Sean Grogan
@seangrogan.bsky.social
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Folks, Jamaica has won a bobsled gold medal!
For the first time ever in the nation's sliding history, Jamaica has a gold medal in international competition, with Shane Pitter winning gold in the four-man North American Cup competition in Whistler
Race recap: www.slidingonice.com?p=13180
For the first time ever in the nation's sliding history, Jamaica has a gold medal in international competition, with Shane Pitter winning gold in the four-man North American Cup competition in Whistler
Race recap: www.slidingonice.com?p=13180
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Folks, Jamaica has won a bobsled gold medal!
For the first time ever in the nation's sliding history, Jamaica has a gold medal in international competition, with Shane Pitter winning gold in the four-man North American Cup competition in Whistler
Race recap: www.slidingonice.com?p=13180
For the first time ever in the nation's sliding history, Jamaica has a gold medal in international competition, with Shane Pitter winning gold in the four-man North American Cup competition in Whistler
Race recap: www.slidingonice.com?p=13180
We’re the club that can’t field a team every year, D1 please? 🥺👉👈
They’ll probably get it if they meet qualifications, because D1 (and USL in general) needs density of teams to make their plans work. But it can’t make their local fans or league leadership happy with them.
They’ll probably get it if they meet qualifications, because D1 (and USL in general) needs density of teams to make their plans work. But it can’t make their local fans or league leadership happy with them.
Sources: North Carolina FC has applied for membership to USL's new D1 league, which is set to start in 2028.
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
NCFC's USL membership expires after this season. So club's plan is to wait to return until D1 league starts (with pro/rel).
No guarantee they get membership, but that's the plan
BREAKING: USL Championship side North Carolina FC informs players they will not be fielding a team in 2026, per sources.
NCFC have a playoff game on Saturday. Sources expect club will finish playoff run.
Players with contracts now end after two months.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
NCFC have a playoff game on Saturday. Sources expect club will finish playoff run.
Players with contracts now end after two months.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We’re the club that can’t field a team every year, D1 please? 🥺👉👈
They’ll probably get it if they meet qualifications, because D1 (and USL in general) needs density of teams to make their plans work. But it can’t make their local fans or league leadership happy with them.
They’ll probably get it if they meet qualifications, because D1 (and USL in general) needs density of teams to make their plans work. But it can’t make their local fans or league leadership happy with them.
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Once again I am begging USSF to establish formal Division 4 PLS standards, formalize semi-pro as a real category instead of just pro or amateur, and give these teams a way to step up without running themselves into insolvency.
Amateur->D3 is the biggest leap in American soccer, more than D2->D1
Amateur->D3 is the biggest leap in American soccer, more than D2->D1
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Once again I am begging USSF to establish formal Division 4 PLS standards, formalize semi-pro as a real category instead of just pro or amateur, and give these teams a way to step up without running themselves into insolvency.
Amateur->D3 is the biggest leap in American soccer, more than D2->D1
Amateur->D3 is the biggest leap in American soccer, more than D2->D1
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AWS saw this headline and immediately got to work on implementing one on its own.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
AWS saw this headline and immediately got to work on implementing one on its own.
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A fun thing to do whenever a manager complains about expected goals is to google their name and "better chances." Sometimes you get something especially beautiful like "At the start of the season you can ignore this and hope it levels itself out"
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A fun thing to do whenever a manager complains about expected goals is to google their name and "better chances." Sometimes you get something especially beautiful like "At the start of the season you can ignore this and hope it levels itself out"
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The first picture that accurately describes what it felt like to be a Georgia Tech student (h/t u/taohid1)
September 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The first picture that accurately describes what it felt like to be a Georgia Tech student (h/t u/taohid1)
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Big news here from ESPN colleagues @lizzybecherano.bsky.social & Omar Flores
Liga MX is set to reinstate promotion and relegation with the conditions of the format and date of return to be announced soon by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources confirmed to ESPN
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Liga MX is set to reinstate promotion and relegation with the conditions of the format and date of return to be announced soon by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources confirmed to ESPN
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Sources: Liga MX set to reinstate pro-rel system
Liga MX will announce on Thursday the return of the promotion and relegation system for next year, following a Court of Arbitration for Sport decision that ends a six-season suspension, sources told E...
