Paul Tenorio
@paultenorio.bsky.social
Senior writer covering soccer for The Athletic.
Mauricio Pochettino announces a surprising #USMNT roster for November camp.
Missing a number of regulars (Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Richards). Gio Reyna and Joe Scally are back in, as is Ricardo Pepi. (And Seb Berhalter...)
Analysis with @henrybushnell.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Missing a number of regulars (Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Richards). Gio Reyna and Joe Scally are back in, as is Ricardo Pepi. (And Seb Berhalter...)
Analysis with @henrybushnell.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
USMNT November roster surprises: Reyna recalled, McKennie among regulars omitted
Gio Reyna makes an unexpected comeback to the USMNT, while a number of key regulars are sitting this camp out
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mauricio Pochettino announces a surprising #USMNT roster for November camp.
Missing a number of regulars (Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Richards). Gio Reyna and Joe Scally are back in, as is Ricardo Pepi. (And Seb Berhalter...)
Analysis with @henrybushnell.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Missing a number of regulars (Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Richards). Gio Reyna and Joe Scally are back in, as is Ricardo Pepi. (And Seb Berhalter...)
Analysis with @henrybushnell.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
My kids spent five years at Rayito. It is a wonderful school. The kids went back after they graduated to bring donuts and visit their teachers because they missed them.
I am sick.
I am sick.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My kids spent five years at Rayito. It is a wonderful school. The kids went back after they graduated to bring donuts and visit their teachers because they missed them.
I am sick.
I am sick.
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
Sources: LAFC assistant Marc Dos Santos is the frontrunner to be named LAFC's next head coach when Steve Cherundolo leaves this winter.
LAFC fully focused on playoff run now, nothing will be done until winter, but Dos Santos frontrunner.
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
LAFC fully focused on playoff run now, nothing will be done until winter, but Dos Santos frontrunner.
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Sources: LAFC assistant Dos Santos frontrunner to replace coach Cherundolo
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Sources: LAFC assistant Marc Dos Santos is the frontrunner to be named LAFC's next head coach when Steve Cherundolo leaves this winter.
LAFC fully focused on playoff run now, nothing will be done until winter, but Dos Santos frontrunner.
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
LAFC fully focused on playoff run now, nothing will be done until winter, but Dos Santos frontrunner.
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
Sources: North Carolina FC has applied for membership to USL's new D1 league, which is set to start in 2028.
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
BREAKING: USL Championship side North Carolina FC informs players they will not be fielding a team in 2026, per sources.
NCFC have a playoff game on Saturday. Sources expect club will finish playoff run.
Players with contracts now end after two months.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
NCFC have a playoff game on Saturday. Sources expect club will finish playoff run.
Players with contracts now end after two months.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
USL club North Carolina FC tells players it won't field a team in 2026
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sources: North Carolina FC has applied for membership to USL's new D1 league, which is set to start in 2028.
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
Loved this video tour of Guadalajara from my guy @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social. Had the pleasure of hitting several of these spots with him last year when the #USMNT played there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEZ...
2026 World Cup travel guide: Guadalajara | The stadiums, sights, food & culture of La Perla Tapatia
YouTube video by JonArnoldFC
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Loved this video tour of Guadalajara from my guy @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social. Had the pleasure of hitting several of these spots with him last year when the #USMNT played there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEZ...
ICYMI: The USL has hired Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes to run its Division One league and help bring pro-rel to the U.S.
Updated with quotes from USL's Paul McDonough.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Updated with quotes from USL's Paul McDonough.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
USL tabs Premier League chief Tony Scholes to run new first division: Sources
USL is launching a new first-division league in 2028, and it's turning to an experienced Premier League leader to run it
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ICYMI: The USL has hired Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes to run its Division One league and help bring pro-rel to the U.S.
Updated with quotes from USL's Paul McDonough.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Updated with quotes from USL's Paul McDonough.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Found this piece super interesting, especially regarding the pace of the game and the impact on the non-subbed players. Great stuff.
The use of five substitutes has had no positive impact, and probably some bad impact www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Why the five-substitute era has not been good for football
Lawmakers have completely overlooked the impact of introducing extra substitutes: it increases the tempo of the game and increases fatigue
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Found this piece super interesting, especially regarding the pace of the game and the impact on the non-subbed players. Great stuff.
