Joshua R Duder
@joshuaduder.bsky.social
Oregon based - Cali and WA friendly
Writer & Podcaster for @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
Co-host of Away Days, Soccer Romantics and other Protagonist projects on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProtagonistSoccer
Co-host of TPS & America’s Greatest pods
Writer & Podcaster for @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
Co-host of Away Days, Soccer Romantics and other Protagonist projects on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProtagonistSoccer
Co-host of TPS & America’s Greatest pods
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🏜️ Pre-Sale for Issue Two, “Soccer Songs of the Southwest” includes 40 pages of soccer stories from AZ, NM, & TX
🎨 Art by Gabaldon, SABA, & Apodaca
⌨️ Words by Vaughn, Gawronski, Brandt, & Morrissey - Vamanos!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
🎨 Art by Gabaldon, SABA, & Apodaca
⌨️ Words by Vaughn, Gawronski, Brandt, & Morrissey - Vamanos!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🏜️ Pre-Sale for Issue Two, “Soccer Songs of the Southwest” includes 40 pages of soccer stories from AZ, NM, & TX
🎨 Art by Gabaldon, SABA, & Apodaca
⌨️ Words by Vaughn, Gawronski, Brandt, & Morrissey - Vamanos!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
🎨 Art by Gabaldon, SABA, & Apodaca
⌨️ Words by Vaughn, Gawronski, Brandt, & Morrissey - Vamanos!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
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My @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social zine came in the mail on Monday. It came with some stickers and a picture from inside the zine. Additionally, I ordered a scarf from them on sale for $5. You’d be a fool to pass up a $5 scarf.
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social zine came in the mail on Monday. It came with some stickers and a picture from inside the zine. Additionally, I ordered a scarf from them on sale for $5. You’d be a fool to pass up a $5 scarf.
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Love, love, love
These beautiful words by @jdnalton.bsky.social
And these beautiful images by
@tylerlittwin.bsky.social
For @nyintfc.bsky.social & @evlovesnyc.bsky.social &
Davide Giri
Bravo to all involved @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
@joshuaduder.bsky.social
These beautiful words by @jdnalton.bsky.social
And these beautiful images by
@tylerlittwin.bsky.social
For @nyintfc.bsky.social & @evlovesnyc.bsky.social &
Davide Giri
Bravo to all involved @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
@joshuaduder.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Love, love, love
These beautiful words by @jdnalton.bsky.social
And these beautiful images by
@tylerlittwin.bsky.social
For @nyintfc.bsky.social & @evlovesnyc.bsky.social &
Davide Giri
Bravo to all involved @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
@joshuaduder.bsky.social
These beautiful words by @jdnalton.bsky.social
And these beautiful images by
@tylerlittwin.bsky.social
For @nyintfc.bsky.social & @evlovesnyc.bsky.social &
Davide Giri
Bravo to all involved @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social
@joshuaduder.bsky.social
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🦅 America’s Greatest s2.e4
@davisjason.bsky.social joins @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social to discuss the 2009 Confed Cup and the #USMNT improbable win over eventual World Cup champion Spain open.spotify.com/episode/3941...
@davisjason.bsky.social joins @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social to discuss the 2009 Confed Cup and the #USMNT improbable win over eventual World Cup champion Spain open.spotify.com/episode/3941...
America's Greatest - S2.E4 - 2009 Confederation's Cup, USMNT v Spain w/ Jason Davis
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🦅 America’s Greatest s2.e4
@davisjason.bsky.social joins @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social to discuss the 2009 Confed Cup and the #USMNT improbable win over eventual World Cup champion Spain open.spotify.com/episode/3941...
@davisjason.bsky.social joins @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social to discuss the 2009 Confed Cup and the #USMNT improbable win over eventual World Cup champion Spain open.spotify.com/episode/3941...
