Adam Sharp
@thisadamsharp.bsky.social
“Football is about bringing joy to those who find joy hard to find.” - Marcelo Bielsa
I play. I coach. I generally manage @BlueRidgeFC.soccer (UPSL).
I will not go gently into the night.
I play. I coach. I generally manage @BlueRidgeFC.soccer (UPSL).
I will not go gently into the night.
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Adam Sharp
@thisadamsharp.bsky.social
· Oct 12
2026 will be our best year yet. Will it be yours?
Sign up to join the Blue Ridge FC player pool. 2026 starts here.
mailchi.mp/blueridgefc/...
Sign up to join the Blue Ridge FC player pool. 2026 starts here.
mailchi.mp/blueridgefc/...
Blue Ridge FC Player Interest
Make 2026 Your Best Year Yet
mailchi.mp
What I love about that picture is there are 4 high school players in that group of 6.
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
To paraphrase Ms Spears, if you want a nationally recognized coaching license, get to work b.
Keep growing. Keep learning.
Ad astra per aspera.
Keep growing. Keep learning.
Ad astra per aspera.
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
To paraphrase Ms Spears, if you want a nationally recognized coaching license, get to work b.
Keep growing. Keep learning.
Ad astra per aspera.
Keep growing. Keep learning.
Ad astra per aspera.
I sent an email to someone named Angie and now I have Mick’s voice in my head.
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I sent an email to someone named Angie and now I have Mick’s voice in my head.
History has judged panem et circenses harshly, but not because of the food.
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
History has judged panem et circenses harshly, but not because of the food.
I very much enjoyed this episode; one key for the growth of local lower level soccer clubs in the U.S. is tapping into similar funding sources as college football but with the added difficulty (for new clubs) of not having alumni networks.
new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social !
we talk to @espnbillc.bsky.social about his book Forward Progress and all the weird, wonderful, and dismaying ways that college football and global professional soccer can seem like funhouse mirror reflections of each other open.spotify.com/episode/0Xsl...
we talk to @espnbillc.bsky.social about his book Forward Progress and all the weird, wonderful, and dismaying ways that college football and global professional soccer can seem like funhouse mirror reflections of each other open.spotify.com/episode/0Xsl...
The Future of College Football, and also Soccer, with Bill Connelly
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I very much enjoyed this episode; one key for the growth of local lower level soccer clubs in the U.S. is tapping into similar funding sources as college football but with the added difficulty (for new clubs) of not having alumni networks.
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Happy 25th to Stankonia youtu.be/lVehcuJXe6I
Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by OutkastVEVO
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy 25th to Stankonia youtu.be/lVehcuJXe6I
It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.
Let’s go breakfast
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October 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Let’s go breakfast
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What I love about that picture is there are 4 high school players in that group of 6.
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
2026 will be our best year yet. Will it be yours?
Sign up to join the Blue Ridge FC player pool. 2026 starts here.
mailchi.mp/blueridgefc/...
Sign up to join the Blue Ridge FC player pool. 2026 starts here.
mailchi.mp/blueridgefc/...
Blue Ridge FC Player Interest
Make 2026 Your Best Year Yet
mailchi.mp
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What I love about that picture is there are 4 high school players in that group of 6.
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
We ( @blueridgefc.soccer ) provide the opportunity for kids to shine, and those young men seized it.
We’re coming back in 2026. This is what opportunity looks like.
Are you going to take it?
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Green Day
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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A really worthwhile watch. Cackling right now honestly.
So D.C. United's owners sat down with our local Fox 5 affiliate and for whatever reason, Fox uploaded the entire 15 min interview uncut
I watched the whole thing & will post some highlights I noticed of the entire thing
www.fox5dc.com/video/1708677
first up, the opening they forgot to clip (1/#)
I watched the whole thing & will post some highlights I noticed of the entire thing
www.fox5dc.com/video/1708677
first up, the opening they forgot to clip (1/#)
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A really worthwhile watch. Cackling right now honestly.
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¿Y Tú Mama TAMBIÉN? ¿En esta economía??
September 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
¿Y Tú Mama TAMBIÉN? ¿En esta economía??
Knowing multiple languages helps cross-cultural understanding; for example, Chinese also has a term for “brother from a different mother”.
In Chinese it's 继父母 or 后父母 meaning 'succeeding parent' which makes delightful amounts of sense (继 is also used for stepchildren and stepsiblings which makes just a bit less sense)
Half siblings are 异父兄弟姐妹 'different father brothers and sisters' or 异母兄弟姐妹 'different mother brothers and sisters'
Half siblings are 异父兄弟姐妹 'different father brothers and sisters' or 异母兄弟姐妹 'different mother brothers and sisters'
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Knowing multiple languages helps cross-cultural understanding; for example, Chinese also has a term for “brother from a different mother”.
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For the umpteenth time - immigration is a labor market problem
"The U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 — about 7 percent — between March and July, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That tracks with Pew Research Center data that shows total immigrant labor fell by 750,000 from January through July."
