Jeff Rueter
@jeffrueter.bsky.social
Journalist covering soccer in all its arenas (Substack: Five Asides) || Fmr. senior writer, The Athletic || MLS Weekly - Tuesdays on the Total Soccer Show || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️🌈
Would guess that was why MLS’s officials determined not to have Obed Vargas retake his attempt.
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Would guess that was why MLS’s officials determined not to have Obed Vargas retake his attempt.
Tonight's lineup, brought to you by OG Four Loko:
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tonight's lineup, brought to you by OG Four Loko:
John does his typical excellent work getting to the heart of this, associating apathy around Messi to a broader “creeping resentment” as one-time plucky underdog MLS has fully gone corporate.
Must-read.
Must-read.
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
John does his typical excellent work getting to the heart of this, associating apathy around Messi to a broader “creeping resentment” as one-time plucky underdog MLS has fully gone corporate.
Must-read.
Must-read.
Yeah, that checks out - coronavirus, then one of the few non-expansion seasons of the past 15+ years.
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Yeah, that checks out - coronavirus, then one of the few non-expansion seasons of the past 15+ years.
As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
Truly a one-of-one kind of shotmap.
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Truly a one-of-one kind of shotmap.
Congratulations to Luis Barraza and Aaron Herrera on finishing the 2025 DC United season one week early.
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Congratulations to Luis Barraza and Aaron Herrera on finishing the 2025 DC United season one week early.
Joe Mansuetto: Well, that's all the questions I had. Anything you want to ask us before we wrap up this interview?
Gregg Berhalter:
Gregg Berhalter:
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Joe Mansuetto: Well, that's all the questions I had. Anything you want to ask us before we wrap up this interview?
Gregg Berhalter:
Gregg Berhalter:
Just submitted my ballot for this year's MLS 22 Under 22.
- A considerable number of regular starters this year.
- A lot of really solid 3- or 4-star prospects here, even if the Almadas or Davies are lacking. That's sustainable.
- Good teams play kids, duh.
Glad MLS continues running this series.
- A considerable number of regular starters this year.
- A lot of really solid 3- or 4-star prospects here, even if the Almadas or Davies are lacking. That's sustainable.
- Good teams play kids, duh.
Glad MLS continues running this series.
September 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Just submitted my ballot for this year's MLS 22 Under 22.
- A considerable number of regular starters this year.
- A lot of really solid 3- or 4-star prospects here, even if the Almadas or Davies are lacking. That's sustainable.
- Good teams play kids, duh.
Glad MLS continues running this series.
- A considerable number of regular starters this year.
- A lot of really solid 3- or 4-star prospects here, even if the Almadas or Davies are lacking. That's sustainable.
- Good teams play kids, duh.
Glad MLS continues running this series.
No pathway to the UWCL can compare to the pull of a daily happy hour with fried mozz.
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No pathway to the UWCL can compare to the pull of a daily happy hour with fried mozz.
Pictured: a shot map from a scoreless half. Hell of a shift from Jacob Jackson.
September 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Pictured: a shot map from a scoreless half. Hell of a shift from Jacob Jackson.
Safe to say that tonight’s St. Louis City vs FC Dallas was an all-timer of sorts. Can’t remember a backup GK weathering a mid-game inclusion this well.
September 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Safe to say that tonight’s St. Louis City vs FC Dallas was an all-timer of sorts. Can’t remember a backup GK weathering a mid-game inclusion this well.
INBOX: Paramount+ has secured the rights to Concacaf World Cup qualifying, with the decisive third round kicking off on Thursday.
Three groups of four. Group winners qualify for 2026, two top runners-up enter the inter-confederation playoff.
Three groups of four. Group winners qualify for 2026, two top runners-up enter the inter-confederation playoff.
September 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
INBOX: Paramount+ has secured the rights to Concacaf World Cup qualifying, with the decisive third round kicking off on Thursday.
Three groups of four. Group winners qualify for 2026, two top runners-up enter the inter-confederation playoff.
