NYT Connections Soccer Edition Puzzle #44 — Answers for July 24, 2026

📌 Puzzle #44 Summary

Date: Friday, July 24, 2026
Puzzle Number: #44
Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐ Medium
🟨 Yellow: SOCCER TRAINING EXERCISES & DRILLS
🟩 Green: NWSL TEAMS
🟦 Blue: ICONIC SOCCER CLEATS
🟪 Purple: AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA CLUBS & CITIES

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✅ Full Answers

🟨 SOCCER TRAINING EXERCISES & DRILLS

JUMPING RONDO SPRINTS STRETCHING

🟩 NWSL TEAMS

DASH LEGACY SPIRIT WAVE

🟦 ICONIC SOCCER CLEATS

MERCURIAL PREDATOR T90 TIEMPO

🟪 AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA CLUBS & CITIES

GRAZ RAPID SALZBURG WIEN

🎯 Strategy Tips

Lock in the iconic soccer cleats first (MERCURIAL, PREDATOR, T90, TIEMPO). Next, group the clear training drills in Yellow (RONDO, STRETCHING, SPRINTS, JUMPING) to prevent SPRINTS from tangling with DASH. From there, separate the NWSL teams from the Austrian football clubs.

⚠️ Red Herring Warning: Watch out for speed and movement crossover terms! DASH and SPRINTS both relate to fast running, but DASH belongs to the Houston Dash (NWSL). Similarly, RAPID sounds like a physical attribute but refers to SK Rapid Wien in Austria.

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