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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week, I joined with some @sbnation.bsky.social colleagues on the @bigblueview.bsky.social media team in Coach Coughlin’s pushupathon benefit for the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation. The Jay Fund brings awareness and resources in the fight against pediatric cancer. So many pushups!

Alicia flexing her muscles after doing a ton of pushups.

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Maybe the hubris of FIFA this time will catch u—*sent to some black site for eternity*

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Alessandro Acquistapace-Volpe @acquistapace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

You may have heard of a mess going on around Italy’s men’s National soccer team. Well, let’s try to unpack it, bc it’s very easy to see it as a matter of “respected soccer figures’ desire to bring in Change slowed down by internal politicking” and that’s not totally what happened

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mirkobolesan.bsky.social @mirkobolesan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I love football

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I agree that Netflix’s English-language scripted programming is increasingly lackluster — they seem to have produced all those shows to be background noise and the proof is in the crap product. But Netflix is the best of the mass streamers with quality foreign-language scripted content, by a lot.

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It’s very funny that Tour de France coverage is talking up Remco’s stage win the other day, when Pogacar did everything short of actively braking to not beat Remco at the line

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

when the cdc didn't care and the federal government attacked them, remember that taco bell stood with the people

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ok, I may be ready to admit Mbappe’s refusal to defend may be costing his team a World Cup here

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is really damning. There are so many people with MLS knowledge, internally and externally, and most of them (us) are being told “We’ve got this,” but uh, do you?

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Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Put on Fox to hear a take that rain neutralizes altitude, which is a new one

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I’m pretty much convinced at this point that the main contingent of people who didn’t want the World Cup to expand are those from traditional powers, using the excuse of it “watering down” the competition when the real issue is a fear of getting exposed, which, I mean, lol

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I stopped watching Bake Off over Mexico week, it’s personal now 😤

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Dr. Twink, Microplastic Surgeon @subtlebeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Just told my kid about the time Nancy Kerrigan got kneecapped at Joe Louis Arena and it really is one of the wildest sports stories of all time.

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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Secret Base @secretbase.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

all the top comments on this are "it was actually great," implying we have far more Uruguayan viewers than we knew www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-P...

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The worst World Cup ball ever

YouTube video by Secret Base

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Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The only two Ivorians he named were Pepe & Doue, in the 9th & 18th minutes. And then he did not name another Ivorian player the entire rest of the broadcast.

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Ryan Rosenblatt @ryanrosenblatt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The FOX halftime show only mentioned one Japan player by name, the goal scorer, and made no mention of anything they did in the first half other than score a goal. If you didn't know any better, you'd think Brazil were playing against NPCs who had no impact on the game.

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Once you hear Ian Darke sounding like Matt Berry you can’t unhear it. He somehow makes Panama 5 syllables at times. I would love to see someone do a supercut of all the Berryesque pronunciations Darke pulls out in a game

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Derek remains the GOAT announcer and his work this World Cup has been excellent, as ever.

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 27/06/2026

CABO VERDE 🇨🇻

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Bill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

i wrote about finally leaving the giants behind: sundownmotel.ghost.io/quitting-the...

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Fully divested

Ending a fandom, acrimoniously.

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What is momentum, really? Is it a state of being? A physical transformation? Is it inertia, or its opposite? In this essay, I will

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

He’s not really charismatic. People are mentioning all his endorsements, and they’re all commercials for like power tools and him saying in a monotone voiceover “Preparation is about drilling myself to be the best [power drill noise buzzes while he kicks a free kick into an empty net in the dark].”

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Based on the new Times article laying her M.O. bare, it’s obvious Russini is a “Literally all of my friends are guys, so random hahahaha” girly

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Penalties are a historic weakness for him, announcers clearly don’t know crap

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I genuinely think Curaçao has a good chance in this game

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Sweden doing the old “troll ourselves by scoring an offside goal with our entire team standing behind the defense on a set piece” trick

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Still can’t believe Pochettino is wearing fkn pajamas on the sideline for a World Cup, hilarious

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Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Pochettino dresses like a man who was just told he had to go to a school event tonight and what he was wearing wasn't nice enough

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I think Thierry Henry is a great TV studio analyst, but his “Cristiano Ronaldo is so selfish that he cost his team a game, look at this right here” is not nearly as mind-blowing as the viral response to the clip would suggest

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Every season Angel City acquires another seven forwards, I don’t know how but they just do

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Announcers have been doing the Asian version of “Power and pace” dog whistles for Japan all game: “They’re so short but they are so smart”

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Darke just pronounced “Nicaragua” like Matt Berry says “Tucson.”

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I am depressed about the World Cup for many reasons

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Obviously. You know Vollering has been planning this moment since the TdF debacle with her old team two years ago

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I guess this beat out UPDOG as the slogan

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

You just know it smells crazy in there

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Pochettino doing yay/nay emails to players for the USMNT roster is wild, in part because that means U.S. Soccer missed out on “Congratulations!” video calls, which is a content gold mine. That shouldn’t be the only reason to do it but if you want to drive hype for a home World Cup, that stuff plays

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

One of my favorite things in baseball is overweight middle relievers with terrible mechanics who do this stuff, it’s endlessly entertaining to see them try to redass their way into strikeouts

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2026

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trying To Draw Foul While Shooting Free Throw

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Alicia Rodriguez @soccermusings.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Head of Teeth obviously getting the attention here but the jumble of “Waken” products just floating on the AI guy’s arms while they are crossed is also just so utterly stupid

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