Every year the MLS punditerati are asked to pick their MLS standings, every year they get smoked. @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc decided to look into who is the best prognosticator, and who deserves the hatemail. www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/14/the-prognostication-power-rankings

More previews: @beninquiring.bsky.social tells us about the Pids, @trevorwojcik.bsky.social makes us nostalgic for the radio alarm clock in San Jose, and @harrisoncrow.bsky.social says it might be interesting in Sandy this year www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/...

Our 2026 MLS previews are here and they start at the bottom: @mattbarger.bsky.social tells us about DCU trying to be the Union, and @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc argues regression for Atlanta and the expansion of a Cheese empire in Montreal www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/...

DC power indeed

A lot of the ASA-erati attended the @americansoccerinsights.com summit at Rice University last week, and people wanted to talk about their experience. So we convened the ASA roundtable for highlights. www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/7/asa-roundtable-american-soccer-insights-summit

Last week, I posted a small survey that looked at FBref alternatives in an attempt to assess what resources remain for women’s soccer fans. For @theixsports.bsky.social, I expanded that survey, and the results are grim. Here’s what that means for the future of woso data and coverage:

LETS GO

NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Here's a photo of Tippy & her family. They live in Brooklyn Park and she's been in the Minnesota Reformer before. And there's artist and children's book illustrator Heather, the sort of person who participates as a host for neighborhood garage theater & performance tours. "The worst of the worst"

Which USL Club's Stadium is the Closest to a Taco Bell? @theuslshow.bsky.social medium.com/@rallen73/wh...

This is awful news. I, like many others, got started down this whole path using FBRef data. It’s wrongheaded - free data builds a pool of smart people who will eventually become customers of data. Informed fans demand intelligent clubs. Intelligent clubs pay for data.

Utterly disastrous news for public access to soccer data and statistics. www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/01...

Another one to potentially add: Denmark is currently in Path D -> playing in Mexico against Mexico, South Korea, and South Africa. If they were to win the group, they stay in Mexico. Otherwise it'd be Seattle or Foxborough (Boston) - Which could be relevant if US invades Greenland.

I didn't write this for people in the Twin Cities. I wrote this to everyone else, my feeble attempt to try to be witness to the occupation of Minnesota and the chaos of every single day right now. open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...

Most recent World Cups have been controversial in their own way. But in 2026, the United States will take its place alongside the most problematic hosts in the tournament's checkered history. Column @theguardian.com

New ownership group has enough money to buy the team for $4.25 billion, but needs taxpayers to pay to renovate the stadium that team that plays in. Hmmm.

I wish I was dead.

Good news for that 1916-17 UPenn team

"We live in hell, and the rapacious need for growth in every industry, unrelenting, forever and ever, is decimating all of our institutions and our way of life." Amanda Dobbins, on fire

This is so cool. Shout out to ASA alums and legends @ajbarnold.bsky.social and @arielledror.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcv...

Very cool read.

Watching some GOP outrage at Virginia Democrats starting a ruthless off-year gerrymander

Shot, chaser!

Just got to explain "Big Dumper" to my wife. #blessed

Floating above the bleachers in support of my beloved "F. C,"

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Great to see such a principled stand from a guy already known for his commitment to not using alternative methods to improve performance.

Every mascot had awkward years. Here’s Oregon from 1979.

I wrote about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, THE (presumptive) SOCCER MAYOR. This week's @theguardian.com column www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The Commanders’ D.C. stadium deal is an abomination: defector.com/the-commande...

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If only he was smart enough to know that all of their best players are immigrants.

If I’m proud of one thing at ASA, it’s that we have done a really good job of making data accessible to people without the tools to meaningfully engage with it otherwise. This is the next big step in that! Shoutout @cata-bush.bsky.social who has done a stupid amount of work on this.

Love the ASA data but wish you had a helping hand in turning it into fancy plots and graphics? Introducing the ASA Viz Hub from @cata-bush.bsky.social www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

Not great, Bob.

lets goooooo

The Kickers' first home win since April 9 was an incredible display of 𝗌̶𝗄̶𝗂̶𝗅̶𝗅̶,̶ ̶𝖺̶𝗍̶𝗍̶𝖺̶𝖼̶𝗄̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝗀̶,̶ ̶𝗉̶𝖾̶𝗋̶𝗌̶𝖾̶𝗏̶𝖾̶𝗋̶𝖺̶𝗇̶𝖼̶𝖾̶,̶ ̶𝖺̶𝗇̶𝖽̶ ̶𝖺̶𝗌̶𝗍̶𝗎̶𝗍̶𝖾̶ ̶𝗍̶𝖺̶𝖼̶𝗍̶𝗂̶𝖼̶𝖺̶𝗅̶ ̶𝖺̶𝖽̶𝗃̶𝗎̶𝗌̶𝗍̶𝗆̶𝖾̶𝗇̶𝗍̶𝗌̶ parking the bus in the 55th minute. But a win is a win! #UpTheRoos!

He was an inspiration to all of us who have no idea what they're doing at our job

Due to a multitude of factors, NC Courage will remain in tier 3 of our analytics rankings.

Hmmmm

Took us too long to do this, but better late than never!

Just a bad 10 minutes tbh

I moved from Oregon to Richmond to become a Kickers fan. Wtf bro.

one thing that keeps happening is Trump taking major steps which impose large, often asymmetric costs on American business, and American business doing fucking nothing in response

Everyone loves Sentnor's bangers but we gotta be honest here: the KC coaching staff's overriding job to make her a better player is to tell her to get inside the box before shooting

Your analysts is trash

This is so so so good.

Let’s welcome Eugene to League One and for folks who aren’t familiar with the distances between things in the US, Glascow is closer to London than Spokane is to Eugene, Oregon #LocalDerby #PNW