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Charles Boehm ⚽️

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · Apr 18

"I don't want the kids of my sister growing up like me, with no food."

Ever since he and his family crossed the Albania-Greece border on foot in search of a better life when he was 10, @austinfootballclub.bsky.social newcomer Myrto Uzuni has been going places:

www.mlssoccer.com/news/albania...

Albania to Austin FC: Myrto Uzuni seeks to

Austin FC were some 800 miles from home, locked in a tight battle with St. Louis CITY SC on a sunny afternoon at Energizer Park, one of MLS’s louder and more imposing atmospheres. And Myrto Uzuni offe...

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 27m

Second Monday of October? You know what time it is. 🔥

🎶 Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar 🎶

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Burning Spear - Christopher Columbus / Man In The Hill (Live)

YouTube video by Hans Guevara

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 12h

Playoffs baseball hits different in Canada, I guess

Jomboy Media (Unofficial) @jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social · 13h

Big Dumper butt plug shirt is crazy

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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 12h

#USOC2026 Qualifying Round 2: Guerrilla FC advances to the Third Round with a 4-2 PK win after a 1-1 draw with DMV Elite FC. Ian Daly scored the lone goal for GFC in the first half

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 14h

It's taken decades of intense organizational effort to build the capacity for sterile possession tho

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 14h

I'll be out here playing 7v7 on Thursday... hopefully it's a bit drier

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 14h

Lol, me and the refs I guess

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 14h

Proper cup weather in NE DC for tonight's 2026 US Open Cup qualifying match between Guerrilla FC (DC) and DMV Elite FC (Md).

Tied at 1-1 after 90, and headed to extra time.

This location is... let's say, not unfamiliar to #MagicOfTheCup

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Massive Report @massive-report.com · 21h

Happy Saved The Crew day.
Where were you when you learned the news? #Crew96

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 15h

Kind of drifted away from them early- to mid-second half, maybe? Wonder if more options at the tip of the spear would've helped.

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 16h

The brutal math of knockout play in a tournament

Tracy Edwards (MojojojoSC) @t-edwards.bsky.social · 16h

1 throw in > 11 corners

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 16h

Ain't no wound like a self-inflicted wound

Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 16h

That'll do it for the US at the 2025 U-20 World Cup. Out at the quarterfinal stage for the fifth straight cycle.

Proactive and persistent today... and undone by a long throw (NotLikeThis.gif) and a goalkeeping error.

Signs of slow, painstaking progress. Also, confirmation of lingering limitations.

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 17h

That was the one, Luke Brennan ⌛

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 17h

US U20s are producing some quality shithousing and #game #management in this taut quarterfinal vs Morocco. Would be truly huge if that gap between the United States and the world's elite is shrinking.

1-1 at HT, all to play for.

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 19h

He wants that Golden Boot and I think he's going to get it

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted in Annapolis, MD

Pole with a sticker reading "ANTIFASCISM IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE"

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 1d

“This is coming to an end … but we'll try to win to leave the club at the top.”

Inter Miami saluted Jordi Alba's glittering career last night, and thanks to a quick chat between Mascherano and Scaloni, Leo Messi got to play a fitting part.

It felt right:

www.mlssoccer.com/news/legends...

LEGENDS! Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba share spotlight again | MLSSoccer.com

It required a rare confluence of events. Yet in the end, it felt right that Lionel Messi was at Jordi Alba’s side in an Inter Miami CF kit on Saturday night.

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 1d

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The Scuffed Podcast @scuffed.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ NEW POD

Vince and @cboehm.bsky.social carry the flag and get into the 1-1 draw with Ecuador. Balo and Tillman have a great night in Austin, they zapruder the Ecuador goal, lots to discuss. scuffed.simplecast.com/episodes/635...

Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like you'd never want to be the teammate that prompts Leo Messi to actually, not-metaphorically throw up his hands after colliding with him directly in front of the opponents' goal

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 2d

“Too many positive things...”

Last night Ecuador gave the USMNT a timely taste of what a World Cup 2026 match might feel like.

And for the first time, Poch & Co. looked like they might actually be ready in time:

www.mlssoccer.com/news/usmnt-b...

USMNT build belief with “very serious performance” against Ecuador | MLSSoccer.com

For months, even years now, many US men’s national team supporters have been fretful and frustrated about the state of their squad, worried the program is not on the proper trajectory as the 2026 FIFA...

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 1d

Heavy protests (and policing response) around today's Norway vs Israel WCQ.

"Never before have there been such extensive security measures surrounding a football match on Norwegian soil."

Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 1d

NRK reports that the police used tear gas against protesters who broke through the barriers at Ullevaal Stadium.

www.nrk.no/norge/demons...

Demonstranter marsjerer opp mot Ullevaal før kampen mellom Norge og Israel

Pro-palestinske demonstranter brøt sperringene utenfor stadion, ifølge politiet.

www.nrk.no

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 2d

Been thinking about TNT's (good) postgame interview with Weston McKennie.

Crew marveled at his fitness, asked him what changed; answer below. Wes also said "this summer was the first summer I didn’t mind taking my shirt off at the pool!"

Inspiring? Yes, but also what a brutal environment it can be