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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1h

Me waiting for the internet to be fixed so I can edit today’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social video episode…

Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 3h

Today's 𝐕𝐀𝐑 (𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠) includes stories from...

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 4h

Corinthians pulled off a Copa Liba Three-peat! 🏆 🏆 🏆

Today's 𝐕𝐀𝐑 (𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠) 👇

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Total Soccer Show @totalsoccershow.bsky.social · 5h

👹 How did Man Utd pull off a win at Anfield?

🇩🇪 Harry Kane dominates Der Klassiker!

🥱 Roma-Inter fails to meet expectations!

Today's 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 👇

Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...

Football Podcast · Updated daily · Long-running American soccer show covering the USMNT, Premier League, Champions League, MLS, and more. If you enjoy analysis and silliness in equal measure, we're th...

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 6h

Morocco in 2025... 🇲🇦

🏆 U20 World Cup winners
🏆 U17 World Cup winners
🏆 CHAN winners
🥇 Best CAF WC qualifying

Today's 𝐕𝐀𝐑 (𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠) 👇

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 11h

🇲🇦 Morocco make U20 World Cup history!

🇦🇺 The A-League has a Troy Deeney moment!

🇸🇪 Potter returns to Swedish football!

Today's 𝐕𝐀𝐑 (𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠) 👇

🇲🇦 Morocco made U20 World Cup history, A-League's Troy Deeney moment, Potter's Swedish return | VAR

All the football headlines and viral moments you might have missed!

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1d

Tremendous captioning on MOTD

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1d

Let's just let that Man Utd fan cut his hair now, yeah?

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1d

Call me old fashioned but I prefer my co-commentators not to screech into the mic after a big moment

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1d

Refusing to get too excited about what is happening in the Scottish Premiership right now. I'm old enough to remember Aberdeen last season...

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 1d

Nashville-Inter Miami is top notch entertainment

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Total Soccer Show @totalsoccershow.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 Nuno > Big Ange - the biggest managerial shift in history?

🤕 Players who came back from horror injuries!

🤩 The legendary players we wish we'd seen live!

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 👇

Is there a bigger mid-season managerial shift than Forest going from Nuno to Big Ange? | Listener Questions

Podcast Episode · Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ... · 18/10/2025 · 53m

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 2d

I can only dream

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 4d

🤝 Existing roots dating back decades!

💰 A more open league structure!

⬆️ Promotion & relegation coming!

Australia's new second division could give the A-League an existential crisis! 🇦🇺

Read & subscribe to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 👇

🇦🇺 Australia has a new second division that could give the A-League an existential crisis

The Australian Championship wants to be everything the A-League isn't!

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 2d

How worried should Liverpool be by Mohamed Salah’s subdued start to the season?

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 2d

They had two so they weren’t bothered about losing one

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 2d

Had dinner at a Michelin star restaurant for the first time tonight. Not sure how it got that Michelin star when they didn’t even have any ketchup when I asked for it

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 3d

Mauricio Pochettino is finally moulding the USMNT in his own image

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 3d

Moises Caicedo very much now looks like the £115m midfielder Chelsea signed him to be.

📝 for @fotmob.com

Moises Caicedo could be Chelsea’s most important player under Maresca

Having joined Chelsea for a Premier League-record transfer fee in August 2023, Moisés Caicedo is starting to justify his price tag.

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Total Soccer Show @totalsoccershow.bsky.social · 3d

Watch 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 on YouTube 📺 (like and subscribe plzzzzzzz)

Do Man Utd have any chance against Liverpool?

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 3d

Thomas Muller's first (half) season at Vancouver could end with MLS Cup glory! 🇩🇪 🇨🇦

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Thomas Muller is on a mission to win silverware with the Whitecaps

Since joining the Vancouver Whitecaps, Thomas Müller has been among the most productive forwards in Major League Soccer.

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 4d

🇮🇹 Italy's knife-edge qualification!

🤔 The discourse around Wirtz!

🚀 Poch's USMNT improvement!

📝 Pitch Points column for @theguardian.com 👇

Pitch Points: could Italy really miss another World Cup? And why has Wirtz started slowly at Liverpool?

The world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions on a regular basis. In today’s column, Graham Ruthven endeavors to answer three of them

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Total Soccer Show @totalsoccershow.bsky.social · 4d

📅 One year of Pochettino!

🤔 Is the USMNT better off now?

📈 Stock up/stock down!

Today's episode looking back (and forward) 👇

Is the USMNT better off now than before Pochettino took over?

Podcast Episode · Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ... · 16/10/2025 · 52m

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 4d

🤝 Existing roots dating back decades!

💰 A more open league structure!

⬆️ Promotion & relegation coming!

Australia's new second division could give the A-League an existential crisis! 🇦🇺

Read & subscribe to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 👇

🇦🇺 Australia has a new second division that could give the A-League an existential crisis

The Australian Championship wants to be everything the A-League isn't!

thesoccerdispatch.substack.com

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Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social · 4d

That’s right