Brian Straus

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This has been in the works. Things change. So it's time to depart SI after 9+ years. ❤️to @rynhnt, @adamduerson and the GOAT @AviCreditor. If you clicked the link or bought a copy, thanks. If you have any career advice, also thanks. We'll jump and we'll see

@aawagner011 Well said

@BrianStraus This is truly a disgrace. Every World Cup’s branding is given a heavy dose of local “flavor.” Instead of figuring out how to merge US, Mexico, and Canadian influence into one design, they threw in the towel and gave us this generic, bland, soulless, corporate crap.

In 2021, the GSI and Morrow helped SI with this story on how Lilian Thuram saw BPC as a potential model for his effort to combat racism in European football si.com/soccer/2021/05…

Black Players for Change co-founder Justin Morrow will be among panelists presenting research during Harvard Global Sports Initiative discussion on race, gender and equity in sports, tomorrow 10-1130 AM ET. Link to free registration is here wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global-s…

"We got a lot of competitions coming up against them, so it’s something that will stay in the back of their head.” si.com/soccer/2023/04…

@suttonstern @si_soccer Wow thank you and yes, it was Sonora. I botched a simple cut and paste bc I'm a dummy. Appreciate the close read and the heads up

In a friendly without stakes, the power of U.S. vs. Mexico garnered plenty of interest outside of an international window. But the USMNT also kept El Tri from gaining momentum before a summer of Nations League and Gold Cup action, writes @BrianStraus si.com/soccer/2023/04…

"He just wants to work. He loves the game, and sometimes you need to take a step back to go a step forward." On Anthony Hudson si.com/soccer/2023/04…

🇺🇸-🇲🇽 2⃣3⃣ si.com/soccer/2023/04…

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The many kings of Concacaf si.com/soccer/2023/03…

@butlerbob6 Thank you!

Not every team is the same. But on this team, brotherhood means everybody. On Gio's warm welcome and road to redemption si.com/soccer/2023/03…

Leagues Cup … expanded playoffs … ignoring international windows MLS further undermines its own season. A column … washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/03…

@bedirthan Sounders have 3 of the 12

MLS🇺🇸🇨🇦 clubs now have 12 wins, 45 losses all-time in home-and-away series against Liga MX🇲🇽. 3 of those 12 wins came last year. Philly-Atlas up next.

New cycle, clean slates si.com/soccer/2023/03…

@paulcalixte1 Yeah did catch that. Might make sense for FIFA to standardize ranking procedure since everybody does it differently (or not at all.) For ex, UEFA's is 5 years, which makes no sense for a 4 year CWC cycle. They're prob still working on it but will ask for clarification

@BrianStraus Hmm... you'll notice that the Concacaf announcement refers to a "FIFA ranking" for clubs, so we'll see twitter.com/TheChampions/s…

Details of the new, new, expanded, expanded 2026 World Cup format, qualification procedure for the new 32-team Club World Cup (🐋), and yet another new tournament in addition to that one this is exhausting si.com/soccer/2023/03…

@ReeseCommaBill New regime!

@ReeseCommaBill Yeah Montreal had an early knack for that tournament. Send yours to Concacaf! They need to come up with something