'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For the umpteenth time - immigration is a labor market problem
@raecomm.bsky.social I thought the St Pauli supporters had suspended the <> chant due to concerns over the provenance, but it is clearly audible on the ESPN+ broadcast.
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@raecomm.bsky.social I thought the St Pauli supporters had suspended the <> chant due to concerns over the provenance, but it is clearly audible on the ESPN+ broadcast.
We need more referees in order to support the growth of youth soccer in the United States. Qualified referees can keep players safer by calling fouls and warning players not to play in a dangerous manner.
Adult referees in youth soccer can also de-normalize bad behavior by parents and coaches.
Adult referees in youth soccer can also de-normalize bad behavior by parents and coaches.
September 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We need more referees in order to support the growth of youth soccer in the United States. Qualified referees can keep players safer by calling fouls and warning players not to play in a dangerous manner.
Adult referees in youth soccer can also de-normalize bad behavior by parents and coaches.
Adult referees in youth soccer can also de-normalize bad behavior by parents and coaches.
Beautiful day for soccer in Charlottesville! 15U boys team I coach scored 3 goals in the second half to win 4-1.
September 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Beautiful day for soccer in Charlottesville! 15U boys team I coach scored 3 goals in the second half to win 4-1.
Does that still count as a set piece goal?
September 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Does that still count as a set piece goal?
Welcome to Shenandoah County
September 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Welcome to Shenandoah County
"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need […] is not hatred; what we need […] is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country […]"
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace
YouTube video by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need […] is not hatred; what we need […] is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country […]"
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
The Art of the NDA
Slightly diminish a book:
Heart of Drabness
Heart of Drabness
Captain Corelli’s Banjo
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Art of the NDA
The Fisherman and the Pond
Slightly diminish a book:
Heart of Drabness
Heart of Drabness
Captain Corelli’s Banjo
September 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Fisherman and the Pond
I think Mourinho would be a better fit for the squad.
🚨 Ange Postecoglou to be confirmed as Nottingham Forest head coach imminently after Nuno Espirito Santo departure. 60yo Australian will lead #NFFC for Saturday’s trip to Arsenal - joined by a number of staff worked with at Tottenham Hotspur
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...
Ange Postecoglou set to be appointed Nottingham Forest head coach after Nuno exit
The Australian head coach was dismissed by Spurs in June after winning the Europa League but finishing 17th in the Premier League.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I think Mourinho would be a better fit for the squad.
3 rings for just about everything
7 for the ledgers no one reads
9 is way too many for anything
The lord of the ring binders has them all.
7 for the ledgers no one reads
9 is way too many for anything
The lord of the ring binders has them all.
I think we should have more names for someone with an overinflated sense of their own importance in English. These are my top five suggestions...
5. Poseidon of the paddling pool
4. Samurai of the butter knives
3. Hannibal of the lectern
2. Lord of the ring binder
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Flowchart
5. Poseidon of the paddling pool
4. Samurai of the butter knives
3. Hannibal of the lectern
2. Lord of the ring binder
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Flowchart
A term for someone with an overinflated sense of their own importance in Argentinian slang is Tarzan de maceta. It means “Tarzan of the flowerpot.”
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
3 rings for just about everything
7 for the ledgers no one reads
9 is way too many for anything
The lord of the ring binders has them all.
7 for the ledgers no one reads
9 is way too many for anything
The lord of the ring binders has them all.
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Luis Suarez's League Cup suspension was six games. MLS suspended him for three additional games.
Steven Lenhart's League Cup suspension was for five games, yet MLS decided his actions merited exclusion for the season.
This is a joke. MLS had an opportunity to take a stand.
Steven Lenhart's League Cup suspension was for five games, yet MLS decided his actions merited exclusion for the season.
This is a joke. MLS had an opportunity to take a stand.
September 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Luis Suarez's League Cup suspension was six games. MLS suspended him for three additional games.
Steven Lenhart's League Cup suspension was for five games, yet MLS decided his actions merited exclusion for the season.
This is a joke. MLS had an opportunity to take a stand.
Steven Lenhart's League Cup suspension was for five games, yet MLS decided his actions merited exclusion for the season.
This is a joke. MLS had an opportunity to take a stand.
What if ⚽️ doesn’t need the #USMNT to grow in the United States?
What if the only boat that doesn’t rise on the soccer tide is the #USMNT?
What if we’ve been spending years blowing on the embers of the #USMNT trying to coax a flame while the fire grew around us?
? @meninblazers.bsky.social
What if the only boat that doesn’t rise on the soccer tide is the #USMNT?
What if we’ve been spending years blowing on the embers of the #USMNT trying to coax a flame while the fire grew around us?
? @meninblazers.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What if ⚽️ doesn’t need the #USMNT to grow in the United States?
What if the only boat that doesn’t rise on the soccer tide is the #USMNT?
What if we’ve been spending years blowing on the embers of the #USMNT trying to coax a flame while the fire grew around us?
? @meninblazers.bsky.social
What if the only boat that doesn’t rise on the soccer tide is the #USMNT?
What if we’ve been spending years blowing on the embers of the #USMNT trying to coax a flame while the fire grew around us?
? @meninblazers.bsky.social