Andrew Leigh

Major network breaks journalistic ground by appointing the first-ever Ragebaiter-in-Chief

No better way to ring in the start of spooky season than with the possibility of watching Anthony Precourt lift the US Open Cup trophy

Cody Ransom, now there’s a Guy to Remember

West Ham might never win on the pitch but at least they’ve twice this transfer window forced Fabrizio Romano to delete incorrect “here we go” posts in shame. Would be avoiding relegation if they got points for that

Perfect for Walmart, zero locations in NYC, to sponsor a Men In Blazers event ostensibly about “celebrating New York soccer” with a slate of Red Bull players/staff, a Knick from NJ, another Knick known for being a Villanova Guy. Bridge and Tunnel Night and at NYC’s worst venue, Terminal 5, too

Maxime Chanot on his new academy, coaching aspirations, NYCFC exit In an exclusive interview, Chanot discusses launching his La Fabrique academy, the start of his coaching journey, and his NYCFC departure.

Revisiting this interview with Maxime Chanot I conducted not too long after he left NYCFC. Will be watching to see how his coaching career progresses now that he’s hung up the boots, natural leader who wears it all on his sleeve www.hudsonriverblue.com/maxime-chano...

Meanwhile the handful of bitter Astoria business owners suing to stop the bike lane try to argue that installing said bike lane will make the road, currently too sketchy for the next mayor to bike on, more dangerous for cyclists. Make it make sense (it doesn't/they simply love illegal parking)

Astoria business group sues NYC to block new bike lane below subway tracks Statistics show 31st Street has a high rate of crashes.

Drivers kill pedestrians + cyclists in Astoria on the regular, children included, but an aggrieved group of businesses is suing to block NYC Dept of Transportation from making street safety improvements b/c they don’t want a bike lane installed to disrupt some of their free parking

I chose wisely in our @hudsonriverblue.com Leagues Cup preview when picking a non-NYCFC must-watch match from Phase One, this was pure cinema (minus some terrible fan behavior) www.hudsonriverblue.com/hrb-roundtab...

Johnny Cardoso with his new No 5 Atlético Madrid kit, plus Johnny 5 from Short Circuit (1986)

Does he know? Applies for both really

Photo from section 222/press box of Red Bull Arena taken while it was the 56th minute between NYCFC and Puebla

9,384 the announced crowd at Sports Illustrated Stadium for Puebla 3-0 NYCFC. 1 hour, 54 minute return trip door to door via PATH and a local N train, Harrison to Astoria. All valuable Leagues Cup statistics I think

YouTube video by Major League Soccer Alonso Martínez HAT TRICK Powers NYCFC To Win On The Road!

ICYMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUvK...

Bring back Gawker (again)

Cole Palmer showing off the newfound powers he gained from riding a scooter through Times Square

Those used to trying to get off Staten Island know that if you miss a ferry it’s a 30 minute wait for the next one, now the balloon bird has learned

It took a while, but now we love the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup With the final three games of the 2025 Club World Cup taking place at MetLife Stadium, we take stock of a tournament that has won us over.

The lads love the tournament, maybe FIFA should try floating a 700 pound 5-story tall replica of the Club World Cup trophy down the Gowanus Canal to help raise the excitement level around the semis and final, hear that’s the marketing move these days

I’m sorry, the guy on the DAZN call of Dortmund-Monterrey just earnestly linked Sebastian Berhalter with a move to Bayern Munich based on a fake “made to look real” transfer post by a USMNT account that got a bunch of attention/1k likes on X

NYCFC poster ads plastered on a construction wall on 23rd Ave in Astoria Queens

The marketing is expanding to the side streets of Astoria. A fun and useless fact is that this is feet away from Tony Bennett’s childhood home and from one of the best Italian delis in NYC (Sal, Kris, and Charlie’s)

NYC needs a mayor invested in the community they’re elected to represent, someone who will do the work advocating for residents and their needs, not just work to serve their interests or those of the city’s elite ruling class, the ones handing millions to ZM’s opponents via PACs

Go vote! vote.nyc

Proponents of that NRG plant said our electrical grid would fail without it and made the argument that burning fracked gas was a “lesser evil” that was Necessary to maintain the Status Quo

Reminds me now of many of the cases being (poorly) made for other (worse) mayoral candidates than Mamdani

Beacon Wind to repower community with renewable energy facility $1.75 million investment directly into community for new technology and media center.

The collective community action worked:

Progress toward the new NRG plant was blocked, and the land where the new fossil fuel burner would have gone has since been sold to a clean energy company to become part of an offshore wind network www.equinor.com/news/us/2023...

Photo of a “Stop the Plant” postcard mailed around Astoria in opposition to a new NRG fracked gas plant

For Primary Day, my personal “vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social” story: I’ve witnessed his effectiveness in office first-hand

In 2021, I wrote & mailed out a stack of these postcards to neighbors in Astoria in a Zohran-led effort to rally local opposition to a new gas-powered plant in the area

explanation for liking them also being "my whole family is Giants fans" feels extremely on brand for him

Selfie of the fam after we voted early in the NYC primary

Kid opted for the lollipop while I opted for Mamdani, Lander, Myrie, Blake, and A. Adams 🗳️🍭

Recency bias but just yesterday I threw a soccer ball repeatedly up at some tree branches to, eventually, dislodge a frisbee my daughter had gotten stuck in there. Happy Father’s Day everybody

All us members of the Hudson River Blue Podcast plus Atlanta United’s Ronny Deila on Zoom recording for HRB Pod Episode 42

Fun new @hrbpod.bsky.social episode out today www.hudsonriverblue.com/episode-42-r...

Jessica Ramos Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor

Working Families Party played itself adding her to their endorsed candidate slate. Not aligned on the principles, bitter toward progressive leaders like Mamdani & AOC for seemingly petty reasons, just wants a job in the next administration. Won’t rank her or the sex pest she’s endorsing

Screenshot of Google results for the incorrect AP headline of their preview for Nashville-NYCFC which was cross posted at places like Fox Sports, Canadian Yahoo Sports, just for 2 examples

This by the way seems almost certainly like something they did with AI? Even the most minimal of informed human involvement could prevent glaring mistakes like this, a mistake that also happens to get aggregated far and wide as supposed “good” coverage of MLS

“Nashville hosts New York City FC in non-conference matchup” headline and mention of them being 2nd in the Western Conference from AP, which is wrong in 2025, but could have been true for a minute in 2020

Associated Press pulling a Don Garber and once again changing Nashville SC’s conference on them apnews.com/new-york-cit...

Some apology tweet DC United posted earlier this year after an “unauthorized retweet”

DC United celebrating selling a record number of frankfurters while losing to the Red Bulls

Only way out for DC United admin after posting image 2 is to bring back image 1