Fall is here, y’all. I was complaining just last week about how summer was “never gonna end” and “how glad I’ll be” when fall finally showed up. Well, it showed up, and it sucks. Ok, maybe not fall itself, but the rain is definitely a bummer. My oldest kid’s soccer tournament got cancelled because of the rain. Bourbon and Beyond got cut in half because of the rain. Louder than Life might not go at all because of the rain. My lazy dogs won’t let me walk them outside because of the rain. They’re dogs, they’re better accustomed to living in the elements than I am, but nooooo, no walking in the wet for them.

Rain in the summer is fine-ish because it’s generally short-lived. Summer rains are the best when they’re actually happening because it’ll cool you off when you’re outside. I used to be a half-serious runner and there was nothing better than running in the rain in the summer time. The problem, of course, was when the rain was over and the sun came back out and turned that rain into a suffocating mist of death by water inhalation. That is miserable, just like this cold-ish constant drizzle that ruined this last weekend. Go away, rain.

LINKS!

• It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so pardon me if we’re still catching up. Hartford Athletic’s 2019 stadium situation is being delayed by unforeseen circumstances. “I’m very surprised by this!” said no contractor ever, unless they were lying to keep their client off their back about why their house doesn’t have a roof yet. We all know you forgot to order the damn shingles, Larry, so stop with that nonsense about the truck getting lost.
• Dr. Chopra’s got the scoop on USL’s big league-wide news conference at 1pm today: the top three USL leagues, USL, USL D3, and USL PDL, are getting re-branded to, wait for it, USL Championship, USL League One, and USL League Two. Sounds so familiar, can’t place where I’ve heard of those before, oh wait, it’s just like that league that named things the way they did because of how teams were promoted and relegate from tier to tier and numbering those tiers was sensical. That’s where I’ve heard that before!
• Chattanooga’s USL D3 (excuse me, League One) team, which is a terrible idea and a stain on USL’s reputation in general, is gonna be called Chattanooga Red Wolves SC. Ok.