Sign in

Andrew Leigh

@andrewkleigh.bsky.social
959 followers 146 following 209 posts

Founder @nysoccerjournal.com Author of The Complete Book of Soccer Trivia, out now bookshop.org/p/books/the-complete-b…

PostsRepliesMedia
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Praise his taste all you want I’m ready to bully Cavan Sullivan for thinking The Lumineers are good, gotta save the next generation from the horrors of stomp-clap
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hard to end up placing behind Sporting KC in any table this season, yet such is life when you’re a team, like NYCFC, that can’t pick up points when playing on short rest. Went through the whole league’s schedule to put this one together www.nysoccerjournal.com/nycfc-record...
The bottom six teams in MLS, on a points per game basis, when it comes to results while playing on short (2-3 days) rest
041
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Following West Ham in the Championship is going great, why do you ask?
110
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I got NYCFC president & CEO Brad Sims to dish on the following: -NYCFC II opting into Hometown Soccer Holdings, rebranding, relocating -Gotham to Etihad Park, where they’ll own the visitor’s locker room, & with NYCFC having vested interest in their success -Agenda items for Larry Berg, MLS 3.0
nysoccerjournal.com
Brad Sims: Our project is as compelling or more compelling than any in American soccer
An interview with the New York City FC president and CEO on expectations for the new MLS Commissioner and MLS 3.0, what it means for NYCFC to be a "flagship club," Etihad Park, collaborating with Goth...
021
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
People should make fun of the concept of watching the Bundesliga on Fandango as much or more than they make fun of any American soccer league's streaming setup
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Rough few days for the Steinway Street crowds
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Bruce Arena a confirmed student of the sacred texts (Dumb and Dumber)
0193
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“Hudson River Blue” under a “new owner” is back and is now churning out AI slop featuring 3-legged athletes, fake France players and kits, all variety of other nonsense. Sad end for what was once a quality outlet. The good news: @nysoccerjournal.com is running at full steam and is 100% human-made
091
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Inside you there are 2 wolves
213919
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
MLS Canada Men’s National Team Head Coach Jesse Marsch with the distinction of being the only one of the 3 co-hosts to not win his group, but hey at least all his players sing the national anthem
010
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Julen Lopetegui and Graham Potter really delivered for my West Ham hate-watching purposes this week
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
That podcast clip of Micah Richards and Gary Lineker giggling over the concept of the USMNT winning the World Cup is going to be electric as the intro to the documentary about the US winning the World Cup
010
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Appreciated getting the chance to discuss what we’ve got going on over at @nysoccerjournal.com and this article does a great job capturing the state of our general soccer space, thank you @samneumann.bsky.social
241
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
For @nyctourism.bsky.social I wrote this guide to 36 good New York City bars and restaurants to visit for all your World Cup watching needs, places sprinkled across all 5 boroughs and catering to every type of fan www.nyctourism.com/articles/soc...
nyctourism.com
Watch Soccer in These Bars and Restaurants: World Cup 2026 Edition
Support your side, whether it’s a national or club team, among fellow fans at these sports-loving venues in the five boroughs.
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Getting the word out about the new book and the new outlet reaches the hometown paper. While headline may sound like I’m on someone’s 26-player roster in reality I’ll just be editing and writing a bunch of @nysoccerjournal.com coverage
silive.com
Staten Island roots shape soccer writer, author’s path to 2026 World Cup
Andrew Leigh has become a trusted voice in local soccer coverage, with a career rooted in Staten Island sports.
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
"Two of the five signings in Traore and Pablo are represented by Nuno’s agent, Jorge Mendes." Epitome of West Ham's approach to recruitment: "Which agent has the most influence with our owner and/or manager?" Then when they did try a Director of Football (Tim Steidten) he was an unmitigated disaster
nytimes.com
Inside West Ham’s miserable relegation: Nuno’s cold approach, a leadership void, and now a player exodus?
West Ham have been relegated after a messy season on and off the pitch. This is how and why it went so wrong for Nuno's side
100
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Four Major North American Men’s Professional Sports Leagues” is such a fake, dumb qualifier to add when trying to justify writing off the actual recent New York sports champions for your “all the NY teams are ringless for __ years” graphic
041
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
People focus on him balancing the city’s budget, meanwhile I’m amazed all it took was one Mamdani visit for New Jersey’s only good sports team to put the word out that they’re ready to move to Queens www.nysoccerjournal.com/gotham-fc-to...
nysoccerjournal.com
All the many signs that pointed to Gotham FC moving to Queens
Retracing the years of statements, commitments, and tangentially-related developments that indicated Gotham's reported move to Etihad Park was a possibility.
110
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Evander scored a stoppage time goal while Denkey most certainly did not, but AP got turned to slop, so here we are
“Evander, Denkey score stoppage-time goals for Cincinnati in 4-4 tie with NYCFC” headline screenshot from AP AI slop
020
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Soccer gods heard I launched a new site so they hit me with the 95th minute rewrite for the first gamer I’ve done for @nysoccerjournal.com www.nysoccerjournal.com/nycfc-vs-fc-...
nysoccerjournal.com
New York City FC 4-4 Cincinnati: Late letdown as two-goal lead slips away
New York City extended their winless streak to five games in MLS play as they conceded twice to FC Cincinnati in second-half stoppage time to earn a draw that looks and feels more like a loss.
152
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Sorry moms, but at CVS in Astoria, the next holiday is officially World Cup
CVS display case with a bunch of inflated soccer balls and decorations
030
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I'm a media founder now. I was a writer for Hudson River Blue when Vox cut it loose, then was executive editor when HRB got shuttered. Now, I go again with @nysoccerjournal.com, an independent, nonprofit outlet with one mission: To provide the coverage valued by our local NY soccer community
nysoccerjournal.com
Introducing the New York Soccer Journal
Welcome to your new source for independent, in-depth coverage of soccer in New York.
2183
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
They say people won’t read about sports anymore, but they overlook a key demographic: Local elected officials who are too busy to watch their English soccer team play in real time hellgatenyc.com/mayor-mamdan...
Screenshot from Hell Gate Mamdani interview: “Q: …What is your Park Slope Y?

