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Aaron Stollar

@aaronstol.bsky.social

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Used to write about soccer. Live in DMV

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 3h

Interesting timing of posts on my feed over at the other place.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 10h

"Leaving Gotham and City Football Group for the Midwest is not a typical career move for a rising soccer executive."

30 seconds on Zillow changes that.

www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

Only marginally jazzy, but our local RSN’s intro featured a ref getting hit in the nuts and throwing a flag. 😂😂 youtu.be/rBzdWoqtnac?...

HTS Home Team Sports Pinball Intro 1996

YouTube video by Brandon Wise

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't know that. Wow.

Reposted by Aaron Stollar

Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 7d

Martin Keown: "If it was a game of chess, then it's game, set and match to Arsenal."

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 9d

2. The US team was non-competitive from minute one and people have paid too much/sat in too much traffic to just leave early. (Sort of a "game state" argument). We can't really separate the behavior from the non-competitiveness.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 9d

I'm tempted to push back a bit on the complicated interpretations of this.
1. Whenever the Ryder Cup is in the Northeast, it gets a bit hairy. Brookline in 99 was remembered for bad behavior even before the famous putt and subsequent player-on-player offense taking.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 10d

Still Drew Allar. Still James Franklin. Simple as that.

😂😂😂😂

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 15d

Never mind. This is UEFA, not FIFA.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 20d

Haha, that's him. A secret Nazi merch shrine in his casino... filling the UND arena with Native American iconography in such a way that they can't ever remove it. What a guy...

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 20d

This is tangential, but how familiar are you with the late Ralph Englestad, UND hockey donor?

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 21d

Can’t recommend this show from @gregoryroche.bsky.social and @mlsist.bsky.social enough summing up the DCU omnishambles. www.buzzsprout.com/8793/episode...

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Seems the least they could do.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

At this point, isn’t there an “accelerationist” case to be made that it would be good for it to be as big of disaster as possible to possibly attract some league attention to the situation here and to how ownership is operating it?

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Getting run (remotely) by a Turkish novelist/agent? What could go wrong?

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Sounds like it was Option C here.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

This is all good stuff, but it still feels like there's a big gap in knowledge over why DCU is so bad.
- Is ownership TOO involved?
- Is ownership disinterested and simply not resourcing the team like more successful ones in MLS?
- Is there an agent (overly) involved here?

Joseph Lowery @joeclowery.bsky.social · 23d

Things are going just great for DC United, who might just be the most hopeless team in MLS.

I wrote about them -- and much, much more -- in my latest look across the league for @backheeled.com ✍️

www.backheeled.com/mls-winners-...

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

- Has DCU reached the point Dan Snyder reached where competent FO people wouldn't join the organization?

It just feels like the organization is a total black hole right now.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

This is all good stuff, but it still feels like there's a big gap in knowledge over why DCU is so bad.
- Is ownership TOO involved?
- Is ownership disinterested and simply not resourcing the team like more successful ones in MLS?
- Is there an agent (overly) involved here?

Joseph Lowery @joeclowery.bsky.social · 23d

Things are going just great for DC United, who might just be the most hopeless team in MLS.

I wrote about them -- and much, much more -- in my latest look across the league for @backheeled.com ✍️

www.backheeled.com/mls-winners-...

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Are we the worst organization in the league at this point? Is Montreal still worse? Is San Jose worse?

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

This is probably true, but there isn't a bigger middle finger they could stick up to the remaining fans.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Genuinely happy to see the Indycar/LM24 clash removed. Can’t wait to see where guys find rides.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Who would take the job at this point?

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 22d

BREAKING: CSO Ally Mackay is out at D.C. United, per sources.

Club into new CSO search now. Mackay joined the club ahead of 2024 season after successful stint in Nashville's front office.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 25d

I’ve been following that pledge for years and didn’t even know it. 🫡

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 26d

1. We'll know Liga MX is serious about growth when they do a single media rights deal. Until then, this is just tooting their own horn--which is fine. But that's all it is.
2. A merger is one of the dwindling few game-changing opportunities left to improve men's soccer in this country. I back it.

Felipe Cardenas @felipecardenas.bsky.social · 26d

“You talk to people in Europe about Liga MX, they’re like, ‘This is a sleeping giant.’

How league fixtures in the U.S. and a flood of foreign investment could transform Mexican football after 2026, leaving MLS behind.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

How ‘sleeping giant’ Liga MX is poised to capitalize on 2026 World Cup bump

Between foreign investment, a new rights deal and a decision that may put league games in U.S. stadiums, Mexico's top flight is ready to pop

www.nytimes.com

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 27d

Known for being quite the "mentor" to younger players on squad.