Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social senior editor at the new republic and box-to-box midfielder @goldengoalmag.bsky.social
Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com ⚽️ for @us.theguardian.com / 🥁 for Secret Cities and myself / Signal: anabnos.11 / “There is still everything to play for, and forever to play it in.”
Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social ESPN writer, professional nerd. SP+. Author of three books (Study Hall, 50 Best* and Forward Progress). College football, soccer, tennis. Puma addiction.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BKvo23DyGppxvRifqFgwkUoflPLQX5wabjUDIV4qUZA/edit?usp=sharing
Jeff Carlisle @jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social Soccer reporter for ESPN.
Pablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social Soccer reporter at The Guardian. Photographer, washed-up mechanic, total jerk.
Writing about American soccer and all its weird, wild history.
Tips, comments or complaints: hello@pablomaurer.com !
David Gass @empiregass.bsky.social Founder & Host of @soccerwisehq.bsky.social
Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social ⚽️ MLS and USMNT Insider for The Athletic, CBS Sports Golazo Network, Soccerwise and more
Ben Wright @benwright.bsky.social ⚽️ @sixonefivesoccer.com
📝 @backheeled.com, @SoccerAmerica.bsky.social & http://MLSSoccer.com
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Ella Brockway @ellabrockway.bsky.social sports @us.theguardian.com • soccer talk @heyspirits.bsky.social • past things @washingtonpost.com @medillschool.bsky.social • #SeasIt
Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social Writes, edits, talks, creates, mostly about soccer. Drop a line whenever.
Joseph Lowery @joeclowery.bsky.social ⚽️ @backheeled.com
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🗣️ Total Soccer Show
Jack Lang @jacklang.bsky.social Football writer for The Athletic
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(j)Sam @revenueminuscosts.bsky.social daily Atlanta United coverage and podcast at FiveStripeFinal.com | somewhat daily MLS coverage for Major League Soccer soccer dot com | daily anxiety in various places 
Jon Arnold @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social Soccer writer @usatodaysports.usatoday.com. Eternally Getting CONCACAFed.
https://getconcacafed.substack.com/
Pardeep Cattry @pcattry.bsky.social soccer writer, CBS Sports | "If you haven't caught any of her writing ... I don't know what you're doing with your life" - Jimmy Conrad | New Yorker | she/her/hers
Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social Sports journalist
Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social Chief Football Writer, The i Paper
Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
Steven Goff @stevengoff.bsky.social ⚽️ writer.
Yahoo Sports.
Previously: The Washington Post.
15 World Cups (9m/6w), 99 WC qualifiers, 357 US caps (267m/90w), 25 MLS Cups.
National Soccer Hall of Fame.
NH ➡️ DMV
https://sports.yahoo.com/author/steven-goff/
Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social Author of The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts: https://splitrockbooks.com/book/9780593653876s
Senior lecturer, Marist University.
Soccer columnist, The Guardian US.
leanderalphabet.com
Sam Tighe @stighefootball.bsky.social ⚽️ writing & broadcasting with ESPN.
Quite often on the Sky Sports Transfer Talk podcast 🎙️
Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social Soccer guy with other interests, including Puerto Rico, history, and the fate of our democracy. Find me on SiriusXM and YouTube. If you want to make American soccer things, REACH OUT.
https://linktr.ee/davisjsn
Doug McIntyre @dougmcintyre.bsky.social Soccer reporter for FOX Sports
Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social Sports journalist. University Instructor. Car dancer.
Mama x 4. Happy Wife. Coffee drinker. Cat lover. Anti-oppression in sport. Bend it Like Beckham Scholar.
Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social Chief soccer correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Jack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social Spurs and England for The Athletic. VFTL podcast.
@liberopodcast.bsky.social
@jackpittbrookeathletic elsewhere
jpittbrooke@theathletic.com
Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social Senior ⚽ writer, The Athletic.
Tips, ideas, etc.:
hbushnell@theathletic.com
henrybushnell.03 on Signal
Richard Jolly @richjolly.bsky.social Senior Football Correspondent, the Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/author/richard-jolly
Cesar Hernandez @cesarhfutbol.bsky.social 🇲🇽 fútbol, 🇺🇸 soccer, and more for ESPN.
AYSO 677 all-star, runner-up for Pinetree Elementary's creative writing contest.
