Editor’s Picks: Hudson River Blue’s Best Stories of 2025
Happy New Year! Here are 18 of our favorite articles from this past year as selected by the editorial staff at Hudson River Blue.
The False 9
Dr GarberLove, Or: How MLS owners learned to stop worrying and love the Euro calendar
The False 9 column is back! Corey Clayton has a few opinions he'd like to share about the new MLS calendar, the 2027 mini-season, the end of MLS...
7v7 Nation Army: MLS should take TST seriously
The $1 million cash prize is reason enough for professional teams to enter the tournament.
Crying Wolf: If Herdman’s assault claim is false, he’s gotta go
The post-match saga is unfolding like an episode of Law & Order, and the Toronto FC head coach must receive severe punishment for his accusation if the investigation...
Ted Lasso Season 3 Finale Review: Richmond, Until Goodbye
Ted Lasso figures out the offside rule in the season finale. Only took him three years.
Closing Time: New York City FC vs Tigres, before COVID shut down the world
Today is the anniversary of the last game before the pandemic stopped sports for us all.
Messi Media Watch: The latest on the Biggest MLS Thing Ever
Plus: The False 9 chops it up with Alexi Lalas.
Welcome to my TED Talk: The “Lasso” effect
Is the folksy, likable gaffer from the Apple series having a negative effect on how American soccer is perceived?
So, NYCFC, you’re saying there’s a chance…
NYCFC now control their MLS playoffs fate, and could even host the first game: And it begins by winning tonight.
MLS 360 needs to take a 180
New NFL RedZone-like whiparound show MLS 360 is the showcase the league desperately needs, but there were some notable issues on its first night.
Fantasy Fútbol: Are Wrexham a threat to MLS?
The team are media darlings, and their barnstorming tour of the US is prompting some pundits to say the lower-league team are equals to MLS.
Over the Cliff: The US Women exit World Cup in disarray
If you were paying attention, you saw this flame-out coming.
NYCFC’s Magic Numbers for the playoffs? Not good
We did the math, and NYCFC are in big trouble.
Sin Bin-sanity: What “power plays” could bring to soccer, MLS
Are short-term player sendoffs coming to MLS?
The argument for promotion and relegation in MLS
Here’s how the league can make the transition to pro/rel, and why it’s good for all stakeholders.