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Tim Ostlund-Foss

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Writer at Sounder at Heart, singer and dancer with Seattle Men’s Chorus, wife guy, dog dad, creator and consumer of food and beverages. Personal writing at https://words-that-stick-to-your-ribs.square.site/

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 28m

Generations of breeding for specific traits goes into creating specific dog breeds, and people think they can hope and train those traits away. You can’t!

A hole dog is gonna get in a hole, it’s in their DNA!!!

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 15h

sherman, for the love of god!

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 1h

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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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 17h

Morocco, who topped their group but lost 1-0 to Mexico in the final group game, are currently winning 1-0.

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

RBW and the US u20s advance to face the winner of Morocco vs South Korea in the next round, while Mexico will face Argentina.

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 17h

This piece is extremely good, and absolutely worth your time whether you’re a Seattle voter or live elsewhere.

This line, in particular, hits like a Cal Raleigh home run.

SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD

But what does it matter if theye at the table while the rest of us go hungry? Our politics keeps mistaking the menu for the meal. We need something else our moment keeps rationing: discernment.
Discernment sounds like this: Yes, race matters. And so do class, gender, diaspora, disability, and moral character. It acts like love, not flattery. Love that tells the truth. Love that demands more.

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

RBW and the US u20s advance to face the winner of Morocco vs South Korea in the next round, while Mexico will face Argentina.

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

belt to ass is not a thorough enough description of what’s happening

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

I have no particular love for the USMNTs of any age, but it admittedly rips to see these u20s beat the brakes off Italy

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

Italy just wasted two (both of their allotted, I think) challenges on obviously correct no-calls that they thought should be penalties. the second was a blatant dive that frankly should have earned the player a yellow

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

looks like he’s in at LB as far as I can tell

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

some of the coach’s challenges I’ve seen watching the u20 World Cup have been shockingly bad. they seem to have a pretty significant amount of time before they have to submit them, and it’s embarrassing how badly they’re being used by some teams.

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

Reed Baker-Whiting coming in with ~5 minutes plus stoppage time as the US leads Italy 2-0 in the u20 WC round of 16.

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

some MLS team is going to give the Earthquakes $3 mill for Niko Tsakiris just for that free kick, and it might honestly be money well spent

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 19h

not only that, but I believe that legally speaking the beat is sick and the song whips ass

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 23h

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

southseattleemerald.org

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 21h

Space Ghost: Post to Post is the late night cartoon hero-led soccer chat show we all need

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

M’s in 5

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

“you’ll have to tie me down. tie me up.” sounds like one of the requests that Keith Urban couldn’t handle, tbh

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

Currently both Burkina Faso and Cameroon sit in 2nd in their groups and could go to the 2nd round of qualifying, a playoff to go to the inter-confederation playoffs. It’s possible Minoungou and Nouhou face off with a chance at the World Cup on the line next month

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

He should have had an assist, but his teammate was a little wasteful (and still should have earned a corner) with about 30 seconds left. Burkina Faso still win 1-0, moving a step closer to finishing as one of the 4 best 2nd place teams with a chance at a World Cup playoff

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

Georgi Minoungou just came on for the last 10 minutes as Burkina Faso lead Sierra Leone 1-0

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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t know if there’s a club in the world that doesn’t know who he is.

“Anyone who’s got analytics, he’s triggered and kind of set off the red alarms.”

Obed Vargas' path from distant Alaska to world-class midfield prospect is even more amazing than it sounds:

www.mlssoccer.com/news/22-unde...

22 Under 22: Why Seattle Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas tops the list | MLSSoccer.com

Player development is both art and science, simultaneously brimming with intangibles and ruled by cold, hard numbers – like how quickly a youngster matures and masters the fundamentals, when and how t...

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure why I thought they’d face Spain, it looks like they’ll face the winner of Argentina-Nigeria, which is today at 12:30.

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 2d

Obed Vargas went 90 again as Mexico beat the hosts Chile 4-1 in the u20 World Cup round of 16. They advance and face Spain in the QFs on October 11.

Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 2d

The strength of pineapple on a pizza is that - especially on a cooked tomato sauce where umami, garlic and herbs and spices are the most pronounced flavor - you get sour, tangy and sweet to help round out and enhance the other flavors on the pizza.

Pineapple should be a gateway fruit on pizza, imo

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Jeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 2d

This is the third time a Sounders player has topped this list. Vargas joins Fredy Montero (2010) and DeAndre Yedlin (2014), who both won when it was 24 under 24.

Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 2d

Obed Vargas is officially named the top player in MLS’s 22-under-22 class.

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