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Alexander Abnos

@anabnos.com
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⚽️ for @us.theguardian.com / 🥁 for Secret Cities and myself / Signal: anabnos.11 / “There is still everything to play for, and forever to play it in.”

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 29/09/2026
George Costanza saying "was that wrong" from the famous seinfeld episode.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 24/09/2026
Guardian audience team on an absolute heater
Screenshot showing me and guardian sports editor ella Brockway have both been verified
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 23/09/2026
This should make the visualization easier
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 23/09/2026
Nothing says "I will take MLS seriously" like "I'll kick in the NFL in the offseason" (which, btw, you can't do after next year due to the calendar flip) www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The 33-year-old allowed his thoughts to drift to the longer term and as he mused about his ambition to become an NFL kicker, there was a clear hint he saw himself finishing his football career in Major League Soccer.

“I take penalties and it [being an NFL kicker] is a very similar pressure and technique. If I was to do it, it is something I would take seriously. I would take six months to a year to try and practise before. Maybe if I am in the MLS in the future or somewhere like that, it might be a thing where you could connect the two maybe with the seasons.”
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 10/09/2026
Angine de Poitrine. Fantastic.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 26/08/2026
wow, big signing for the jayhawks
Screenshot of an NYT social card reading "Kansas completes signing of USYNT's Wolff from Austin" - which is wrong because the club name is Sporting Kansas City, with the cutting off of "City" from "Kansas City" being a very common mistake made by non-Americans unfamiliar with or unbothered by the naming conventions for places like Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Carson City, etc.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 25/08/2026
The career path of the Houston,Texas-born Sam Adeniran.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 21/08/2026
There is currently an open-top bus of Arsenal fans riding through Brooklyn, celebrating either a 3-0 win over newly-promoted Coventry or a Premier League title that was secured 3 months ago.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 21/08/2026
Nearly 10 years after I made this to visualize how MLS teams sign players, the essential geometry of the league remains the same.
Big flowchart of mls roster rules. It’s not great quality but trust me, you don’t want to read this shit.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 17/08/2026
El Riazor. Deportivo La Coruña v Elche. Opening week of La Liga 26-27. IMO, a criminal lack of vintage Donato jerseys. But otherwise splendid.
High up corner view of el Riazor stadium
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 20/07/2026
Yep, it’s over.
A deflated World Cup trophy inflatable.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/07/2026
Folks! @theguardian.com is LIVE for the World Cup final. The game: www.theguardian.com/football/liv... Everything but the game: www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
Wide shot of the World Cup final pregame.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/07/2026
New York/New Jersey Stadium aka MetLife Stadium. The 2026 World Cup final.
Aerial view of a full stadium with empty soccer field below
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/07/2026
I previewed the World Cup final on our great show Stateside along with host @cartersherman.bsky.social, along with @ellabrockway.bsky.social and @maxrushden.bsky.social. The social clip of my appearance contains this screenshot, so you know it’s gotta be good. youtu.be/DeBE8hZw3Pg?...
Close up of big idiot making dumb face with GOOOOOOL overlaid on to
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/07/2026
“Yes, son. Every game is exactly like that.”
Baby sitting and watching a tv with the 2026 3rd place game on
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 18/07/2026
With the World Cup final in New Jersey, Soccer Fever is sweeping the area!!!
Map of air quality with a big red splotch over NYC.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 17/07/2026
Donald Trump on his "very tall son" Barron Trump's soccer skill:
My children love soccer. My one son, my very tall son, Barron, loves soccer. He's a good soccer player. He may — I don't know, his speed might — little kid, he's very tall. I don't know. I said, when some guy gets by you from Spain, from Argentina, from France, Barron, what happens? From England? What happens, Baron? He said, "'Dad, I'm a very good ball handler.'" I said, "'But, Baron, if he's faster, what do you do about it?' "'Dad, he'll never get by me.'" I said, "'But when he does.'" And he didn't want to answer that question. So speed, I think, is quite important in this sport. Do you agree? But he has good skills, actually.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 17/07/2026
Here at the beautiful, well-lit Javits Center, where questions will be asked.
A big press conference room
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 16/07/2026
In a media event at MLS HQ, Don Garber says his takeaway from yesterday’s World Cup semi-final in Atlanta was “in 2017, there was no soccer in Atlanta.”
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 13/07/2026
The only way I could be more excited for a ref assignment would be if it was Saíd Martínez.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 12/07/2026
Arrowhead Stadium, again, but this time from another corner, and for Argentina v Switzerland.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 08/07/2026
Flying home after 34 days on the road, feeling a little sappy. Thanks to all of you for following along with @theguardian.com soccer crew for the USMNT’s World Cup run. Great to do it with top colleagues @jeffrueter.bsky.social & @mlsist.bsky.social. Please keep reading, this is just the beginning.
Three extremely handsome men posing in a stadium
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 08/07/2026
The turf is not yet through with its work at B.C. Place. Some sort of a staff game happening now. Pretty neat.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 07/07/2026
BC Place, Vancouver British Colombia. Switzerland v Colombia.
High up view of bc place in soccer setup
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 05/07/2026
Coming to a stadium near you, probably
Screenshot of a custom USMNT jersey with article as the name and 27 as the number
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 04/07/2026
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 04/07/2026
Just so good from @barneyronay.bsky.social on Cape Verde 2-3 Argentina: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Cabral took the ball way out on the left, nipped inside, measured his strides, and produced the most beautifully pure right foot shot into the far corner past Emiliano Martínez, the ball seeming to hang in the damp Florida air, a perfect white orb, following that delicious parabola into the far corner.

