David Kilpatrick
@davidkilpatrick.bsky.social
Professor of English at Mercy University.
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95 Theses on the Reformation of Football
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SASH Session at the United Soccer Coaches Convention Votes Bruce the Best www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session at the United Soccer Coaches Convention Votes Bruce the Best
At the United Soccer Coaches convention in Philadelphia on January 16, SASH hosted a discussion ranking the US World Cup coaches.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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The charter for President Trump's “Board of Peace” would establish him as its chairman and asks countries to pay more than $1 billion for permanent membership. Critics reacted furiously, saying it could undermine the United Nations. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4pNJjXw
Gaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know
Numerous countries say they have been invited to join President Trump’s newly minted organization, which critics say could undermine the United Nations.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The charter for President Trump's “Board of Peace” would establish him as its chairman and asks countries to pay more than $1 billion for permanent membership. Critics reacted furiously, saying it could undermine the United Nations. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4pNJjXw
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In my Substack, View From The Front Row, I write about former New York Cosmos and Trinidad & Tobago’s Everald Cummings remembrances on MLK’s funeral in 1968.
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A BUS TRIP OF A LIFETIME
When Everald Cummings saw stars on the way to Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral
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January 19, 2026 at 8:31 PM
In my Substack, View From The Front Row, I write about former New York Cosmos and Trinidad & Tobago’s Everald Cummings remembrances on MLK’s funeral in 1968.
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A NEW BOOK ON THE HORIZON: Around the World Cup in 40 Years, coming this spring by FrontRowSoccer.com editor - frontrow.soccer/46nuy
A NEW BOOK ON THE HORIZON: Around the World Cup in 40 Years, coming this spring by FrontRow editor - Front Row Soccer
FrontRowSoccer.com Editor Michael Lewis announced on Monday the publication of a new book about the World Cup this spring.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A NEW BOOK ON THE HORIZON: Around the World Cup in 40 Years, coming this spring by FrontRowSoccer.com editor - frontrow.soccer/46nuy
Visitation and funeral arrangements for Rocco.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Visitation and funeral arrangements for Rocco.
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Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
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Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with award
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Fifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prize
There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”
Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
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January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Attending the @UnitedCoaches convention in Philly? Join us Friday, Jan 16 at 2:30pm in Marriott Meeting Room 306 for a discussion titled “Ranking the US World Cup Coaches,” hosted by Dr. David Kilpatrick and Michael Lewis with Jack Huckel and Dr. Joe Machnik www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-at-usc-...
SASH at USC 2026 in Philly: Ranking the US World Cup Coaches
Join us for the discussion in Meeting Room 306 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on Friday, January 16 at 2:30 PM.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Attending the @UnitedCoaches convention in Philly? Join us Friday, Jan 16 at 2:30pm in Marriott Meeting Room 306 for a discussion titled “Ranking the US World Cup Coaches,” hosted by Dr. David Kilpatrick and Michael Lewis with Jack Huckel and Dr. Joe Machnik www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-at-usc-...
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RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Friday - frontrow.soccer/dgolv
RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Jan. 16 - Front Row Soccer
Overview: If you're coming to the United Soccer Coaches convention this month, you might want to attend this session. If you’re coming to the United Soccer Coaches convention this month, you might wan...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Friday - frontrow.soccer/dgolv
Eddie McReadie, RIP. ❤️🐘💛🏴💙
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Eddie McReadie, RIP. ❤️🐘💛🏴💙
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UK football teams' links to illegal and abusive betting operators, many linked to organised crime, is a scandal in plain sight. Credit to @philippeauclair.bsky.social @josimarfootball.bsky.social and others for continuing to expose the problem and the failures josimarfootball.com/2026/01/13/s...
Same old, same old - josimarfootball.com
Correspondence between the Premier League and the British government suggests that, contrary to expectations, elite English football clubs will be allowed to pursue commercial relationships with illeg...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
UK football teams' links to illegal and abusive betting operators, many linked to organised crime, is a scandal in plain sight. Credit to @philippeauclair.bsky.social @josimarfootball.bsky.social and others for continuing to expose the problem and the failures josimarfootball.com/2026/01/13/s...
