Anti bribery and corruption training just hits different this year

“The smartest guy in football we’ve been around and the hardest working.” @tombogert.bsky.social crashes out over DC United’s CSO hire and the club’s owner’s words about the man who has never worked in football 🤯

It’s nice to see Dembele getting late recognition for his first season at Dortmund

Playing defensively is a dangerous game, as Pep Guardiola found out against Arsenal at the weekend. @jonmackenzie.bsky.social

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Does this qualify as Morning After Thoughts? #RCTID

My recap of yesterday's loss. #RCTID

that point could end up being the difference between arsenal finishing second with 81 points and second with 82 points

This app is never beating the allegations

Perspective is definitely needed. The season isn't over, but the Timbers' repeated habit of playing down to the level of their opponents is the reason why they're not in the top four. They're still a playoff team. However, they don't strike fear into the hearts of anyone. #RCTID

Cont'd: Velde and Da Costa haven't been involved as much as they should be. Offense seems Antony-focused. Speaking of Da Costa, he's been completely ineffective out-of-possession. Portland's out-of-possession shape is still too easy to play through. #RCTID

❌ The starting fullbacks are OUT tonight Juan Mosquera (ankle) picked up a small knock in training Friday. While Jimer Fory is dealing with hip soreness. Per team source, neither injury is considered long term #RCTID

🗞️ Put some words down on D.C. United's tumultuous modern era after another week of executive upheaval. Check it out below ⤵️ in-transition.ghost.io/d-c-united-a...

Our freedom of speech is the most important issue of our time. Your freedom of speech is a matter of what the FCC Chair thinks is ok.

Great piece that also nicely explains larger efforts MLS, Apple, and clubs have taken to expand MLS Season Pass access #RCTID

Minnesota are going to Minnesota Austin

NWSL is making a mistake going down this path. Yes to halls of fame, yes to statues, no to retiring jerseys. #BAONPDX stumptown-footy.ghost.io/christine-si...

according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Maybe the Timbers will get a chance to defend the MLS is Back trophy #RCTID

Carnell is the anti-Ange: he *almost* wins something in his *first* year

Did he Duck Cheney himself a job?

This is such a fun read. Remember everyone, Caleb Porter reads all the mean things you say about him. #RCTID

Juventus 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bangers only in BVB Juve

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Here's how the MLS playoff picture looks with a month left in the regular season. • San Diego, Minnesota and Vancouver tight for top of the West • Nine points projected between top 8 in East • Nashville a point away from falling into play-in rounds

It's actually smart for Amorim not to change his philosophy because how can he know if he really lost or some malicious demon of the utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive him

My recap of yesterday's win. #RCTID

Gladbach? More like Sadbach amirite?

Portland Timbers FC: 2 (2.23 xG) vs New York Red Bulls: 1 (0.85 xG) #PORvNYRB | #RCTID | #RBNY | #MLS | 🤖⚽

Phil Neville says that the decision to leave Da Costa out of the Starting XI was more fitness/fatigue-related than performance-related. He also thought Velde was outstanding in his place as the #10. #RCTID

Friends! There are still several spaces left for tomorrow's CPR class! 11-3pm at the Axe & Rose; learn to save a life, stick around for the match day pre-funk. 1737 SW Morrison in Portland, Saturday 9/13 #RCTID

And @reuters.com has been running circles around NYT, Washpost et al on this story. This piece ran last week. www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show: “Cook’s declarations on loan, job-vetting forms appear to undercut fraud claims.” Via Reuters

"You can’t write four op-eds a week and expect to produce a book with staying power” Another great interview by @catherinedevries.bsky.social for her blog "Etched in Marble". @mkblyth.bsky.social is sharp and critical and his insights resonate deeply with me.

My column for ESPN on Leverkusen under new leadership. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

The arc of the Premier League is long, but it bends towards Minnesota United

The big reason I'm trying to hammer "civil conflict/political violence" here is because I've spent a substantial chunk of the last five years looking at mass graves. I want a society where people aren't plotting to kill their neighbors and throw them into one. That's where all this can lead.

Read this analysis and then go listen to Libero theanalyst.com/articles/pre...

Training notes: All four internationals are still with their respective national teams. Encouraging performances from Velde, Da Costa, Rojas, and Omir Fernandez. A Fernandez dummy to set up a Rojas rocket from outside the box was a major highlight. #RCTID

2011-12 Dortmund

Emerging from a brief social media disengagement - which I highly recommend - with some professional news: I've started a new job as the Pacific Northwest bureau chief for The New York Times. Looking for story ideas, news alerts, background info, pet theories, restaurant recs, travel tips etc.

Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.

The illustrative clips in the article really add weight to the analysis here

*whispers* retiring numbers in soccer is mostly not a thing, for good reason, and definitely shouldn’t become a thing. There’s lots of other ways to honor her.

The important thing here is that this historical clanger is as accurate as much of the originalist just so historical myths leveraged to let Trump do what he wants.

An under appreciated fact about historical fascist regimes was now deeply stupid and absurd they were. Daily clown shows just like we are getting now.