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@dsmithshow.bsky.social
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“They inspire you to believe that they’re capable of anything.” Fun conversation with
@dsmithshow.bsky.social
on Sports Night about San Diego FC’s 🔥🔥🔥 start and the massive opportunity ahead tonight at Toluca.
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Sports Night: Darren Smith on San Diego FC's strong start, massive opportunity
YouTube video by NBC 7 San Diego
https://youtu.be/3EoO2lxIf6I?si=m0GZgeyJFeLS7Iry
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about 8 hours ago
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Monday Pod! Matt Vasgersian checks in from Miami. Talking WBC, Padres and toilet paper. Thoughts on SDFC and the NCAA Tournament coming to San Diego.
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Santa Maria!
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 16 · 45m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-section-1904-podcast/id1878517518?i=1000755646645
2 days ago
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Saturday (bonus) Pod: Requiem for SDSU vs New Mexico SDFC vs FC Dallas. Hear from Mikey Varas before tonight’s matchup:
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Bonus Saturday Pod
Quick hitters about the MWC Tournament; SDFC vs FC Dallas
https://open.substack.com/pub/dsmithshow/p/bonus-saturday-pod?r=1unijo&utm_medium=ios
5 days ago
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“Sixth best conference net ranking”
6 days ago
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Thursday Pod: A statement win from San Diego Football Club. Hear from Luca Bombino, Anders Dreyer and Lewis Morgan after SDFC’s 3-2 win against Toluca:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Full Affect Football
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 12 · 32m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-affect-football/id1878517518?i=1000754899158
7 days ago
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Can this be a solution?
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Thursday Pod: A statement win from San Diego Football Club. Hear from Luca Bombino, Anders Dreyer and Lewis Morgan after SDFC’s 3-2 win against Toluca:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Full Affect Football
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 12 · 32m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-affect-football/id1878517518?i=1000754899158
7 days ago
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7 days ago
San Diego FC are simply incredible, man. I can’t believe what we’re watching with them every week.
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Two Pods, one click. SDFC: Ferree or Sisniega against Toluca? Mikey Varas press conference recap. Then, a Padres ST update with
@martycaswell.bsky.social
&
MLB.com’s
AJ Cassavell . News and notes from Peoria. All right here 👇🏼👇🏼
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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It's a Twofer Tuesday
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 10 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-a-twofer-tuesday/id1878517518?i=1000754573837
8 days ago
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Two Pods, one click. SDFC: Ferree or Sisniega against Toluca? Mikey Varas press conference recap. Then, a Padres ST update with
@martycaswell.bsky.social
&
MLB.com’s
AJ Cassavell . News and notes from Peoria. All right here 👇🏼👇🏼
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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It's a Twofer Tuesday
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 10 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-a-twofer-tuesday/id1878517518?i=1000754573837
8 days ago
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Podcast! WBC buzz, Manny wearing the “C” and a preview of SDFC vs Toluca. We covered it all w
@ericgomez.bsky.social
:
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Manny is the Captain now.
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 9 · 58m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manny-is-the-captain-now/id1878517518?i=1000754075756
9 days ago
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Podcast! WBC buzz, Manny wearing the “C” and a preview of SDFC vs Toluca. We covered it all w
@ericgomez.bsky.social
:
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Manny is the Captain now.
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 9 · 58m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manny-is-the-captain-now/id1878517518?i=1000754075756
9 days ago
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Jeremiah Oshan
11 days ago
Wild formation
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John Muller
13 days ago
They say MLS can’t compete with Europe’s elite but Miami has Inter’s name, Barcelona’s players, Real Madrid’s politics, PSG’s history and Man United’s dude in all those ads
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A brand new Pod! Get your weekend started with Martha Joy Caswell & me. We discuss the Padres stories of the week, cherry-picking stats and an SDFC Preview:
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MartyTimeTV & Section 1904
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 6 · 49m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/martytimetv-section-1904/id1878517518?i=1000753696819
13 days ago
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A brand new Pod! Get your weekend started with Martha Joy Caswell & me. We discuss the Padres stories of the week, cherry-picking stats and an SDFC Preview:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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MartyTimeTV & Section 1904
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · March 6 · 49m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/martytimetv-section-1904/id1878517518?i=1000753696819
13 days ago
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14 days ago
"I hope you are impressed," he said to me. "How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better. How do you like the performance?" "How do you like the performance?" An illegal war for the sake of spectacle and the amusement of POTUS.
