Apropo of Chicago's banger goal a minute ago. At this point, seems like good strategy to pick whomever is playing against Philadelphia. Full article: holdingthehighline.com/p/profitable...

Rapids fans, I’m gonna level with you. Just on one day, I might be rooting for us to lose.

There seems to be a sudden burst of people on Bluesky that are mad at AIPAC and American Jews for starting the war with Iran. Guys, there’s no magical conspiracy here. Donald Trump started the war with Iran. He didn’t hide it. Just go ask him.

Wiebe, Doyle, and Gass. Literally putting the band back together. Looking fwd to Simon Borg and Ben Baer coming back for a big reunion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

“If Matt Pollard calls and tells me he saw Paxten Aaronson drunk at a bar, how much should I bet against the Rapids?” Does reporting now constitute insider trading? @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social has thoughts on sports betting.

Latest HTHL post is up! Is betting on MLS a good idea? Bad idea? A 'rabbi you're going to hell for writing AND betting on MLS' idea? #Rapids96 holdingthehighline.com/p/profitable...

At some point, when does ‘destabilizing your enemy through top-level targeted killings’ become really really dangerous? Every one of these news stories makes me worry more, not less.

So they’re just gonna do Yellow Cake/WMDS every time they want to do a war forever aren’t they.

More than four months after Pablo Maurer dropped an article in The Guardian, MLS suspends him. Sure, due process. But this still seems glacially slow. Link to original allegations: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Applied with Holding the High Line. Rejected. Applied with Pittsburgh Soccer Now. Rejected. FIFA only likes legacy media I guess. Have fun at the World Cup, @jtannenwald.bsky.social and @kbaxter11.bsky.social

Same format. Still don’t like it! We don’t need a wild card. It’s adorable to have a best-of-three series but it’s impractical and long (except for gate revenues.) Oh well!

When I was a summer camp counselor ZPG once came and gave a talk at our camp led by the actress that played ‘The Virgin Connie Swail’ in Dragnet and the core of the talk was that we shouldn’t reproduce, or maybe we should only have 1 or 2 kids, bc the world is overpopulated. /1

Primary- I like it. You can’t just ‘bring back the Waldos’; so this is like ‘Waldo 2.0.’ A nod to history. The dark blue second kit with the stars - love it.

We’ve reach a pretty dystopian point in Western society when bookies threaten journalists about bets on wars.

Game xG numbers for Rapids were insightful. Hamzat was everywhere. Yapi and Paxton and Keegan and Holding were ok. Manyoma, Herrington, and Sealy were not so good. #Rapids96

This Andrew Thomas kid is good. Dammit, the Sounders can do no wrong and it’s annoying.

My God Antino Lopez a call-up from Tacoma Defiance just had the most insane goal-line clearance I have seen in a long time.

Week 4: Six bets, all $10. Theory: spreading the love. - LAFC over Alajuelense at -350. 1-1 draw means I lost. - Draw btw Rapids and NYC. 3-1 to NYC means I lost. - Houston over Portland at +105. I won $10.50. - VWFC over Minnesota at -210. I won $4.76. ... /1

The level of stupid floating around social media right now about Jews and antisemitism is mind-boggling. I would much appreciate if ‘he’s a good guy, he works in a synagogue building everyday, and nobody should try and kill him for that’ was the beginning and end of the discussion. /1

81' The final Colorado Rapids subs of the night: Keegan Rosenberry and Jackson Travis off. Miguel Navarro on. AND making his MLS debut, striker Billo Diop. It will be a formation change. 3-5-2 maybe? 2-1 | #Rapids96

80’ NY has just been very hard to break down this half. Colorado has needed to just put it inch perfect to weave it through, and it hasn’t quite been there. #Rapids96

45+4’ Yapi is weirdly left alone and just plunks it right in the goal. Colorado are alive again! #Rapids96

45’ Jesus the wall fucked up there. Just split in two and the ball goes right into the net. 2-0 Pigeons. Not lookin’ great for the Pids on the road right now. #Rapids96

