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Hosting the 2026 World Cup will come at great human and moral cost to the U.S.
Federal agents, mass surveillance, ICE in the streets and an expanded police state come with the soccer games.
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Ryan Rosenblatt
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USMNT World Cup qualifying is my drug and I have no idea what will happen because Concacaf is a glorious disaster
We pretend the USMNT will be fine, while never shutting up about how hard Concacaf is and it makes no sense
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Ryan Rosenblatt
The USMNT is back, and so are we - the fans who just wanted to care again
It's been 2,533 days since the USMNT that we fell in love died. But it's back. And we're back.
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Ryan Rosenblatt
The reaction to the U.S. men missing the Olympics said a lot about American soccer
The dismissiveness of Honduras reeked of an ever-present classism and racism for our Concacaf counterparts.
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Ryan Rosenblatt
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U.S. Soccer's racism problem was on full display and they're trying to make you look away
Seth Jahn's racism is his own, but U.S. Soccer cultivated it, enabled it and platformed it.
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Ryan Rosenblatt
It's about the game on the field, and why the game is the way it is
Soccer, sports, and what are the forces they make them what they are.
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Ryan Rosenblatt
Think Outside the Ball
Soccer. Sports. Why the games happen and feel the way they do.

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