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Posted before the second goal which, perhaps, was better. Both were class.
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17 days ago
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19 days ago
most shockingly of all, the alien craft was reportedly adorned with a sort of bumper sticker that said "Earth Hoes Cant Fuck"
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Hark! It’s a podcast. Some career updates first followed by thoughts on SDFC’s fast start. Hear from Tyler Heaps on his extension and Marcus Invartsen on his best performance in SD:
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Hear me here and...where? Tyler Heaps Extended
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · February 25 · 34m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hear-me-here-and-where-tyler-heaps-extended/id1878517518?i=1000751297575
22 days ago
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Hark! It’s a podcast. Some career updates first followed by thoughts on SDFC’s fast start. Hear from Tyler Heaps on his extension and Marcus Invartsen on his best performance in SD:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Hear me here and...where? Tyler Heaps Extended
Podcast Episode · The Section 1904 Podcast · February 25 · 34m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hear-me-here-and-where-tyler-heaps-extended/id1878517518?i=1000751297575
22 days ago
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The 2026 MLS season starts tomorrow. Nobody better to preview it all than
@joeclowery.bsky.social
from
@backheeled.com
: -MLS coaches abroad -Best / worst off-season -Inter Miami repeating -SDFC season 2 outlook -Chucky situation YouTube:
youtu.be/LFJbzZzwUMo
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Darren Smith & Joe Lowery Preview the 2026 MLS Season, SDFC, Lewis Morgan pickup & Chucky saga
YouTube video by Marty Caswell MartyTimeTV
https://youtu.be/LFJbzZzwUMo
27 days ago
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The 2026 MLS season starts tomorrow. Nobody better to preview it all than
@joeclowery.bsky.social
from
@backheeled.com
: -MLS coaches abroad -Best / worst off-season -Inter Miami repeating -SDFC season 2 outlook -Chucky situation YouTube:
youtu.be/LFJbzZzwUMo
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Darren Smith & Joe Lowery Preview the 2026 MLS Season, SDFC, Lewis Morgan pickup & Chucky saga
YouTube video by Marty Caswell MartyTimeTV
https://youtu.be/LFJbzZzwUMo
27 days ago
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Backheeled
about 1 month ago
All 30 MLS team previews for the 2026 season are live on
Backheeled.com
. It’s a full league guide to the new season, complete with depth charts, tactics, and questions — all in one place. 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗟𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 ⤵️
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MLS 2026 season team previews: In-depth, unparalleled look at all 30 clubs
With a new MLS season starting this weekend, we have unparalleled previews for each and every team.
https://www.backheeled.com/mls-2026-season-team-previews-stars-predictions-tactics-more/
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
INSANE.
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Chris Washington
about 1 month ago
Where was Bad Bunny's outrage at the Harding administration's teapot dome scandal?? Not one mention of it during his Halftime Show.
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Jake Grumbach
about 1 month ago
tfw you leave Plato’s cave
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about 1 month ago
Times article has an incredible illustration
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Joseph Lowery
about 1 month ago
Along with Alphonso Davies to Bayern + Jhon Duran to Villa, Obed Vargas' move to Atletico Madrid is one of the biggest in MLS history. Vargas is a tremendous young player — strong defensively, savvy off-ball, and functional on it. His story is nothing short of amazing.
