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Greg Van Belle

@gvbsea.bsky.social
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Soccer person. Writer. Teacher. Northender. Covering Ballard FC and Seattle Sounders for Sounder at Heart. www.sounderatheart.com/author/greg EBFG.

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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 4h
People who are going to be dead in 2 years shouldn't be making decisions about the future of our country.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 5h
I hope they just keep letting him talk on live TV, because this isn’t helping them at all.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 5h
He’s going to do it. He’s going to nuke a country because he can’t admit defeat.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 5h
I’ve never wanted to see someone’s PornHub search history more…
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 5h
The MLS schedule gods couldn’t have been more generous to the @soundersfc.com for this stretch. Our new DP striker away on international duty for three games. Those games? RSL (11th) MIN (14th) SKC (15th) It gets way harder after Thursday, but we’ll be near full strength.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 11h
This pretty much nails it.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 12h
Everything about this makes me so happy.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 12h
Every major city needs a Mamdani. He's smart, cool, funny, and actually seems to love doing the work of helping people in the city he runs. Government is supposed to work for the people, and I think most Americans have been flogged into forgetting that.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 13h
Or, healthcare is not like a cellphone plan at all. How about that?
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 13h
Pinehurst Station up and running!!
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 14h
I don’t see how they think this approach does anything but make everyone - fans, the EPL, the FA, other clubs, pundits - hate them more. Billionaires are incapable of truly understanding what makes football great. It’s bigger than any club, no matter how big. Expel them.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 21h
What a time to teach a college course called Sport in Society. Jack Smith, Man City, Riley Gaines, CTE in football…I can’t possibly teach the underlying theory fast enough to keep up with the damn news.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 22h
By the way, let’s say Smith DID go to an Atlanta Hawks game. This was somehow proof of a grand conspiracy? Absent evidence that he did or said anything else? The GOP is a fucking clown show, completely uninterested in governing. They seized power out of greed. Nothing else.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This station is getting negative press because the city failed to upzone around it and the biggest piece of property near it is a "public" golf course, but this is a game changer for Lake City. With protected bike lanes and sidewalks from LCW to the station, it massively increases mobility here.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt made an ass out of himself today in Congress. True. AND, he then went ahead and told the right wing "media" sphere that he caught Jack Smith in a perjury trap. So don't be shocked when your neighbor thinks it didn't happen exactly how we saw it happen.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WHy DOnt WomEn RepORt SExUaL ASsAulT?
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can we pause the talk of what will happen to the team (relegation, etc) and talk about the very real need to prosecute the team leadership for criminal fraud?
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Shawn Wheeler @zag08.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everyone should watch this. We are watching an imperialist genocide right in front of us on our screens. Be informed and educated, oppose it at every opportunity, and support those who are directly affected. youtube.com/shorts/KZngK...
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Google Maps Unveils Israel’s Decimation of Gaza
YouTube video by AJ+
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear @mayor.seattle.gov, Please use whatever tools you have available to you to get cars out of the core of our city. Cars ruin cities, and their use in the downtown area is not inevitable. I never need to see a car in Pioneer Square, Occidental, or Pike Place ever again.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This angle really shows Rusnak's incredible field vision and just how difficult the angle was on Jordan's shot. Truly one of the more impressive link ups I've seen in a while.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is some next level GOP shit right here.
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only there was some undeveloped land in North Seattle located near mass transit that could support building affordable housing. Anyway vote for Nilu Jenks.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every one of these goons needs to be behind bars.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are Inter Miami trying to be the villains of MLS? Is that the plan?
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But Rusnak is cooked, I heard.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A move to Renton would require a huge recasting of the Sounders matchday fan base. The urban stadium is a huge part of the appeal. The convergence of mass transit is the appeal. The myriad bar and restaurant options is the appeal. The post match nightlife is the appeal. Renton ain’t it.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Which major NCAA school will be the first to scrap its tackle football team?
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Royal Guard SG @royalguardsg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last week, former ECS Co-President Tom Biro passed away. The Royal Guard sends its condolences to the friends and family of Tom Biro. Tom kindly welcomed us to Lumen Field. Much love to our friends and roommates @weareecs.bsky.social #ebfg #togetherasone #seattlelove
A photo of a banner of the Royal Guard logo in blue and black with a black background.. Laid on top of that banner is a smaller onethat on black fabric depicts a green heart and the following text: Tom in white and EBFG in Sounder blue. EBFG is a Sounders hashtag that means Eternal Blue Forever Green.
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Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 26/09/2026
THAT'S A BRACE! ⚡ A record-breaking goal by Jess Fishlock to give the Reign the 2-0 lead!
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Any serious Man City sanctions probably will seal the deal on an untouchable Super League. I don’t see the oligarch owners of top EPL sides allowing harsh punishment for one of their own. So either this ends with a wrist slap or a demolition of the EPL.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have an idea of where to find a lot of that money…
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
England: Debating beer in the stands. The American South: Give us all the alcohols.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Doctor: What brings you in today?” Me: “You know, I just want to make sure I’m not dying of some terrifying disease that you can test for but for some reason that test isn’t considered a basic human right so I’m using my privilege to be here.” Doctor: “Maybe exercise a little more.” Me: “Cool.”
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no psychiatric treatment powerful enough to break the right's collective hallucination about 2020. Like, literally none of this even came close to happening.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Look at these super normal, happy, and not at all evil human(?) beings.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
i once again ask what in the hell is going on with Trump's huge ass and the contraption he has on it
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not for nothing, but wasn’t today the court ordered deadline to produce the handwritten FBI notes about Trump raping children?
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As a society we hold professional sports coaches to a higher standard than we do Congressmen. We demand that coaches be available to answer questions, rarely accept “no comment” and pounce on them for mistakes. Congressmen hide from their constituents and threaten questioners with arrest.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The reason Trump hasn't been marched out of the White House is that over 70% of the country self-reports as "living comfortably" or "doing okay" and we are a deeply selfish citizenry. Most of the country won't do anything until they are personally ruined.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Never even a foul, let alone a yellow card.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At Indiana State Prison, a unique program allows men with good conduct—including those on death row—to care for nearly 50 rescued cats. Supported by Fried's Cat Shelter, the initiative provides companionship, reduces prison conflicts, and gives inmates a sense of responsibility.
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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I missed the beginning of Schmetzer’s availability, but we’re jumping in now.
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Wasatch Soccer Sentinel @wasatch.soccer · 24/09/2026
We can't keep doing this, can we? @matthew-montgomery.com gets personal talking about RSL's loss. www.wasatch.soccer/post/2026-09-24/…
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Plummeting RSL find seventh loss in eight games; Seattle wins 2-0
We can't keep doing this, can we?
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/09/2026
This, for people who don't follow US soccer, is the coach of the Seattle Sounders donating to the GoFundMe of the fields director at Starfire Sports (where the Sounders used to train), who was just abducted by ICE.
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Tom Glanz @tomglanz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The gall of the Seattle Times still trying to drum up subs at the @soundersfc.com match the week they cancel coverage. #YHGTBFKM
Seattle times booth at the Sounders match. The man looks very sheepish
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey. Take a minute and make sure you are supporting independent soccer journalism in Seattle, would ya? Pass it on.
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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Niko hitting the right notes, as usual.
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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m tired of our justice system being predicated on the idea that people are innocent until they run out of money
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