One week until Christmas! Now is when the anxiety really picks up. Did you get gifts for everyone on your list? Who was it that asked for a donation in their name to a charity instead of a gift? I appreciate the sentiment but you kind of made my job more difficult because said charity doesn’t have an online donation thingy, which is almost negligent in this day and age! Are the kids gonna like that toy/book/game I bought, or are they too “cool” for that now? Why did I sign a Gaelic football coach as my soccer team’s manager? Nobody told me Jake Edwards was serious when he said we had to use Jani-King as our janitorial services contractor! Will St. Louis know everyone is really just re-gifting them players? Why does that Santa Claus keep whispering “Paco Craig” at me? IS THAT XANDER-CLAUS?

It’s almost here!

– North Carolina has signed former interim USMNT manager (or some such title) Dave Sarachan to be their next head coach.

– Atlanta United 2 is moving out of Coolray Field and into Kennesaw State’s football stadium for 2019. RIP all my “Weird Steve Field” jokes.

– The 2019 Championship home openers were released last week!