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Today's issue ⬇️

• You’re getting started? We’ve got good stuff to read for beginners

• League intro: Germany's Bundesliga 2

• Our player of the week

• Podcast recommendation: A view from the dugout

• Community notes

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📚 Top 4 reads for beginners

• Competitions and Divisions: How do you play on Sorare? Read more

• Limited to Unique – what are the card types on Sorare? Read more

• How does Sorare's transfer market work? Read more

• How do you collect points with your players? Read more

⚽ Leagues around the world

Bundesliga 2: Germany’s second tier

The Bundesliga 2 is kicking off on Friday.

Why it’s worth watching: It is "one of the best leagues across the whole of Europe", according to the official Bundesliga website. Seriously though, it's great to watch: many surprising results, promotion and relegation battles are hard to predict – and more than three goals per game on average last season!

Three things you should know:

• Average attendance was 29,189 last season – slightly more than Spain's La Liga or France's Ligue 1.

• Fortuna Düsseldorf remains in Bundesliga 2 after losing the relegation/promotion playoffs on penalties.

• With FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV, there are no less than three teams in the league with more than 100,000 members each.

By the numbers: Out of the 18 teams, relegated 1. FC Köln has the highest market value at €69.7 million. Newly promoted Preussen Münster has the lowest market value at €9.25 million. (Source: www.transfermarkt.com)

💯 Our player of the week

Joel Waterman (CF Montreal): 100 points against Orlando City SC

The defender had a perfect game on the Sorare scoring matrix against Orlando, even though his team did not. Orlando won 4-1, getting off to a great start in the Leagues Cup which brings the MLS and the Mexican Liga MX together in one competition. Montreal then managed to win 3-2 against Mexican side San Luis. Waterman started the game – and managed to score merely 2 points as he conceded two penalties.

🎙️ Podcast highlights

A view from the dugout – a Scottish fantasy football podcast

The hosts Kris and Russ take a look at the latest happenings in the Scottish football world, and how they will impact your Scottish fantasy football games be it Sorare, Gaffr, Ultimate Champions, etc. Being friends for almost 20 years, they aim to bring an entertaining take on more than just Scottish football.

Listen to it on Spotify.

⚡️ Community notes

• Do you want to play football in real life? Make sure to join the next Sorare Sevens tournament. Here are some pictures from the most recent one in July.

• You prefer watching over reading? Quinny has some great starting tips in this 30-minute video.

👉 We'll have a lot more great content coming up – and we're helping everybody to have a lot of fun on Sorare! 🔥

That’s all for today. Let us know if you're looking for any specific information so that we can cover that in the coming weeks.

Talk soon,

The Sorare FUM team

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