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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
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Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social Football/soccer for The Athletic. Posting article links here, but only having arguments on twitter.
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Pablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social Soccer reporter at The Guardian. Photographer, washed-up mechanic, total jerk.
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Jon Arnold @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social Soccer writer @usatodaysports.usatoday.com. Eternally Getting CONCACAFed.
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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
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Yahoo Sports.
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15 World Cups (9m/6w), 99 WC qualifiers, 357 US caps (267m/90w), 25 MLS Cups.
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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
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Soccer columnist, The Guardian US.
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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.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
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Cesar Hernandez @cesarhfutbol.bsky.social 🇲🇽 fútbol, 🇺🇸 soccer, and more for ESPN.
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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/
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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/
James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social Freelance sports and football writer for the Morning Star newspaper, FotMob, World Soccer magazine, Guardian US, BBC, and the Soccer Times.
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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 |
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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.
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Neel Shelat @shelatneel.bsky.social Devotee of the religion of football
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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
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Albert Samaha @samaha.bsky.social journalist & author of “Concepcion” & “Never Ran, Never Will” / albertcsamaha@gmail.com / https://samaha.substack.com/
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Tom @tomvictor.bsky.social Deli sandwich enthusiast and occasional serious journalist. Mirror Football, 'What Would Jurgen Klopp Do?', things of that nature.
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com making a good soccer app for you called @futi.live
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social Political economist @ LSE, currently visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study | benjaminbraun.org
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.