The stadium erupted in small pockets of delirious disbelief and entire looming stands of very abrupt silence. Cabral just ran, veering off back to the touchline, leaving the pitch, vaulting some stairs, waiting a bit, then embracing what was presumably his girlfriend, or at least someone who is now his girlfriend, or very keen to be.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 04/07/2026
A solid pitch, just a bit outside from Mauricio Pochettino.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 02/07/2026
This is Malik Tillman’s right foot. “Somebody stepped on me,” he said. His boot had a tear in it and had to be changed just before the freekick.
Malik tillmans right foot w a bloody sock w a tear in it.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 02/07/2026
Levi’s Stadium aka San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara, California. USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina. World Cup 2026 last 32.
Panoramic shot of a half full Levi’s stadium.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 01/07/2026
hell yeah www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 30/06/2026
One or two interested parties at USMNT training today
A lot of journalists standing around in the sun .
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 30/06/2026
It’s true, *everyone* he endorsed is winning. youtu.be/b0KfYJhBHvA?...
Screenshot of Zohran Mamdani picking Morocco to win the World Cup
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 30/06/2026
Movie poster for "The Distinguished Gentleman," a decent but not great 1992 Eddie Murphy comedy in which he plays a con man that gets elected to congress because he has the same name as the longtime incumbent who died
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 28/06/2026
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City. Algeria v Austria. This is from one of the signature uppermost corners of this beautiful building. Wanted this one for a while.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 28/06/2026
Iran have just cancelled their scheduled training session. DR Congo’s 3-1 win means Team Melli now needs there to be a winner in Algeria v Austria, where a draw would do both teams just fine. Many eyes in Tijuana now turn to Kansas City. Which is where I am.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 27/06/2026
What’s going on? Oh not much. Just standing in the exact parking lot area where I’d kick a ball around as a kid w/ my cousins before going the Kansas City Wiz game with 8-12K others, except now I’m 40 and our usual parking area is a sponsor activation and the fucking World Cup is here tonight.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 27/06/2026
Always an honor to be able to cover a match at FIELD.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 26/06/2026
Well we are back at Los Angeles Stadium. So here’s a slightly different view
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 20/06/2026
Hell yeah
Ken Griffey jr statue in a USMNT shirt
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/06/2026
I have an unsurprising follow up: this environment rules.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/06/2026
USA v Australia at Seattle Stadium.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 19/06/2026
I have an unsurprising report for you: this environment is going to rule.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 17/06/2026
Don’t worry, he’s alive
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 17/06/2026
Big moment for BYRON
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 16/06/2026
Christian Pulisic is day-to-day with the left calf injury that took him out of the Paraguay game. He’ll be training off to the side today in a “modified program.”
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 16/06/2026
My dumb big game tradition is finding the highest possible seat in the stadium and spending a few minutes there. Didnt get a chance to do it before USA-Paraguay. So here’s the highest seat at SoFi Stadium for Iran-New Zealand
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 16/06/2026
Scattered protests outside LA Stadium, of which this is one. Understand there was a larger gathering on the opposite side. Either way, it does not, from my vantage point, appear to be disruptive.
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 13/06/2026
“Not ideal, but we’ve got this” ??!!?
Screenshot of BeReal notification: “Not ideal, but we’ve got this!” In reaction to USA 1-0 Paraguay
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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 13/06/2026
Let’s fuckin’ do it. Live all game long, with great coverage afterwards from @jeffrueter.bsky.social, @barneyronay.bsky.social et al, free to read as usual: www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
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