Chris Corrigan

It’s a dream group for me

Are we blaming the province now for a lack of a stadium? The city kiboshed the waterfront plan. If it wasn’t for the province the caps wouldn’t have anywhere to play. And if it wasn’t for Christie Clark they would have had some decent deals there.

Matthew Knies just unlocked his Ovechkin expansion pack. Catch a replay of that goal.

I love this so much.

If he goes, he'll likely just walk out on his option.

#iykyk

Damn...added too late for me to make plans.

Expecting Trump to focus on anything might be our first mistake.

Burma, Seychelles, and San Marino.

Johnson seems tone stagnating. I feel moreminjtes would be good for him. He's behind Kudus and Muani and Siomns though. And Simons at 10? yes. we are missing Maddison. NEED that role filled. Bentancur and Sarr not doing its for me.

Can we talk about how USPORTS and the NCAA is just another form of pay to play? North American soccer lionizes universities as a part of the system, but what happens to all those kids that finish their youth soccer careers with no scholarships or opportunities beyond? Must be hundreds out there.

Some thoughts on a Human-AI facilitation Manifesto My friend Holger Nauheimer is busy working on The Human-AI Facilitation Manifesto (LinkedIn link). Here is his most recent draft: Perception is plural. Humans sense emotions and atmosphere. Al sees patterns and structure. Together, they reveal deeper coherence. Meaning emerges in relationship. Al offers structure, but humans bring the stories that make sense of the structure. Belonging is human. Al can stabilize language - but trust grows only between people.

Holger Nauhimer is working on a Human-AI Facilitation Manifesto. Here are some initial thoughts on what he has already shared. Head over to my blog and share your own thoughts.

lol. He shall not be missed.

Some links on public engagement, hope, despair, disenchantment and redirecting asteroids.

Romero is magic he has a magic shin and when he gets a flying chance he shins the ball right in!!

#Coys

Yeah. That was utter bullshit.

Might as well just do away with refs at this point. Let the robots call the game.

Yep. Kudus too. I love how he receives the ball and faces the defender dead on. Confidence for days.

It’s only a cycle if it renews. I think women’s football has had a phase shift and I think we’ve missed it.

And I hope I’m wrong.

There is little to no connection with League 1 clubs because those leagues are owned by CSB. League 1 is the place where a lot more talent should be coming from.

This is not a recipe for developmental success. We are about to fall off a cliff while the answers are staring us in the face.

We still have a gatekept national team pipeline that picks players at u13.

We still rely on USports and NCAA which are just fancy pay to play gated pathways.

The NSL teams are a long way from academy structures. (Other than the Rise, but see above)

And…

Five on the trot and no experimenting or learning.

After the last World Cup I was convinced that we had stagnated while the rest of the world steamed past us in terms of development. We are very far behind the top countries now and the disruption in 2024 didn’t help.

A collection of good reads I haven’t completely read yet

I have a little folder of starred articles in my NetNewsWire feed reader that contain links to pieces that deserve a little more thoughtfulness and which I haven't had time to dive into. Here are a bunch from the last month or so. Maybe you…

Feeling the season of transitions and thresholds Georges Island, in Halifax harbour, at the threshold of the Atlantic Ocean and historically a place of transition for prisoners of war and displaced Acadians. I'm coming to the end of my year, and all my travel is finished. I have a few small paying gigs left this month, all of which are online. My autumn has been much busier than usual, with much more travel and in person hosting that has been the practice.

Feeling the season of transitions and thresholds

Georges Island, in Halifax harbour, at the threshold of the Atlantic Ocean and historically a place of transition for prisoners of war and displaced Acadians. I'm coming to the end of my year, and all my travel is finished. I have a few small paying…

Using democratic tools to rid Canada of the cruelest of our leaders

If you’re interested in the model and making it work, I’m happy to set up a meeting with our majority shareholders and the Supporters Trust. Best to email me at chris dot Corrigan at gmail.

One of the things that has been interesting about this Whitecaps playoff run is how the media has been so obsessed with calling them “Canada’s Team”.

/s

Can you imagine if there is someone out there who prays to their little alter of Robbo.

I believe that’s the “football gods” folks keep referring to.

I love my friends who are Whitecaps supporters and my biggest wish for them is that they end the season with the most air miles ever acquired by MLS supporters.

The only thing missing from the circus is the bread.

Impossible. Are you kidding? Something like that never happens in MLs!! /s