Duane Rollins
@24thminute.bsky.social
This space is soccer only. I promise.
Still on dead bird. On Threads (where I talk music and running too), and I blog on Substack (mostly soccer. Occasionally I dabble wherever).
Same name everywhere.
Still on dead bird. On Threads (where I talk music and running too), and I blog on Substack (mostly soccer. Occasionally I dabble wherever).
Same name everywhere.
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Duane Rollins
@24thminute.bsky.social
· Nov 22
As you can see, I am setting up shop here now. Still going to stay on Twitter as I’ve cultivated a feed that avoids most of the nonsense.
I am committed to keeping this space entirely soccer focused. I welcome followers on Threads, where I’m treating it as a personal account. Same name everywhere.
I am committed to keeping this space entirely soccer focused. I welcome followers on Threads, where I’m treating it as a personal account. Same name everywhere.
On Supra and what it will take to find success in CanPL: 24thminute.substack.com/p/a-supra-day
A Supra Day
Can it succeed?
24thminute.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
On Supra and what it will take to find success in CanPL: 24thminute.substack.com/p/a-supra-day
Some words on an odd trade between TFC and CF Montreal: 24thminute.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
Sometimes you just gotta shrug
Montreal makes...odd trade with Toronto
24thminute.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Some words on an odd trade between TFC and CF Montreal: 24thminute.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
I wrote on Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps flipping the switch when it came to signing their newest DPs. And why that’s a good thing for both: 24thminute.substack.com/p/bizarro-wo...
Bizarro World: MLS edition
Toronto and Vancouver flip their approach to DPs. Right call for both?
24thminute.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I wrote on Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps flipping the switch when it came to signing their newest DPs. And why that’s a good thing for both: 24thminute.substack.com/p/bizarro-wo...
It’s hard to get excited about anything to do with TFC right now, but signing a 26 year old domestic DP with proven MLS success is a good move and it is ok to be excited about it.
Bonus (for many): it will irritate Montreal fans
Bonus (for many): it will irritate Montreal fans
August 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s hard to get excited about anything to do with TFC right now, but signing a 26 year old domestic DP with proven MLS success is a good move and it is ok to be excited about it.
Bonus (for many): it will irritate Montreal fans
Bonus (for many): it will irritate Montreal fans
I wrote on Bev Preistman’s return to football and on ambivalence: 24thminute.substack.com/p/redemption...
Redemption starts with reflection
On Bev Priestman's return to football
24thminute.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I wrote on Bev Preistman’s return to football and on ambivalence: 24thminute.substack.com/p/redemption...
It’s fine. Really.
On #TFCLive at the 2/3 mark of another wasted season. 24thminute.substack.com/p/its-fine-r...
On #TFCLive at the 2/3 mark of another wasted season. 24thminute.substack.com/p/its-fine-r...
It's fine. Really. Just fine.
Toronto shows life against expansion juggernaut
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July 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s fine. Really.
On #TFCLive at the 2/3 mark of another wasted season. 24thminute.substack.com/p/its-fine-r...
On #TFCLive at the 2/3 mark of another wasted season. 24thminute.substack.com/p/its-fine-r...
Back from holiday and I’m going to blog more, really: 24thminute.substack.com/p/euro-vibes...
Euro vibes, depressing times, and Canada being Canada
Catching up after my European break
24thminute.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Back from holiday and I’m going to blog more, really: 24thminute.substack.com/p/euro-vibes...
It doesn’t appear to me that Pep has fixed all of City’s problems in the…checks notes…25 days since last season.
June 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It doesn’t appear to me that Pep has fixed all of City’s problems in the…checks notes…25 days since last season.
The last 10 min of this PSG v Atleti game is exactly what I feared games between European teams might look like in this CWC.
You’re going to get some good games when second tier leagues play each other, but until we get deep in it…the sexy match-ups are going to be duds, I think.
You’re going to get some good games when second tier leagues play each other, but until we get deep in it…the sexy match-ups are going to be duds, I think.