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RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Jan. 16 - frontrow.soccer/dgolv
RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Jan. 16 - Front Row Soccer
Overview: If you're coming to the United Soccer Coaches convention this month, you might want to attend this session. If you’re coming to the United Soccer Coaches convention this month, you might wan...
frontrow.soccer
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
RANK THE USMNT WORLD CUP COACHES: At SASH session at United Soccer Coaches convention in Philly on Jan. 16 - frontrow.soccer/dgolv
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A YouGov poll taken on the same day as Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis shows a majority of people do not approve of how ICE is handling its job.
Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of How ICE Operates, New Survey Shows
A YouGov poll taken on the same day as Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis shows a majority of people do not approve of how ICE is handling its job.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A YouGov poll taken on the same day as Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis shows a majority of people do not approve of how ICE is handling its job.
Having grown up in West Leeds I identify vividly with this book’s themes of place, time and life’s changing priorities. @jonhowe1971.bsky.social’s is a Leeds United novel for the ages, buy it at @thesquareball.net 👍 #lufc
Days of Treacle | Jon Howe | Signed & Personalised Book • The Square Ball
Days of Treacle – a brand-new fiction book by Jon Howe You’ve read all the facts you’ll ever need to know about Leeds United, now read the fiction. TSB legacy contributor Jon Howe adds to his canon of...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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"Soccer is just as beautiful a spectacle as there is in sport when the job has been done right. We should do it."
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
"Soccer is just as beautiful a spectacle as there is in sport when the job has been done right. We should do it."
Tony Field passed away earlier this week. The legendary New York Cosmos, Memphis Rogues, Blackburn Rovers, and Sheffield United forward spoke with me a while back about his career.
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Tony Field (1946-2026) In Conversation
[Tony Field passed away in Memphis, TN on Wednesday, 7 December 2026. This interview was originally published on nycosmos.com in 2014.] Tony...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Tony Field passed away earlier this week. The legendary New York Cosmos, Memphis Rogues, Blackburn Rovers, and Sheffield United forward spoke with me a while back about his career.
www.socceroffbroadway.org/2026/01/tony...
www.socceroffbroadway.org/2026/01/tony...
Just learned one of my childhood heroes passed away today. @NYCosmos @southport_fc @Rovers @SheffieldUnited & Memphis Rogues legend, Tony Field, RIP.
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Just learned one of my childhood heroes passed away today. @NYCosmos @southport_fc @Rovers @SheffieldUnited & Memphis Rogues legend, Tony Field, RIP.
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According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.
Gianni Infantino: “We will help rebuild all football facilities in Gaza and Palestine. We will bring football back in every corner of the country.”
Israel, meanwhile, is planning to demolish a pitch used by Palestinian children in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel, meanwhile, is planning to demolish a pitch used by Palestinian children in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel is threatening to demolish a popular West Bank youth football pitch
Football ground in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp is built on land owned by the Armenian church in the shadow of the separation wall
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January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.
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Imagine if a never seen documentary on the NY Cosmos defeating nycfc in the US Open Cup was going to be shown for the first time this Feb at Rivercrest
& a Clapton board member was going to be in attendance.
imagine.
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& a Clapton board member was going to be in attendance.
imagine.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Imagine if a never seen documentary on the NY Cosmos defeating nycfc in the US Open Cup was going to be shown for the first time this Feb at Rivercrest
& a Clapton board member was going to be in attendance.
imagine.
@protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
@davidkilpatrick.bsky.social
@jdnalton.bsky.social
& a Clapton board member was going to be in attendance.
imagine.
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@jdnalton.bsky.social
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SASH Session, Friday, Jan 9 at 12pm ET: “Memories of the first US Junior National Team, 1964” with Alex Popovich. @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social will host. Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...
SASH Session, Friday, January 9 at 12 pm ET: Alex Popovich discusses his time with the first Junior US National team in 1964
Alex Popovich will discuss his time with the first JUnior US National Team. The team competed in the second CONCACAF Youth Tournament, which was staged in Guatemala City in April 1964
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January 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
SASH Session, Friday, Jan 9 at 12pm ET: “Memories of the first US Junior National Team, 1964” with Alex Popovich. @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social will host. Details at www.ussoccerhistory.org/sash-session...