Im skeptical of the MLS numbers because I know the numbers from my time working within.

I know WNBA is more popular, because their finals averaged more than any MLS game as well as this.

I was nervous. Not for my dog, she's huge. But for the other dog. But I trusted my sitter and said, "Sure, give it a try." And sure enough, they got along fine. Made out in the back seat of the car ride home, apparently.

That was 2.5 years ago, at age 11, when she learned to hang with other dogs.

During my time in San Jose, I had a sitter whose kids took a really big liking to her. They'd often go camping whenever I'd have to travel. They knew about her reactivity to dogs (saw it first hand!), but one day she called me and said, I'm gonna let her hang out with another chiller older dog.

her, she'd try to leap at another dog a block away. She was a solid 65 pounds, and I thought I was over my head until I got some help at a training academy. Slowly, she learned to walk past other dogs outside.

I did give up hope that she'd ever be one to play with other dogs. And that was okay!

owners who used her for breeding purposes before tossing her out of a car.

Despite that, she loved the living hell out humans & cars. Was the absolute worst guard dog. Genuinely would serve a home intruder tea if she could.

It did, though, leave her scarred against other dogs. When I first walked

Said goodbye to the ol' lady today. She taught me a lot of things in our time together. Most of all, she showed you're never too old to learn new tricks.

I got her 8 years ago at the Humane Society here in Atlanta. She was 4 then, but had lived a year at the shelter and abandoned by her prior-
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This isn't a soccer post, but I'd appreciate it if you read this!

In my first 6 months leading marketing at Boys & Girls Clubs of America, I've learned a lot that I wish I knew before I had started; things I believe everyone should know.

1) Our kids are facing nationwide, generational issues.

No Gauld.
No Adekugbe.
No Nelson.

Start the game down away in Monterrey.

Other MLS teams lost by a combined 7-2 yesterday.

Give up another goal in the 5th minute.

Pressure? What pressure?

Things I didn't expect the ESPN app to notify me about on a Saturday morning.

Always judge a jersey when it's worn by a person (vs an image off a hanger or mock up).

From a hardcore show in SJ!

Soccer heritage!

Google trends of searching "MLS Cup" over the last 5 years:

2020 - CLB v SEA
2021 - POR v NYC
2022 - LAFC v PHI
2023 - LAFC v CLB
2024 - LAG v RBNY

This is Forsberg's chart. You'll notice he's 96th-98th percentile where Puig is 99th.

And then you compare the actual raw numbers and you realize how much further Puig is ahead of everyone else.

My favorite so far!

The Four Twitters