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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

rewatching cincinnati vs. atlanta from Saturday night and I can't stop watching Lucas Hoyos' mullet

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

an excellent bounce off the back of the net there on the goal from everyone's favorite Finn Robert Taylor

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

it does not appear that FC Cincinnati's two new wing backs have solved their issues, but the pressure and counter pressure (without Evander) has been promising.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One of those days for the USWNT

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

has anyone asked the pope about Vlatko yet?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

man, I miss pressing data (and other stuff) on fbref

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Andrei Chirila has already played the second most minutes of any 17-year-old center back in MLS since 2000 and has been just slightly below average. He could be really, really, really good.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

not important, but I'm sitting here wondering if Boston does move her in league at a future date, is it 20% of whatever NWSL allocation money mechanism is used then?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I should've written used, not cited

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

assuming this is just another post citing @eliotmckinley.com's survey without actual attribution than anything new

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Andrei Chirila has already played the second most minutes of any 17-year-old center back in MLS since 2000 and has been just slightly below average. He could be really, really, really good.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

FC Cincinnati has gotten quality play out of some young players in 2026. Come to read about the One Weird Thing that Dado Valenzuela does that puts teammates in better situations and stay for Andrei Chirila's legitimately unprecedented season for a 17 y/o. www.preseasonstreams.com/building-blo...

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Building Blocks

In which I talk myself into Dado Valenzuela the midfielder, praise Kenji Mboma Dem, and dream about what Andrei Chirila might become anchoring the Orange and Blue's backline.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

anytime you have the opportunity to host a matchup between the 686th and 425th best teams in college football, you just have to do it

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I'm Peter Vermes and this is the Civilization II game I've had running since I played for Sporting Kansas City"

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

upon further review, Paderborn seem to have announced the "US tour" a week ago, arrived on Friday, and leave tomorrow. also Darmstadt are in San Antonio?!

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the weirdest thing to me is the Paderborn of it all. Maybe a 2.Bundesliga team decided to fly to the states for a camp during the international break, but that seems pretty unlikely.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

forgive me if I missed this previously, but why is this game even happening?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just wait til City applies some slurp juices to their books

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prince was really good last night

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

happy Oktoberfest in America to all who celebrate

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

second biggest defensive over performance since '21 but only 54/173 in offensive over performance

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

since 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.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Evander dropping deep to get the ball and then pinging a pass directly into an opponent setting up a counter is getting a little old

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

sure, whatever. going to need Ramirez be just as influential if not more than he was last week to make this game an entertaining watch

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

need a NWSL BaldELO to keep tabs on who the top bald is week-to-week

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

this tells me they're winning the ball back more quickly in 2026. curious about the with and without Croix splits, though

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

at 8 PM eastern, it's a real choose your own NWSL sicko journey with Louisville and Chicago playing at the same time

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

32 oz hydroflask at home, 32 oz Nalgene outside. ounces make pounds.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

spent 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...

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Down the Stretch

Assessing where the Washington Spirit stand as the end of the NWSL regular season draws closer.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

at least he's not another wing back

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Harry Kane, Cleveland Brown, might be the objectively funniest outcome

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

David 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.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

my 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.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

preseasonstreams.com

Down the Stretch

Assessing where the Washington Spirit stand as the end of the NWSL regular season draws closer.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

David 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.

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

had pretty much totally missed this somehow

angel city's rolling non penalty expected goals difference in 2026

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FC 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...

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Let's talk about wing backs

Examining the central question underpinning much of FC Cincinnati's team building strategy: will the perfect wing back(s) make everything work again?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

preseasonstreams.com

Let's talk about wing backs

Examining the central question underpinning much of FC Cincinnati's team building strategy: will the perfect wing back(s) make everything work again?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

grown home players for short

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

brb staging an intervention for myself

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If 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?

six of the worst twelve seasons by expected goals against in MLS since 2013 are occurring in 2026

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

hey @rodger.bsky.social, has this camera issue been a thing during football games?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

watchin' the nwsl on the worldwide leader

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

turns out wing back Bryan Ramirez was the game changer they needed in the attacking half tonight. so maybe he should just get some more run instead of signing other, new wing backs?

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a 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

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Nate Gilman @nrgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stoked 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)

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