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Pablo Iglesias Maurer

@mlsist

Staff writer, @theathletic. Writing about American soccer and all of its wild, weird history. Can barely read or write yet "award winning," somehow.

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Was thrilled to participate in Paramount+'s Christian Pulisic docuseries - the latest two episodes just dropped today. As always, terrifying to see myself on camera - but I'm always thrilled to talk about American soccer. Watch the series here: paramountplus.com/shows/pulisic/

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Sometimes I get depressed about the state of šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø soccer but then I learn that there’s a 4th div team named the Twin City Toucans (they play in Bryan, TX obviously) that plays their games at a stadium named EDIBLE FIELD and whose mascot is (for now) ā€œnameless toucan with 6 packā€

Sometimes I get depressed about the state of šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø soccer but then I learn that there’s a 4th div team named the Twin City Toucans (they play in Bryan, TX obviously) that plays their games at a stadium named EDIBLE FIELD and whose mascot is (for now) ā€œnameless toucan with 6 packā€
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Hard to overstate how poorly Vancouver played last night. Easily the worst performance ever offered by an MLS team in a Confacaf final and it may well be the worst performance by an MLS team in any stage of the tournament, ever. Comprehensively dismantled. 😬

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TIL: The Detroit Express hold the record for the largest margin of victory, ever, in a modern, top-flight American soccer league. They destroyed the San Jose Earthquakes 10-0 in 1978, with British phenom Trevor Francis scoring five goals.

TIL: The Detroit Express hold the record for the largest margin of victory, ever, in a modern, top-flight American soccer league. 

They destroyed the San Jose Earthquakes 10-0 in 1978, with British phenom Trevor Francis scoring five goals.
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Forgot to tell y'all yesterday but I'm on Morning Footy, on CBS Sports Golazo āš½ļø all week! 8-10ET. Brought some treats along as well from my collection of dumb American soccer shit. Tune in if you'd like!

Forgot to tell y'all yesterday but I'm on Morning Footy, on <a href="/CBSSportsGolazo/">CBS Sports Golazo āš½ļø</a> all week! 8-10ET. 

Brought some treats along as well from my collection of dumb American soccer shit. Tune in if you'd like!
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"It won't be that easy to convince FĆ bregas to join Inter, but he is the first name on the list" 😮 Francesco Porzio joins Aly Trost Martin šŸ§, Pablo Iglesias Maurer, Jalil Anibaba and Master to discuss the candidates to replace Simone Inzaghi at Inter Milan šŸ‘”

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Final day for me on CBS Sports Golazo āš½ļø's Morning Footy! Tune in to hear more "analysis" from me - and more importantly to see what I pull out of my chest of American soccer history...

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That’s a wrap on a week of Morning Footy on CBS Sports Golazo āš½ļø! Live television (which I’d never done) is a terrifying endeavor but the whole squad made it pretty painless for me. 🫔 Master Aly Trost Martin šŸ§ Jalil Anibaba & Ives Galarcep among many others! ā¤ļø

That’s a wrap on a week of Morning Footy on <a href="/CBSSportsGolazo/">CBS Sports Golazo āš½ļø</a>! Live television (which I’d never done) is a terrifying endeavor but the whole squad made it pretty painless for me. 🫔 <a href="/MasterTes/">Master</a> <a href="/AlyTrostMartin/">Aly Trost Martin šŸ§</a> <a href="/jalil_anibaba4/">Jalil Anibaba</a> &amp; <a href="/SoccerByIves/">Ives Galarcep</a> among many others! ā¤ļø
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The Vancouver stuff is preposterous and plays right into stupid stereotypes that many folks in the States have about folks in Mexico. They made a huge deal out of bringing their own chefs, etc - they get sick days after the final? Then go public? Cmon. You got trounced.

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Pulisic’s dad saying that Donovan didn’t name Christian specifically because he was scared they’d reject a future interview request is such a tell. I have a ton of respect for players who just show up and answer difficult questions in an environment that’s actually objective.