📍 San Diego
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Paul Tenorio @paultenorio.bsky.social Senior writer covering soccer for The Athletic. Author of The Messi Effect. AVAILABLE NOW! https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-messi-effect-9781250364173/
Felipe Cardenas @felipecardenas.bsky.social Senior Writer, The Athletic | The Athletic FC | CBS Sports Golazo Correspondent 📺 | IG: felipe_cardenas_sccr | @theathletic.bsky.social | @theathleticfc.bsky.social
Graham Ruthven @grahamruthven.bsky.social I write/talk about football • Total Soccer Show 🎙️ • Guardian/FotMob/The Athletic 📝 • The Soccer Dispatch 🗞️ • Fantasy UTD founder 📱
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Richard Wilson @hyfprw.bsky.social All things Balkan football - particularly Croatia and Slovenia. Writer. Talker as heard on BBC, TSN and other acronyms. Read my nonsense at https://hyfprw.substack.com/
SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social The official @SickosCommittee soccer/fútbol account. Follow us here as we Park the Bus and track all the Red Cards from around the world. Watching as many of the games no matter the league. All our Committee Links here - https://linktr.ee/sickoscommittee
Manuel Veth @manuelveth.bsky.social PhD King’s College London | Area Manager North America Transfermarkt | | Host and founder of the Bundesliga Gegenpressing Podcast |
Victoria 🇨🇦 / München 🇩🇪
Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social Prof and Historian of politics, gender, and pop culture esp fútbol in LatAm. Views expressed are my own. Co-host www.burnitalldownpod.com; anti-discrimination work with www.farenet.org; she/her, books on gender and sport: https://utpress.utexas.edu
Seth Vertelney @svertelney.bsky.social Soccer editor, @usatodaysports.usatoday.com. Gopher.
@anniempeterson.bsky.social @anniempeterson.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Women's Soccer and some other stuff for The Associated Press. she/her Protect Trans Kids
Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social Now: Scout for Crux Football, researcher/writer for Transfer Flow | Then: Pro Soccer Wire/USA TODAY Sports, Black & Red United, Filibuster, Plex Weather
Spirit/DCU coverage: https://green-line-soccer.ghost.io/
Dan Leydon @danleydon.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator / Designer
🌎 Clients: NIKE, Adidas, PGA Tour, MLS, WhatsApp, Topps, LFC, Coca Cola, ESPN, Red Bull, Gatorade, FC Bayern, Bundesliga
https://linktr.ee/danleydon
Albert Samaha @samaha.bsky.social journalist & author of “Concepcion” & “Never Ran, Never Will” / albertcsamaha@gmail.com / https://samaha.substack.com/
Aaron Moniz @amoniz.bsky.social Football fan, co-host and owner of @devilsitdpod.bsky.social. he/him 🍁
Simon @analyticf.pl 9 seasons, 2 top10k, 5 top20k, 8 top100k
RMTs for @dilksybab.bsky.social only
Football team ratings model: analytic.football
#FPL stuff here, non-FPL: @analytic.football
Simon @analytic.football Stat nerdery, #lufc and miscellany
Football team ratings model: analytic.football
I chat about FPL @analyticf.pl
Lucas Morefield @morefie.bsky.social STL | CPA & ⚽️ Data Enthusiast
Paul Johnson @paulrjohnson.net Data Scientist interested in causal inference, machine learning, and statistics | He/Him
Website: https://paulrjohnson.net
Github: https://github.com/paulj1989
Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com Data Visuals Journalist for Sport at The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andrew-beasley
Hamidreza Azizi @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group
http://linkedin.com/in/hamidreza-azizi-fp
Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social Soccer correspondent @theguardian.com
MLS Tuesdays @totalsoccershow.bsky.social
ROO-ter || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️🌈
American Soccer Analysis @americansocceranalysis.com Soccer nerds with spreadsheets and ggplot2. Data collection & analysis for soccer made or played in America. #USMNT #USWNT #NWSL #MLS #USL
Tony ElHabr @tonyelhabr.bsky.social data person, mostly #rstats and ⚽️
Tiotal Football @tiotalfootball.bsky.social 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
ian @ahandleforian.bsky.social Occasional soccer writer and frequent poster. Roldan apologist. Big Mariners guy.
The least essential voice in American soccer. The world’s foremost idiot.
Ben Griffis @begriffis.bsky.social ⚽️ Data Scientist, open for work | Past: Kolding IF 🇩🇰 & Loudoun United 🇺🇸 | Views my own | bengriffis.com & griffisanalysis.beehiiv.com
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social MRKT Insights/ Clean Sheet Capital / Everton moaning 
Ben Wylie @plottheball.com Using data to tell better stories about international sport at Plot the Ball
https://www.plottheball.com
ben@plottheball.com
Data journalist at Insurance Insider in my day job
https://www.insuranceinsider.com
ben.wylie@insuranceinsider.com
⚽️ Ryo 🇯🇵 @rbyryo.bsky.social J.League Scouting & Analysis 🇯🇵 ⚽️ @ "Shogun Soccer" newsletter!
Asian Football Analyst ✍🏼 for Hudl/StatsBomb & The Asian Game 🌏
Eliot McKinley @eliotmckinley.com Soccer nerdery at American Soccer Analysis and (occasionally) Massive Report. Throw-in aficionado. he/him
eliotmckinley.com
Sean Forman @sean-forman.com Sports Reference Prez & @baseball-reference.com & @fbref.com maker. Yoga, hiking, mcm, & art enthusiast.
Iowa to Philly.
devinpleuler @centralwinger.com Goalkeeper. he/him.
Adam Bate @ghostgoal.bsky.social Football journalist, Sky Sports
Nils Mackay @nilsmackay.bsky.social Data Science at Opta
Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc Kayaker, former college wrestler (Wheaton ‘10), foster/bio/adoptive dad, husband to the world’s best wife. Writer for The Outfield and American Soccer Analysis
Andy Rowlinson @numberstorm.bsky.social Data insights and creator of mplsoccer, a Python library for football viz.
