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Getting in the weeds on #stlcitysc I like sports and jokes. I don’t claim any teams outside STL, most closely follow world soccer (top 5 leagues, MLS, DIII) and NBA. Play FPL, Fantasy🏀, ⚽️🏐irl
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Markanich brace to lose makes me feel insane. Is this a dream? Teuchert should’ve been subbed after the 2-1. Would’ve been nice to have a CB on the bench, even Wentzel, to avoid 75’+ Yaro. But not seeing out the lead is putrid. #AllForCITY

I don’t put much stock in Hochmann’s CITY opinions. Said our back four was “tried and true,” the one that gave up 63 in MLS last season. Made a hands/feet joke. I don’t know who those are for, but not for me.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

I might be team Alex Freeman for #USMNT

Activate the sleeper agent, Lutz!!

Tifo for the #MNUFC game

the attention is going to go to clayton and the central west end but the story is the north side and the ville and o'fallon / fairgrounds

Fucking hell… #AllForCITY

Thinking about the #AllForCITY subs last night, were there better options? This was the set up with a pretty fluid midfield 3. Ostrák, Horn, and Klauss needed to come off.

Need to get to the bottom of where along the line #AllForCITY is failing in player health. Is it training staff? Coach’s training plans? Sporting director standing pat with oft-injured players? Are the SD’s hands tied from higher up in the club? MLS?

#AllForCITY ticket link is working again.

Get ready for tonight! Ticket's are still available, though we are hearing people are having a hard time finding the SeatGeek listing. So, here is ours: pa.exchange/marketplace/... Password: OC25R1 See you tonight, STL!

Trying to armchair the XI for #AllForCITY tonight. #STLvOMA #USOC2025 My thinking is reverse engineer tonight based on wanting as strong a team as possible at home Sat. vs San Diego (who will make us chase the ball a lot).

CBS will air a U.S. Open Cup whiparound show on Golazo Network during Wednesday's games from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nine games across that window, all on Paramount+, with Pittsburgh-NYCFC also on CBS Sports Network.

*Some professional news*: After 7+ years, my time at The Athletic is coming to an end in June. I have dozens of great feature ideas & am eager to keep doing great work ahead of the World Cup and beyond. Somebody hire me! My DMs are open - please reach out, or find me at pablomaurer.com.

This Friday is Bandcamp Friday.

I’d be too much of a hipster and wouldn’t be able to have the same walkup as anyone else. People would mess with me by copying mine and it WOULD work and I’d be mad and have to find a new one

So stretching for the ball seems to rule out any potential for having control of the ball. Part of me wishes the VAR and AVAR would’ve watched Blackmon’s actions from just before the pass, but that’d have meant more time away from action. Good to know more about how these are called.

Not that City SC fans want to relive Hartel's goal being called off last week, but if you want to see the VAR discussion, it's the first case in this week's Video Review compilation. proreferees.com/2025/04/26/2...

Michael Salisbury has gotta be desperate for halftime lol. Ridiculous half for the ref in Newcastle-Ipswich

I’m going with Summer Xande as his nickname #AllForCITY 🍺🍋

New at The Watch: A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

late to this but my very caveman math MLS power ratings (g+, xPts, pts, etc. weighted and added up, it works pretty well i promise) have vancouver outpacing 2019 LAFC right now and I can't ever remember that happening for any team even this early in the season

Got through #AllForCITY #STLvVAN and my main takeaway is we aren’t getting shots on target in enough of the situations where we should. That’s not gonna show up in xG numbers.

Wish I had seen this sooner. I don’t think it should be considered instinctive if you have time to take a step then stretch for the ball. Purposeful, not instinctive or reactive for me