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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 12m

Important update from USMNT camp: in nine head-to-head games of bullet chess, the score is Christian Pulisic 6-3 Antonee Robinson

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 22h

Nobody else in American soccer media has Jeff’s range: writing and podcasting, local beat and national punditry, clubs and USMNT, reporting and analysis, data and takes, box throw propaganda and a mean Blue Monday karaoke at Ego’s. We’re lucky to have him around the game

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 1d

Some personal news: today is my final day at The Athletic, ending a 6+ year tenure on its staff.

Immensely fortunate to have covered this sport alongside some of the finest writers and editors in the industry. Will keep you posted as I figure out what’s next for my work!

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Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc · 1d

I have been working on a new USA Soccer stat hub for a couple of months now in Tableau, as I grew increasingly dissatisfied with what I put together at the start of 2025. It's *finally* ready for public consumption. The images here don't show the half of it:

public.tableau.com/views/MLSAdv...

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

What a beautiful tribute to Brian Schmetzer

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

Boasting to advertisers that 2% of the show's audience manages the United States Men's National Team

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

MLS has Pochettino on a major new show launch livestream that's being watched by dozens of people

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

RIP to all the Manchester United managers killed by the gods for their hubris but I’m different. And better. Maybe even better than the gods

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

I don’t need much in life, just food, shelter, $30 million and three years to prove I’m a great manager of Manchester United

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 3d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 3d

Going to miss that outermost planet

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

Ben Wright pre-kickoff riff at a Nashville game when

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

I hear CBS is paying top dollar for bloggers, this has potential

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

Scared of box throws, makes sense

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Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about Liverpool's biggest problem so far this season: the guy who led the Premier League in goals and assists last season. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Is it time to worry about Mohamed Salah at Liverpool?

There is a lot of uncertainty around this new-look Liverpool side right now, but one thing we know for sure: if Salah doesn't play like himself soon, nothing else matters.

www.espn.com

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

Okay they're just fucking with me now

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

I have some questions about "line-breaking passes"

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

One last time

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

many more set pieces they can put in the box

David Mayberry @dmayberry.bsky.social · 4d

I appreciate your work and look forward to the analysis and rankings.
Care to finish this sentence?

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

The surprise isn't that Erling Haaland has more NPxG+xA than the next two Premier League leaders combined, it's that the other guys are Enzo Fernandez and Yankuba Minteh

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

The short answer is that fouls are bad and the rules should discourage them

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

Yeah probably but I'm not sure getting nitpicky about that would make the game more fluid

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

Worth considering a short throw-in timer or prohibiting a run-up before the throw

Cliff Bastin @cliffbastin178.bsky.social · 5d

Any ideas for rule changes on this one?

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

There are examples in every major sport of teams figuring out an analytically smart way to play that makes the game worse, this might be ours

OptaJoe @optajoe.com · 5d

262 - There've been 262 long-throws into the opposition penalty area in the Premier League this season, already 45% of the total for the entirety of last season (578). Delap.

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

Genuinely have no idea how Doyle does these every week all season long but I'm grateful he does, it makes MLS worth following

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 5d

It's the final, full-slate Sunday column of the year! Thank you as always for reading.

Philadelphia Union meet the moment, San Diego make history & more from Matchday 38

Plus Atlanta, of all teams, providing a blueprint...
www.mlssoccer.com/news/philade...

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 6d

When people say data is ruining the game they mean we literally can't see it

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