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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 8h

Wes is playing from a different book than the rest of us

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 10h

Pulisic is now playing Weston McKennie and tried to go easy on him by playing a terrible opening with white, which backfired when Wes decided to copy his moves

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 10h

All I can say is that I know Mesut Ozil's answer to this

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 19h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 11h

Gil is No. 25, a few spots below Landon Donovan

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 11h

Defense isn't real, it can't hurt you

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 11h

When ASA developed g+ five years ago we talked about the "Messi test": hypothetically, if we had MLS data for the greatest player of all time, would he score well on this all-in-one metric?

Anyway I think it works

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 14h

Over the weekend Jedi — who's still comfortably the highest-rated chess player on the USMNT — took the lead with a 7-1 run. Did Pulisic get hustled? More as we get it

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 18h

Good column but it doesn't tell me if Orlando started brightly with Adrián Marin forcing a blocked shot in the 4', followed by a corner in the 5' and Luis Muriel's header being saved in the 6'

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 1d

Final Sunday night column of the year!

Short weekend, but we had some history in Miami, a superstar gets his team 3 more points in Orlando, and a big, looming decision in Seattle...
www.mlssoccer.com/news/inter-m...

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

If you're an MBA out to revolutionize a sports league, follow the Beer Line Method: go to a game and describe your idea to any five fans in line for concessions, and if they tell you it sucks major ass, buy their beer to say thanks for saving you money on AI match reports or NFT monkeys or whatever

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Literally nobody in charge at MLS has ever met a soccer fan in their entire lives

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 1d

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

Important update from USMNT camp: in nine head-to-head games of bullet chess, the score is Christian Pulisic 6-3 Antonee Robinson

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 3d

Nobody else in American soccer media has Jeff’s range: writing and podcasting, local beat and national punditry, clubs and USMNT, reporting and analysis, data and takes, box throw propaganda and a mean Blue Monday karaoke at Ego’s. We’re lucky to have him around the game

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 3d

Some personal news: today is my final day at The Athletic, ending a 6+ year tenure on its staff.

Immensely fortunate to have covered this sport alongside some of the finest writers and editors in the industry. Will keep you posted as I figure out what’s next for my work!

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Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc · 4d

I have been working on a new USA Soccer stat hub for a couple of months now in Tableau, as I grew increasingly dissatisfied with what I put together at the start of 2025. It's *finally* ready for public consumption. The images here don't show the half of it:

public.tableau.com/views/MLSAdv...

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

What a beautiful tribute to Brian Schmetzer

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

Boasting to advertisers that 2% of the show's audience manages the United States Men's National Team

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

MLS has Pochettino on a major new show launch livestream that's being watched by dozens of people

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

RIP to all the Manchester United managers killed by the gods for their hubris but I’m different. And better. Maybe even better than the gods

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

I don’t need much in life, just food, shelter, $30 million and three years to prove I’m a great manager of Manchester United

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 5d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

Going to miss that outermost planet

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

Ben Wright pre-kickoff riff at a Nashville game when

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

I hear CBS is paying top dollar for bloggers, this has potential

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

Scared of box throws, makes sense

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Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about Liverpool's biggest problem so far this season: the guy who led the Premier League in goals and assists last season. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Is it time to worry about Mohamed Salah at Liverpool?

There is a lot of uncertainty around this new-look Liverpool side right now, but one thing we know for sure: if Salah doesn't play like himself soon, nothing else matters.

www.espn.com

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

Okay they're just fucking with me now

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