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California, USA
Joined June 2023
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Give me cartel money, corruption and patriarcal tendencies and I’ll show you where I could take any #MLS team, Mr. Cuypers.
“The Mexican league is STRONGER than MLS.” Monterrey’s Hugo Cuypers absolutely blasted MLS after earning his first-ever call-up to Belgium’s national team. 🇧🇪🇺🇸🥶 “We play much more in a European way here, while in the United States football is not a priority, until the playoffs, games feel like friendly matches. There’s lack of emotion in MLS, I wanted to feel passion and intensity again, and that’s what I find in Mexico. I KNEW I HAD A BETTER CHANCE TO GET CALLED UP HERE IN MEXICO THAN IN MLS.” ❤️👏🏼
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Seems like even if it’s in an interim basis, Dolo will end up being the next USMNT coach?
🚨 Mauricio Pochettino, ready to become the new Man United head coach with talks progressing. #mufc
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Starting to roll out today: Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets and Claude Data. Think a plan through on a board, build a tracker in a sheet, and tell a story with your data.
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Didn’t want to be right on this one, despite my on-camera excitement. Marc, if anything, made this #LAFC defense (and team) better. With Tamarit, it's been six games and zero clean sheets. @Erik_Hultstrom was certainly tired of hearing about it...
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🤔 Confused about where Sonny fits in this #LAFC lineup? You're not alone! Is he a ten, a winger, or a nine? Under Tamarit, it seems like everyone is scratching their heads further. “In his prime, he thrived in that awkward space between a classic winger and a striker…” But lately, especially since 2024, “he's been playing more as a striker for the national team.” — @realstevescores says on our pod. What do you think? Is he being utilized to his full potential? #SonHeungMin #MLS
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Canadians reading this from a man who believes Lake Ontario is no more… 😬😭
The Montreal MLS team is for sale. Last expansion team fee was $500 million (San Diego 2023). If you could buy Montreal and relocate it, what city would you put it in?
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Mr @jacksonragen12 needs to sit out the playoffs @PROreferees Get well Jacob. #LAFC
UPDATE: LAFC confirmed to me that Jacob Shaffelburg suffered multiple rib fractures and a pneumothorax (i.e. collapsed lung). No timetable for recovery was given, but it seems very unlikely that Shaff will return during the playoffs. That foul by Jackson Ragen was really vicious.
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A source who knows tells me Joey Saputo's press conference today will not be an announcement of relocation.
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Son finished the regular season with 7 goals, 15 assists and tied Vela's club assist record. His last three games however told a different tale. He looks tired! 😭 Steve Han (@realstevescores), Erik and I, discuss it live at 5.
Son Heung-min's last three games: three full matches, no goal, no assist, LAFC 0-1-2. Is this #LAFC team failing him? Steve Han (@realstevescores) joins us live on Son's first full season in MLS. 5 PM PT LIVE 🔴
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WELL DONE LAFC 2! HEADS HIGH. Is Chattanooga the most embarrassing team in the US? They play in a youth dev league but play a whole team of grown men with the goal of, not developing youth, but winning a youth league. Their average age player is 26! Embarrassing!! Go to USL 👎🏽
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Joey Saputo speaking today at 4pm ET on the future of CF Montreal. For months, they have been linked to a move away, with Phoenix sounding like the most likely destination. The scenes in Stade Saputo were bleak on the weekend. Saputo's own words last year painted a gloomy picture
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LAFC will be playing a very desperate and therefore dangerous Sounders team today.
Decision Day is here. And with it, an unprecedented situation in Sounders history.
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Club source tells me that while Lloris is out today vs the #Sounders, the recovery timeline is speculative on @RotoWire ‘s behalf. #LAFC
For me this news was broken by my 8 year old son who keeps taking my phone to browse FotMob every day. Also learned from Vince (who is not my son) that LAFC never discloses the extent of injuries, so this “late December” timetable for return on FotMob is likely just made up. Anyway happy Decisionless Day everyone!
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New @Section128LAFC podcast is up. 22 shots to 6, and we still lost at home during the last guaranteed home game of the season. Erik and I get into what’s actually wrong with #LAFC before the Seattle Sounders game. Full episode.
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Today is travel day for me so no live show but honestly what else is there to say about 2026 that we haven’t yet? Nonetheless, talking LAFC's season and Decision Day at Seattle live this Thursday at 5 PM PT. Join us #LAFC
LAFC lost 3-1 at home to Minnesota last night despite our W predictions 😩. The playoffs are locked, the seed isn't. @Erik_Hultstrom and @celsoliveira_ will be back Thursday, 5 PM PT, previewing Decision Day at Seattle: the math, the season recapped, and who's out of contract after the playoffs wrap up.
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LAFC X LA GALAXY in a collision course. #DecisionDay
Decision Day is less than a week away! Here is how things are shaping up ahead of MLS' most riveting regular season matchday. 👀 MLS Cup Playoffs pres. by @Audi
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You can read this many ways. One way is how bad defenses can be and how lob sided the DP rule is towards offense in MLS.
Highest avg goals per game in global soccer 1. MLS, 3.25 🇺🇸🇨🇦 2. Bundesliga, 3.24 🇩🇪 3. Saudi, 3.01 🇸🇦 4. Liga MX, 2.86 🇲🇽 5. Ligue 1, 2.82 🇫🇷 6. Premier League, 2.75 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 7. LaLiga, 2.69 🇪🇸 8. Primeira Liga, 2.68 🇵🇹 9. Brasileiro Serie A, 2.66 🇧🇷 10. Turkish Super Lig, 2.65 🇹🇷 *MLS, South American leagues based on 2026 season... European and Liga MX on full 2025-26 season **Notable leagues, not every single one in the world
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I waited a decade for this game and it won’t even sell out 😭
🚨 BUCKEYE FANS, $40 TO GET IN! 🌰 The current get-in price for Ohio State vs. USC at the LA Coliseum on Saturday is just $40! 👀 That’s a pretty affordable ticket to watch the Buckeyes on the road.
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Austin FC’s demise started the moment they made Emiliano Rigoni a Designated Player. Nothing sinks an MLS franchise faster than horrendous DP choices. The rule that’s made to help balance rosters is also the most punishing to those who whiff on it.
This might be the worst crowd in the history of this club. I got here an hour after gates opened and got my spot. Holy fuck.
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Check the radio play by play announcer for this one #LAFC fam
Dear ACFC fam, Admin requests the honor of your presence at @dignityhealthsp for Angel City FC's final match of the regular season on Sunday, 11/1 at 2 PM. Please RSVP by securing a ticket at your soonest convenience: angelcity.com/tickets/single… Best wishes, Angel City FC 💌
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