While you were (probably) watching the Longhorns, the West race tightened up
Here's a quick report from around the league and its Saturday night slate of matches.
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The Weekly Free: A collaboration for an amazing community, resulting in new beer and amusing videos
This ticked all the boxes for me even before I became part of it.
A mailbag! And a logo! And a new domain name!
We've committed to verdeallday.substack.com and we're letting our inner Van Halen fan out.
The Second Pass: The last quotes we're going to get for a couple of weeks
With an international break starting, I don't expect we'll hear a lot from the Austin FC camp for a week or so. (But I've got some great content planned all the same.)
Putting a Ring on it: Austin FC escapes New England with a potentially pivotal point
Thanks to an Alex Ring goal in the fourth minute of three minutes of second-half stoppage time, Verde escaped Greater Boston with a draw.
Austin makes the playoffs! VerDos outlast Maxime Crepeau-led LAFC2, qualifying for MLS Next Pro postseason
Friday night's match went to a penalty kick shootout with a surprising twist.
The Weekly Free: Gratitude, perspective, and an invitation for next week
I think I'm having a better week than Austin FC, y'all.
The Second Pass: Why Hedges wore that jersey, what Stuver thinks about #WolffOut, and what Wolff thinks about his players
We've got a whole lot of quotes to unpack, but first, let's talk about VAR.
'It's a cruel game': Yet another late goal leads to yet another Austin FC loss
Hosting the Sounders in summer isn't a whole lot of fun for Verde. We have some initial thoughts from Josh Wolff and Brad Stuver on Wednesday's 2-1 loss.
Things we learned from Tuesday's media availability
Josh Wolff shared some thoughts ahead of this week's matches against two top-three teams.
The Second Pass: Where the roster stands after the trip to FC Dallas, and more
Let's tie up loose ends from when I was once again one of just two reporters in the post-match interview.
'I'm gutted for them': Austin FC loses possible Copa Tejas clincher to FC Dallas at the death
Verde weathered the loss of Dani Pereira for about 15 seconds less than they needed to on Saturday night.