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90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · Jun 27

2025 European Championship Analytics Guide, in full, here!

images of every page getting posted on this account, but all packaged together here as a digital magazine!

2025Euro.pdf

drive.google.com

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

the schedule for Liga de Naciones this month!

Matchday 1
24 October 2025
17:00 UTC−4
Bolivia Match 2 Ecuador
Estadio Municipal de El Alto, El Alto
24 October 2025
17:00 UTC−4
Venezuela Match 3 Chile
Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, Cabudare
24 October 2025
18:00 UTC−5
Colombia Match 1 Peru
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
24 October 2025
20:00 UTC−3
Argentina Match 4 Paraguay
Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires
Matchday 2
28 October 2025
18:00 UTC−3
Chile Match 6 Bolivia
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
28 October 2025
18:00 UTC−3
Uruguay Match 7 Argentina
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
28 October 2025
20:00 UTC−3
Paraguay Match 5 Venezuela
Estadio Tigo La Huerta, Asunción
28 October 2025
18:00 UTC−5
Ecuador Match 8 Colombia
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

I am struggling to confirm this, but it looks like you can watch the Liga de Naciones on Fox Soccer Plus & via Fubo.

fubo teasing ability to watch argentina-paraguay in 7 days

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Most CONMEBOL nations are getting to host competitive international womens soccer for the first time in years this month, 4 of those for the first ever time: Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, & Venezuela!

I hope it's as special a moment for fans as I've imagined it & helps grow the womens game there

6 women on the bolivia national team; image from Copa America website

Jessica Martinez celebrating a goal for paraguay (image from CONCACAF)

pamela gonzalez celebrates a goal for uruguay (image from Copa America website)

Deyna Castellanos celebrating for Venezuela

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Now that I've taken this moment to look at women's international soccer, where it stands in comparison to men's, back to the biggest point of all...

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Even if you are alright with less international soccer, hopefully you can see how many fans around the world do & do want to see a women's team representing their nation in competition - not far off in a centralized tournament, but at regular-ish instances in their own cities where they can see them

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

As you can see, each confederation still has work to do if they want to make womens senior international soccer as comprehensive as the mens.

And hey, some fans might prefer less international soccer overall & be alright with this. Thats fair!

But I am a sicko for international ball & like more

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Oceania: Small regional cup every 4 years as World Cup qualifying too. The men's side has those 2 separate. So that nation hardly has any men's competitives either, but they could still work to double those opportunities for the women.

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

AFC: needs the most improvement, imo. Although Asian Cup has qualification, that historically happens at centralized locations. Probably also has a long list of nations who have never seen a competitive womens international at home. Also has a long lockout of competition between Asian Cups

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

CONCACAF: improving! Introduced Home-Away WCQ (via W Championship qualification) for the 2023 tournament after using centralized locations historically. The addition of the Gold Cup & its qualifying tournament has added so much more competitive fixtures too!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

CAF: although AFCON is their WCQ for women, they are actually the pioneers of regular Home-Away international women's soccer! All non-hosts having to qualify for AFCON, plus the biennial nature of the tournament, has given that continent lots of competitive international woso since 1991!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

UEFA: they have had their own WWC qualification since 1999, naturally bringing important games to nations around the continent. early adopters of regular Home-Away international women's soccer.

The Nations League has added so much more of that too, especially for growing federations!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

6 FIFA Confederations, each has a standalone Men's World Cup qualifying tournament that exists alongside their own continental cups. Lots of qualification, lots of competitive fixtures, lots of those at Home for the fans of the men's teams. CONMEBOL is the first to split these for women's in decades

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

I also recognize that there likely has been logistic, feasibility, & most importantly player safety/comfort challenges that account for how long this has taken. Of course, all of those challenges exist because of the patriarchal history of a sport that still fails to treat women's players as equals

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

This is so overdue for women's national team fans for these countries - long overdue when you fairly compare this to all of the competitive international soccer than men's national teams have always had.

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

That's 4 women's international teams that will get to play their first ever competitive fixtures at home - this month, October 2025. That's why I'm writing this entire thing, it truly feels like a special & long-awaited moment

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Most recent competitive home fixtures, CONMEBOL women:

Ecuador: 2025 Copa
Colombia: 2022 Copa
Argentina: 2019 WC playoff
Chile: 2018 Copa
Brazil: 2016 Olympics
Peru: 2003 Copa co-host

Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, & Venezuela have never hosted a senior women's competitive international fixture

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

I've made my best attempt to find out when the last time each CONMEBOL women's national team played in a real competition in their own nation. Admittedly, I had to hinge heavy on Wikipedia & google to compile this. If anything is inaccurate, please check me!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Again, though, a huge part of Liga de Naciones for me is every nation getting important Home games. Fans all around the continent able to see their own teams.

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Back to CONMEBOL: one could make the case that this tradition has increased the competitive disparity between the best few nations vs. the rest. As Brazil & others get to play in World Cups & Olympics, the nations that arguably need meaningful fixtures for more growth don't get any for years

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

CONMEBOL & Oceania stand as confederations so small that all of their member federations are automatically in the continental finals tournament.

In women's soccer when these double-up with WC qualifying, it locks teams out of like 4 years of competitions.

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Outside of UEFA, all other confederations still double-up a continental championship with their Women's World Cup qualifying. While I still really dislike that fact, most of them at least require a qualifying tournament into those cups - resulting in more competitive matches for their teams.

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

and I hope that even the most club-over-international soccer folks would agree that the lack of non-friendlies in the history of South American women's soccer is shocking, especially when you start comparing it to the rest of the world...

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Friendlies & invitationals also are a vital part of a nation in its early stages of soccer growth. I sincerely do not mean to undermine the history of friendlies that have brought out fans, meant something to players... but I am excited as they slowly get replaced with real competitions like WCQ

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

Stepping back for a second - obviously, the important of this to me hinges on my love for meaningful soccer in real competitions & minimization of Friendlies (and invitationals, those are friendlies). all of these teams get some degree of Friendlies at home & I recognize that

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 1d

This has resulted in multiple countries getting one 2-week span to have exactly 4 competitive international women's soccer games, every four years. and unless they happen to be the hosts of that Copa, those 2 weeks are spent abroad. No Home competitive fixtures for any non-hosts