Matt Barger
@mattbarger.bsky.social
Data scientist. Anti-fascist. Soccer fan. Disappointed Keynesian.
Sometimes writer for American Soccer Analysis
Sometimes writer for American Soccer Analysis
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Matt Barger
@mattbarger.bsky.social
· Dec 3
2025 MLS Season Previews: Los Angeles Galaxy, LAFC, Inter Miami — American Soccer Analysis
Six Stars, Zero Cap Space By Sean Steffen You hate the Galaxy. Chances are, you’ve hated the Galaxy since you started following the league. But let’s face it. You haven’t TRULY hated the Galaxy i...
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not one to shamelessly self-promote, but it might be worth reading my Inter Miami 2025 preview on @americansocceranalysis.com before the final.
Postscript: Yes, Messi regressed a little. Yes, the defense improved (but not that much). Yes, the new signings hit. They good.
Postscript: Yes, Messi regressed a little. Yes, the defense improved (but not that much). Yes, the new signings hit. They good.
A preview for my DC United preview coming out soon.
One thing that #DCUnited fans can look forward to is Sean Johnson re-establishing order in net.
Another thing is... nothing else. It's gonna be rough sledding.
Thanks as always to @americansocceranalysis.com
One thing that #DCUnited fans can look forward to is Sean Johnson re-establishing order in net.
Another thing is... nothing else. It's gonna be rough sledding.
Thanks as always to @americansocceranalysis.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
A preview for my DC United preview coming out soon.
One thing that #DCUnited fans can look forward to is Sean Johnson re-establishing order in net.
Another thing is... nothing else. It's gonna be rough sledding.
Thanks as always to @americansocceranalysis.com
One thing that #DCUnited fans can look forward to is Sean Johnson re-establishing order in net.
Another thing is... nothing else. It's gonna be rough sledding.
Thanks as always to @americansocceranalysis.com
This is amazing. Is it just, like, the adrenaline fighting to hold the ACL together?
Lindsey Vonn just posted her last workout session on IG.
Starting to think she may have evolved as a human who is beyond the need of an ACL.
Starting to think she may have evolved as a human who is beyond the need of an ACL.
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This is amazing. Is it just, like, the adrenaline fighting to hold the ACL together?
If my Youtube ads are to be believed, insurance company lobbies blaming the hospitals for this increase in healthcare prices and hoping that Americans don't suspect them.
Jason-segel-hot-dog-suit.gif energy
Jason-segel-hot-dog-suit.gif energy
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
If my Youtube ads are to be believed, insurance company lobbies blaming the hospitals for this increase in healthcare prices and hoping that Americans don't suspect them.
Jason-segel-hot-dog-suit.gif energy
Jason-segel-hot-dog-suit.gif energy
Let’s gooooo
🚨⚫️⚪️ Fulham have agreed €37m package with PSV Eindhoven for Ricardo Pepi! All agreed also on personal terms. 🇺🇸 Final step needed: PSV looking for replacement on the market.
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Let’s gooooo
I’m in Houston what do I eat
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I’m in Houston what do I eat
Stop talking about Nuremberg Trials 2.0.
1) We haven’t won the war yet
2) the historical parallel you’re looking for is the Jim Crow South, from whom the Nazis took notes.
Call’s coming from inside the house, people.
1) We haven’t won the war yet
2) the historical parallel you’re looking for is the Jim Crow South, from whom the Nazis took notes.
Call’s coming from inside the house, people.
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Stop talking about Nuremberg Trials 2.0.
1) We haven’t won the war yet
2) the historical parallel you’re looking for is the Jim Crow South, from whom the Nazis took notes.
Call’s coming from inside the house, people.
1) We haven’t won the war yet
2) the historical parallel you’re looking for is the Jim Crow South, from whom the Nazis took notes.
Call’s coming from inside the house, people.
we are now at "Error: 'fuck' is not a git command"
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
we are now at "Error: 'fuck' is not a git command"
relearning git this year and it is indeed worse than Tagalog.
how many times can i corrupt my own website
how many times can i corrupt my own website
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
relearning git this year and it is indeed worse than Tagalog.
how many times can i corrupt my own website
how many times can i corrupt my own website
Reposted by Matt Barger
NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A Saturday and a state killing: soccer as Minnesota is torn apart | Jeff Rueter
On the whims of Fifa’s Peace Prize winner, a life usually so focused on sports has found anything but peace
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January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
On that Seahawks call:
1. Probably dumb by Tariq Woolen
2. Felt like a super soft call. It's the NFC championship, let the shit be talked.
3. Is there precedent for this call being normal? I don't watch a lot of throwball, happy to be wrong.
1. Probably dumb by Tariq Woolen
2. Felt like a super soft call. It's the NFC championship, let the shit be talked.
3. Is there precedent for this call being normal? I don't watch a lot of throwball, happy to be wrong.
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 AM
On that Seahawks call:
1. Probably dumb by Tariq Woolen
2. Felt like a super soft call. It's the NFC championship, let the shit be talked.
3. Is there precedent for this call being normal? I don't watch a lot of throwball, happy to be wrong.
1. Probably dumb by Tariq Woolen
2. Felt like a super soft call. It's the NFC championship, let the shit be talked.
3. Is there precedent for this call being normal? I don't watch a lot of throwball, happy to be wrong.
I'm hour #2 in to trying to change the font on my @quarto.org website and I wonder why I never use this thing.
