Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026omg finally. and what a weird team to do it. @futi.live 261
Reposted by Ben RossetterThe Onion @theonion.com · 21/07/2026Report: That’s Enough Soccer For Now theonion.com/report-thats-enough-so… 482996421
Reposted by Ben RossetterPablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social · 06/07/2026US president Donald Trump has done the whole of American soccer a disservice by involving himself in the Balogun red card saga. It's an unsusprising overreach that confirms the negative perceptions many already have about the USA. Me, on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comUnwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps | Pablo Iglesias MaurerIn pushing Fifa to reverse Folarin Balogun’s suspension, the president did the most American thing possible: assert unasked-for power to get his way 1825369
Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Genuinely embarrassing from Paraguay. Only outdone by the ref, who was utterly shambolic. 000
Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I’ll take 1-0 after what I’ll describe as “hmmm” refereeing #USMNT 010
Reposted by Ben RossetterPablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As we head towards our first penalty shootout of the World Cup, I am once again here to remind you that the 35-yard, run-up shootout is statistically much more balanced & is unquestionably more entertaining. It should be used to settle matches, full stop. www.nytimes.com/athletic/180...nytimes.com (Published 2020) 1317635
Reposted by Ben RossetterCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo 22689482266
Reposted by Ben RossetterTom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 11/06/2026All it took was literally the second hydration break for FOX to run too many commercials and miss some live action. Absolutely ridiculous conceit. 1852864
Reposted by Ben RossetterACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports. 86110714471
Reposted by Ben RossetterZito @zeets.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I don’t want to make an account just to buy something. I don’t want to download an app either. I just want to pay for the thing and leave. I don’t want to join the rewards program. I don’t want to get the inevitable email that my information has been compromised. 22821166
Reposted by Ben RossetterAdam Crafton @adamcrafton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Exclusive: FIFA make last-gasp change to World Cup stadium rules: BANNING fans from bringing refillable plastic bottles, so fans must buy water in stadia As of May, empty bottles permitted so fans could refill amid heat concerns. Not now www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...nytimes.comFIFA will no longer allow fans to bring water bottles into World Cup stadiums (Gift Article)The code of conduct has been altered so fans will no longer be able to take in, or refill, water bottles. 5423397
Reposted by Ben RossetterBad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026They didn't die while serving in the military, but they died protecting our freedoms from those who would destroy them, nonetheless. Remembering these heroes on this Memorial Day. 3171151736
Reposted by Ben RossetterMiguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Special report: the great World Cup rip-off - Fifa's central role beyond tickets - Fifa REJECTED similar plans in 1994 - all decisions from president's office - Fifa, the "safeguards", usher in a model club owners crave - Fifa going against own statutes www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...independent.co.ukHow the 2026 World Cup became the great rip-offWhile the Fifa president Gianni Infantino boasts about how the US commercialisation of sport is ‘reaching different levels’, fans are left to pay the exorbitant cost of this World Cup. ‘It’s a lesson ... 89134
Reposted by Ben RossetterKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work. 1824325310798
Reposted by Ben RossetterPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Out of the tens of thousands of Olympians since the turn of the century, there have been two (2) who are transgender women - one finished dead last, the other at the bottom of the field. This is not about fairness, or "protecting women" - it is about witch-hunting trans women out of existence. 311169
Reposted by Ben RossetterNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Trump wins the FIFA gold medal for downhill skiing 1994593
Reposted by Ben RossetterJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice: State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official 292631912
Reposted by Ben RossetterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Gov. Janet Mills: "If they have warrants, show the warrants. In America, we don't believe in secret arrests or secret police." 438126573587
Reposted by Ben RossetterArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997 301897498
Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Super proud of this team. What an incredible group, and an incredible season. Up The Hearts. 020
Reposted by Ben RossetterMatthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I'm much more of a "team goal" guy than an "individual banger" guy but this shit's stayed with me for 15 years. Still my favorite thunderbastard in MLS history. Has a level of intentionality to it that few goals have ever matched. What a player, what a career. 1330045
Reposted by Ben Rossetterdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025i guess we will never know if they were ICE or not 271950457
Reposted by Ben RossetterPortland Hearts of Pine @heartsofpine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Biggest win 🤝 biggest crowd. We should break the attendance record every week. 1366
Reposted by Ben RossetterJeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 12/10/2025As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others: This sucks so hard. 48726148
Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Well this is about as good as it gets for ol’ Ben. Bluegrass and footy. So grateful to be a part of this community.heartsofpine.comHumans of Hearts: The White Mountain Ramblers - Hearts of PineHUMANS OF HEARTS: The White Mountain Ramblers “We came to Portland for different reasons. We stayed for the same one.” Humans of Hearts is a series about members of the […] 121
Reposted by Ben RossetterJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport. 868171549290
Reposted by Ben RossetterPractical Magic ✨ Aunty Em @strike26.bsky.social · 07/10/2025“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.” 30478133811
Ben Rossetter @benrossetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Every once in a while I try to give Morning Footy a try. It always turns into sports yelling after 5 minutes, and I turn it off. 000
Reposted by Ben RossetterNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right? 577285828599
Reposted by Ben RossetterJon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem." 109104391930