Tonight was encapsulation of why Mansueto and the $650 million downtown stadium is so important. Being a soccer fan in Chicago right now takes dedication. That was worst "fan" experience I've had at a sporting event. Feel burned on money spent from multiple angles. One last story of Bridgeview...
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tonight was encapsulation of why Mansueto and the $650 million downtown stadium is so important. Being a soccer fan in Chicago right now takes dedication. That was worst "fan" experience I've had at a sporting event. Feel burned on money spent from multiple angles. One last story of Bridgeview...
Get to front of long concession line where they sell hot dogs, tenders, popcorn and French fries.
“We are out of hot dogs, tenders and popcorn!”
My wife: What *is* this place?!
What an experience at SeatGeek. Won’t be bringing family back to a game until 2028 🤣
“We are out of hot dogs, tenders and popcorn!”
My wife: What *is* this place?!
What an experience at SeatGeek. Won’t be bringing family back to a game until 2028 🤣
Once again unacceptable operations by Bridgeview for the Fire playoff game. Parking a disaster — my family and I are boxed into a lot now with only one exit — and lines to get intl stadium at kickoff are a mess.
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Get to front of long concession line where they sell hot dogs, tenders, popcorn and French fries.
“We are out of hot dogs, tenders and popcorn!”
My wife: What *is* this place?!
What an experience at SeatGeek. Won’t be bringing family back to a game until 2028 🤣
“We are out of hot dogs, tenders and popcorn!”
My wife: What *is* this place?!
What an experience at SeatGeek. Won’t be bringing family back to a game until 2028 🤣
2-0 before we got to our seats 😫🤦♂️
Once again unacceptable operations by Bridgeview for the Fire playoff game. Parking a disaster — my family and I are boxed into a lot now with only one exit — and lines to get intl stadium at kickoff are a mess.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2-0 before we got to our seats 😫🤦♂️
Once again unacceptable operations by Bridgeview for the Fire playoff game. Parking a disaster — my family and I are boxed into a lot now with only one exit — and lines to get intl stadium at kickoff are a mess.
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Once again unacceptable operations by Bridgeview for the Fire playoff game. Parking a disaster — my family and I are boxed into a lot now with only one exit — and lines to get intl stadium at kickoff are a mess.
Chief football officer Tony Scholes is leaving the Premier League to join USL as president of its new first division league and help to bring promotion and relegation to the USL and American soccer.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
USL tabs Premier League chief Tony Scholes to run new first division: Sources
USL is launching a new first-division league in 2028, and it's turning to an experienced Premier League leader to run it
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Chief football officer Tony Scholes is leaving the Premier League to join USL as president of its new first division league and help to bring promotion and relegation to the USL and American soccer.
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Reporting with @oliverkay.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
“I’m not just going to sort of sit here and take all the blame for something that was made out to be completely my fault…I was just upset that I wasn’t really playing.”
Completely tone deaf from Gio Reyna given Pochettino’s team-first messaging. #USMNT apnews.com/article/gio-...
Completely tone deaf from Gio Reyna given Pochettino’s team-first messaging. #USMNT apnews.com/article/gio-...
Gio Reyna tells AP about plans to reboot career with new club and return to US team for World Cup
Gio Reyna went to the 2022 World Cup as one of United States’ brightest young soccer stars. He came back amid controversy over his commitment and his parents’ conflict with the then-coach.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“I’m not just going to sort of sit here and take all the blame for something that was made out to be completely my fault…I was just upset that I wasn’t really playing.”
Completely tone deaf from Gio Reyna given Pochettino’s team-first messaging. #USMNT apnews.com/article/gio-...
Completely tone deaf from Gio Reyna given Pochettino’s team-first messaging. #USMNT apnews.com/article/gio-...
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Lionel Messi ended all speculation by signing a new deal to stay in Miami.
But the decision to extend is about more than just his playing days.
@paultenorio.bsky.social and @felipecardenas.bsky.social have the details behind Messi's decision to extend his stay ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
But the decision to extend is about more than just his playing days.
@paultenorio.bsky.social and @felipecardenas.bsky.social have the details behind Messi's decision to extend his stay ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Lionel Messi ended all speculation by signing a new deal to stay in Miami.
