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Mike Pendleton

@phat7deuce.bsky.social

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St. Pete, Florida. Broken by watching and yapping about soccer. Too much time on my hands. Design Nerd. Unhealthy Vices: Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tampa Bay Sun, AS Roma, Liverpool FC. (And also Boston Celtics, NBA/WNBA at large.)

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · Nov 25

Back in 2018, my new drug was putting that sexy saxophone crescendo from "Baker Street" over highlights. Time to bring my favorites here. 🎷 Sound ON. 🔊

Exhibit A: Wayne Rooney to Acosta (2018)

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 9h

How are you feeling about all of it? Same as it was?

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 12h

Has it broken ground at all?

Wonder if these guys will have to fulfill the office building component (I’d assume so as that’s what effectively got them $1 rent.)

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 12h

Man, back in the day A10 hoops was fun as hell

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 14h

The Women’s Champions League coverage on Paramount+ is nice. Pregame, half-time, post-game. All in the big studio. Nicely done.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 16h

I just wouldn’t bother with this guy. I blocked him. He’s just a reply guy troll.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 16h

That’s Seattle. And it will impact Boston as well. There’s 14 other teams. Obviously they’re solving the training facility thing if they’re going to continue playing during the knockouts. And if they offered up their own training facilities are part of the bid, well, they own that.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 16h

That isn’t even the case you made. You made a case about traffic. I’m tired of you. You’re consistently NWSL’s greatest defender as a “reply guy” from an anonymous account. Half the time talking entirely out of your ass.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 17h

And guess what? The WC doesn’t play in those venues every day! They don’t even play there every other day!

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 17h

You named One (1) team where that is an issue.

It will be a 16 team league next year. 2 are in WC venues. 6 of those 16 are in WC cities. I can assure you that other events will be concurrently happening in those cities. MLB isn’t pausing for the WC.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 17h

Like, I totally understand MLS taking it off. Or NWSL taking off a WWC (domestic or otherwise due to the quantity of players).
But I can’t wrap my head around this.

But yeah, in a coordinated effort this could be a major boon. So many great facilities and great players. It should be a showpiece.

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 18h

I kind of doubt it if they're playing through the knockouts. But NWSL execs continually do dumb things, so this tracks for them.

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 18h

I have a vague memory of that. I understand why MLS would do it. And I understand NWSL doing it during a WWC. But beyond that? Seems dumb. But it's kind of a stupidly managed league anyway.

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 18h

(In the OP I meant to type "the world will be here and not ONLY attending WC games")

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 18h

Let me know when MLS takes off for the Women's World Cup...

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 18h

Maybe it's me, but this seems...stupid. The world will be here and not attending WC games and we don't want to show off? I can understand not playing an NWSL game on the night of a WC game in the same city, but beyond that?

Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 18h

#NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman gives @financialtimes.com a long interview, with many business and tech industry buzzwords, but also some news:

The league will stop during next year's men's World Cup group stage, but will resume during the knockout rounds.

www.ft.com/content/36da...

NWSL’s Jessica Berman: ‘Women’s football is a movement, not a moment’

The National Women’s Soccer League commissioner on independence as a superpower, growth in women’s football and why expansion is both ‘careful and aggressive’

www.ft.com

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 19h

“as well as Everton”

Get their asses @rblrrowdies.rblrsports.com

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 19h

Be still, my heart… 💚💛➕❤️💛

RBLR Rowdies - Tampa Bay @rblrrowdies.rblrsports.com · 21h

One of the many minority investors in the new Rays/Rowdies ownership group is the Friedkin Family, who also own stakes in global giant AS Roma as well as Everton.

How involved they will be is yet to be determined, we have reached out for comment. #COYR

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RBLR Rowdies - Tampa Bay @rblrrowdies.rblrsports.com · 21h

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 1d

I’m hopeful too. It’s weird timing, since the Rays have to figure out their stadium, and that’s definitely going to be the priority. We’ll see how it all goes down.

Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 1d

That is mostly likely

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 1d

I might have missed the Landon Donovan new hair discourse here on Bluesky, but I just saw it on Reddit. No judgement whatsoever, hope he does whatever makes him happy, but he looks like a totally different person.

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 1d

I just realized that the Rowdies now have the wealthiest mens soccer team ownership in the U.S. outside of MLS and might be amongst the wealthiest D2 teams in the world. Let’s see if anything comes of that.

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Andres Isaza @andresisaza.bsky.social · 2d

100+ photos of Bill Hamid in this sequence 😅

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 3d

Aren’t those exactly the trademarks you are trying to register and exactly what you are trying to do with them? Where is that not factual?

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Tampa Bay Rowdies @tampabayrowdies.bsky.social · 4d

WOOOOOOBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZ SCORESSSSS!!!!!!

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