June 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The last 10 min of this PSG v Atleti game is exactly what I feared games between European teams might look like in this CWC.
You’re going to get some good games when second tier leagues play each other, but until we get deep in it…the sexy match-ups are going to be duds, I think.
You’re going to get some good games when second tier leagues play each other, but until we get deep in it…the sexy match-ups are going to be duds, I think.
Atleti looks…like they are in pre-season.
June 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Atleti looks…like they are in pre-season.
For a 0-0 the Al Ahly v Messi FC game was fairly entertaining (I just finished watching the replay). I suspect many of the mid-tier games in this tournament will be.
It’s the big club games that will tell us what this thing is though.
….10-nil, you say.
It’s the big club games that will tell us what this thing is though.
….10-nil, you say.
June 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For a 0-0 the Al Ahly v Messi FC game was fairly entertaining (I just finished watching the replay). I suspect many of the mid-tier games in this tournament will be.
It’s the big club games that will tell us what this thing is though.
….10-nil, you say.
It’s the big club games that will tell us what this thing is though.
….10-nil, you say.
I’m blogging over here like it’s 2008 again.
On the most important factor in James Johnson’s appointment at CanPL CEO: 24thminute.substack.com/p/aussie-aus...
On the most important factor in James Johnson’s appointment at CanPL CEO: 24thminute.substack.com/p/aussie-aus...
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
On the CanPL's new CEO
24thminute.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I’m blogging over here like it’s 2008 again.
On the most important factor in James Johnson’s appointment at CanPL CEO: 24thminute.substack.com/p/aussie-aus...
On the most important factor in James Johnson’s appointment at CanPL CEO: 24thminute.substack.com/p/aussie-aus...
Mark Noonan is stepping down as commissioner of the CanPL. His last day in June 30.
Sources tell me the replacement has been selected and it’s a well regarded and successful executive.
Not in position to put a name out yet, but those close to the league are excited.
Sources tell me the replacement has been selected and it’s a well regarded and successful executive.
Not in position to put a name out yet, but those close to the league are excited.
May 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mark Noonan is stepping down as commissioner of the CanPL. His last day in June 30.
Sources tell me the replacement has been selected and it’s a well regarded and successful executive.
Not in position to put a name out yet, but those close to the league are excited.
Sources tell me the replacement has been selected and it’s a well regarded and successful executive.
Not in position to put a name out yet, but those close to the league are excited.
Winnipeg followers: my company has an Instagram contest for two tickets to the Canada v Haiti WNT game on the 31st. We are also giving away a Desiree Scott signed strip.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Winnipeg followers: my company has an Instagram contest for two tickets to the Canada v Haiti WNT game on the 31st. We are also giving away a Desiree Scott signed strip.
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Performative nonsense: on TFC, fan “protests” and idiotic open letters: 24thminute.substack.com/p/performati...
Performative nonsense
Everyone is playing a role. Enough with the nonsense.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Performative nonsense: on TFC, fan “protests” and idiotic open letters: 24thminute.substack.com/p/performati...
TFC is bad this year, but Montreal might be historically terrible.
TFC is bad because they took a big swing and badly missed. Montreal is bad because it’s cheap, shuttered its academy as much as possible and keeps making abrupt coaching changes.
Which team are clowns again
TFC is bad because they took a big swing and badly missed. Montreal is bad because it’s cheap, shuttered its academy as much as possible and keeps making abrupt coaching changes.
Which team are clowns again
May 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
TFC is bad this year, but Montreal might be historically terrible.
TFC is bad because they took a big swing and badly missed. Montreal is bad because it’s cheap, shuttered its academy as much as possible and keeps making abrupt coaching changes.
Which team are clowns again
TFC is bad because they took a big swing and badly missed. Montreal is bad because it’s cheap, shuttered its academy as much as possible and keeps making abrupt coaching changes.
Which team are clowns again
It’s now been 270 of game minutes since a MLS goal was scored at BMO Field. By either team.
