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Front office theory & soccer metaphysics at AbsoluteUnit.Substack.com History of soccer blogging podcast at postscriptpod.substack.com Players are not bought and sold. They buy and sell. Money and media are public and boundless. Atlanta, GA
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So, about those anonymous soccer analysts Minnesota are working with... www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/3/1/american-soccer-analysis-announce-minnesota-united-fc-as-analytics-consulting-client

Always such a pleasure to chat with our brilliant friend and colleague @raulcarrillo.bsky.social. In this episode, we discuss his important new work on the dangers of private shadow money in the multi-billion dollar gaming industry.

MotL 77 is live! 🗣️ ✨ Gaming Money w/ @raulcarrillo.bsky.social ✨ moneyontheleft.org/2025/03/02/g... We explore how companies like Roblox are not only harming gamers but issuing “shadow money,” evading banking regulations meant to prevent structural problems. Transcript forthcoming!

How to do ESPN halftime punditry 1-0: The difference is they’ve just shown that extra bit of quality in the final third. Blowout: they’re really showing that extra bit of quality in the final third Scoreless: The question is which team is going to find that extra bit of quality in the final third

g+ GameFlow: MLS Regular Season Charlotte FC v Atlanta United FC on March 01, 2025. #CLTvATL ⚽️🤖

Think you cash trade Miranchuk somewhere— take loss (stack GAM?), trade for Gressel (occupies DP spot until you sign a bombshell in the summer if you decide you need it). Almiron to #10. Amador comes back in and you’re rolling.

“Hey Hey, My My” is basically a perfect 10/10 s-tier song and then he adds on the third verse and it does the most literal expository uncool thing. I’m always like singing along absolutely jamming out and then *frowning* “The king is gone but he’s not forgotten. This is story of Johnny Rotten”

In general whenever someone is put in charge of something and their express mission becomes the destruction of the thing, you should assume bad faith, foreign asset, organized crime, Bond villain global destruction, things of this nature. The plot of the movie Major League at the absolute minimum.

I wrote about Gene Hackman.

The state has been captured and is being stripped for parts, folks. www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...

this didn't make it in the column, but I figured I'd let y'all have it as a treat (Miguel can still make you look real dumb real quick)

Let’s get this done Hendo

What happened in the 2nd half of ATL-Montreal to remove all the constant pressure Atlanta had them under all first half?

“Coaches cannot pretend to control the game — luckily for the game.”

This is the point that always gets elided. Money creation is often presented as something zero sum and exogenous as a way to limit its politicization—as banks extending loans or as taxes funding spending—but the job of critique is not to take the bait.

Let’s get this done Hendo

❤️ when wingers can do two or more things ❤️

g+ GameFlow: MLS Regular Season Atlanta United FC v CF Montréal on February 22, 2025. #ATLvMTL ⚽️🤖

Oh nice, guess I won’t be using the mls app this season? Lol

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There are American soccer fans out there who learn everything there is to know about Keegan Rosenberg, Justin Glad, and John Gallagher if you just force them to draft these players in the 14th round of their fantasy drafts

MLS would do well to recognize that for most (maybe all) sports, the broadcasts themselves are mostly just lore until the playoffs. The main event is where the fans pretend to run their own sports teams… in video games, fantasy sports, podcasts, discords… all day long in class and at work.

Gregg out

Late to the SNL concert but that was lovely (minus Jelly Roll basically). Crazy the kinda power Lorne has to require some of the best songs of the last 50 years be played at his party.

I wrote about this in 2019, am surprised it took this long to get here. The whole show-me-the-gold routine came from Peter Boehringer, now an AfD delegate in the Bundestag. www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...

Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.

Atl utd preview: Firepower (and coach risk) similar to 2019, little worse at the back(?) 1-2 moves away (intra-league even?) from 2018 firepower Goalkeeper variance will matter: really good year or really bad year? Would feel cup-lifty-ish if final form was a 3-5-2 without Brooks Lennon

In this now-classic episode, Jakob Feinig joins us to discuss the history of political organizing and activism surrounding money in the United States, from the pre-Revolutionary period to the New Deal era. Our conversation is more relevant than ever.

The Cash For Player mechanism is working in MLS but in more ways than one. I mused deeper on FAM into how MLS’ new transfer system is facilitating player movement and injecting GAM into our MLS ecosystem.

If you use T-Mobile you should go claim your free MLS Season Pass today. Sorry there's no way to tweet that without sounding like someone paid me Fabrizio money, I just want you to watch soccer for free

Previews are back for day 6: @beninquiring.bsky.social talks the Tragedy of Darth Armas the Wise, and the Red Bulls. @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc chats about the Looooooons www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/2/...