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Is this good? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Is this good? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I'll grant that it's not exactly the same language you used but that's basically what I wrote, no?
![Screenshot of the story. Text: The new pricing category will be part of the allotment of tickets distributed by the associations for the participating teams, who each get [BEGIN HIGHLIGHT] 8% of available tickets [END HIGHLIGHT] for every match they play.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hzie73rkvdcxauqpghrt65w/bafkreig23fbj66pbqbsnsrwhxgjtjxsododsri2upgka7z7e3jf5gjrlmu@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'll grant that it's not exactly the same language you used but that's basically what I wrote, no?
Look away, DC United fans...it's Metro Jaime Moreno.
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Look away, DC United fans...it's Metro Jaime Moreno.
Spare a thought for Aaron Cresswell and Federico Chiesa, duly removed as kings of Pennsylvania and Minnesota, respectively.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Spare a thought for Aaron Cresswell and Federico Chiesa, duly removed as kings of Pennsylvania and Minnesota, respectively.
Just filed my last story from a crazy week, the unofficial end of a wild year. It’s a true privilege to do this for my job and I thank every single one of you and all my colleagues for helping it happen. Next year is going to be insane and I can’t wait to report on it with and/or for you.
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just filed my last story from a crazy week, the unofficial end of a wild year. It’s a true privilege to do this for my job and I thank every single one of you and all my colleagues for helping it happen. Next year is going to be insane and I can’t wait to report on it with and/or for you.
Javier Mascherano delivering a highly normal post match press conference.
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Javier Mascherano delivering a highly normal post match press conference.
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thought this was an interesting answer re: dynamic pricing. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
![Q: Do you feel that dynamic also applies to ticket prices? People are spending thousands on tickets to these games, and others can’t go because of how dynamic pricing has impacted the cost. Fifa has a responsibility to create revenue for their member associations, but do they also have a responsibility to allow fans to affordably access this tournament that’s meant to be so transformative?
A: I equate it to a Taylor Swift tour. Somehow people are able to pay the price and find their way, in some cases, to remote venues. So where there’s a will, there’s a way, and especially in soccer fans, there’s a will.
[Dynamic pricing] is the reality of today. With Taylor Swift, you’ve got young people somehow coming up with several thousand to go to a concert. And if they didn’t have dynamic pricing, it would still be the same, because everybody would go to the after-market, and they’re going to end up paying what the market price is. It’s today’s world. And yes, it does mean that a lot of middle-class, working people and their families are priced out. I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic, but it’s the free market at work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hzie73rkvdcxauqpghrt65w/bafkreiflj5oktxelwymcgbhfuwwdcqzjghwpijdlnzmimj4cyzickj6a2y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thought this was an interesting answer re: dynamic pricing. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Waitiiiing on a Sunday afternoon
For what I've read between the lines
Your lieees
For what I've read between the lines
Your lieees
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Waitiiiing on a Sunday afternoon
For what I've read between the lines
Your lieees
For what I've read between the lines
Your lieees
Great piece that mentions something I feel has been missed in 90% of coverage of this storyline, which has been driving me up the wall.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Great piece that mentions something I feel has been missed in 90% of coverage of this storyline, which has been driving me up the wall.
My location in Fort Greene is giving out The Full Trio, the Neapolitan ice cream of voting sticker handouts.
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My location in Fort Greene is giving out The Full Trio, the Neapolitan ice cream of voting sticker handouts.
This graf has been in the piece the entire time.
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This graf has been in the piece the entire time.
At least a couple times a year I'll be doing research for something related to American soccer and I'll come across an old Grant Wahl lede that stops me dead in my tracks. www.si.com/soccer/2020/...
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At least a couple times a year I'll be doing research for something related to American soccer and I'll come across an old Grant Wahl lede that stops me dead in my tracks. www.si.com/soccer/2020/...
Stuff like this seriously bums me out. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Stuff like this seriously bums me out. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A lot of really good Remembering Guys tonight!!
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A lot of really good Remembering Guys tonight!!
Seeing the Chicago Fire forced to play their playoff game back at Bridgeview got me wondering when the last time they played a playoff game at Soldier Field was.
It has been almost exactly 20 years! October 21, 2005. Chicago 0-0 DC United. Check out these lineups and LET'S. REMEMBER. SOME. GUYS.
It has been almost exactly 20 years! October 21, 2005. Chicago 0-0 DC United. Check out these lineups and LET'S. REMEMBER. SOME. GUYS.
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Seeing the Chicago Fire forced to play their playoff game back at Bridgeview got me wondering when the last time they played a playoff game at Soldier Field was.
It has been almost exactly 20 years! October 21, 2005. Chicago 0-0 DC United. Check out these lineups and LET'S. REMEMBER. SOME. GUYS.
It has been almost exactly 20 years! October 21, 2005. Chicago 0-0 DC United. Check out these lineups and LET'S. REMEMBER. SOME. GUYS.
Incredible stuff happening in my child’s daycare app.
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Incredible stuff happening in my child’s daycare app.
Editor's note of the year. www.wired.com/story/owning...
![How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?
People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hzie73rkvdcxauqpghrt65w/bafkreihtfqwv7xhwxfqy5d2hcwg5zgueizyzhp4gm3s6p6mqdczbyl5bey@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Editor's note of the year. www.wired.com/story/owning...
Absolutely love this, from Luna’s brother. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
![“They talk about [Diego] like he’s a street baller. But he never played on the streets. This conception that you only develop the kind of skills he has as a Latino is by playing on the streets, that’s bullshit,” says Armando. “It was all by design. From training. From encouraging his creativity on the field, from discipline. He had to learn the mental aspect of the game quickly. We never criticized him for trying new things. That translates to his game now.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hzie73rkvdcxauqpghrt65w/bafkreicpkaewbactm3hiamwlf6gifzevdmipsvlqzwtuxnpsslmxaetc3i@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Absolutely love this, from Luna’s brother. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I don’t have a pick for the U.S. Open Cup final but I do have this picture of a mural at a Wall St taco shop that looks an awful lot like Hany Mukhtar.
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I don’t have a pick for the U.S. Open Cup final but I do have this picture of a mural at a Wall St taco shop that looks an awful lot like Hany Mukhtar.
This is my first time seeing soccer played here since they installed the new mondo-sized video board and I gotta say…it’s pretty distracting.
September 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is my first time seeing soccer played here since they installed the new mondo-sized video board and I gotta say…it’s pretty distracting.
An interesting thing about Citi Field is that the Kansas City Royals won Game 5 of the 2015 World Series here almost 10 years ago, sealing their status as champions in the annals of history forever.
Also Messi plays here tonight.
Also Messi plays here tonight.
September 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An interesting thing about Citi Field is that the Kansas City Royals won Game 5 of the 2015 World Series here almost 10 years ago, sealing their status as champions in the annals of history forever.
Also Messi plays here tonight.
Also Messi plays here tonight.
A 64-team men's World Cup is marginally better than a 48-team men's World Cup purely because it eliminates the need for third-place teams to make the knockouts. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
September 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A 64-team men's World Cup is marginally better than a 48-team men's World Cup purely because it eliminates the need for third-place teams to make the knockouts. www.theguardian.com/football/202...