A: I think anxiety over how Arsenal are doing is a ritual still a part of my life [laughs]. Somehow it doesn't even feel better to be at the top of the Premier League and in the Champions League semifinal. It feels just as bad as it has.

Q: How are you keeping up? Are you watching clips? Do you tape games?

A: I'm reading minute-by-minute reports because I can't watch a lot of the games. Then I watch extended highlights on YouTube. This weekend is a huge game.”
010
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The price gouging will continue until World Cup morale improves
nytimes.com
Train tickets to MetLife Stadium from NYC set to cost more than $100 during World Cup (Gift Article)
A return ticket via NJ Transit for the 18-mile journey from New York Pennsylvania Station ordinarily costs $12.90.
230
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Jorginho retracts and completely exonerates Chappell Roan as Italy takes another humbling loss on the international stage
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Moussa Sylla went all 90 minutes and scored the winner for Schalke today, penny for that City Football Group doctor’s thoughts on that
040
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Possibility of no Thiago Martins (questionable) at BC Place tomorrow night: Less than ideal for NYCFC while facing one of the league’s best attacks www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-pla...
020
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Upgrade of the season: Taty Castellanos, 4 Premier League goals in 12 career appearances for West Ham Niclas Füllkrug: 3 Premier League goals in 26 career appearances for West Ham
092
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
So New Jersey canceled the cash grab $10-plus-fees-per-ticket World Cup Fan Fest in Liberty State Park, but replaced it with a…Fan Hub at Red Bull Arena with tickets that cost “$10 plus fees, with free entry for youth ages 12 and under.” Consider the deck chairs sufficiently shuffled on the Titanic
220
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Personally my favorite part of this episode was slipping in an aside about Pulisic getting dumped hurting his goal-scoring form and @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social hitting us with the “we don’t have enough time in the show to get into all *that*”
bleav.com
HRB Podcast: A disappointing draw before NYCFC face Whitecaps, US Open Cup tests
How New York City FC let a win over St. Louis City SC slip at Citi Field, and what’s in store for the team as it prepares for a jam-packed week featuring a very challenging away match in Vancouver and...
131
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Sounds like a disaster in so many different ways. 4 matches midweek near and around commuter hours, and most insanely, “…public transit ticket prices are not yet known for those taking NJ Transit to World Cup matches in East Rutherford…” They quadrupled the train fares in Boston, so uh, good luck?
northjersey.com
Exclusive: NY Penn Station to close for hours during World Cup matches
New York Penn Station will close to commuters for four-hour windows on 2026 FIFA World Cup match days.
8134
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
🚨⚽️ Now exactly 1 month until my first book publishes: The Complete Book of Soccer Trivia, featuring 750 questions about all aspects of the men’s and women’s game Preorder your copy and I guarantee you’ll outperform your xA (expected answers) in any soccer trivia contests or challenges you encounter
bookshop.org
The Complete Book of Soccer Trivia: Test Your Knowledge with 750 Questions
Test Your Knowledge with 750 Questions
052
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
According to this report from ge globo, NYCFC signed 20-year-old Brazilian center-back João Loiola on loan from Fluminense with intent that he plays for NYCFC II in MLS Next Pro. No official announcement yet pending visas and medicals (according to this report, anyway)
ge.globo.com
Fluminense: Loiola encaminha empréstimo para o New York City | Ge
Fluminense encaminha o empréstimo do zagueiro Loiola ao New York City; o jovem de 20 anos disputará a Liga Next Pro após perder espaço no elenco profissional.
031
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Already up to “1” on the counter of times Vasgersian mistakes him for Brandon Webb, confident it could still go up if the baseball game ever begins
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Only one MLS team is about to permanently move into the borough home to the Mo Salah halal cart, easy answer as to where he signs next
Photo of the Mo Salah halal cart in Queens, NY
1143
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Said what could be said about the end of Hudson River Blue in the first few minutes of this podcast, urge you to give it a listen if you’d like to hear it straight from those impacted by its death. The pod will continue, as will our previous coverage, more details on all that coming soon
podcasts.apple.com
A controversial NYCFC loss to Miami, news about HRB's future
Podcast Episode · Hudson River Blue Podcast · March 25 · 1h 8m
0112
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Polymarket and its ilk are so easily exploited and manipulated by those with insider knowledge, cannot wait to read about the first major “is this insider trading?” scandal that rocks MLB and/or MLS, now both official Polymarket partners!
021
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Is this the most somber Mamdani has ever looked while doing something soccer-related? He seemed happier to be hanging out with Gianni’s other friend at the White House
Mayor Mamdani and FIFA president Infantino posing at City Hall
040
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The your/you’re mix-up at least gives me some hope that this post wasn’t written by AI
Major League Soccer official X.com page posting “Retweet if you're team is still unbeaten. 

