ol' velasquez

It is going to happen this year. You know what I mean. God’s will. Naturally of course. No need to come knocking on my door. I’m chilling at home and I’ll be chilling at home when it happens. Before I go running out into the streets that is. Shaking the mailman’s hand. Kissing nurses and shit. All of a sudden there’s a drumline and a mariachi band and breakdancers and fuckin… David Guetta is DJing on a rooftop if David Guetta is still alive. Maybe we’ll even get to watch it live on TV. The first flicker that something is really wrong. Slowing it down and rewinding it after like when Lisa broke Ralph’s heart. The realization in his eyes. The first single moment of self awareness in 80 years. Like a flailing panicked deer you’ve crashed your car into on the side of a snowy mountain pass. The eyes fluttering back and forth. Surely this can’t have been it. Perhaps a brief bargaining with God. God saying he’s going to pass on the deal. I do not agree with your terms sir. It’s gonna be like the Will Smith Summertime video out there. Everywhere. We’re all going to get fired from our jobs for posting. 100% unemployment. One good day.

A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.

maybe we can talk about this once it’s the common dem position to affirm the humanity and rights of trans people at least as directly as he has

@akeaswaran.me made this neat graph of a quick strength of schedule model. Really interesting to see how relative difficulty between the front and back parts of the season may drive narratives. Neville might find his seat pretty hot, while Varas is my pick for COTY winner w/ a likely hot start.

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

Doyle is the most relevant voice talking about MLS. But the league’s short-sighted choice is fans’ gain as I’m sure Matt’s insight will only grow. This is the easiest subscription any MLS fan will make this year.

American soccer wouldn't be the same without Doyle, who works incredibly hard to tell smart stories and build fan culture in a league that's starved for both

Blows my mind that MLS didn't beg him to keep doing that, but go subscribe to his work to keep the league fun in spite of itself

Go subscribe to Matt Doyle’s new site if you love MLS (and futi phase of play data).

The 2026 NWSL College Prospect Dashboard — American Soccer Analysis It’s that time of year, where the world’s best women’s soccer academy system drops 100+ prospects onto the world’s clubs. Fortunately, there is no longer a draft in NWSL forcing the best players to p...

There’s no draft in NWSL but teams sure are signing players out of college.

So @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc made the NWSL college prospect dashboard.

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/1/...

lotta injury/playoff question marks but maybe some of these guys could come play for us next week?

ecuador's conmebol wcq results showing 5 total goals allowed in 18 matches

gaze upon ecuador's defensive works in wcq and despair. or dont despair and score a buncha goals against them in this friendly that would be fine too

A fun thing to do whenever a manager complains about expected goals is to google their name and "better chances." Sometimes you get something especially beautiful like "At the start of the season you can ignore this and hope it levels itself out"

lotta possibilities with musah: poch letting him settle at new club. poch didnt appreciate him skipping gold cup. poch kinda rates him but kinda wants to see these other lads. poch already rates the other lads ahead of him.

not too shabby

i'm confident about nearly half of these guys making this morning's roster

I been locked out of this mf for a few days…PLAYBILL‼️ @awaygoals.bsky.social

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

What the fuck?

Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

so we thinking adams drops between cbs, dest-seb pivot, luna-pulisic dual 10s?

Give MLS streaming rights to watke you cowards

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USMNT depth charts for a friendly fans would care about Plus deadline day stuff, Leagues Cup & Sunday Night Soccer

Free Newsletter: USMNT depth charts for a friendly fans would care about

Plus deadline day stuff, Leagues Cup & Sunday Night Soccer

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the mark of great goals is that they compel you to rewatch older great goals lemme search tim cahill world cup real quick

San Diego FC are setting risky new records in an eye-catching MLS debut No team in the world relies on buildup quite like the newly-formed group of ‘30 strangers’ with teenagers in key positions

If you loved Sarri's Napoli or De Zerbi's Brighton, you should be watching Mikey Varas's San Diego.

I wrote for the Guardian about the risky press-baiting style that makes MLS's newest team its most tactically interesting, statistically extreme and just plain fun.

our sauciest player to ever do it, had so much sauce that sometimes she didn’t need to use any

The most aggressive set-piece team in the world plays in Minnesota Under the guidance of a former Manchester United assistant, Minnesota United are finding MLS success with a surprising tactic

Minnesota United became the most aggressive set-piece team on the planet with old-fashioned tactics backed by new analytics — and now they can’t stop scoring from it.

My first for The Guardian:

Sources: USWNT's Yohannes near move to Lyonnes United States women's national team midfielder Lily Yohannes is finalizing a move to French powerhouse OL Lyonnes, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN.

BREAKING: 18-year-old #USWNT midfielder Lily Yohannes is set to join eight-time European champions OL Lyonnes, sources tell @espn.com. Lyonnes and Ajax have agreed to terms of the transfer. Yohannes and Lyonnes are finalizing personal terms.

Here’s the kind of influence Weston McKennie has on people: Tim Weah started a conversation saying he didn’t want to make Italians mad and 60 seconds later Wes had him saying “I prefer American Italian food” on camera