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Justin Horneker

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Curator of CITY SCene newsletter at stlmag.com // MLSSoccer.com contributor // NWSL and other soccer stuff elsewhere // read my newsletter. www.talkinsoccer.com

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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Athletic report recapping Saturday's timeline is just one of multiple instances where NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman failed to care for player safety this season.

Something has to change.

New from me: The NWSL is failing to meet the moment.

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The NWSL is failing to meet the moment.

The NWSL’s growth mindset has continually come at the expense of player safety.

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Matt Baker @mattbakerstl.bsky.social · 1h

To add to Justin’s reporting, we’re told end of season media availability likely won’t be next week & Marcel Hartel told @jensiessonair.bsky.social Tue that the team has training scheduled for next week - after their last game.

It sounds likely an #AllForCITY Sporting Director announcement is near.

Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 15h

Starting to look past Decision Day, I am told that #allforcity expects to name the new Sporting Director by the end of the month.

The November 26th deadline to exercise options and submit bona fide offers is an important pressure point.

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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 33m

The retirements hit me harder every year

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 10h

Pochettino: "Cristian Roldan is maybe an example of if you want to build your perfect player...he has a little bit of everything."

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Glenn Crooks @glenncrooks.bsky.social · 10h

Pulisic & Tillman w/ hamstring issues.

Pochettino concerned w/ the sequence of games after defeat of Australia.

"You are training in 35-degree (Celsius) then it's Denver & the altitude & its really cold. I think its a massive risk. That is something we can fix in the future."