Chris Tobin
@ctobin.bsky.social
I will probably talk about Sounders and other ⚽ and life as a Seattle expat living in Amsterdam. Oh and F1. Masters TFT player, most every set.
I've never been a Europe does it better soccer guy in regards to #MLS
But I think the calendar switch is great.
Just getting the MLS playoffs to the spring instead of this yearly slog between the international break where NFL and college football is dominant on TV...a great idea.
But I think the calendar switch is great.
Just getting the MLS playoffs to the spring instead of this yearly slog between the international break where NFL and college football is dominant on TV...a great idea.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've never been a Europe does it better soccer guy in regards to #MLS
But I think the calendar switch is great.
Just getting the MLS playoffs to the spring instead of this yearly slog between the international break where NFL and college football is dominant on TV...a great idea.
But I think the calendar switch is great.
Just getting the MLS playoffs to the spring instead of this yearly slog between the international break where NFL and college football is dominant on TV...a great idea.
This is good.
And there's a ton of good TV shows on Apple TV, great value.
And there's a ton of good TV shows on Apple TV, great value.
BREAKING: MLS will come out from behind the separate MLS Season Pass subscription beginning in 2026, per sources.
All games will be available on the Apple TV streaming service.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
All games will be available on the Apple TV streaming service.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
MLS, Apple TV to bring games outside of extra paywall in 2026: Sources
Beginning next season, MLS games will be even more accessible via Apple TV
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is good.
And there's a ton of good TV shows on Apple TV, great value.
And there's a ton of good TV shows on Apple TV, great value.
It's 1:20 AM and I'm on day 5 of a 12 day solo parenting stint.
And the Sounders just did this to me, not cool guys. Not cool.
And the Sounders just did this to me, not cool guys. Not cool.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It's 1:20 AM and I'm on day 5 of a 12 day solo parenting stint.
And the Sounders just did this to me, not cool guys. Not cool.
And the Sounders just did this to me, not cool guys. Not cool.
The really crappy thing is that I genuinely believe this Sounders team had a good chance at another MLS Cup.
We play this series 10 times and we win 9, 8 of them pretty easily.
But these things happen in knockout soccer.
We play this series 10 times and we win 9, 8 of them pretty easily.
But these things happen in knockout soccer.
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The really crappy thing is that I genuinely believe this Sounders team had a good chance at another MLS Cup.
We play this series 10 times and we win 9, 8 of them pretty easily.
But these things happen in knockout soccer.
We play this series 10 times and we win 9, 8 of them pretty easily.
But these things happen in knockout soccer.
3 posts/crossbars hit in one penalty shootout.
Sigh
Sigh
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
3 posts/crossbars hit in one penalty shootout.
Sigh
Sigh
How do you not play advantage there?
Unless you are thinking straight red card, I can't imagine any scenario why you don't come back to give that yellow card?
Unless you are thinking straight red card, I can't imagine any scenario why you don't come back to give that yellow card?
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How do you not play advantage there?
Unless you are thinking straight red card, I can't imagine any scenario why you don't come back to give that yellow card?
Unless you are thinking straight red card, I can't imagine any scenario why you don't come back to give that yellow card?
Message received, plan executed.
Seattle Sounders, it is time to teach the Loons Concacaf, buddies.
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Message received, plan executed.
Huh, that was a pretty good free kick.
Okay, it's going to be one of THOSE games it seems.
Okay, it's going to be one of THOSE games it seems.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Huh, that was a pretty good free kick.
Okay, it's going to be one of THOSE games it seems.
Okay, it's going to be one of THOSE games it seems.
First goal 10/10
Dummy, one touch cushion pass back to the dummier to a one touch finish....sublime.
Second goal um....
We will take it.
Hey listen, you still have to finish a cross from 2 yards away, clearly you can miss that exact kick.
Dummy, one touch cushion pass back to the dummier to a one touch finish....sublime.
Second goal um....
We will take it.
Hey listen, you still have to finish a cross from 2 yards away, clearly you can miss that exact kick.
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
First goal 10/10
Dummy, one touch cushion pass back to the dummier to a one touch finish....sublime.