www.espn.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Big news here from ESPN colleagues @lizzybecherano.bsky.social & Omar Flores
Liga MX is set to reinstate promotion and relegation with the conditions of the format and date of return to be announced soon by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources confirmed to ESPN
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Liga MX is set to reinstate promotion and relegation with the conditions of the format and date of return to be announced soon by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources confirmed to ESPN
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
It's been pretty hard to wrap my head around a Tampa Bay Rowdies team that is actually pretty poor this year. Since they entered the USL Championship from NASL, they've been perennial contenders. Their crises are statistical anomalies, or when they briefly dip down to merely average.
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's been pretty hard to wrap my head around a Tampa Bay Rowdies team that is actually pretty poor this year. Since they entered the USL Championship from NASL, they've been perennial contenders. Their crises are statistical anomalies, or when they briefly dip down to merely average.
Easy to guess what DCFC sees in this move: Cheap disaster mitigation until the end of the year. The squad has suffered some losses that leave it thin in a few spots. In particular, an injury to Villanueva would be fairly catastrophic at this point.
Sources: The Philadelphia Union are finalizing a deal to loan Isaiah LeFlore to Detroit City FC (USL).
#doop #detroitfc #usl
📸: Philadelphia Union II
#doop #detroitfc #usl
📸: Philadelphia Union II
August 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Easy to guess what DCFC sees in this move: Cheap disaster mitigation until the end of the year. The squad has suffered some losses that leave it thin in a few spots. In particular, an injury to Villanueva would be fairly catastrophic at this point.
How do DCFC's performances this year compare to their historical form in the league?
August 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How do DCFC's performances this year compare to their historical form in the league?
If nothing else, Mike Duggan’s candidacy is providing an extremely visible example of why we need to push ranked choice voting through in Michigan
August 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If nothing else, Mike Duggan’s candidacy is providing an extremely visible example of why we need to push ranked choice voting through in Michigan
Trevor and Tiffany will always have my deepest respect as people and I truly hope they find success in whatever they decide to do next. Every single encounter I’ve had with them was genuine, warm, and downright lovely.
"Thank you for the laughs, the trust, and the countless small moments that made this job so rewarding."
Tiffany Ebert-James shares her thoughts following an incredibly impactful six and a half years at the football club.
#DCTID
Tiffany Ebert-James shares her thoughts following an incredibly impactful six and a half years at the football club.
#DCTID
August 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trevor and Tiffany will always have my deepest respect as people and I truly hope they find success in whatever they decide to do next. Every single encounter I’ve had with them was genuine, warm, and downright lovely.
Look, we all knew that the appointments of political lackeys was going to degrade the capabilities of federal agencies. But it’s still truly mind-boggling to find out that the FBI apparently doesn’t know what metadata is now.
July 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Look, we all knew that the appointments of political lackeys was going to degrade the capabilities of federal agencies. But it’s still truly mind-boggling to find out that the FBI apparently doesn’t know what metadata is now.
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Here's how we line up for this morning's USL W League Central Conference Semifinal!
Kickoff against Kings Hammer FC from Highmark Stadium is less than 45 minutes away.
Tune in here: sportsengineplay.com/USL/USL-W-Le...
Kickoff against Kings Hammer FC from Highmark Stadium is less than 45 minutes away.
Tune in here: sportsengineplay.com/USL/USL-W-Le...
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here's how we line up for this morning's USL W League Central Conference Semifinal!
Kickoff against Kings Hammer FC from Highmark Stadium is less than 45 minutes away.
Tune in here: sportsengineplay.com/USL/USL-W-Le...
Kickoff against Kings Hammer FC from Highmark Stadium is less than 45 minutes away.
Tune in here: sportsengineplay.com/USL/USL-W-Le...
When things are slow, my work sometimes offers an option to take unpaid time off that doesn’t count against accrued PTO balances. I never take it, but lately the notifications of the option have been pouring in every day. Even running at partial capacity from that, work completely ran out on Friday.
May 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When things are slow, my work sometimes offers an option to take unpaid time off that doesn’t count against accrued PTO balances. I never take it, but lately the notifications of the option have been pouring in every day. Even running at partial capacity from that, work completely ran out on Friday.