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Joaquin Castro
about 2 months ago
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Padres’ A.J. Preller still expects contract extension despite turnover-heavy offseason
With both the front office and roster mired in uncertainty, Padres' A.J. Preller says he still expects a future with the team.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7012861/2026/01/31/padres-offseason-preller-contract-extension/?source=user_shared_article
about 2 months ago
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DFL
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about 2 months ago
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Ella Brockway
about 2 months ago
Soccer is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful sport
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Jeff Rueter
about 2 months ago
Some personal news: I’ve joined
@us.theguardian.com
as a soccer correspondent! Thrilled to join a newsroom I’ve long admired from afar. Still proudly based in Saint Paul, MN. Still covering the sport from all angles, on-field and off. Truly a dream job:
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Above all else, it’s the stories that make soccer so intoxicating | Jeff Rueter
I have joined the Guardian today as a soccer correspondent in the United States. This is why I cover the sport
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/23/jeff-rueter-intro?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Minnesota Star Tribune
about 2 months ago
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Keith Law
about 2 months ago
just to be clear, it was also a 100 percent certainty before the Tucker signing, as the owners have pushed for one in every CBA negotiation for over 30 years
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John Muller
about 2 months ago
This really sucks, grateful for what FBref has done for soccer
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Jacob Oller
3 months ago
Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming
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Bandwagon Beach
3 months ago
A Trip Across the Pond for the
#Darts
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A Trip Across the Pond for the #Darts
Section 1904's Senior #Darts Correspondent heads to London to celebrate his birthday and the 2026 World Darts Championship
http://dlvr.it/TQ2HKy
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Tuesday Pod! Catching up with our friend & colleague, @JimRussellSD, on his “retirement” from local sports talk radio. Today’s
@section1904.com
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Jim Russell says goodbye to San Diego radio
Darren Smith catches up with former colleague, Jim Russell, to talk about leaving sports radio and San Diego and the heartbreaking motivation behind it.
https://section1904.com/2025/12/jim-russell-says-goodbye-to-san-diego-radio/
3 months ago
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Tuesday Pod! Catching up with our friend & colleague, @JimRussellSD, on his “retirement” from local sports talk radio. Today’s
@section1904.com
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Jim Russell says goodbye to San Diego radio
Darren Smith catches up with former colleague, Jim Russell, to talk about leaving sports radio and San Diego and the heartbreaking motivation behind it.
https://section1904.com/2025/12/jim-russell-says-goodbye-to-san-diego-radio/
3 months ago
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Padres development team backs out of deal to buy, redevelop Tailgate Park
San Diego’s stalled deal to sell the 5.25-acre downtown lot to the Tailgate Park development team has collapsed under the weight of continued ligation and a hostile real estate market.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/22/padres-development-team-backs-out-of-deal-to-buy-redevelop-tailgate-park/
3 months ago
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Friday Pod! “Down with the King for years, about (three) of ‘em…” Today’s @section1904.com:
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Padres SP Michael King is back! What comes next?
Reacting to the Padres bringing back Michael King & signing a KBO star, previewing the weekend sports, getting a handle on Christmas shopping and "Try This!"
https://section1904.com/2025/12/padres-sp-michael-king-is-back-what-comes-next/
3 months ago
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Friday Pod! “Down with the King for years, about (three) of ‘em…” Today’s @section1904.com:
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Padres SP Michael King is back! What comes next?
Reacting to the Padres bringing back Michael King & signing a KBO star, previewing the weekend sports, getting a handle on Christmas shopping and "Try This!"
https://section1904.com/2025/12/padres-sp-michael-king-is-back-what-comes-next/
3 months ago
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Bandwagon Beach
3 months ago
How surprised were you to hear the Padres had re-signed SP Michael King? Hear much more analysis on today's podcast at section1904.com
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The Wall Street Journal
3 months ago
AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes Joanna Stern.
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
https://on.wsj.com/4s9iY8S
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Thursday Pod! -Puca Nacua - wyd? -S1904 Darts Correspondent files his 1st report from London 🎯 Today’s
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Fancy dress & darts from Ally Pally
The guys talk about Rams WR Puka Nacua getting in trouble on Adin Ross' livestream and then cleanse the palate with an on-the-ground report from the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship in London.
https://section1904.com/2025/12/fancy-dress-darts-from-ally-pally/
3 months ago
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Wednesday Pod! The Magic of the Cup 🏆 Today’s
@section1904.com
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Basking in the glow of the NBA Cup
Darren Smith checks in from Vegas after watching his New York Knicks win a trophy, San Diego desperately needs a new arena, a rumor ties A.J. Preller to the NBA, and the Union-Tribune gets mad at us.
https://section1904.com/2025/12/basking-in-the-glow-of-the-nba-cup/
3 months ago
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Wednesday Pod! The Magic of the Cup 🏆 Today’s
@section1904.com
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Basking in the glow of the NBA Cup
Darren Smith checks in from Vegas after watching his New York Knicks win a trophy, San Diego desperately needs a new arena, a rumor ties A.J. Preller to the NBA, and the Union-Tribune gets mad at us.
https://section1904.com/2025/12/basking-in-the-glow-of-the-nba-cup/
3 months ago
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