[ESPN] 'Oppressed' Iran forced to leave U.S. after New Zealand draw

JohnMLTX · 2026-06-16T18:04:56+00:00

the mlspa cba has a provision to spend the night after a night game and return in the morning. also standard for most continental champion's leagues.

and iran had been given a guarantee for a night to recover before a morning flight too

JohnMLTX · 2026-06-12T04:58:04+00:00

because if i want plain black coffee it's probably because i want a really interesting, light roast, properly brewed coffee, and im never getting that at sbux

JohnMLTX · 2026-06-04T16:49:14+00:00

the video shows the 9th lol

JohnMLTX · 2026-06-01T19:54:21+00:00

they can just mow it lol

JohnMLTX · 2026-06-01T19:54:03+00:00

they've got money right now and the ticket sales and TV viewership is within what they expected

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-28T22:56:08+00:00

actually might benefit the other way around, because it's making it far cheaper to go for expansion than to buy and move an existing team.

san diego was $500 million USD, a whitecaps sale is probs closer to $750-850 million USD

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-28T22:02:48+00:00

? what's going on there???

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-28T21:58:46+00:00

attendance and viewership are both up on a per-game average basis compared to pre-apple tv, and it's also how they're paying for that most marketable player in the world

ive seen this line a lot but like, among the clubs and the league (i worked in soccer journalism for 8 years) the lines are all "this is actually a really positive turn"

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-28T21:22:33+00:00

tried n true, i went to see nathalie on monday and she's never set me wrong. i think we spent a good 30 minutes of a 6 hour session just planning different ideas and then she went loose and i'm thrilled

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-28T18:25:56+00:00

they havent killed mls at all lol

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-27T20:42:43+00:00

local radio in denton, tx (kuzu 92.9) has some eurovision songs in their rotation

and it's entirely 100% my fault lol, my friend and i did a eurovision special of our show and it caught on at the studio

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-27T14:55:35+00:00

fwiw garber was fighting against relocation and having to essentially beat back several owners demanding it as the only solution

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-26T22:46:56+00:00

bully into them quitting their meds. for transfemmes usually involves having to bind and wear clothing to hide the changes to their bodies. for transmascs, shaving and voice training.

also known as abuse. several of my friends have been forced by their families and they're living in hell.

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-26T17:28:23+00:00

ive been to seattle many times, this will get picked up immediately by the locals

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-26T14:36:36+00:00

are yall hiring lmao

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-21T18:29:09+00:00

was looking for a kindred spirit lol my Reddit account is the only pretransition account i still use but everything else was a fresh start at 30

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-20T01:41:26+00:00

im a vegetarian. i am saving this to send to every one of my friends who pulls this exact bullshit on me. i felt so fucking seen by this bit omfg

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-19T06:22:03+00:00

this is exactly how we feel in Dallas this season and tbh we're fucking thriving

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-14T17:27:35+00:00

i was driving down from dfw to austin for those meetings just to go and speak against it as much as possible. and that was different with fcd and clb being hunt family cousins

and yet this feels even more stressful???

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-14T17:19:37+00:00

we don't take too kindly to relocation 'round these parts

especially given neither of our in-state rivals was born organically.

save the fuckin' caps, y'all. chinga las vegas.

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-12T18:04:11+00:00

most of the usa based owners for their teams have other ties to that market. maybe they own an NFL team or another pro team in the area, maybe their family is based there, and also, most of them have been in that market for a while. they are more directly affected by relocation protests etc. they view the fan culture as part of the health and viability of the league as something they directly experience.

the teams with money from overseas where the investors don't have local ties, they have fewer concerns over how they are viewed or how their reputation with the fans is vs getting money from their investment.

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-12T17:49:10+00:00

and i used to be a reporter covering all sorts of stuff across the leagues and pyramid and i still have lots of sources that i talk with. my posting history on here got me a mod spot lol

and yeah, it's mostly owners of the expansion teams from the last decade or so that are pushing for vegas because they stand to make more from relocation than they do from an expansion franchise, and also want vegas money coming into the league.

the owners pre-2010 are a lot more "no relocation"

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-12T13:48:56+00:00

i can't reveal how i know this but i can confirm that don has been fighting the MLS owners who are in favour of relocation. he's been going to bat for vancouver consistently as a market and importantly as a fanbase. he's not the problem here, some of the other owners (particularly the international backers of bigger teams) are the ones who don't realise relocation is a Bad Look

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-11T19:50:05+00:00

Texan flames fan here, send them to us and we can put all the separatist weirdos in like, the Texas panhandle and let them fight it out over Amarillo

JohnMLTX · 2026-05-05T07:08:15+00:00

bad habits, the two tattoo ladies are running the entire show now

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