Happy for One Knox - but I was selfishly hoping Velocity would host the league final. Spokane is helluva lot closer.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Happy for One Knox - but I was selfishly hoping Velocity would host the league final. Spokane is helluva lot closer.
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🎙️ TPS ep 18 is up! @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social discuss the appt of Tony Scholes to head up USL 1st div, USL C & L1 playoffs, and plug our many many projects! open.spotify.com/episode/2Be0...
two muppets are sitting at a keyboard and one of them says you can now join aarp !
ALT: two muppets are sitting at a keyboard and one of them says you can now join aarp !
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November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🎙️ TPS ep 18 is up! @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social discuss the appt of Tony Scholes to head up USL 1st div, USL C & L1 playoffs, and plug our many many projects! open.spotify.com/episode/2Be0...
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👕 YOU tell us. What was your TOP soccer shirt of 2025?
✔️ Fill in our End of Year poll!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
✔️ Fill in our End of Year poll!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
👕 YOU tell us. What was your TOP soccer shirt of 2025?
✔️ Fill in our End of Year poll!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
✔️ Fill in our End of Year poll!
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
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🏆 This is it! Your big chance to inspire, inform, & influence our End of Year categories.
🫵 You tell us:
▪️What kits you love! ▪️Where’s the best place to catch a match?
▪️ What WAS the game of the year? And more…
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
🫵 You tell us:
▪️What kits you love! ▪️Where’s the best place to catch a match?
▪️ What WAS the game of the year? And more…
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🏆 This is it! Your big chance to inspire, inform, & influence our End of Year categories.
🫵 You tell us:
▪️What kits you love! ▪️Where’s the best place to catch a match?
▪️ What WAS the game of the year? And more…
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
🫵 You tell us:
▪️What kits you love! ▪️Where’s the best place to catch a match?
▪️ What WAS the game of the year? And more…
www.protagonistsoccer.com/endofyearnom...
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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⚫️ Catching Up with Tesho Akindele
▪️ Now retired from professional soccer, he still makes the Wiki page for Des Moines Menace’s recent USOC run, but is making his real run in Charlotte as a Development Analyst www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/cat...
▪️ Now retired from professional soccer, he still makes the Wiki page for Des Moines Menace’s recent USOC run, but is making his real run in Charlotte as a Development Analyst www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/cat...
Catching Up with Tesho Akindele — Protagonist Soccer
Breaking the Lines’ Zach Lowy catches up with Tesho Akindele . Now retired from professional soccer, he still makes the Wikipedia page for Des Moines Menace’s recent USOC run, but is making his real r...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
⚫️ Catching Up with Tesho Akindele
▪️ Now retired from professional soccer, he still makes the Wiki page for Des Moines Menace’s recent USOC run, but is making his real run in Charlotte as a Development Analyst www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/cat...
▪️ Now retired from professional soccer, he still makes the Wiki page for Des Moines Menace’s recent USOC run, but is making his real run in Charlotte as a Development Analyst www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/cat...
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🦅 @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social are joined by @cboehm.bsky.social on s2.e3 of America’s Greatest
🎙️ We recall “Snow Classico” the 2013 WC Qualifier between #USMNT & Costa Rica - one of those “where were you” moments in modern US Soccer history!
open.spotify.com/episode/39QL...
🎙️ We recall “Snow Classico” the 2013 WC Qualifier between #USMNT & Costa Rica - one of those “where were you” moments in modern US Soccer history!
open.spotify.com/episode/39QL...
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🦅 @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social are joined by @cboehm.bsky.social on s2.e3 of America’s Greatest
🎙️ We recall “Snow Classico” the 2013 WC Qualifier between #USMNT & Costa Rica - one of those “where were you” moments in modern US Soccer history!
open.spotify.com/episode/39QL...
🎙️ We recall “Snow Classico” the 2013 WC Qualifier between #USMNT & Costa Rica - one of those “where were you” moments in modern US Soccer history!
open.spotify.com/episode/39QL...