Second goal um....
We will take it.
Hey listen, you still have to finish a cross from 2 yards away, clearly you can miss that exact kick.
Dummy, one touch cushion pass back to the dummier to a one touch finish....sublime.
Second goal um....
We will take it.
Hey listen, you still have to finish a cross from 2 yards away, clearly you can miss that exact kick.
It took 7 years of living abroad, but I'm watching the Sounders game and the temp was listed as 36F / 2C and I looked at the 2C and not the 36.
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It took 7 years of living abroad, but I'm watching the Sounders game and the temp was listed as 36F / 2C and I looked at the 2C and not the 36.
The Sounders have not only made the playoffs in 16 of their 17 MLS seasons, but they have also hosted at least one home playoff game in 16 of their 17 seasons across numerous playoff formats.
That's somewhat incredible.
That's somewhat incredible.
Sounders playoff schedule:
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Sounders have not only made the playoffs in 16 of their 17 MLS seasons, but they have also hosted at least one home playoff game in 16 of their 17 seasons across numerous playoff formats.
That's somewhat incredible.
That's somewhat incredible.
Reposted by Chris Tobin
Sounders playoff schedule:
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
October 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Sounders playoff schedule:
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
- Monday, Oct. 27: 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast / 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Monday, Nov. 3: 10:30 p.m. ET broadcast / 10:55 p.m. ET kickoff
(Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, TSN, RDS)
- Saturday, Nov. 8: TBD Apple TV)
For sale: One Egyptian King, slightly used.
Still useful under the right circumstance, needs generational support to fully unlock potential.
Available...January 1 but might need to be shipped from Africa shortly thereafter.
Still useful under the right circumstance, needs generational support to fully unlock potential.
Available...January 1 but might need to be shipped from Africa shortly thereafter.
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For sale: One Egyptian King, slightly used.
Still useful under the right circumstance, needs generational support to fully unlock potential.
Available...January 1 but might need to be shipped from Africa shortly thereafter.
Still useful under the right circumstance, needs generational support to fully unlock potential.
Available...January 1 but might need to be shipped from Africa shortly thereafter.
I love the French commitment to the bit.
Even the thieves breaking into the Louvre are like "no one will believe workers are out at 6 AM on a Sunday, we do it at 9:30 AM"
Even the thieves breaking into the Louvre are like "no one will believe workers are out at 6 AM on a Sunday, we do it at 9:30 AM"
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love the French commitment to the bit.
Even the thieves breaking into the Louvre are like "no one will believe workers are out at 6 AM on a Sunday, we do it at 9:30 AM"
Even the thieves breaking into the Louvre are like "no one will believe workers are out at 6 AM on a Sunday, we do it at 9:30 AM"
Well that's not really the start I was hoping for.
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Well that's not really the start I was hoping for.
Max has a chance to bookend an unprecedented 5 titles in a row with the most dramatic/controversial title ever and the biggest points comeback, sandwiched around the most dominant 3 years in #F1 history.
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Max has a chance to bookend an unprecedented 5 titles in a row with the most dramatic/controversial title ever and the biggest points comeback, sandwiched around the most dominant 3 years in #F1 history.
You can still get Max +400 for the title.
It seems like this is going to happen.
It seems like this is going to happen.
October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You can still get Max +400 for the title.
It seems like this is going to happen.
It seems like this is going to happen.
Reposted by Chris Tobin
What a performance last night by Cristian 👏
October 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What a performance last night by Cristian 👏
Reposted by Chris Tobin
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
"We are doing the studies to make the proof."
Just an embarrassment.
Just an embarrassment.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"We are doing the studies to make the proof."
Just an embarrassment.
Just an embarrassment.
76 KM to go in the European Road Rice championship and it's down to just Pogacar and Evenepoel already. Jonas was dropped back at km 109, he's still not the best one day rider.
It's game on between these two.
It's game on between these two.
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
76 KM to go in the European Road Rice championship and it's down to just Pogacar and Evenepoel already. Jonas was dropped back at km 109, he's still not the best one day rider.
It's game on between these two.
It's game on between these two.