Eric Goodman

After a pair of swift defeats to LAFC in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs, including an embarrassing 4-1 suckfest at home in Game 2 Sunday night, it’s curtains for Austin FC’s 2025 season. As a result, the lasting images of the club’s campaign will go down as Myrto Uzuni missing a penalty […]

It’s always an inexact science, evaluating whether a sports team overachieved or underachieved relative to the talent on its roster. But a sixth-place finish in the Western Conference standings, a return to the MLS Cup Playoffs, and a quick Round 1 ouster to a true title contender feels about right for what Austin FC could […]

MLS has announced a wholesale change to its season calendar, aligning with the fall-to-spring structure employed by the majority of top soccer leagues around the world.

When the final whistle blows at the conclusion of a star-studded MLS Cup final Saturday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, the Major League Soccer offseason will officially begin. Most clubs, though, have been in offseason mode for weeks, and that includes Austin FC. The Verde and Black are coming off a generally encouraging – but by […]

As jarring as the fact may be, Austin FC completed its fifth season of Major League Soccer this fall, meaning it has officially outlived Breaking Bad, Friday Night Lights, and Vine. In celebration of that milestone, let’s reflect back on the top 10 most significant moments – both the good and the bad – in […]

If at first you don’t succeed, buy, buy again. It’s the Austin FC way – at least as it’s pertained to big money “designated player” signings through the club’s six years in service. On Friday, ATXFC announced its latest splash acquisition: Uruguayan winger Facundo Torres, signed from Brazilian heavyweights Palmeiras in exchange for a reported […]

With all due respect to an enormous pampered rodent up near Pittsburgh, miss me with that six more weeks of winter rhetoric. The start of the soccer season – the true sign of spring – is just three short weeks away. Austin FC is back, and so too, is The Verde Report.  This marks the […]

For the last 141 weeks, the Major League Soccer universe has revolved around South Florida. That’s because it was 141 weeks ago that Inter Miami CF officially signed the sport’s greatest living player, Lionel Messi.  All Messi has done in his time since joining MLS is win back-to-back MVPs and lead Miami to a Leagues […]

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