Matthew Doyle

Matthew Doyle

@mattdoyle.bsky.social

“If something on the internet doesn’t spark joy, mute it.” All views are mine and should be yours. Chaotic good tbh. Buying Things Is Optional TacticsFreeZone.com

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Matthew Doyle
@mattdoyle.bsky.social

I'm a quarter Arab and am pretty sure I'm the front-runner for the Nobel Prize in MLS blogging.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Pablo Maurer
@mlsist.bsky.social

I helped make a killer social video that includes Henry's extended answer to this question - unfortunately, MLS wanted literal thousands of dollars for the right to use the footage of Miller's free kick from 2012, so... we'll leave it there for now. I tried!

Pablo Maurer@mlsist.bsky.social

Them: "Ok, great Pablo, you've got time with Thierry Henry! You can ask him anything you want about UCL, CBS, global football - all of it." Me:

Matthew Doyle
@mattdoyle.bsky.social

that's the way offsides have been officiated for a decade. You wait until the play unfolds if it's close, then make the call on the field and it goes to video review. So if he flagged it early and was wrong, he doesn't disallow a good goal. bsky.app/profile/subo...

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Matthew Doyle
@mattdoyle.bsky.social

I've barely paid any attention to hockey this year and just opened up hockey-reference for the first time since May and... holy shit is Connor McDavid having the best season in NHL history?

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David Beffert
@dbeffert.bsky.social

An important reminder that Gavin was holding back the club with his insistence that Portland couldn’t sustain an academy. Finally starting to move away from that mindset. #RCTID

Joseph Lowery@joeclowery.bsky.social

Eric Izoita (19yo, Portland Timbers homegrown) picked up two assists against Charlotte FC last night — and both came via his weaker right foot. Kid is a player. Really good work from Marti Cifuentes to integrate him into the 1st team. December camp? 🇺🇸

Matthew Doyle
@mattdoyle.bsky.social

if CFG are forced to sell City they should turn right around and buy United

James Nalton@jdnalton.bsky.social

Man United with one of the worst ownership combos: American capitalists piling debt onto the club and a right-wing British billionaire out of his depth.

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Ben 🔔🧛‍♂️🎃🦇🍬
@beninquiring.bsky.social

Matt Wells do a normal lineup Clausura 2026 Challenge

Burgundy Wave@burgundywave.bsky.social

Colorado Rapids lineup vs Vancouver: Hansen Thompson-Holding-Cobb-Navarro Frederick-Ojediran-Atencio Aaronson-Whittaker-Minoungou Bench: Rosenberry, Yapi, KDP, Travis, Beaudry, Harris, Phillip, Williams, Abu Farkhi. Oli Larraz starts in his return to DSGP.

Matthew Doyle
@mattdoyle.bsky.social

Dallas: *concede an open shot from 3 yards on a bullshit cross, get bailed out by an incredible Daniel save* Phil Neville: “Dallas are the best box defending team I’ve seen in The MLS.”

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MLS Communications
@mls-pr.bsky.social

With his goal this afternoon to help clinch the Supporters’ Shield, Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar became the first player in MLS history to produce at least 25 goal contributions in five different seasons.

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Jamon M - MLS and footy analysis
@jamonm.bsky.social

Friday Stat Dump: Goals from Progressed Play Sequences I said I would do a deep dive on St. Louis City and the reason behind their record-setting 21-game unbeaten streak. In the meantime, they won the US Open Cup. Recommended reading from @backheeled.com: www.backheeled.com/how-yoann-da...

backheeled.comInside the mind of Yoann Damet, the manager leading record-breaking St. Louis City: "I want us to be relentless"Here's how the youngest coach in MLS is having unprecedented success in his debut season.

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Tom Bogert
@tombogert.bsky.social

A weird era of restricted MLS involvement in the U.S. Open Cup ended this year, with all 27 American MLS teams back in USOC next year On the future and why, for once, short-term financial incentives must be secondary to preserving a historic competition www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

nytimes.comOn heels of spirited final, U.S. Open Cup’s future can become more robust (Gift Article)With all U.S.-based MLS teams set to participate once again, the U.S. Open Cup's once-murky outlook is clearing up

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Tom Bogert
@tombogert.bsky.social

On St. Louis City's first-ever trophy, in a competition the city has rich history in. The traveling support showed up in a big way for the big moment. “The fans were amazing,” Yoann Damet said. “Memories I’ll keep with me for the rest of my life.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

nytimes.comThe ‘spirit of St. Louis’ shines through to cement Open Cup title, special U.S. soccer scene (Gift Article)St. Louis City's U.S. Open Cup triumph was a landmark moment for the club and a reminder of what this competition can conjure

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Tom Bogert
@tombogert.bsky.social

Yoann Damet, the youngest head coach in MLS, led St. Louis City to a league record unbeaten run & is preparing for the U.S. Open Cup final. Damet bet on himself the last two decades. It paid off. “When that opportunity comes, you have to do it your way.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/769...

nytimes.comMLS’s youngest coach and the twists of fate that shaped St. Louis City’s trophy push (Gift Article)Yoann Damet, 36, has his record-setting club in the U.S. Open Cup final, in a setting that brings his blossoming career full-circle

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Eliot McKinley
@eliotmckinley.com

Taha Habroune has scored in every game he's played since Doyle put him as #23 on his 22 under 22 list. #Crew96

Matthew Doyle@mattdoyle.bsky.social

Here's my vote for this year's 22 Under 22 list. It's a hard one given there's more young talent in MLS than ever before, and that's even with a handful of elite prospects getting sold this summer. tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/my-2026-22-u...

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Tom Scocca
@tomscocca.bsky.social

What this piece says—and then derangedly refuses to hear itself saying!!—is that seniors spend less money because the American work force got its stable, guaranteed pensions taken away and replaced with personal investment savings. And then it wonders why they're risk-averse with the money!

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

The third piece I’ve read in as many days “concerned” that Americans are ”sitting on capital” that needs to be “freed up”. www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

theatlantic.comAmericans Aren’t Spending Their Retirement SavingsBucket lists everywhere are suffering.