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Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 3h

I hate it here

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 8h

I'm begging everyone, but especially new soccer clubs, to stop using AI images to show what your stadium MIGHT look like one day.

AI slop showing The Island FC fans watching a soccer match

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 20h

So much good stuff from so many players in such a quickly-developing sequence for the leveler.

Richards' read to step is superb. Roldan calm in traffic, then clever to see the vertical seam + exploit it. Wright snaps from seemingly disinterested to in on goal in, what, 3-4 steps?

Speed of thought📈

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 20h

i was not prepared for what it was, not least bc everyone is hitting a wildly different beat here

andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 23h

i really need you to turn on the volume and hear what they’re dancing to

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Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 21h

Things are not going great

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 21h

Christian Pulisic off injured in the 28th minute. Diego Luna getting ready to enter the match.

USMNT down 1-0 to Australia. Tough first half.

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 22h

Mauricio Pochettino keeps the three at the back in a heavily-changed USMNT XI against Australia.

Christian Pulisic starts, but it's Haji Wright getting an audition up top after Folarin Balogun impressed against Ecuador.

Live analysis all night long
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

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Herculez Gomez @herculezg.bsky.social · 21h

Can culture defend against a throw-in in your defensive third? #usmnt

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Burgundy Wave @burgundywave.bsky.social · 21h

20' The USMNT did have an encouraging response on the kickoff. Pulisic went forward, played the ball into space for himself. Didn't lead to a shot on goal. A bit of a hero ball moment for him. Needed support. The energy from that didn't last.

0-1 | #USMNT

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David Gass @empiregass.bsky.social · 21h

Breakdown of epic proportions from USMNT to concede that opening goal

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Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 21h

Someone please tell Poch to shavew

Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 21h

Wing back Tim Weah ooooweee

Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 1d

OFFICIAL STATEMENT:

I'm back. www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Tom Bogert: Why I returned to The Athletic

America's greatest soccer newsbreaker documents why he's back where he belongs — here

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Raising Anchor @rifcpodcast.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT AT 8PM: Rhode Island FC Defender Dani Rovira joins the pod to talk about his soccer journey, career in Pittsburgh, and battling through his first lengthy injury. Anchors Up!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbGP...

E171 - Dani Rovira Interview

YouTube video by Raising Anchor Podcast

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Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 1d

Wish this happened at yankee stadium

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Jackie @jackiedigital.bsky.social · 1d

More: www.theblazingmusket.com/p/boston-leg...

Boston Legacy FC to Have Most Expensive Season Tickets in NWSL

The thousands of avid supporters in the checkout line on Sunday proved that Boston (and the rest of Massachusetts) has been waiting for the return of professional women’s soccer.

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Jackie @jackiedigital.bsky.social · 1d

Worth mentioning that Denver Summit, the other expansion team set to debut in 2026, is also coming in with pricey options.

Similar to the Legacy, the Summit is building its own stadium and will be playing at a different location during its first 2 seasons

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Jackie @jackiedigital.bsky.social · 1d

Boston Legacy season tickets are among the most expensive in the NWSL. While there are other teams that have comparable or more expensive prices (mostly premium seating), Boston tops the list for most expensive supporter group STM.

*Reign & KC prices are from 2025

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Kevincho @kevincho.bsky.social · 2d

I am checked out

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 3d

This sucks. A lot.

I know from my own experience doing it— it is NOT expensive to pay humans to do this. I got invaluable development working there. As did countless others.

But hey look at that, here’s a feedback form in case you also think it sucks www.mlssoccer.com/feedback/rec...

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Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 3d

This sucks. A lot.

I know from my own experience doing it— it is NOT expensive to pay humans to do this. I got invaluable development working there. As did countless others.

But hey look at that, here’s a feedback form in case you also think it sucks www.mlssoccer.com/feedback/rec...

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United In Green Podcast @unitedingreenpod.bsky.social · 3d

New pod is up, Three dudes talking about VTGFC women’s team. Trust us, there’s more to come on this.
Maybe @sammymewy.bsky.social wants to weigh in on the next podcast??? Who knows??

open.spotify.com/episode/7Knj...

@theblazingmusket.com
@greenmountainbhoys.bsky.social
#UTFG #COYBIG

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote hundreds of match recaps & edited hundreds more for this site back in the day. It’s not just MLS - I’m increasingly convinced soccer will “fail” because at this moment when U.S.-based fans love it more than ever, there is a rapidly shrinking media ecosystem covering the sport. We are screwed

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 3d

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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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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Sam Lattof @samlattof.bsky.social · 3d

Revs can't even tank for a top SuperDraft pick properly

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 3d

Current superdraft top 5:

1. D.C
2. Atlanta
3. Orlando (via Galaxy)
4. Sporting KC
5. Montreal
6. Colorado (via TFC)

D.C. & Atlanta guaranteed to finish bottom 2 in some order, rest is up for grabs.

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