My eyes are on Dom Gasso tonight as he gets his first league start of 2025. Thought his Open Cup match vs Westchester was his best in the shirt. Yes, he scored the playoff goal 2 years back, USOC was by far a more complete performance. Big chance for the kid to prove he’s taken a real step forward.
May 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My eyes are on Dom Gasso tonight as he gets his first league start of 2025. Thought his Open Cup match vs Westchester was his best in the shirt. Yes, he scored the playoff goal 2 years back, USOC was by far a more complete performance. Big chance for the kid to prove he’s taken a real step forward.
If I were to make one tactical tweak for the second half it would be to take a shot.
May 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If I were to make one tactical tweak for the second half it would be to take a shot.
Drita 1 - 6 Detroit City FC II this evening.
Drita finished second in the UPSL division last year and had won both of their games so far this year. Detroit finished mid-table last year. Seems like a vastly improved reserve side, and all of the players look to be eligible for first team inclusion.
Drita finished second in the UPSL division last year and had won both of their games so far this year. Detroit finished mid-table last year. Seems like a vastly improved reserve side, and all of the players look to be eligible for first team inclusion.
April 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Drita 1 - 6 Detroit City FC II this evening.
Drita finished second in the UPSL division last year and had won both of their games so far this year. Detroit finished mid-table last year. Seems like a vastly improved reserve side, and all of the players look to be eligible for first team inclusion.
Drita finished second in the UPSL division last year and had won both of their games so far this year. Detroit finished mid-table last year. Seems like a vastly improved reserve side, and all of the players look to be eligible for first team inclusion.
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Extremely real. A lot of chaos right now, but one thing to know is even giant automakers right now do not know how much tariffs they owe on the cars they are bringing in.
And if they get it wrong (ie bureaucrats reinterpret the rules in future) they have to pay up
And if they get it wrong (ie bureaucrats reinterpret the rules in future) they have to pay up
you would not believe how annoying it is to try and track tariff data. They give you a big list of codes but so many are "oh this is the code for batteries BUT only batteries that go into cars get tariffed BUT we're not limiting ourselves to only the code for car batteries. Figure that one out"
April 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Extremely real. A lot of chaos right now, but one thing to know is even giant automakers right now do not know how much tariffs they owe on the cars they are bringing in.
And if they get it wrong (ie bureaucrats reinterpret the rules in future) they have to pay up
And if they get it wrong (ie bureaucrats reinterpret the rules in future) they have to pay up
My actual, nuanced take on Maxi is that while attacking he’s a moment player, not a control player. He became a focal point for Detroit’s sputtering offense precisely because he’d turn up late around the box and bang it home. Similar to his assists, he tended to go straight for the killer ball.
April 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My actual, nuanced take on Maxi is that while attacking he’s a moment player, not a control player. He became a focal point for Detroit’s sputtering offense precisely because he’d turn up late around the box and bang it home. Similar to his assists, he tended to go straight for the killer ball.
Top scorer in the league from the run of play now, what a start to his time in rouge!
Congratulations to tonight’s Man of the Match, Darren Smith!
Smith scored both goals en route to Le Rouge’s win this evening, bringing his tally to five goals this week!
Congratulations, Darren!
Smith scored both goals en route to Le Rouge’s win this evening, bringing his tally to five goals this week!
Congratulations, Darren!
April 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Top scorer in the league from the run of play now, what a start to his time in rouge!
$6.75 Super Burrito? El Farolito truly are the people's champion.
April 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
$6.75 Super Burrito? El Farolito truly are the people's champion.
The Red Wolves playing Las Vegas felt weird until I realized how close geographically LV is to Utah.
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Red Wolves playing Las Vegas felt weird until I realized how close geographically LV is to Utah.
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Absolutely incredible ending as @detroitcityfc.bsky.social scores three goals in five minutes to overturn a two-goal deficit against Phoenix Rising FC and take a 3-2 win on the road. #USLAfterDark #USLChampionship
April 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Absolutely incredible ending as @detroitcityfc.bsky.social scores three goals in five minutes to overturn a two-goal deficit against Phoenix Rising FC and take a 3-2 win on the road. #USLAfterDark #USLChampionship