But the decision to extend is about more than just his playing days.
@paultenorio.bsky.social and @felipecardenas.bsky.social have the details behind Messi's decision to extend his stay ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
But the decision to extend is about more than just his playing days.
@paultenorio.bsky.social and @felipecardenas.bsky.social have the details behind Messi's decision to extend his stay ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
U.S. Soccer will not hold a January camp this year.
The annual exercise will return in December 2026, with future camps likely to be held in the same month going forward.
The reasoning, quotes from USSF VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu and more inside:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
The annual exercise will return in December 2026, with future camps likely to be held in the same month going forward.
The reasoning, quotes from USSF VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu and more inside:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
USMNT January camp will not take place in 2026, ahead of World Cup
The yearly exercise that almost exclusively features domestic-based players won't take place this winter, The Athletic has learned
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
U.S. Soccer will not hold a January camp this year.
The annual exercise will return in December 2026, with future camps likely to be held in the same month going forward.
The reasoning, quotes from USSF VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu and more inside:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
The annual exercise will return in December 2026, with future camps likely to be held in the same month going forward.
The reasoning, quotes from USSF VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu and more inside:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
NEWS: Inter Miami has announced a new three-year contract for Lionel Messi, keeping one of soccer’s biggest names in the United States for the foreseeable future.
More details from @paultenorio.bsky.social and @tombogert.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
More details from @paultenorio.bsky.social and @tombogert.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEWS: Inter Miami has announced a new three-year contract for Lionel Messi, keeping one of soccer’s biggest names in the United States for the foreseeable future.
More details from @paultenorio.bsky.social and @tombogert.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
More details from @paultenorio.bsky.social and @tombogert.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
Lionel Messi is staying with Inter Miami through 2028.
The 🐐 has officially inked his contract extension.
Reporting with @tombogert.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
The 🐐 has officially inked his contract extension.
Reporting with @tombogert.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
Inter Miami announces new contract for Lionel Messi
The new deal will see Messi lead the MLS club into its new stadium, Miami Freedom Park, next year.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lionel Messi is staying with Inter Miami through 2028.
The 🐐 has officially inked his contract extension.
Reporting with @tombogert.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
The 🐐 has officially inked his contract extension.
Reporting with @tombogert.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
Ok here it is!
I remember being told it wasn’t a “playoff expansion” to 18 teams, it was a “postseason expansion” because it was just a play-in game, but the truth shall set you free!!
I remember being told it wasn’t a “playoff expansion” to 18 teams, it was a “postseason expansion” because it was just a play-in game, but the truth shall set you free!!
With their 3-1 victory in the Eastern Conference Wild Card game tonight, Chicago Fire FC have won their first Audi MLS Cup Playoffs game since a 2-0 win against the New England Revolution on November 7, 2009.
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ok here it is!
I remember being told it wasn’t a “playoff expansion” to 18 teams, it was a “postseason expansion” because it was just a play-in game, but the truth shall set you free!!
I remember being told it wasn’t a “playoff expansion” to 18 teams, it was a “postseason expansion” because it was just a play-in game, but the truth shall set you free!!
Is playing tonight the Fire's return to the playoffs? Or is winning tonight the Fire's return to the playoffs?
Is this advancing in the playoffs or advancing to the playoffs?
Is this a playoff game or a play-in game? I feel like MLS can't make up its mind how it wants to treat this...
Is this advancing in the playoffs or advancing to the playoffs?
Is this a playoff game or a play-in game? I feel like MLS can't make up its mind how it wants to treat this...
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Is playing tonight the Fire's return to the playoffs? Or is winning tonight the Fire's return to the playoffs?
Is this advancing in the playoffs or advancing to the playoffs?
Is this a playoff game or a play-in game? I feel like MLS can't make up its mind how it wants to treat this...
Is this advancing in the playoffs or advancing to the playoffs?
Is this a playoff game or a play-in game? I feel like MLS can't make up its mind how it wants to treat this...
