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Michael Heinz
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Leftist, sports fan, gamer, curmudgeon. Listen to me whine

Lifelong Mets, Islanders, and Jets fan, devoted Cosmos and Everton supporter. Also rooting for RBNY, Brooklyn FC, Gotham FC, the Sirens, Knicks, and Liberty. And humanity

Love, love, love! - Pele
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A gem from The New Yorker:
One morning a few weeks ago, I met de Blasio at his regular coffee shop in Park Slope. He had just come from the gym—the same one that he’d insisted on commuting to every morning from Gracie Mansion, no matter how much grief the press gave him for it—and was wearing sweats. He held forth among his fellow-patrons with a spirit of magnanimous, possibly unreciprocated camaraderie, greeting a startled man by the door with a familiar “How you doing, brother?” and ordering his breakfast (scrambled egg whites, cheddar, ham, and tomato on multigrain toast) as “mi sandwich especial.” These days, de Blasio most often makes the news for his love life or for such momentous moves as dyeing his salt-and-pepper crewcut. But he’s sensed a bit of de Blasio nostalgia creeping into town. “Since I left office, the No. 1 thing that people come up to me on the street and talk about is pre-K,” he told me, lacing his iced espresso with a heavy pour of simple syrup. “The No. 2 thing that people talk about is that Onion headline.” He quoted it for me, savoring every word: “Well, well, well, not so easy to find a mayor that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Now this is a title race I can get into
The MLS Supporters Shield standings as of September 14, 2025
September 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Imagine an NFL kicker having to try to make kicks from this angle
A picture from the USA/Samoa 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup match, showing an American player lining up for a conversion kick
September 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Never tell me "the pro/rel people" are the awful ones. This is the kind of shit that is celebrated amongst MLS fans for daring to suggest players under a salary cap are underpaid. These bootlickers wouldn't know solidarity if it bit them in the ass. Can't wait to be done with this joke of a league
An abusive but un-modded reddit comment from an MLS supporter
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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lol ok
A screenshot of the Tickermaster page for the USMNT friendly vs South Korea on 9/5/25 showing the lowest ticket is over $200
September 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Bruh
A push notification from GrubHub referencing the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce engagement
August 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Let's see how airing these takes goes... #USMNT
A reddit post saying the following: I think the following things are true and am hesitant to air the take for fear of getting shouted down with abuse, but, well, maybe it's worth speaking up. - MLS quality of play is greatly underrated in world football - It is better a USMNT player get playing time in MLS than ride pine in Europe - It is better a USMNT plater get playing time in any league with relegation than get playing time in a league without stakes like MLS, and no one should have to apologize for acknowledging that reality - People who say things like "QSMNT Twitter" are guilty of exactly the same kind of shitty behavior and batshit circlejerking, they just think it's okay so long as it's pro-MLS - It's been embarrassing seeing some really respectable soccer writers/BlueSky accounts masturbate to this quote this afternoon - Everyone needs to cut the tribalism shit in both directions and just let the coach put the most in form team he can on the pitch Anyway, torch me if you like, just my two cents
August 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Domino meme saying "Elizabeth Warren refuses to run against Hillary Clinton in 2016" leading to "The downfall of human civilization"
August 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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The old "Bernie or Hillary" meme from 2016 joking about soccer, with Bernie's 'position' being that Vermont Green should be in USL League One and Hillary's 'position' being she likes the World Cup
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This poster randomly appeared in my office (at a job that has nothing to do with soccer) and I have to let all my #RBNY and #NYCosmos friends know
A poster of then-MLS star Gio Savarese playing for the New York/New Jersey Metrostars
June 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Go fuck yourself
A screenshot showing Goldman is a puppet of the current far-right apartheid Israeli government
June 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Stop absolving Joe Biden of the blood on his hands, ty
A chart showing that of one million COVID deaths in the United States, 600,000 happened under the Biden presidency
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Professional wrestle Samoa Joe taunting an opponent by bringing up his wife Wendy
February 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Principal Skinner "out of touch" meme, top text 'Should the Democrats have been better', bottom text 'No, it's the voters who are wrong'
January 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I had this lying clown blocked on Twitter, with good reason, but I'm trying to not be so quick to block here. Plus, it gives me an opportunity to re-post this classic
Butterfly meme of the misunderstanding about how things that happen in lower league American soccer are often the result of not being able to be promoted to the profitable tier MLS monopolizes but are often mischaracterized as open system advocates' fault
December 19, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Reminded of this for no particular reason today
A screenshot of a tweet from after the Trump assassination attempt, stating "If I'm being completely honest, I think everyone saying 'political violence has no place in society' should consider the body counts our ruling class racks up on the daily and explain to me why the fuck not"
December 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Like, their entire asses
November 30, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Introduce yourself with four footballers
Soccer player Landon Donovan, in celebration Soccer player Megan Rapinoe, in celebration Soccer goalkeeper Tim Howard, mid-save Soccer player Richarlison, holding a blue flare
November 19, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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#Soccersky, scarves up!

I collect one for every team I seen in person, plus the scarf up top says "FUCK TRUMP" on the back. 20 in all so far; 5 international, 2 EPL, 3 NASL, 2 NWSL, and 8 MLS
A collection of various soccer scarves hanging on a wall
November 16, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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Introduce yourself with four video games:
Video game cover of Halo 2, featuring a cyborg soldier wielding guns against an orange lit sky Video game cover of Destiny: The Taken King, featuring three magical warrior characters wielding weaponry and elemental abilities Video game cover of All Star Baseball 2003, featuring legendary Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter Video game cover of Pokemon Blue, featuring the blue water cannon turtle Blastoise
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Where is #SleepApneasky at? My ENT doc prescribed Max Air Nose Cones for airway purposes

Mixed results from these hilarious lookin things night one: Good night's sleep, but they also fell out at one point and I woke up. Still got cottonmouth. No idea if I snored yet

We'll see! Keepin at it...
Bearded man wearing nasal cones for help with breathing to address sleep apnea symptoms
November 13, 2024 at 12:45 PM