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Ranting Soccer Dad blog and podcast
- My rebuttal to the dudes claiming Katie Nolan used “alternative facts” about WNBAESPN’s Katie Nolan recently argued that WNBA players are underpaid. Now, you could argue that they aren’t, given the WNBA’s inability to bring in a lot of revenue. That’s a discussion worth having. This rebuttal […]
- Exciting news and a meditation on the mercy ruleI’ve been lucky in recent years to write for a publication I’ve long loved, The Guardian. Now I’m lucky again to write for a second publication that sustained the small U.S. soccer community in the […]
- RSD podcast: How the ref shortage makes things a little amusingIf I sound out of breath, it’s because I reffed six games this weekend.
- NPSL turnover and why we need youth clubs to build up, not vice versaStop what you’re doing and read the excellent SocTakes analysis of turnover in the NPSL. … Are you back? OK. If you’ve followed lower division soccer over the years, you know this isn’t a recent […]
- NSR (Non-Soccer Rant): Why the Caps’ Cup means so muchYou don’t know what this means. How could you? Unless you’ve lived in metro D.C. for a while, you can’t know. You might think you know about basic sports ineptitude. Cleveland gets that, as do […]
- A Recreational/Most Travel Soccer Manifesto (updated)A couple of years ago, I wrote a Recreational Soccer Manifesto for SoccerWire. At the time, I was focused more on the younger age groups, having just written Single-Digit Soccer, and I was pushing the idea of […]
- U.S. Open Cup qualifiers: Which leagues fared the best?The U.S. adult (not pro, but maybe not amateur) league system is in flux, with tons of teams joining the suddenly sprawling UPSL and other leagues taking steps toward greater recognition. So with that in […]
- RSD short: Funny stories from youth soccer, then less funny news on USSF and NASLA few texts for today’s podcast: About the “Play/Practice/Play” model of coaching About buildout lines Mike Woitalla interview with UnSocCo’s Ian Barker Compass Football (Jason Davis, Nipun Chopra) summing up NASL response to previous episode […]
- Referee diary: Unexpected tripleheader and an unbelievable goalMonday morning My body is yelling at me as I sit in front of a lower cabinet, scrounging for first aid supplies. An ankle wrap and some tape for the “Compression” part of the “RICE” […]
- NWSL’s leadership void compounds hurricane damageOn Monday, Campbell University and Coastal Carolina University agreed to move their football game from Saturday to Wednesday and play it at Campbell instead of Coastal Carolina, a brief sojourn for Chanticleers fans. (Coastal Carolina […]
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