Jeff Rueter

Jeff Rueter

@jeffrueter.bsky.social

Soccer correspondent @theguardian.com MLS Tuesdays @totalsoccershow.bsky.social ROO-ter || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️‍🌈

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Jeff Rueter
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Come for over two hours of really bad awards show programming (HOW IS THIS STILL GOING), stay to watch an award given to a Louisville Cardinal.

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The Ballon d'Or ceremony:

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Surprisingly, nobody asked Laporta if he would twerk.

Alexander Abnos@anabnos.com

Joan Laporta answered a question about the importance of winning the women's Champions League with an answer about wanting to win the men's Champions League and La Liga...while accepting the award for best women's club.

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Rodger Sherman
@rodger.bsky.social

women's sports thrive when you say loud and proud "this is a premier sports product, not a sideshow or a lesser version of the men's game" it's hard to sell that when you put the WNBA game before the NBA game like they're the JV team

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social

big failure from the NBA to not get two of its teams to move one (1) regular season game. the NBA owns 42% of the WNBA (functionally more, since a lot of NBA owners own teams) and should be invested in wanting the league to grow, even at minor expense to its more popular product

Jeff Rueter
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NEW: Alex Freeman is a "super player" for Villarreal, as Valencia learned the hard way. Freeman was crucial in their rivalry clash, scoring the equalizer and playing 3 positions in a full-90 shift. The US defender is still unlocking more of his potential: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comThree roles and a goal: USMNT’s ‘super player’ Alex Freeman is breaking out for VillarrealThe Orlando City product scored his first goal in La Liga, playing three positions in a comeback win over Valencia

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Keith Law
@keithlaw.bsky.social

"seismic" is right. This student-led movement started after a building collapse almost exactly two years ago. They kept protesting and organizing, built a political party from scratch, and just blew past projections for their electoral success. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comA student protest movement has gripped Serbia for two years. This weekend it will try to take powerUnorthodox campaign is challenging the ruling party’s 12-year reign with a bold democratic experiment
The Associated Press@apnews.com

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

bit.lySerbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shiftThe long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
Jeff Rueter
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Still waiting to see why everyone assumes this Inter Miami group can just flip the switch and dominate like it’s 2024/2025. Putrid stuff on the ball without Messi, and even he can’t carry a team that’s this wasteful.

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Jeff Rueter
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I can’t stress enough if you aren’t watching: this game should be 5-0 if not for some really wasteful shooting by New York and a couple saves by Dayne St. Clair. Jorge Ruvalcaba isn’t an elite gamebreaker but he’s constantly getting into clear shooting spots; just isn’t taking those earned looks.

Jeff Rueter
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Game, Bulls. There were dozens, hundreds, of hirable coaches who could’ve taken over for Mascherano and gotten Miami back on track while accounting for their weaknesses. Instead, they’ve got Kily González.

Jeff Rueter
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Still waiting to see why everyone assumes this Inter Miami group can just flip the switch and dominate like it’s 2024/2025. Putrid stuff on the ball without Messi, and even he can’t carry a team that’s this wasteful.

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Andrew Beasley
@andrewbeasleyfootball.com

I read a good article in The Guardian today. It was Xabi Alonso talking about how Chelsea no longer get daft red cards and how Penders is the new Courtois.

Jeff Rueter
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Honestly in awe of Chelsea's ability to find a volume of Premier League level goalkeepers, but always selling/loaning out the good ones and sticking with absolute wildcards.

Jeff Rueter
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Not sure Chelsea can pin this on the Palmer send-off. Right side of defense made Mathys Tel look like prime Thierry Henry there. Midfield happy to watch. Suspect they'll be just fine by Boxing Day, but they've hosted the best Spurs performance in ages. Crowd shots worth a thousand words.

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John Muller
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If you bought an MLS club right before the league got Lionel Messi, the Apple deal and a domestic World Cup you would have been better off putting that money in an index fund

Tom Lowry@tomlowry.bsky.social

The stock market 📈 vs. team ownership 💪 .. who wins? @levakabas.bsky.social for @sportico.bsky.social ...

Jeff Rueter
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Tyler Adams loves baiting opponents into mistakes, but this is his lowest-effort success yet.

CBS Sports Golazo@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social

Mike Maignan sees red for shoving Tyler Adams in the face 😳 Marcus Tavernier steps up and converts the penalty for the Cherries 🍒

Jeff Rueter
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And Tyler Adams promptly baits Mike Maignan into earning the dumbest red card, taking a two-hand shove to his face before a corner kick. Not sure anybody on Milan has made much impact beyond the penalized goalkeeper. A doozy for Ruben.

