John Muller

Tutul for MLS commish imo

Some nights I think I should only start posting after the fourth pint

This sounds wild to me — doubt there’s any matchup where you’re better off pressing a goal kick than a deep throw in

My guy @unravelsports.bsky.social is living in the future

So just to be clear the FA rule is that Emi Martinez is strictly forbidden from promoting betting companies except for every time he puts on an Aston Villa shirt

I do think I’d probably prefer the coffin corner kickoff routine to the skyball one but it’s an interesting question which one is better

How can you not be romantic about soccer

They say MLS can’t compete with Europe’s elite but Miami has Inter’s name, Barcelona’s players, Real Madrid’s politics, PSG’s history and Man United’s dude in all those ads

Do they think people are signing a six-month lease in Foxborough to see Haiti vs. Scotland

Eyes emoji

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Mom's dad vibe coded crypto-based sports prediction markets, dad's dad was a transfer rumor influencer sponsored by Mohammed bin Salman

FIFA to allow cut-away TV commercials during 2026 World Cup ‘hydration breaks’ Matches at the 2026 World Cup will feature more TV ads than usual, with FIFA opening the door after instituting a blanket water break edict

FIFA will allow TV networks to cut to commercial breaks during the "hydration breaks" that will split up every half at the 2026 World Cup, sources tell @theathletic.com.

More on the rules and context:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

Fan recommendations mostly. Tried letting AI pick some but it sucked at it

My plan is to quietly slip MLS stuff into the Premier League emails until England is arguing about GAM-for-international-slot exchange rates

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Have they tried turning Erling Haaland off and back on again

Soccer nerds going to Sloan this week, I’ll see you here

Pitched a story on this at The Athletic a few years ago but I'm glad I didn't write it because I never could have come up with the poetry of "meat wall"

Some smart coach should come up with structures specifically designed to fix this, a weird new style of play involving positions

Started, going, etc.

Yeah I think that's about right. Three goals isn't a lot but it could easily swing the title race. I wouldn't leave that free money on the table if I were Pep

Get it launched — why long throw-ins into the penalty area are undervalued The long throw-in might not be the purists' choice but it is remarkably effective all the same

I think it's a wasted opportunity — when I looked at this a few years ago even ball-dominant teams like City were getting twice as much value out of throw-ins into the box

We've seen some of this in recent months and will get a lot more before June, but it's surreal this morning to look at the sports pages that were justifiably critical of previous World Cup hosts and see almost no mention that the U.S. spent the weekend bombing Iran

This is incredible stuff here.

Absolutely wild tweet from someone who watches CF Montreal every week

Bad teams have been much closer to optimal on set pieces than good teams for years but nobody copied them because they were bad teams

One thing this Premier League season has made clear is that soccer only copies up the table. A smaller team can openly exploit an edge for years before it catches on — even in the same league — but the minute a big team does it, everyone does

David Moyes says Manchester United must improve in a number of areas