Hello @annkillion.bsky.social if you could spare a moment, could you follow back for a sports-related professional question? I appreciate your time and space.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hello @annkillion.bsky.social if you could spare a moment, could you follow back for a sports-related professional question? I appreciate your time and space.
2025 US Open Cup 3rd Qualifying Round: Ballard FC vs. Sharktopus FC
YouTube video by Ballard FC
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November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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⚫️ Michael Lahoud has plied his trade at every level of soccer available in the US and even earned a few caps for his country of origin, Sierra Leone.
▪️ He opens up to Zach Lowy of Breaking the Lines, who has chosen to share his story with Protagonist Soccer. www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/mic...
▪️ He opens up to Zach Lowy of Breaking the Lines, who has chosen to share his story with Protagonist Soccer. www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/mic...
Michael Lahoud Opens Up to Protagonist Soccer — Protagonist Soccer
From child refugee to NCAA National Champion; PDL up-and-comer to MLS veteran; Michael Lahoud has plied his trade at every level of soccer available in the United States and even earned a few national...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
⚫️ Michael Lahoud has plied his trade at every level of soccer available in the US and even earned a few caps for his country of origin, Sierra Leone.
▪️ He opens up to Zach Lowy of Breaking the Lines, who has chosen to share his story with Protagonist Soccer. www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/mic...
▪️ He opens up to Zach Lowy of Breaking the Lines, who has chosen to share his story with Protagonist Soccer. www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/mic...
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Great thanks to @governorferguson.bsky.social for moving $2.2 million each week to support Washington food banks as they feed the nearly one million Washingtonians relying on SNAP benefits.
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great thanks to @governorferguson.bsky.social for moving $2.2 million each week to support Washington food banks as they feed the nearly one million Washingtonians relying on SNAP benefits.
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🧛🏻♂️ Did you hear the story of the Hungarian immigrant who loved soccer, organized cup competitions in Los Angeles and portrayed Dracula on stage and screen?
🏆 Check out this story of Bela Lugosi and Dracula’s Cup by @joshuaduder.bsky.social
www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kic...
🏆 Check out this story of Bela Lugosi and Dracula’s Cup by @joshuaduder.bsky.social
www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kic...
The Legend of Bela Lugosi & Dracula's Cup — Protagonist Soccer
Bela Lugosi, immigrated to the United States and brought with him a love for continental soccer. He organized an Hungarian immigrant team in Southern California and was so involved in the sport that t...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🧛🏻♂️ Did you hear the story of the Hungarian immigrant who loved soccer, organized cup competitions in Los Angeles and portrayed Dracula on stage and screen?
🏆 Check out this story of Bela Lugosi and Dracula’s Cup by @joshuaduder.bsky.social
www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kic...
🏆 Check out this story of Bela Lugosi and Dracula’s Cup by @joshuaduder.bsky.social
www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/kic...
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⚽️👻 For Spooky Week, we’re resurrecting some older articles - like The Ghosts of Fall River by @danvaughn.bsky.social from October, 2018 www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/...
The Ghosts of Fall River — Protagonist Soccer
My theory on ghosts is that that they are lingering echoes from time gone by. Not necessarily spirits or spectral beings, but just regular people, like you and I, who are somehow reflecting across tim...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
⚽️👻 For Spooky Week, we’re resurrecting some older articles - like The Ghosts of Fall River by @danvaughn.bsky.social from October, 2018 www.protagonistsoccer.com/kickingback/...
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🦅 America’s Greatest, s2.e2 @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social catch up with @wpslsoccer.bsky.social legend Jamie Levoy of @calstormsoccer.bsky.social to discuss the #USWNT and the 99 World Cup open.spotify.com/episode/5XTd...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🦅 America’s Greatest, s2.e2 @danvaughn.bsky.social & @joshuaduder.bsky.social catch up with @wpslsoccer.bsky.social legend Jamie Levoy of @calstormsoccer.bsky.social to discuss the #USWNT and the 99 World Cup open.spotify.com/episode/5XTd...