@LAFC | @NashvilleSC | @newyorkcityfc | @sandiegofc | @SJEarthquakes | @WhitecapsFC”
050
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This was the 10th NYCFC home opener I’ve attended, somehow not the first one to end in a 5-0 win for the home team, but this definitely was the first to include a 39-year-old running the midfield show and a pigeon mascot making their MLS debut
hudsonriverblue.com
New York City FC 5-0 Orlando: 4 Thoughts
New York City FC rolled over a dysfunctional Orlando City to win their home opener by a 5-0 margin, extending their unbeaten start to the 2026 season.
040
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A familiar voice is back on NYCFC broadcasts for the first time since 2022 for the home opener, with Ian Joy on the Apple TV call Spoke to Ian about returning to NYCFC commentary, the state of the current squad, and watching James Sands play at his former FC St. Pauli club
hudsonriverblue.com
Ian Joy on first New York City FC broadcast for Apple: 'A special moment'
The longtime YES Network announcer discusses calling his first NYCFC match on Apple this weekend and gives his take on the current state of the New York City squad.
0142
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My wife has been busy making a major change in her impressive media career, meanwhile, I’ve spent all that time patiently waiting for the moment I could turn it into fake Soccer Transfer Content
Fake transfermarkt-style done deal announcement for Jenna Goudreau moving from CNBC to Forbes
161
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Tried to dive into how NYCFC operates when Nico Fernández Mercau, very much not a striker, lines up at striker Heat maps, dribbling maps, some comps to the player he’s replacing: All in here as I attempt to make sense of the team’s striker-free approach to start this season
hudsonriverblue.com
How Nico Fernández Mercau plays striker
While he's currently Pascal Jansen's preferred option to fill in for the injured Alonso Martínez, Nico takes a very different approach to playing as New York City FC's center-forward.
142
Reposted by Andrew Leigh
John Baney @thepigeonsnycfc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Had a great time hopping on @soccerwisehq.bsky.social with @empiregass.bsky.social to chat NYCFC ahead of the 2026 season The work Soccerwise and @kickbacksoccer.bsky.social are doing for soccer media in this country is truly vital, so to play even a small part in their coverage is a huge honor ✌️
1166
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is why you should subscribe to Matt Doyle’s new site, nobody else out there is moving like this for Seymour Reid save for his agent and his family tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-first-pow...
Matt Doyle MLS power rankings screenshot of NYCFC at No 8 and “If Seymour Reid is the Matchday 1 starter at center forward I might just move this team up to No. 1.”
000
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Cutting the best writer and analyst from their website not long after they did the same to their long-running fantasy game: why does MLS so badly want to kill its own website, and what will they think of next in their endless quest to piss off and alienate the most engaged of their fans?
081
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Luis Gil repping Atlanta United while arriving for Spring Training? Someone needs to get him one of those Yankees+NYCFC hats from last season
Screenshot from the Yankees’ Instagram of Luis Gil in a ATL UTD tshirt
010
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
MLS believes in its own version of the “flood the zone with shit” approach because they had a whole bunch of new kit releases scheduled for 11 AM today, which is when they also chose to formally reveal that the league outsourced its long-running fantasy game to some German app maker
220
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Would love a peek into the alternate timeline in which Hank Steinbrenner, apparently a “big soccer person” on top of owning the Yankees and a bunch of racehorses, convinces his family to buy Manchester United for under $1 billion in the early 2000s www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Quote from Harvey Schiller, former CEO of YankeeNets, from The Athletic article about Yankees partnering with Manchester United: “I tried to talk Mr Steinbrenner into buying Manchester United,” he says. “We had an opportunity to purchase it — not for the Yankees, but for the Steinbrenner family. George’s son Hank, who was a big soccer person, was very keen. He’s one of the ones who pushed his father to get the Yankees involved with Manchester United in the first place.

“There was an opportunity to buy it, and I don’t remember how much it would have cost, but it certainly wasn’t anything near what it would be today. If I remember correctly, it was some way below $1billion.”
020
Andrew Leigh @andrewkleigh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Not seen with the squad for last weekend's Austin friendly, not pictured in any of the group training activities recently shared across the club's social channels, now shown running with a still-rehabbing Malachi Jones: Our guy Jonny Shore sure seems Injured
Photo NYCFC shared on their website from Coachella Valley Invitational training of Jonny Shore and Malachi Jones https://www.newyorkcityfc.com/albums/training-gallery-new-york-city-arrives-in-coachella
010