42’ Yapi is the most dangerous player on the pitch for Colorado; but NYC’s Kevin O’Toole has locked him down all half. Rapids can do everything against NYC; except take a quality shot. #Rapids96

22’ Uccch. That ball pinballed back into the box in a surprising way. It gets beyond Holding Nico Fernandez gets a crack AND a lucky rebound, and it’s 1-0 NYC #Rapids96

16’ Rapids are possessing well, and pushing into the center of the pitch and not content to just recirculate or kick it long. Very bright and up tempo. #Rapids96

8’ Wayne Fredrick gets trucked, no whistle, so Hamzat trucks Keaton Parks, yellow card and a free kick. Well that’s annoying. #Rapids96

Breaking: Colorado Rapids have signed Billo Diop to a three-season contract through 2027-28. Options for 28-29 and 29-30. He scored 16 goals in 31 appearances last year for Rapids 2. Was drafted 6th overall in the SuperDraft and has been training with the first team this year.

Why Colorado Rapids are so high on Billo Diop and what success looks like for him in 2026 as an MLS center forward: burgundywave.com/2026/03/14/c...

Bill Diop signed to sr team contract. I thought it would’ve happened in February, but better late than never. #Rapids96

To USL Players: Your unity is powerful. We are with you as you #StandUpForStandards.

Jordan Angeli is basically a damn national treasure to the state of Colorado and seeing her succeed - and Denver Summit FC succeed - gives me immense joy. Go get em Summit!!! @jordangeli.bsky.social

The Denver Summit FC play their first ever match tomorrow 🏔️🥹 @jordangeli.bsky.social helped fight to bring pro women’s soccer to Denver, and now the inaugural game is finally here. With the fans rallying behind them, she hopes the team brings the beauty and spirit of Colorado onto the pitch 💚

All the money the US govt has wasted so that jackbooted thugs could kidnap Guatemalan senior citizens who have lived and worked in America without incident for 30 years - you think maybe we could use that instead to have DHS guard synagogues and mosques?

After two years of war in Gaza, which I was against we now have war with Iran, which I am against. And we had a week of domestic antisemitic violence which I am against. I have run out of new and interesting ways in sermons to say ‘it’s enough with this bullshit.’

The world is on fire the economy is tanking the stock market is plummeting xenophobia and antisemitism are raging democracy is in peril. But hey a dozen eggs is a lot cheaper than it used to be! www.npr.org/2026/03/13/n...

The only stocks on my watchlist that did well today. Costco and Lockheed Martin.

On a related note, if you see someone here or elsewhere calling this out as a ‘false flag’ operation make sure to tell them to go fuck themselves.

Gonna be a tough shabbat for us folks in Pittsburgh. Imagine just trying to go to your spiritual home, your place of calm and knowing that people see it as ‘a target.’ Very unsettling.

Just a super time to be hosting the NFL draft which will undoubtedly require more police overtime.

Love and respect to all our security guards at Jewish institutions. We rely on you, and we are grateful.

Sounds like Zack Steffen's shoulder injury will put him out for at least this week, and possibly longer. #Rapids96

Executive director’s out so I am drunk with the power of picking the meal for the tot shabbat dinner

Former Rapids HC Oscar Pareja is OUT at Orlando City.

Having a youth soccer branch: - generates revenue. - creates goodwill. - gives the team a built-in, lifelong fanbase. - is good PR. - embeds your club in the community. Cutting your youth program? A corporate business decision that is the definition of penny smart, pound foolish.

The more time I spend adulting - working and saving and investing and spending and borrowing - the more I think that capitalism is mostly bullshit.

First batch of bottleopeners get shipped today to highliners! #Rapids96 #AskHTHL @rapids96podcast.bsky.social

Must read for USL fans. Takeaway: it’s hard to survive financially in USL.

Atlanta United have the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

1) it is wrong to bet on events that you yourself can influence. That’s basically the definition of corruption. 2) All these sports leagues blurred the lines when they actively accepted betting companies as sponsors.