Three groups of four. Group winners qualify for 2026, two top runners-up enter the inter-confederation playoff.
Way, way too common that a tragedy like this happens in America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Way, way too common that a tragedy like this happens in America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Leagues Cup might be sport’s first endorsed meme tournament.
Maybe that’s its mission: give every team from MLS Liga MX one more (hilariously direct) path to a berth into the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Even if they’ve been absolute ass all year.
Masterful gambit, m’Galaxy.
Maybe that’s its mission: give every team from MLS Liga MX one more (hilariously direct) path to a berth into the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Even if they’ve been absolute ass all year.
Masterful gambit, m’Galaxy.
August 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Leagues Cup might be sport’s first endorsed meme tournament.
Maybe that’s its mission: give every team from MLS Liga MX one more (hilariously direct) path to a berth into the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Even if they’ve been absolute ass all year.
Masterful gambit, m’Galaxy.
Maybe that’s its mission: give every team from MLS Liga MX one more (hilariously direct) path to a berth into the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Even if they’ve been absolute ass all year.
Masterful gambit, m’Galaxy.
Timely reminder from the USL Players Association that the Championship’s CBA expires on 12/31. Undoubtedly a pivotal contract impending as the USL looks to enact a pro/rel system.
Also “gearing up to start (bargaining talks) in the USL Super League,” whose second season kicked off last week.
Also “gearing up to start (bargaining talks) in the USL Super League,” whose second season kicked off last week.
August 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Timely reminder from the USL Players Association that the Championship’s CBA expires on 12/31. Undoubtedly a pivotal contract impending as the USL looks to enact a pro/rel system.
Also “gearing up to start (bargaining talks) in the USL Super League,” whose second season kicked off last week.
Also “gearing up to start (bargaining talks) in the USL Super League,” whose second season kicked off last week.
Can't decide if it's low-grade ragebait or just... not understanding social graphic spacing?
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Can't decide if it's low-grade ragebait or just... not understanding social graphic spacing?
Guns kill people. That's the sole commonality in every major shooting in America. Do something.
Ashamed by the nation's absolute apathy to make meaningful change — after Sandy Hook, after Columbine, after the 1949 Camden shootings. Inaction has handed innocent people their death sentence.
Ashamed by the nation's absolute apathy to make meaningful change — after Sandy Hook, after Columbine, after the 1949 Camden shootings. Inaction has handed innocent people their death sentence.
August 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Guns kill people. That's the sole commonality in every major shooting in America. Do something.
Ashamed by the nation's absolute apathy to make meaningful change — after Sandy Hook, after Columbine, after the 1949 Camden shootings. Inaction has handed innocent people their death sentence.
Ashamed by the nation's absolute apathy to make meaningful change — after Sandy Hook, after Columbine, after the 1949 Camden shootings. Inaction has handed innocent people their death sentence.
The Leagues Cup underwent major changes for 2025, slimming its field to “just” 36 teams and folding it into the MLS regular season.
What was once a summer standalone is now a distracting burden during the MLS stretch run.
Full discussion near the end of yesterday’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social.
What was once a summer standalone is now a distracting burden during the MLS stretch run.
Full discussion near the end of yesterday’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social.
August 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Leagues Cup underwent major changes for 2025, slimming its field to “just” 36 teams and folding it into the MLS regular season.
What was once a summer standalone is now a distracting burden during the MLS stretch run.
Full discussion near the end of yesterday’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social.
What was once a summer standalone is now a distracting burden during the MLS stretch run.
Full discussion near the end of yesterday’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social.
Mark your calendars - the annual “when the hell is the second round finally starting” questions begin around Halloween. 👻
August 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Mark your calendars - the annual “when the hell is the second round finally starting” questions begin around Halloween. 👻
The inherent sex appeal of heaving the ball into the mixer is undeniable.
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The inherent sex appeal of heaving the ball into the mixer is undeniable.
Update: Will be joining the event whenever Delta decides to let me stop commuting. 🫠
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Update: Will be joining the event whenever Delta decides to let me stop commuting. 🫠