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
📓 MLS notebook:
- Chucky Lozano's status for playoffs is uncertain after internal situation
- Luca de la Torre / San Diego future update
- New England coaching search + timing update
- Latest on talks between Minnesota and Dayne St. Clair
& more www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
- Chucky Lozano's status for playoffs is uncertain after internal situation
- Luca de la Torre / San Diego future update
- New England coaching search + timing update
- Latest on talks between Minnesota and Dayne St. Clair
& more www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
What I'm hearing on Chucky Lozano's MLS playoff status, Revs coaching search
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📓 MLS notebook:
- Chucky Lozano's status for playoffs is uncertain after internal situation
- Luca de la Torre / San Diego future update
- New England coaching search + timing update
- Latest on talks between Minnesota and Dayne St. Clair
& more www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
- Chucky Lozano's status for playoffs is uncertain after internal situation
- Luca de la Torre / San Diego future update
- New England coaching search + timing update
- Latest on talks between Minnesota and Dayne St. Clair
& more www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
In Austin, I sat with #USMNT legend Landon Donovan to talk about his openness with a big vulnerability and the unexpected reward of sharing his hair journey with the public.
“We’re just people struggling, trying to figure it out and doing the best we can,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
“We’re just people struggling, trying to figure it out and doing the best we can,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Landon Donovan’s new hair, and the side effect he wasn’t expecting
The USMNT great has been a trailblazer in the mental health space, but even he wasn't expecting the reaction to his latest public journey
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In Austin, I sat with #USMNT legend Landon Donovan to talk about his openness with a big vulnerability and the unexpected reward of sharing his hair journey with the public.
“We’re just people struggling, trying to figure it out and doing the best we can,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
“We’re just people struggling, trying to figure it out and doing the best we can,” he said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Sat with Cristian Roldan — "if you want to build your perfect player; he has a little bit of everything," Poch said a day later — in Denver.
Talked his path back to the #USMNT, his outlook on his role and a dream to play in a World Cup game in Seattle.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Talked his path back to the #USMNT, his outlook on his role and a dream to play in a World Cup game in Seattle.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Cristian Roldan and the making of Mauricio Pochettino’s ‘perfect player’
Cristian Roldan was hardly on the USMNT radar six weeks ago. Here's how he won over Mauricio Pochettino to get back in the World Cup frame
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Sat with Cristian Roldan — "if you want to build your perfect player; he has a little bit of everything," Poch said a day later — in Denver.
Talked his path back to the #USMNT, his outlook on his role and a dream to play in a World Cup game in Seattle.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Talked his path back to the #USMNT, his outlook on his role and a dream to play in a World Cup game in Seattle.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Took a first crack at a #USMNT 2026 World Cup roster with @henrybushnell.bsky.social.
Had the hardest time picking depth in midfield and deciding if Yunus Musah would play his way back into the team.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Had the hardest time picking depth in midfield and deciding if Yunus Musah would play his way back into the team.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
26 for 2026: USMNT World Cup roster projection after October friendlies
Plenty can – and likely will – change over the next seven months, but here's how we see the USMNT World Cup squad after the latest camp
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Took a first crack at a #USMNT 2026 World Cup roster with @henrybushnell.bsky.social.
Had the hardest time picking depth in midfield and deciding if Yunus Musah would play his way back into the team.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Had the hardest time picking depth in midfield and deciding if Yunus Musah would play his way back into the team.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Reposted by Paul Tenorio
Mauricio Pochettino says the change in climate between Austin (85-95 degrees) to Denver (altitude, much cooler) was a "massive risk" to the players in a night where Tillman couldn't play and Pulisic was withdrawn
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Pulisic hurts hamstring; Pochettino questions climate change between games
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Mauricio Pochettino says the change in climate between Austin (85-95 degrees) to Denver (altitude, much cooler) was a "massive risk" to the players in a night where Tillman couldn't play and Pulisic was withdrawn
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
A win and a draw in the October window for the #USMNT...
Story + analysis w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social on the USMNT's 2-1 win over Australia, overshadowed by Christian Pulisic's early exit.
For now, it's an undisclosed leg injury (not necessarily ankle). Team spokesman said he's being assessed.
More to come.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
For now, it's an undisclosed leg injury (not necessarily ankle). Team spokesman said he's being assessed.
More to come.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
USMNT 2, Australia 1: Wright scores twice but Pulisic hurt in friendly win
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A win and a draw in the October window for the #USMNT...