🗡🦁⚔️👷‍♂️👷‍♀️, pt 3️⃣

"If they play every single game, it should be amazing for us. But I think we need to understand that sometimes, some players struggle to play, but can be important." Sooner or later every national team coach has to make exceptions in some fashion. Poch is there: www.mlssoccer.com/news/usmnt-c...

Look at this. Don't try to tell me Bluesky doesn't have the juice

“I always knew this league was crazy from the outside, but when you're in it every single day, you really start to live it.” San Diego FC built their identity on patterns and control. Now their playoff hopes hinge on solving a "suicidal" opponent in "goblin mode": www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Fun #AllForCITY related stat from @ratcalledaj.bsky.social: 20% of this USMNT roster was signed to senior club contracts by Corey Wray. 42% of the midfield was signed by him.

this'll be handy next summer

"The chief said the partnership would force the department to pay for overtime, divert officers from core policing duties and... added that ICE’s reimbursement model would require Dallas officers to detain “50 people a day” to meet reimbursement quotas" spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-anton...

"If they play every single game, it should be amazing for us. But I think we need to understand that sometimes, some players struggle to play, but can be important." Sooner or later every national team coach has to make exceptions in some fashion. Poch is there: www.mlssoccer.com/news/usmnt-c...

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Every fan of a team, every supporter of a club, has a game that lives in their memory forever. Right now, that's ours until we push it out." Their epic rivalry heartbreak in one of the greatest games in MLS history casts a long shadow for FC Cincinnati this week: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

Grazie Grazie, said the defendant 🙏 Judge: Stay-chowski's out of jail, young man ⛓️‍💥 Defense to client: You're Lucky we're not Buns - chill the Bub & Pop's it when you get home🍾 Defendant's homies: You beat the charges, you SUNdeVICH! 😲 Please help me I can't stop

Is everyone making the same sandwich puns?

Hoagie? HoagFREE

"Every fan of a team, every supporter of a club, has a game that lives in their memory forever. Right now, that's ours until we push it out." Their epic rivalry heartbreak in one of the greatest games in MLS history casts a long shadow for FC Cincinnati this week: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Since folks are talking a lot about democratic socialism this week, just gonna re-up this thread on how MLK voiced religious support for democratic socialism — but most folks aren't aware of when he did so most explicitly. That was in an obscure, little-known speech he gave in Frogmore, SC in 1966.

Poch currently speaking to media re USMNT roster. First Q: Gio Reyna. "We already know the potential of Gio, and the talent. He has enormous talent. It's true that he's not playing too much, but... a good opportunity in November, because after, until March we are not going to be together again...

"You find some coaches that say, 'oh you know, you need to know the culture of the American player'. I say, 'No, I know the most important thing - the culture of football and soccer. We need to translate the culture of football to the American player'." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

“In a national team you are desperate to coach the players. You feel empty because after the second game you cannot have communication and you cannot keep working on improving things.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

How could they resist? I personally don't think I would be able to.

BC Place's capacity is 54,500 And this match isn't until 22 November

“To be an Arsenal fan - to be a leftist. They are an intertwined experience.” - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Luis Suarez will present the award

Me and the boys celebrating today:

"When you’re a minority you are constantly seeing the truth of the place. You’re not lulled into the promise that is fed to everyone about how perfect and pure society is, because you’ve constantly been made to feel the exceptions"

Wild that he’s just saying that last part out loud now

2-0 is the most dangerous lead in soccer? Buddy that’s weak shit right there. 3-0? That’s when shit gets real dangerous

Vancouver Whitecaps, so hot right now

Great story. All respect to the OGs 🫡

🦅 @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social are joined by @cboehm.bsky.social on s2.e3 of America’s Greatest 🎙️ We recall “Snow Classico” the 2013 WC Qualifier between #USMNT & Costa Rica - one of those “where were you” moments in modern US Soccer history! open.spotify.com/episode/39QL...

"Putting him on his weak foot isn't really a weak foot..." "We lacked the humility to know who we were facing." Halloween and DDLM unfolded earlier in the weekend. Yet it was still fright night for Austin FC, thanks to Sonny, Bouanga and LAFC: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

One might consider it bold, perhaps even a gamble, to build a large, out-of-town plan for a regular-season visit from Messi when Messi has yet to appear at your home ground in his 2.5 years in MLS.

"The first game, we fell on the ground like a crepe, the French crepe. Today, we were stronger." The Columbus Crew were so good tonight, it got Wilfried Nancy talking about breakfast staples 🥞 Thus will the Hell Is Real griddle get sparked up again next weekend: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Lovely tifo in Columbus tonight, knitting together Crew Cat, Goosebumps and Dia De Los Muertos imagery... And do I spot an Easter egg paying subtle tribute to the Men At Work crest??? 👏

What Denis Bouanga just did to Oleksandr Svatok and Brendan Hines-Ike down in Austin is absolutely SAVAGE - and in certain Texas counties, possibly illegal on a Sunday

Darlington Nagbe's line in CLB 4, CIN 0, what could be the last home game of his superb career: 90 minutes, 71 touches, 55/60 passing (92%), 3 defensive contributions, 5/7 duels won, 3 fouls drawn, 1 committed Vintage DN. If you watch Nagbe, you see Columbus' whole game.

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The Hell Is Real rivalry between the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati may be MLS's best 🍿 @cboehm.bsky.social spoke to Wilfried Nancy and Pat Noonan about their "love" for the rivalry and the tactics that define it ahead of tonight’s playoff rematch. More ⤵️ www.backheeled.com/columbus-cre...

carson, PLS

"We've seen the excitement around the city..." "How this group of guys has progressed under Gregg, it's just been amazing. It's exceeded everything that I could have hoped for." Checking in on year one of The Berhalter Project at @chicagofire.bsky.social: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

Real heads know THE game of the weekend is at Paul McGinlay Field in San Antonio: Your UNDEFEATED SU Bucs vs Trinity Tigers for the Southern Athletic Association regular-season 'ship 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

What if all of our elected officials liked where they live and saw the humanity in their constituents as much as Zohran Mamdani?

Personally I do not think Iron Mike would sign on to fight a baby I may however have some concerns about people whose brains conjure up visual metaphors like this, then distribute them to the public as an anonymous source for Politico

At least a couple times a year I'll be doing research for something related to American soccer and I'll come across an old Grant Wahl lede that stops me dead in my tracks. www.si.com/soccer/2020/...

“You're trying to give your team as much information, without too much information." “I would say the [Crew’s] one constant is typically the wingback positioning. But outside of that..." Loved reading Noonan's thoughts on Nancy's tactics from the great @cboehm.bsky.social for @backheeled.com 🆓

Nashville SC are partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank for a food drive during Saturday's playoff match against Miami, with cuts to SNAP benefits set to impact thousands of local families. Fans can bring non-perishable items to donation bins set up at Gates A-G.

"The way I see it is like the NBA Finals..." "Wilfried and his teams, you know they won't settle on the same structure or same ideas if things aren't going well." Spirited fans and quality players make Crew-Cincy a top rivalry. The coaches' chess match takes it to another level. Let's dive in:

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Alex Freeman is the 2025 #MLS Young Player of the Year! ✨