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"He has already had conversations with agents about players he is recruiting, including at the U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he was scouting last week." This may be my only "We have X at home" take about Chicago, but I want to see Chicago's U-20 star actually get coached/minutes.

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Chicago is currently -1.67 GD/MP, a league-worst so far. The good news, if there is any, is that they would only be the 4th league-worst Pts/MP if they lose the remaining 6 games, so they've got that going for them, which is nice.

Chicago can still have the league-worst GF/MP if they score 0 GF in the remaining 6 games or tie 2018 Washington with 1 GF. Chicago will need 2.75 GA/MP over the next 6 games to get the league-worst GA/MP compared to 2016 Boston Breakers' 2.35. They've had 4.00 GA/MP over the last 5 games.

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With some atrocious losses in the past 4 games, Chicago has now tied its league-worst 54 Goals Against (GA) with 6 games remaining. With a couple Goals For (GF) though, they no longer have the league-worst GF but are tied with 2016 Boston Breakers for 2nd worst.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Breaking: Quarter Black will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

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Breaking: Hep Alien will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Post your favorite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.

TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Road to 75 ⚽ NWSL · Hard · 4-4-2 · Casey Stoney 75 pts · Out in NWSL Championship 🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⚽ Kerr 14 🏅 Record Breakers · Goal Machine · Winning Machine 75points.americansocceranalysis.com

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Many thoughts and feelings about Dolly, but I will leave you with my most-used Dolly-related meme...

TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Road to 75 ⚽ NWSL · Hard · 4-4-2 · Rhian Wilkinson 75 pts · 🏆 NWSL Championship · IMMORTAL 👑 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩🟥🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨 ⚽ Wilson 24 🏅 Immortal · Record Breakers · Goal Machine 75points.americansocceranalysis.com

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As stated previously, Chicago is on the opposite trajectory of Gotham. Chicago used to have positive GD that has dropped dramatically since Free Agency and rebranding. Gotham/Sky Blue used to have negative GD that has risen dramatically since rebranding and Free Agency. bsky.app/profile/tomy...

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Chicago would need a Goal Differential (GD) of -20 over the next 10 games (or -2 per game) in order to "beat" the 2016 Boston Breakers' record of -1.65 from their current -1.50. With 13 pts, Chicago can't beat 2018 Sky Blue's 0.38 Pts/MP, but they could get second worst if they lose out this season.

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The Washington Spirit had a league-worst 0.50 Goals For per Match Played (GF/MP) in 2018. Chicago can "beat" that if they score 4 or fewer goals in their remaining 10 games. Boston Breakers still hold the record for worst GA/MP at 2.35, which would take 32 more GA in 10 games, or 3.2 per game.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Let's see just how bad Chicago has been doing: With just 10 games remaining, Chicago only has 9 Goals For (GF). If they score 3 or fewer goals, they will have a league-worst GF, just one season after a league-worst 54 Goals Against (GA).

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Prior to Gotham's rebrand, they only had 1 season (inaugural) with positive GD. Since, only 1 season with negative GD (2022), which was prior to Free Agency. Prior to Free Agency, Chicago only had 1 season (inaugural) with negative GD. Since, 0 seasons with positive GD, with worst 2 since rebrand.

TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A Tale of Two Clubs: Two teams were dragged for poor off-field conditions, changed ownership and GM, rebranded, and had to navigate Free Agency. One club has lost significantly more Stars (*cough*) than it has gained. One has more stars than it can seemingly afford. bsky.app/profile/tomy...

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'll give you 3 guesses as to which one of these 3 members of ZZ Top was named Frank BEARD...

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

After 7+ years of supporting the Chicago [Red] Stars, I was THIS CLOSE to picking another NWSL team to watch/support while I wait for MN Aurora to eventually join the NWSL, but now I'll have to keep watching Chicago for at least a couple more games...

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Time to update this photo for US Soccer

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Road to 75 ⚽ NWSL · Easy · 4-3-3 · Mark Parsons 84 pts · 🏆 NWSL Championship · IMMORTAL 👑 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⚽ Biyendolo 30 🏅 Immortal · Record Breakers · Goal Machine 75points.americansocceranalysis.com

Triple Espresso with Lavelle and Dunn with Biyendolo on the bench and only pulled off a 67 smh

Road to 75 ⚽ NWSL · Easy · 4-3-3 · Vlatko Andonovski 79 pts · 🏆 NWSL Championship · IMMORTAL 👑 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 ⚽ Banda 22 🏅 Immortal · Record Breakers · Goal Machine 75points.americansocceranalysis.com

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Let me put this another way: - As soon as players (initially, just veteran players) had free agency, Chicago immediately went from consistent playoff team to last place. - Ever since the rebrand, Chicago is more in the Red than celebrating Stars.

TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a number of stats, Chicago is on its way to its worst season ever: - worst GD - worst Pts/MP - worst GF/MP (by a LOT!) - worst GD/MP (by a LOT!) [baseline stats from @fbref.com]

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*Aaron Burr voice*: Okay, so we're doing this

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

FBRef comparison of Chacón and Johnson at Chicago:

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

On the one hand, Chicago needs to make big moves in general. On the other hand, maybe we should try giving our goals scorers more that 10 minutes of garbage time.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Even without counting the goals of every team's top scorer, every NWSL team would have more goals than Chicago has *with* their top scorer:

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My take on England's loss: In order to win, you need to score more goals than the other team. Maybe they should have brought someone along on their roster who has won awards for scoring the most goals in an international tournament...

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember the '97 classic NFL Blitz where wrestling-style fouls were not only allowed but encouraged? We should have a soccer version of that. But as a video game, not a WC semifinal.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I chose the possible Holy Grail for Donovan. This is how Indiana Jones should pick a Holy Grail.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

There was a moment in the US-Belgium game where Poch made the "are you not entertained" arm motion, and I am a little surprised it hasn't already been GIFed by @andre-carlisle.bsky.social

Shown differently with a box-and-whisker plot, the variability of each team's Pts/MP is much higher in the NWSL than it is in WSL or Liga F.

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Others say "parity" to mean that, while a team may be great or horrible one year, they can be very different the next. See how the ranking of Pts/MP changes consistently for most teams in NWSL, whereas that varies less in Liga F and much less in WSL.

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When some say "parity" for sports, they mean that in a given season, the top teams are not significantly better than the bottom teams. See how few teams in NWSL have had >2.0 or <1.0 Pts/MP vs consistent highs and lows in WSL and Liga F.

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To show this differently, standard deviation is just the typical distance that datapoints are from the average (mean) of those data points. Here are the Pts/MP for the past 5 completed seasons for NWSL, WSL, and Liga F. You can see how tightly clumped NWSL is vs the other two.

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The standard deviation of Pts/MP is even higher in WSL than Liga F, both of which are significantly higher than NWSL.

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