Koen Vossen @koenvossen.bsky.social PySport / TeamTV / PyData Eindhoven
@pysport.org
Mike Imburgio @mimburgio.bsky.social @futiapp.bsky.social data guy | ⚽ data/scouting consultant | occasional @americansocceranalysis.com contributor
Amod Sahasrabudhe @amod35.bsky.social Data Scientist
former - Gemini Sports, United States Soccer Federation, Villarreal
Northeastern University
Charles William @opengoalcharles.bsky.social Data @ Charlotte FC
PySport @pysport.org 
@jaseziv.bsky.social @jaseziv.bsky.social Creator of various #rstats libraries including {worldfootballR}. Various analytical musings. Squiggle competitor. Views my own dontblamethedata.com | https://github.com/JaseZiv
Rob Suddaby @robsuddaby.bsky.social ⚽️📊📈 👨🏻💻 Football Data Insights Analyst @ FIFA (Freelance) • UEFA B Licence • Previously of Norwich City, Leicester City, The Information Lab and Vodafone • Views my own.
Jan Van Haaren @janvanhaaren.be ⚽️ Director of Football Intelligence at Club Brugge
👨🔬 Research Fellow at KU Leuven
🎮 Editor for EA Sports FC at EA Sports
👨🎓 Computer Science & Machine Learning
Ben Mayhew @experimental361.com Football analysis & visualisations with an EFL bias. Lapsed astrophysicist.
experimental361.com
Joris Bekkers @unravelsports.bsky.social Football Analytics Consultant from the Netherlands
PySport since 2023
U.S. Soccer Federation since 2018
AFC Bournemouth 2017
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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social mostly football ⚽️ sometimes psychometrics 📏 views are my own | en/fr 🇨🇦
https://6yardscreamers.netlify.app
FC Python @fcpython.bsky.social Football data tutorials, tools & content at http://fcpython.com
Paul Power @counterattack9.bsky.social 
Martin Eastwood @martineastwood.co.uk Somewhere in the middle of a Venn diagram of machine learning and football / soccer.
http://www.pena.lt/y/blog.html
Mark Carey @markcarey93.bsky.social Senior Data Analyst for The Athletic | Crucially, not Mark Carney
Dinesh Vatvani @dvatvani.bsky.social CDO @ https://ludonautics.com/
Former Head of Data Science @statsbomb.com
Can occasionally pass the Turing test
https://dvatvani.com
William Spearman @spearman.bsky.social ⚽️ analytics and climbing
James Yorke @jair1970.com soccer analytics with a glint in the eye, personal views here
work: Hudl, Data
prior: Statsbomb, Director of Football
Analysis, Product, Customer Success, Support, Site Editor. Also Soccer Analytics writing veteran, various inc The Ringer, ESPN
David Sumpter @soccermatics.bsky.social https://www.david-sumpter.com
Ray Hamill @rayhamill96.bsky.social Data Scientist, Football Watcher
Jesse Davis @jessejdavis.bsky.social Professor @ KU Leuven researching AI, machine learning, and sports. Co founder of runeasi
Pieter Robberechts @probberechts.bsky.social Postdoc @ KU Leuven • Machine Learning × Sports
Hugo Rios-Neto @hugoriosneto.bsky.social 
Matthias Kullowatz @mattyanselmo.bsky.social Data scientist, pickup sportsballer, founder of americansocceranalysis.com.
Ricardo Tavares @rjtavares.bsky.social Mostly interested in Football, Data and AI (for productivity, not art). From 🇵🇹
Sarah Rudd @srudd-src.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO @ src | ftbl, ex data @ Arsenal
Roberto Angioni @rangioni.bsky.social Football Data Scientist ⚽️📊
🇮🇹 living in 🇪🇸 via 🇩🇪
PhD, former astrophysicist 🪐
Avid gamer, ⚽️ and 🎾 fan
Opinions mine
Hayden Van Brewer @hvanbrewer.bsky.social ⚽️ Analytics 📊 Altijd Ajacied ✖️✖️✖️
🗣️ @thetransferflow.bsky.social
Arjun Balaraman @arjunb10.bsky.social Head of Analytics @ Atlanta United
Ethan Creagar @creagar.bsky.social Data Scientist @ Houston Dynamo
Karun Singh @karun1710.bsky.social Data Scientist @Arsenal
@aurelnz96.bsky.social @aurelnz96.bsky.social Senior data scientist working in sport
Oliver Hopkins @oliverhopkins.bsky.social Managing Editor at Opta Analyst
Written work: theanalyst.com/author/oliver-hopkins
Thom Harris @thom-harris.bsky.social Football Data Analyst for The Athletic ⚽️
brian mcdonnell @sixtwofourtwo.bsky.social A business analyst working with Stats Perform - fascinated by performance analysis, the smart(er) sports story & coaching (then, now, next)
Alexander Schram @alexanderschram.bsky.social I turn football data into insights on behalf of @pff-fc.bsky.social
Elliott Stapley @elliottstapley.bsky.social Head of Technical Scouting & Performance Analysis | ex dev @footballmanager