Andrew Leigh

New York

Senior Editor at Hudson River Blue

Current: soccer blogging @hudsonriverblue. Past: Social @nymag, editor @mlb Advanced Media, @investmentnews. Member @soccerreporters. NYC since est.

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USMNT 2-1 Haiti: 5 Thoughts

5 days ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

The United States men's national team wrapped up a perfect group stage of the Concacaf Gold Cup by beating Haiti 2-1 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Mauricio Pochettino says Matt Freese is his starting goalkeeper

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Mauricio Pochettino named Matt Freese his starting goalkeeper ahead of the United States men's national team's second group-stage match of the Concacaf Gold Cup against Saudi Arabia. Per Steven Goff of The Washington Post, the USMNT coach says he's sticking with Freese, hoping to "give now some continuity to see how he deals with the pressure to be No. 1 in the national team."Sounds like Matt Freese will remain the USMNT’s starting keeper.
Hannes Wolf delivered Player of the Matchday-worthy performance for NYCFC

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

It took until the league's 19th Matchday of the season, but it finally happened: A New York City FC player received my MLS Player of the Matchday vote. That means a New York City player also gets prime real estate in this latest edition of How We Voted, the column in which I explain my thought process for each two-player ballot I cast with the North American Soccer Reporters following each round of MLS matches.
2025 Midterm Report Card: David Lee

2 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Right now, Sporting Director David Lee might not be the most popular person with New York City FC fans. The expensive new talent he signed in the summer of 2023 and winter of 2024 has yet to prove its collective worth and he's been slow to find replacements for a few important outgoing players.
Denis Bouanga carries LAFC to comeback win amid protests

2 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

First, let's get this out of the way at the top: There should be no edition of How We Voted this week because Major League Soccer should stop forcing teams to play while extremely shorthanded during international breaks. We are very much right in the middle of a big International Break that feels like an International Month if, like MLS, you exist inside the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).
2025 Midterm Report Card: Maxi Moralez

3 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

This is part of our 2025 Midterm Reports for the New York City FC squad. You'll find past midterm reports and final grades here. At age 38 and in his ninth season with New York City FC, Maxi Moralez remained an every-match starter through the first half of the MLS season. The midfielder started all 17 of the team's MLS matches and was out there for 89.4% of the available 1,530 league minutes.
USMNT Match Preview: Friendly vs Türkiye in East Hartford, CT

3 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Game Day Essentials • International Friendly: United States vs Türkiye • Date and Time: Saturday, June 7, 3:30 pm ET • Venue: Rentschler Field at Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, CT • Forecast: Cloudy with the possibility of a thunderstorm, 73F/22C • Watch: TNT (English), plus Telemundo and Universo (Spanish); Streaming on Max (English) and Peacock (Spanish); "Alt Cast" featuring Men In Blazers and Clint Dempsey available on truTV and Max • Broadcast Team: (English) Luke Wileman...
Brooklyn FC transfers Neeku Purcell to Seattle Reign of NWSL

3 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Brooklyn FC made some transfer history this week as the USL Super League club announced the sale of goalkeeper Neeku Purcell. Purcell is joining Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League for an undisclosed transfer fee, and technically as a short-term replacement player, becoming the first player ever to be sold from the USL Super League to the NWSL.
Another Lionel Messi masterclass, another Player of the Matchday win

3 weeks ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh

Is How We Votedat risk of turning into a column all about Lionel Messi? To spoil the mystery that should have been spoiled upon seeing the headline, for a second straight round of matches, I voted for Messi for MLS Player of the Matchday when submitting my ballot to the North American Soccer Reporters – and he won the final vote, handily. This column exists to explain my choices, though Matchday 17 also felt like one of the easiest rounds of voting I've faced in my few years casting ballots.
Bad systems and regulations holding Australia back

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Andrew Leigh

Australia is a country rich in talent, ambition and opportunity. But when it comes to building the basics – housing, infrastructure, clean energy, research – we’ve made it too hard to deliver. Across these sectors, the problem isn’t a shortage of ideas, capital or demand. It’s a shortage of systems that work. Projects stall, costs blow out and delays become routine.

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