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Phil West
@philwest.bsky.social
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Soccer writer covering Austin FC at Verde All Day (verdeallday.com), wrote for The Striker and MLS, bylines in many places. Husky, Longhorn, Roadrunner affiliated. Suffers with Arsenal & Atleti. (Not the Sunderland or the motorcycle Phil West.) 🇨🇦
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 21h
Oh, Team Verde All Day might have just run all 81 possible Decision Day scenarios with the top four teams to determine who @austinfootballclub.bsky.social will face

If the math is right, more than a 50% chance of facing LAFC

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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 21h
Oh, I'll also snack on angst over defensive lapses
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 21h
A Destroyer show is a good place to be
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 21h
Austin, wine, just had a big salad so probably not snacking; perhaps I will snack on continued frustration over the USMNT to create meaningful chances
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
I respect the hybridity of that answer
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
That probably makes more sense
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Interesting …
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Gotta leave some mystery!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Nobody does gameday like Austin FC does gameday
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Remember what winning was like? We take you back to six of Austin FC's best wins of 2025:

verdeallday.com/how-they-ear...
How they earned it: Six victories crucial to Austin FC making the 2025 MLS playoffs
As the maxim goes, it's a marathon, not a sprint. Here are some of the best milestones along the way en route to Verde's second-ever playoff appearance.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
As a proud new Yale dad, booooooo
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
We did some math to figure out all the Austin FC playoff possibilities:

verdeallday.com/the-western-...
The Western Conference Playoff Zone: Ceilings and floors across a space-time continuum
Austin's looking at a playoff picture ranging from 5th through 9th. We did a lot of math to map out the possible pathways for Verde and the 10 teams still in the postseason picture.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
I have questions I don't necessarily want answered

I’m glad he was there, being a fan of... Cal Raleigh and just Cal Raleigh
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 9d
Hugs
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 9d
WE DID IT, JOE

Austin FC qualifies for the MLS playoffs for the second time in its history:

verdeallday.com/austin-fc-qu...
Breaking news: Austin FC qualifies for 2025 MLS playoffs
Thanks to the Whitecaps' win over the Quakes on Sunday, Austin FC will make its second trip to the postseason.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 9d
Y'all looked real good; thank you from Austin
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 9d
This looks fun 😢
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Ben Wright @benwright.bsky.social · 9d
Nashville SC, 2025 US Open Cup champions!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
Early takeaway from the press conference: Team still feeling emotional pressure of Open Cup finals loss and really wanted to clinch; this amounts to what Nico Estévez called “a horrible week for us”
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
🙃
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
Had a feeling about minute 55 there would not be an equalizer coming for Austin FC

I hate it when I’m right (in that way)

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At the Whistle: Austin FC 1, St. Louis City SC 3
Austin FC needed a win or draw on Saturday night to officially qualify for the postseason. They did not do that.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
Looks pretty full strength to me
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
Gonna be a long season for the Horns and those who love them (or at least tolerate their yearly antics)
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 10d
St. Louis went ahead and dropped their lineup a few minutes early
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St Louis CITY SC @stlcitysc.com · 10d
Our XI in ATX 🗞️
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 13d
Sobering (but also hope-giving) quotes for Austin FC fans recovering from last night's loss:

verdeallday.com/the-thursday...
The Thursday Three: Using the pain of losing the Open Cup final as fuel
While Dani Pereira and Jon Gallagher expressed disgruntlement over the call the game turned on, team leaders wanted to focus on using this pain as further motivation for the challenges to come.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 13d
It was
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