  • [CBS] USWNT blow out Paraguay 9-0 in friendly. Carli Lloyd scores 5 goals and moves into 3rd on Women’s all time list.
  • [SSF] The first round of World Cup qualifying gives the USMNT a reality check.
  • [CBS] [SportBible] USWNT players remain optimistic about US Soccer’s equal pay proposal.
  • [SI] Panama remains on England’s “red list” of countries which will prevent some USMNT players from the 2nd round of World Cup qualifying.
  • [SBI] USMNT slip out of top 10 in the latest FIFA rankings after problematic World Cup qualifying.
  • [USSOC] USWNT play their 2nd friendly game vs Paraguay on Tuesday. It will be televised on FS1 and in Spanish on TUDN.

INTERNATIONAL

  • [SI] Soccer legend Pelé underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his colon last week. Daughter says he’s recovering well.
  • [SI] Concacaf is combining U-20 World Cup and Olympic qualifying into one tournament for 2024.
  • [CBS][SI] Rival supporter’s groups halftime brawl on pitch in France delays game 30 minutes.
  • [Fansided] Has the time arrived to add a stop-clock to Soccer to combat time-wasting, and what other methods are being considered.
  • [SI][FFT][Guardian] English soccer legend Jimmy Greaves has died at the age of 81. He held the European goal scoring record for 46 years.
World Cup Trophy Tour Photo by The FA/The FA via Getty Images