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B.A.: Duke (philosophy, music) • The Chronicle

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Ranting Soccer Dad blog and podcast

  • U.S. Soccer: The game is not the same
    Let’s skip the intro and get right into it … You may want to refer to the original, because this is a paragraph-by-paragraph response. Miki Turner has done some of the screenshots already, so expect to see his Tweets throughout … POINT 1: The games are different. Paragraph 1: U.S. Soccer denies the remaining allegations… Read More
  • Any defense for USA’s World Cup roster?
    At the Total Soccer Show, Daryl Grove and Taylor Rockwell seem worried. At The Guardian, Caitlin Murray seems slightly skeptical. At The Equalizer (paid content), Chelsey Bush laments the absence of Casey Short. At Soccer America, Paul Kennedy sees a couple of surprises. At Twitter … no, I’m not going there. I’m probably less worried… Read More
  • The college bribery case and accused soccer coaches
    Thanks a lot, Twitter, for sending me down another rabbit hole. I could be working on any number of things, including my transitions from guitar to keyboard and vice versa on the Better Than Ezra classic Good. (If you want to know where we’re performing, let me know.) If you don’t know of the women’s… Read More
  • Bribery scandal’s lesson: Athletes get free passes (also, MIT is a jock school?)
    Being a parent opens your eyes to a few things. You realize how far the USA lags behind other countries in family leave and child care, which is a grossly unfair burden in particular on moms who want to work. You see that youth sports are fun up through, say, age 8, and the whole… Read More
  • Welcome, drive-by pundits. Can we introduce you to the NWSL?
    I’ll toss this into the “maybe tying pay to revenue isn’t such a good idea” argument, and please don’t take one part out of context … Over the past week, per the daily Soccer America newsletter, eight MLS games and one CONCACAF game had better attendance than the WNT’s game in Tampa. What does this… Read More
  • U.S. women’s soccer team v U.S. Soccer. Please let somebody win
    I’ll need to start with disclaimers, for some people in the women’s soccer community have sharp knives and blurred vision, and some people think saying, “Hey, that point you made won’t stand up in court” is the work of a misogynistic craptastic devil in a Belly T-shirt. So let’s start: DISCLAIMERS 1. The point of… Read More
  • A dual thought experiment: 1993 players in 2019 and vice versa
    In my conversation with Dan Loney, we somehow wound up talking about the Colorado Foxes and the old APSL/A-League. Dan made the case that if the 1993 Foxes played in MLS, they would eventually fall off the pace because of a lack of depth and resources, but they would win until that happens. So that… Read More
  • RSD 2-7-19: Dan Loney and I don’t talk about promotion/relegation
    Dan Loney and I have three things in common. First, we’re parents. Second, we have a goofy sense of humor. Third, we’re on the Enemies List of people who push promotion/relegation as The Big Issue That Will Save U.S. Soccer and Make Us A Consistent Global Power. The funny thing is that Dan, unlike most… Read More
  • Coaching education through the years
    This post goes with a short presentation I’m doing at the NSCAA — I mean, United Soccer Coaches (snappy short title to come, but I’m going to say UniSoc here) — convention for the Society for American Soccer History, an organization that has caught fire in the past three years or so. 1941: National Soccer… Read More
  • That time MLS (and many others) was sued for $50 million
    A bit of hilarity from the California court system … In 2014, one James C. Maxey sued Major League Soccer, alleging a conspiracy that involved “John Does 1-1999.” It’s hard to say exactly what Maxey claimed MLS did. He says he was injured on Sept. 11, 2001, and that the injuries were caused by “George… Read More
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