Seattle

The joy and pain of Dee Gordon – The Athletic
Dee Gordon has provided the Mariners with an injection of personality this season, but the childlike abandon with which he approaches baseball belies a tragedy that follows him like a shadow.

CHAD meets: Jess Fishlock by Coleman Had A Dream
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MLS

Chicago Fire: Trying to make sure no one watches
The Chicago Fire are bad and have been for some time. And now they are openly hostile to anyone dedicated to watching the product on the field.

Armchair Analyst: All 23 MLS teams ranked by tier – v3.0 (final version!) | MLSsoccer.com
Sounders into Tier 4.

Welcome to MLS: Rooney's moment draws parallels to Ibrahimovic's debut | MLSsoccer.com

USA

USMNT: Christian Pulisic, Tim Weah lead those to watch abroad | SI.com
U.S. Soccer fans can finally move on from its World Cup-qualifying disaster now that a new cycle is upon us. And as leagues get underway in Europe and elsewhere, the national team's future will be on display.

11 Things – Make It A Double-Double

Weah making early mark on PSG squad – ProSoccerTalk
Another 18-year-old American international is scoring goals for a top European club in a competitive environment.

World

Could Eriksen leave Tottenham this summer? – ProSoccerTalk

Keep bribes quiet for 10 years, FIFA won't punish you
LONDON (AP) — FIFA has officially eradicated corruption. All it took was pressing the delete key.

Mario Balotelli must be allowed to leave Nice - Patrick Vieira
Former Manchester City and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli played no part in Nice's 1-0 defeat to Reims in their Ligue 1 season-opener.

Introducing the Computer Generated Bundesliga - Bavarian Football Works

What happens when you feed over fifteen thousand German club names to a machine-learning computer program and ask it to produce a Bundesliga? Short answer: hilarity.

Serie A, FA Cup deals show ESPN still a big believer in power of soccer

Atletico Madrid's Nikola Kalinic explains Croatia World Cup medal snub
Kalinic was sent home by national coach Zlatko Dalic after refusing to come on as a substitute during the team's opening game against Nigeria.

La Liga lands landmark rights deal with Facebook for Indian sub-continent
Spain's La Liga announced on Tuesday a landmark deal with Facebook which will allow viewers in the Indian sub-continent to watch every game.