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Phil West
@philwest.bsky.social
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Soccer writer covering Austin FC at Verde All Day (verdeallday.com), wrote for The Striker and MLS, bylines in many places. Husky, Longhorn, Roadrunner affiliated. Suffers with Arsenal & Atleti. (Not the Sunderland or the motorcycle Phil West.) 🇨🇦
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 16h
We did some math to figure out all the Austin FC playoff possibilities:

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The Western Conference Playoff Zone: Ceilings and floors across a space-time continuum
Austin's looking at a playoff picture ranging from 5th through 9th. We did a lot of math to map out the possible pathways for Verde and the 10 teams still in the postseason picture.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 1d
I have questions I don't necessarily want answered

I’m glad he was there, being a fan of... Cal Raleigh and just Cal Raleigh
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Hugs
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
WE DID IT, JOE

Austin FC qualifies for the MLS playoffs for the second time in its history:

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Breaking news: Austin FC qualifies for 2025 MLS playoffs
Thanks to the Whitecaps' win over the Quakes on Sunday, Austin FC will make its second trip to the postseason.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
Y'all looked real good; thank you from Austin
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 3d
This looks fun 😢
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Ben Wright @benwright.bsky.social · 3d
Nashville SC, 2025 US Open Cup champions!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
Early takeaway from the press conference: Team still feeling emotional pressure of Open Cup finals loss and really wanted to clinch; this amounts to what Nico Estévez called “a horrible week for us”
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
🙃
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
Had a feeling about minute 55 there would not be an equalizer coming for Austin FC

I hate it when I’m right (in that way)

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At the Whistle: Austin FC 1, St. Louis City SC 3
Austin FC needed a win or draw on Saturday night to officially qualify for the postseason. They did not do that.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
Looks pretty full strength to me
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
Gonna be a long season for the Horns and those who love them (or at least tolerate their yearly antics)
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 4d
St. Louis went ahead and dropped their lineup a few minutes early
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St Louis CITY SC @stlcitysc.com · 4d
Our XI in ATX 🗞️
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 6d
Sobering (but also hope-giving) quotes for Austin FC fans recovering from last night's loss:

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The Thursday Three: Using the pain of losing the Open Cup final as fuel
While Dani Pereira and Jon Gallagher expressed disgruntlement over the call the game turned on, team leaders wanted to focus on using this pain as further motivation for the challenges to come.
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
It was
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
Theme of the Austin FC post-match conference is using the pain to motivate themselves toward (probably) the playoffs
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
Their tifo game is strong
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
Apparently a boring back four for this one!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
Here’s how Austin FC fans (and a few stray Nashville fans) are currently pregaming (with the incomparable Brownout)
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 7d
We out here!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 11d
This makes sense; it's also clearly rotation happening ahead of Wednesday (which I don't hate)
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foolishsamwise.bsky.social @foolishsamwise.bsky.social · 11d
The Austin FC app has it displayed as a 3-4-3, with Biro and Gally as generic wide players rather than specifically FBs
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 11d
That makes sense.

Also, look at the smart thing that Houston does to show its lineup on Bluesky:

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Houston Dynamo @houstondynamo.com · 11d
Headlining tonight's show 🤘

@Verizon
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 11d
Not sure who the second fullback is but hey, a CJ start!
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 13d
Clearly I love this
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 14d
More like Zuparic kicked Elloumi, avoided straight red
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Phil West @philwest.bsky.social · 14d
Can Austin FC get to fourth in the West? We look at the current state of the table as Verde could get above the "magical" 45-point threshold on Saturday:

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Getting beyond 45 points: What Austin FC can and can't do
We did some math to try to project just how high Verde can get in the table. Fourth seems like a stretch, but it's still possible.
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