TFC under Robin Fraser might be the dullest team in the league to watch right now. That’s not a criticism of his coaching. It’s the only way Toronto can be (modestly) successful until the talent is upgraded
TFC under Robin Fraser might be the dullest team in the league to watch right now. That’s not a criticism of his coaching. It’s the only way Toronto can be (modestly) successful until the talent is upgraded
April 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s now been 270 of game minutes since a MLS goal was scored at BMO Field. By either team.
TFC under Robin Fraser might be the dullest team in the league to watch right now. That’s not a criticism of his coaching. It’s the only way Toronto can be (modestly) successful until the talent is upgraded
TFC under Robin Fraser might be the dullest team in the league to watch right now. That’s not a criticism of his coaching. It’s the only way Toronto can be (modestly) successful until the talent is upgraded
The last few games has been the best Deiby Flores has looked as a 6 for #TFCLive.
It really underlines how spoiled we were by Michael Bradley for so long (and how his exit from the club was so terribly handled).
It really underlines how spoiled we were by Michael Bradley for so long (and how his exit from the club was so terribly handled).
April 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The last few games has been the best Deiby Flores has looked as a 6 for #TFCLive.
It really underlines how spoiled we were by Michael Bradley for so long (and how his exit from the club was so terribly handled).
It really underlines how spoiled we were by Michael Bradley for so long (and how his exit from the club was so terribly handled).
Watching the Paris-Roubaix podium ceremony underlines to me how much the @CPLsoccer lost by not making the Canadian Shield an actual piece of the Canadian Shield. That would have, excuse the pun, rocked.
April 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Watching the Paris-Roubaix podium ceremony underlines to me how much the @CPLsoccer lost by not making the Canadian Shield an actual piece of the Canadian Shield. That would have, excuse the pun, rocked.
April 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Look, @TorontoFC desperately needs help in the midfield, but Maxime Dominguez is the very definition of journeyman.
Hope it works out. Not typically the type of signing that does in MLS though.
Hope it works out. Not typically the type of signing that does in MLS though.
April 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Look, @TorontoFC desperately needs help in the midfield, but Maxime Dominguez is the very definition of journeyman.
Hope it works out. Not typically the type of signing that does in MLS though.
Hope it works out. Not typically the type of signing that does in MLS though.
The CanPL salary budget per team in 2025 is $1,282,000 CAN.
International players who have played three seasons in CanPL will now be considered domestic players and will not count towards the 7 player quota and will count towards the requirement to start 6 domestics per game.
International players who have played three seasons in CanPL will now be considered domestic players and will not count towards the 7 player quota and will count towards the requirement to start 6 domestics per game.
April 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The CanPL salary budget per team in 2025 is $1,282,000 CAN.
International players who have played three seasons in CanPL will now be considered domestic players and will not count towards the 7 player quota and will count towards the requirement to start 6 domestics per game.
International players who have played three seasons in CanPL will now be considered domestic players and will not count towards the 7 player quota and will count towards the requirement to start 6 domestics per game.
Looks like the CanPL is expanding to Quebec City. Playing at PEPS (Laval University)
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like the CanPL is expanding to Quebec City. Playing at PEPS (Laval University)
Bayern Munich takes the low road—on arrogance and Phonsie’s injury: 24thminute.substack.com/p/bayern-mun...
Bayern Munich takes the low road
Phonsie's injury sucks. What's worse is the way it's being reacted to.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Bayern Munich takes the low road—on arrogance and Phonsie’s injury: 24thminute.substack.com/p/bayern-mun...
Happy Montreal Fired Its Manager Day, for all who celebrate. Some thoughts: 24thminute.substack.com/p/cirque-du-...
Cirque du Montréal
Another year, another coach for the Team Formally Known as The Impact
24thminute.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Montreal Fired Its Manager Day, for all who celebrate. Some thoughts: 24thminute.substack.com/p/cirque-du-...