The Columbus Crew and Inter Miami Concacaf Champions Cup results offer red meat for both factions in the ongoing debate over MLS’s approach to competition, spending and roster construction.
Charles Boehm explains this week's column:

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'I have fourth officials telling me that I have – what did the person say to me, what was it? Oh, ‘you're too passionate.’ I don't know how to do this job if you don't have passion.'

I had a good chat with Mr. Sporting Kansas City, Peter Vermes:

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The league has made a ton of progress in a ton of ways, but... man

Something I haven't seen too much of yet in the reactions to OJ Simpson's passing: His trial, and his life in general, taught me (and I'd imagine many others of my generation) a HELL of a lot about how race and class works in the United States.

Might end up his biggest legacy.

Amid lots of veteran experience, tonight Monterrey started a center back who just turned 22 and brought a 20-year-old winger off the bench

Charles Boehm You nailed it. I can’t comprehend the risk these keepers are taking. And I’m sure they are being asked to take it too. Crazy

This week's errors in CCC, feels like playing out of the back really has gone mainstream. We've normalized goalkeepers taking risks - repeatedly, throughout games - that would've been unthinkable not that long ago.

This is not a value judgment, it's just part of the game now.

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Quite the view here in Monterrey. Feeling very thankful to be able to shoot a game like this. It’s been a while.

'The passion and the feelings that they invoke in people and they create with what they do on the field, what they've done on the field over the course of their careers, is incredible.'

A shout for my chat with Julian Gressel & Miami's wild Messi ride:

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Fab Four in, but real depth questions persist for IMCF. Who can Tata turn to if/when he needs game-changers off the bench?

🎥 En su visita a Monterrey, #DavidBeckham desata furor tras salir de un restaurante en San Pedro Garza García, más de un centenar de fans buscaban la foto con el ex futbolista, ahora socio del Inter Miami CF.. ESPN.com.mx

New owners in Utah would be Ryan and Ashley Smith's group, which along with David Blitzer have revitalized Real Salt Lake since taking control in 2022

Eid Mubarak to those who celebrate, like Hany Mukhtar, who will mark the occasion with a youth soccer tournament in partnership with a Nashville-area mosque this weekend.

Really enjoyed chatting with him about it recently:

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As J. Sam Jones chronicled a few years ago, we used to be a proper country etc. etc.

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