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🦅 ICYMI: We dropped ep1 from s2 of America’s Greatest where we had a great conversation with Jimmy Conrad about his role in the 2006 World Cup and that brutal #USMNT game vs Italy open.spotify.com/episode/7faK...
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🦅 ICYMI: We dropped ep1 from s2 of America’s Greatest where we had a great conversation with Jimmy Conrad about his role in the 2006 World Cup and that brutal #USMNT game vs Italy open.spotify.com/episode/7faK...
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▫️ USL League One’s regular season ends this weekend and there’s still a lot up in the air: one last playoff spot, home field advantage, and the Player’s Shield.
▫️ @joshuaduder.bsky.social takes a look at the matchups and how they impact the playoff picture www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/usl...
▫️ @joshuaduder.bsky.social takes a look at the matchups and how they impact the playoff picture www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/usl...
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
▫️ USL League One’s regular season ends this weekend and there’s still a lot up in the air: one last playoff spot, home field advantage, and the Player’s Shield.
▫️ @joshuaduder.bsky.social takes a look at the matchups and how they impact the playoff picture www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/usl...
▫️ @joshuaduder.bsky.social takes a look at the matchups and how they impact the playoff picture www.protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/usl...
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The future of pro soccer in Fort Wayne is almost here. Make sure you attend our Brand Reveal Party 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Promenade Park Pavilion. www.fortwaynefc.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The future of pro soccer in Fort Wayne is almost here. Make sure you attend our Brand Reveal Party 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Promenade Park Pavilion. www.fortwaynefc.com/news/2025/10...
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Matchmaker Michaels filed to waive court fees due to his poverty in his suit against the Cosmos. Counsel apparently attached Medium post by him where he claims he's brokered deals worth 100s of millions. The court gave him until yesterday to explain or be dismissed, but he didn't file anything.
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Matchmaker Michaels filed to waive court fees due to his poverty in his suit against the Cosmos. Counsel apparently attached Medium post by him where he claims he's brokered deals worth 100s of millions. The court gave him until yesterday to explain or be dismissed, but he didn't file anything.
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📦 Zines picked up from the printer! Need to get individually packed up, stickers and cards inserted, then shipped off to y’all!
😮💨 Only 5 left then its SOLD OUT www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
😮💨 Only 5 left then its SOLD OUT www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📦 Zines picked up from the printer! Need to get individually packed up, stickers and cards inserted, then shipped off to y’all!
😮💨 Only 5 left then its SOLD OUT www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
😮💨 Only 5 left then its SOLD OUT www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...
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💻 TPS Episode 17 is live!
🎙️ Dan Vaughn & @JoshuaRDuder discuss ▪️@USLWLeague expansion
▪️@USLLeagueOne playoff picture going into the final weekend
▪️The major European leagues returning from international break youtu.be/kkW9pR-ClH4?...
🎙️ Dan Vaughn & @JoshuaRDuder discuss ▪️@USLWLeague expansion
▪️@USLLeagueOne playoff picture going into the final weekend
▪️The major European leagues returning from international break youtu.be/kkW9pR-ClH4?...
The Protagonist Show - Ep 17 - USL W Expansion
YouTube video by Protagonist Soccer
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October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
💻 TPS Episode 17 is live!
🎙️ Dan Vaughn & @JoshuaRDuder discuss ▪️@USLWLeague expansion
▪️@USLLeagueOne playoff picture going into the final weekend
▪️The major European leagues returning from international break youtu.be/kkW9pR-ClH4?...
🎙️ Dan Vaughn & @JoshuaRDuder discuss ▪️@USLWLeague expansion
▪️@USLLeagueOne playoff picture going into the final weekend
▪️The major European leagues returning from international break youtu.be/kkW9pR-ClH4?...