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Total Soccer Show @totalsoccershow.bsky.social · 20h

We'll be going 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 on the TSS YouTube channel after USMNT-Chile! 🇺🇸 🇨🇱 Join us as we break down the latest from Mauricio Pochettino's crew 👇

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USMNT v Chile post-match analysis

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 17h

The USMNT is lethal on set pieces man. You love to see it.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 17h

This part. There’s been some sloppiness, and that’s to be expected, but they have an awareness and ability to adapt in real time we haven’t seen from age groups like this in the past. At least in this kind of quantity.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 18h

Miles Robinson is having a shocker

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Has anyone let Cherki know about the Paris of the Plains™️?

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I spill something my dog can’t eat on the floor

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Professional performance by SKC. I’ll take it.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Seems I jinxed it. Hopefully it’s nothing major, but he’s off for the night.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Andre Luiz has 3 starts since joining the league and has 4G/1A in those 3 starts, and one of them is still ongoing. Those are Zlatan numbers.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As @anabnos.com said on the H&A discord, I think it’s telling that in two consecutive games Andre Luiz has made the opponent’s left side defenders(and teammates in general) lose their heads within 45 minutes.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you don’t like Seb Berhalter, it’s a you problem.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week’s pod is up! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5h3Y... YouTube: youtu.be/1ABjMQ2GH7I?...

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Episode 199 - Andre Luiz shines, but not brightly enough.

Podcast Episode · Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast · September 24 · 1h 32m

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Andre Luiz just sent Nathan Harriel to the shadow realm

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I guess the good news is you can’t lose in the first round if you don’t make the playoffs.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This team has been going through the motions all year, and did again on that goal.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ll never forgive Angie Long for doing this to this to this team.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I actually have to give Bayern credit for giving Harry actual good players to play with, because it certainly wasn't ever happening at Tottenham.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The problem is he's not wrong. These guys are too dumb to know how to regulate AI. Good thing there's an election coming.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This week’s pod is up! Is the Wyatt Meyer Effect™️ real? Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3cYy... YT: youtu.be/L0Q6o5ExkV0?...

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Episode 198 - The Wyatt Meyer Effect, SKC look organized(for once) and the USMNT youth movement

Podcast Episode · Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast · September 17 · 1h 30m

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Arman Kafai @armankafai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is something I just wanted to point out (and shoutout Daniel for clarification) but just because a deal is done doesn’t mean the team gets the money to be used as GAM instantly. They must actually receive the payment before it can be converted; you can’t have money that you don’t have yet

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This week’s pod is up! Is the Wyatt Meyer Effect™️ real? Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3cYy... YT: youtu.be/L0Q6o5ExkV0?...

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Episode 198 - The Wyatt Meyer Effect, SKC look organized(for once) and the USMNT youth movement

Podcast Episode · Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast · September 17 · 1h 30m

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Mike McGrew @zavcurrent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Kansas City Current just matched a dubious NWSL record—falling from 62 points to 38 points in 24 games. That’s a drop of exactly 1 point per game year-over-year. Only the 2018 Sky Blue FC suffered a regression this severe.

Largest Point Drops in Consecutive Seasons Through 24 Games
Team Year-over-Year Points in Prior Year Points in Following Year Net Point
(24 Games) (24 Games) Drop
1 Sky Blue FC 2017 → 2018 33 9 -24
1 KC Current 2025 → 2026 62 38 -24
3 Orlando Pride 2018 → 2019 30 16 -14
4 North Carolina 2018 → 2019 57 49 -8

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The all time career goals record in MLS is 171, and Leo has 100 in all comps in 3 years for Miami.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Smiths, Coldplay, and The Lumineers? Are we sure this isn’t a playlist from a local coffee shop for elder millennials?

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Andy brought out the razzle dazzle in Wk 1.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So this Kenneth Walker guy seems good

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The way the Chiefs continue to successfully reload at CB via the draft should be studied by science.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's not hard to note when SJ's season started going to shit and when its recent renaissance began. Tsakiris is driving the bus on that team, and now that he's fully fit from his injury he's cooking again. We have some really exciting young domestic talent coming through the league rn.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is good stuff from Sperry, especially the additional details he got from Meyer on how much they drilled rest defense positioning during the week. SKC's rest defense was candidly terrible during the away match earlier this season, and as Daniel notes, much improved Saturday night.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sporting KC continues to *only* get points when they start Wyatt Meyer. 🤔 With Blorian out for the rest of the season, he’ll likely have opportunities to improve his record.

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Abigail Segel @abigailsegel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One great season makes not a dynasty, but the possibility of the start of one. Ditching all the people that got you to that starting line will sabotage the race before it starts. Because brands don’t win trophies—people do. On the Kansas City Current: equalizersoccer.com/2026/09/11/t...

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The Kansas City Current can’t rest on its laurels

The departure of former coach Vlatko Andonovski highlights doubts about the club's direction

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really think it is key to understand importance of what Lo is saying here. Both in the wake of the Yates Report as well as in the benefit of stability in creating that trust. Women's pro sports, and perhaps especially soccer needs that stability to build trust. The Current have none of it.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Also not saying correlation=causation, but SKC is averaging 1.82xGA per game across those starts and 2.21 GA. While those numbers are terrible, they are somehow even worse when he's not starting (2.72xGA and 2.89GA)

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This week’s pod is up! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6p8c... YouTube: youtu.be/ZswgetAccTQ?...

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Episode 197 - At least they were entertaining?

Podcast Episode · Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast · September 10 · 1h 37m

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Daniel Sperry @danielsperrykc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week's inside soccer covers...well...a lot. From how the KC Current handled Andonovski's departure to Itala Gemelli's surprise debut, and #SportingKC still bleeding goals. www.kansascity.com/sports/socce...

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Did KC Current mishandle Vlatko Andonovski’s departure? Players seem to think so

Get the inside scoop on a surprising departure from the Kansas City Current in Inside KC Soccer, The Star’s weekly soccer column.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Thorns game is almost certainly not the end, but unfortunately likely just the beginning.

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 09/09/2026

Required reading for the NWSL. The stress testing has begun. Will they handle it better than the WNBA?

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That's some Sporting KC level defending from Kerkez there.

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Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc · 09/09/2026

I felt like the initial coverage of the proposed playoff change in MLS was negative, but mostly out of confusion. The more I sat with the proposal (which was admittedly difficult to parse) the more I saw the vision and believed it could be exactly what we want the playoffs to be.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Shelving him in an exec role for while ripping away any decision making control with the team and then blaming him for what came after in a 4 sentence press release should tell you more about the Current and its leadership than Vlatko himself. Something tells me he won't want for a job for long.

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This gem was just posted in the H&A discord after David Lee’s latest media availability:

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Drew VanderPloeg @alvanderp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This week’s pod is up! We….had some thoughts on how things are going with SKC, both in how this transfer window missed expectations and the decrepit state of play on the field. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0f9M... YouTube: youtu.be/E2_q8lUxyl0?...

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Episode 196 - The Transfer Window closes with a thud

Podcast Episode · Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast · September 3 · 1h 45m

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