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Sam Lattof
@samlattof.bsky.social

I talked to Frantzdy Pierrot after Haiti's match against Scotland and asked him about the atmosphere, seeing that he played high school soccer locally and completely forgot about how they had to travel throughout qualifying.

Jeff Rueter@jeffrueter.bsky.social

NEW: Concacaf announced that it had approved Haiti’s request to relocate their Nations League quarter-final leg against the US on 14 November from Kingston, Jamaica, to Miami in an “exceptional hosting arrangement”. Haiti last played at home in July 2021. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comHaiti move Nations League home clash with USA to Miami amid gang violence crisisUnable to play on home soil amid a worsening security crisis, Haiti will host the US in Miami, where a large Haitian community promises a warm welcome
Jeff Rueter
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NEW: Concacaf announced that it had approved Haiti’s request to relocate their Nations League quarter-final leg against the US on 14 November from Kingston, Jamaica, to Miami in an “exceptional hosting arrangement”. Haiti last played at home in July 2021. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comHaiti move Nations League home clash with USA to Miami amid gang violence crisisUnable to play on home soil amid a worsening security crisis, Haiti will host the US in Miami, where a large Haitian community promises a warm welcome

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NEW: The US Open Cup is back in familiar territory, with St. Louis City outlasting Columbus to give the city its 11th title as its seventh champion. Scruffy play in a scoreless 120’, with Daniel Edelman and Ben Lundt the shootout heroes. Yoann Damet laughs last: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comHistory comes home as St Louis City top Columbus Crew to win US Open CupSubstitute goalkeeper Ben Lundt made a key shootout save to help secure St Louis City’s first-ever title.
Jeff Rueter
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NEW: The US Open Cup is back in familiar territory, with St. Louis City outlasting Columbus to give the city its 11th title as its seventh champion. Scruffy play in a scoreless 120’, with Daniel Edelman and Ben Lundt the shootout heroes. Yoann Damet laughs last: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comHistory comes home as St Louis City top Columbus Crew to win US Open CupSubstitute goalkeeper Ben Lundt made a key shootout save to help secure St Louis City’s first-ever title.
Jeff Rueter
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NEW: Gio Reyna has changed his stars since joining Strasbourg, thus far leaving those pesky injury bugs in Germany. Starting for his club and the US with regularity. Opening the scoring against PSG. At last, Reyna is building momentum. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comAt Strasbourg, Gio Reyna is starting to gain what had been elusive: momentumA goal against PSG is proof on the scoresheet of what can be seen on the teamsheet: at long last, Reyna is getting consistent minutes
Jeff Rueter
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"Wonderwall" at last in Saint Paul – a day shy of six months since Minnesota United's last home win in MLS action. Impressive second half from these players against the (quite rotated) St. Louis juggernaut, especially Callender, Jackson, Trapp, and the budding Caldeira-Yeboah partnership.

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Ella Brockway
@ellabrockway.bsky.social

First time beating Gotham since November 2024, first win at Audi Field since August, playoffs clinched, 45 from a healthy Leicy Santos, postgame pics in front of the supporters’ section. A very “smiling through it all can’t believe my life” afternoon for the Spirit

Jeff Rueter
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Even considering the NWSL has a commissioner who's an industry leader in expected KPIs cited per press conference (xKPIc/PC), a commercial for every sub window is a bit much!

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Guardian Sport
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Savaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again | Barney Ronay

dlvr.itSavaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again | Barney RonayThe former Palace chair seeming very angry indeed about others’ opinions is just par for the course as football’s age of rage ramps up another level Yet again the mainstream wokealorium is preachifying from its pulpitrex. It’s egregious. It’s sanctiforial. It’s a wangitude of complete retardifaction. This has not been an easy column to write. It has been difficult, gruelling in parts, but also warm, exhilarating and at times deeply erotic. Yes. I was SAVAGED by Simon Jordan. And I’ve never felt so alive. Continue reading...
Jeff Rueter
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A fascinating what-if, since the XAM received from LAFC helped Minnesota trade for Ike Opara in the following window. Opara’s career teems with its own what-ifs. But the Loons had at least three clear chances to bring Ramirez back after 2018, and alternatives have seldom matched his output.

Matthew Doyle@mattdoyle.bsky.social

One of the great "what-ifs" of the past decade is "what if Minnesota United just kept one of the best pure goalscorers in league history, played him 2500 minutes a year and just built out the team behind him?"