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I'm hour #2 in to trying to change the font on my @quarto.org website and I wonder why I never use this thing.
Reposted by Matt Barger
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I just realized the proposed endgame of the Minnesota propaganda storm is to have the MyPillow Governor institute Lebensraum in Minnesota and I got sad.
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I just realized the proposed endgame of the Minnesota propaganda storm is to have the MyPillow Governor institute Lebensraum in Minnesota and I got sad.
Bad form everywhere in this clip, but I'm a little hesitant to tell someone so caustic that his motion needs to be more violent.
Instead, the sitting SECDEF is doing kettlebell uppies for a photoshoot.
Instead, the sitting SECDEF is doing kettlebell uppies for a photoshoot.
Hegseth had cameras recording him working out with recruits today at UCLA
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Bad form everywhere in this clip, but I'm a little hesitant to tell someone so caustic that his motion needs to be more violent.
Instead, the sitting SECDEF is doing kettlebell uppies for a photoshoot.
Instead, the sitting SECDEF is doing kettlebell uppies for a photoshoot.
Reposted by Matt Barger
HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present
I posted on facebook talking about how ICE Duterte'd a citizen. I post there when I want conservative family to see how I feel about something.
From the crosspost on threads: eight replies from bot farms calling me stupid.
lesson: threads is twitter but with IG bots, which are worse.
From the crosspost on threads: eight replies from bot farms calling me stupid.
lesson: threads is twitter but with IG bots, which are worse.
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I posted on facebook talking about how ICE Duterte'd a citizen. I post there when I want conservative family to see how I feel about something.
From the crosspost on threads: eight replies from bot farms calling me stupid.
lesson: threads is twitter but with IG bots, which are worse.
From the crosspost on threads: eight replies from bot farms calling me stupid.
lesson: threads is twitter but with IG bots, which are worse.
Reminder: do not crosspost facebook to threads. so many weirdos it's basically twitter.
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Reminder: do not crosspost facebook to threads. so many weirdos it's basically twitter.
Yeah, basically this.
Broadly agree with "don't post murder videos on the internet" but there are a lot of politically moderate people who are not going to believe that's real as described unless they see the video for themselves
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Yeah, basically this.
I just thought Josh Johnson was a really good comedian and podcaster but he has athletic range too. Just keep finding Terry plz. #Commanders
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I just thought Josh Johnson was a really good comedian and podcaster but he has athletic range too. Just keep finding Terry plz. #Commanders
How is someone so dumb so rich?
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
How is someone so dumb so rich?
Thank god for unions.
New day, new development for the NWSL’s new (almost) rule:
The NWSLPA opposes the high-impact player rule and instead proposes a simple salary cap raise.
Will the NWSL let Trinity Rodman walk over an amount of money they’ve already agreed to let teams spend?
The NWSLPA opposes the high-impact player rule and instead proposes a simple salary cap raise.
Will the NWSL let Trinity Rodman walk over an amount of money they’ve already agreed to let teams spend?
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank god for unions.
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When she re-signs maybe we can get the Trinity Rodman x Rodman’s Grocery collab
Running an errand to Rodman’s to get some of our favorite European imports to give as gifts and they always just have classical music on instead of that more modern holiday crap. They have a lifetime customer in me.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When she re-signs maybe we can get the Trinity Rodman x Rodman’s Grocery collab
I would prefer a 58-game double-round-robin season over this.
The Athletic affirming what @brucedunord.bsky.social posted about the new MLS divisions: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I would prefer a 58-game double-round-robin season over this.
Very curious how much Toronto gives up for a 32 y/o center back
🔴 BREAKING: Toronto FC is finalizing a deal to sign free agent center back Walker Zimmerman, per sources.
Medical and formalities left.
Zimmerman, 32, is a two-time MLS Defender of the Year and five-time MLS Best XI.
TFC gets their defensive anchor. www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Medical and formalities left.
Zimmerman, 32, is a two-time MLS Defender of the Year and five-time MLS Best XI.
TFC gets their defensive anchor. www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Toronto FC finalizing deal for Walker Zimmerman: Sources
The two-time MLS Defender of the Year was one of the best free-agent options on the market after leaving Nashville SC.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Very curious how much Toronto gives up for a 32 y/o center back