Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026since 2021, not only is Nashville outperforming their xG by the fourth highest amount of any team, they've also conceded fewer goals than xGA by the most of any team in that time frame. so running extremely hot on both sides of the ball. 120
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026sure, whatever. going to need Ramirez be just as influential if not more than he was last week to make this game an entertaining watch 100
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026need a NWSL BaldELO to keep tabs on who the top bald is week-to-week 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026at 8 PM eastern, it's a real choose your own NWSL sicko journey with Louisville and Chicago playing at the same time 010
Reposted by Nate GilmanNate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026spent some time trying to understand why the Spirit have fallen off defensively from a great start. Things are improving, but I don't really know. It'd be great if they could figure it over the rest of the regular season before the games really count. www.preseasonstreams.com/down-the-str...preseasonstreams.comDown the StretchAssessing where the Washington Spirit stand as the end of the NWSL regular season draws closer. 1114
Reposted by Nate GilmanNate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026David Doudera has his visa and is in training and we might get to see if things actually look different on the field in Montreal with another new wing back. 021
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026my only contribution to Weezer discourse is that I once went to my local bar and they played the Blue Album start to finish and I drank an Oberon on a nice summer afternoon and had a good time. 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026spent some time trying to understand why the Spirit have fallen off defensively from a great start. Things are improving, but I don't really know. It'd be great if they could figure it over the rest of the regular season before the games really count. www.preseasonstreams.com/down-the-str...preseasonstreams.comDown the StretchAssessing where the Washington Spirit stand as the end of the NWSL regular season draws closer. 1114
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026David Doudera has his visa and is in training and we might get to see if things actually look different on the field in Montreal with another new wing back. 021
Reposted by Nate GilmanNate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026FC Cincinnati's transfer activity seems to be based on the idea that the wing backs are the problem, but after trying, and missing again and again maybe what they need from wing backs is the problem? www.preseasonstreams.com/lets-talk-ab...preseasonstreams.comLet's talk about wing backsExamining the central question underpinning much of FC Cincinnati's team building strategy: will the perfect wing back(s) make everything work again? 052
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026FC Cincinnati's transfer activity seems to be based on the idea that the wing backs are the problem, but after trying, and missing again and again maybe what they need from wing backs is the problem? www.preseasonstreams.com/lets-talk-ab...preseasonstreams.comLet's talk about wing backsExamining the central question underpinning much of FC Cincinnati's team building strategy: will the perfect wing back(s) make everything work again? 052
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If the MLS season ended today, six of the 11 worst defensive seasons by xGA in the @americansocceranalysis.com database (back through 2013) would've happened in 2026. What is going on? 150
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026hey @rodger.bsky.social, has this camera issue been a thing during football games? 000
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026a knock on effect of FC Cincinnati's spending on CBs and WBs is that team's first option to impact a game offensively off the bench is Tom Barlow - who has been good! - but isn't close to a game changer 200
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Stoked that @futi.live now offers even more ways to see how inept my preferred team has been on the ball in real time! (to be clear, I am having fun with the app, not watching the game) 051
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026also I still can't believe that, in the rush to Americanize European soccer team naming conventions, someone was like let's use Dynamo (the team usually funded by the Ministry of the Interior) 240
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Noonan dropping a striker to allow the midfield three to try to get the ball to Evander in the final third, rather than needing him to drop deep makes sense. 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026this MLS/NWSL double header is absolutely perfect (for me because I do not want to leave my apartment tonight) 030
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026hadn't seen much about Sanchez and honestly, it could be a lot worse! 120
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mehmeti should just go with the no show socks and be done with it 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Jordan Henderson? The player who hurt himself celebrating at the Azteca? 030
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026also not sure I've seen this framing before. famously a region that gets along great and has never had any problems, right!? 020
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026FC Cincinnati plays Houston on Saturday night, which means it's a good time to bring this video back to the surface. So much going on here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4vQ...youtube.com 000
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026didn't realize @mattdoyle.bsky.social was in Poch's ear (or in his email and responded for him) 151
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026what hero is standing behind Tom Cruise in the box wearing a Cincinnati hat of some kind? 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Cincinnati passing in the final third like a kid with an orange crayon on a paper placemat 040
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I see Angel City-Denver is fully in after dark mode 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026gonna need the Current to start winning some more games to avoid a Croix revenge game at Audi in the first round 001
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026tried the actual thing in but forgot to look sometimes but also DC just isn’t a very college attire wearing place. so playing with the premise a little bit, here’s something I do see every day: politically adjacent books that sound terrible stashed in little free libraries around town 230
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The closest comparable game in FCC history was the 2019 7-1 loss in Minnesota (-3.56 xGD). Last night was the team's worst offensive game by xG and third worst by xGA since joining MLS. 000
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026good morning. last night, FC Cincinnati put up its worst single game expected goal difference since joining MLS. 130
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026currently wondering if a team can get a 0 @futi.live match rating, and if so, how bad that be to watch 0112
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nwobodo’s red obviously changes everything, but I’m not so sure this team is a lottery ticket center back and another wing back away from really contending! 010
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026it hasn't been anything absolutely jaw dropping, but he's really good 000
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I know Cavan Sullivan has to dunk on my preferred MLS team at some point, but I'm hoping for a reprieve tonight. 130
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026hadn't fully appreciated the Stars' woes, which is saying something. The worst NWSL season ever per @americansocceranalysis.com data (from 2016) by almost 0.5 xGD/game. A chance to have the worst xG/game and xGA/game on record, too. Only 2016 Orlando's 0.72 xG/game is worse and there's still time. 181
Reposted by Nate GilmanNate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026FC Cincinnati made some signings! I dug into the kinds of players they've been, how that might fit into the team going forward, and what it says about how the #allforcincy front office views where they are in a competitive window - and what's to come www.preseasonstreams.com/new-faces/preseasonstreams.comNew FacesFC Cincinnati added some new faces to the squad over the summer transfer window. But do they change how competitive the Orange and Blue will be when it really matters in 2026? 131
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026FC Cincinnati made some signings! I dug into the kinds of players they've been, how that might fit into the team going forward, and what it says about how the #allforcincy front office views where they are in a competitive window - and what's to come www.preseasonstreams.com/new-faces/preseasonstreams.comNew FacesFC Cincinnati added some new faces to the squad over the summer transfer window. But do they change how competitive the Orange and Blue will be when it really matters in 2026? 131
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Washington, DC most similar. Been here long enough, I guess 120
Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just give Pop Watson the Heisman now. He's close enough to New York. 000
