Jamie Rathjen
@rarthen.bsky.social
Used to write about uniforms. Caps/#HTTC/DCU/Spirit/THFC/Aberdeen/UVa/Iowa. Spirit STH. 🇩🇪-speaking. still probably shouting into the void about mental health and other stuff. 🌻
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2nd place out of 19 playing bar trivia with @rarthen.bsky.social, pls clap
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
2nd place out of 19 playing bar trivia with @rarthen.bsky.social, pls clap
would be even funnier if the Spirit did the honors next time
as @rarthen.bsky.social pointed out, he was fired from his first *two* MLS jobs after losing to #DCU (incl a club record 7-1 with Toronto) which is _hilarious_
Armas' record as an MLS head coach over ~4.5 seasons: 65W-31D-72L.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
would be even funnier if the Spirit did the honors next time
spurs by a million
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
spurs by a million
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> @rarthen.bsky.social: you’re not doing it, you’re gonna hurt yourself 💀
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
> @rarthen.bsky.social: you’re not doing it, you’re gonna hurt yourself 💀
spot the bald spot (and we don't mean ours) @rathjen.us
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
spot the bald spot (and we don't mean ours) @rathjen.us
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twin brain in action: @rarthen.bsky.social and I are listening to the same Austrian radio and indignantly texted each other at the same time when a Christmas song came on
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
twin brain in action: @rarthen.bsky.social and I are listening to the same Austrian radio and indignantly texted each other at the same time when a Christmas song came on
managed to see one (1) other women's team shirt at the DC Spurs bar besides mine, which was one more than last time 🤦♂️
Not saying this just to be contrary, but you can tell who spent the lead up to the NLD working themselves up into an angsty froth & who spent it watching the 1 Spurs team that’s currently good. Choices were made! I’m just baffled by folks who continue to ignore Spurs Women. You could be having fun…
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
managed to see one (1) other women's team shirt at the DC Spurs bar besides mine, which was one more than last time 🤦♂️
Hampden defies spacetime
the roar following this goal is unlike anything I've heard in my life 😱
Every photo of Scott McTominay’s post-Manchester United glow-up has been excellent. Adding “bicycle kick that possibly sends Scotland to its first World Cup since he was 2” to the list!
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hampden defies spacetime
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SCENES AT AUDI FIELD AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE 🔊🏟️
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
SCENES AT AUDI FIELD AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE 🔊🏟️
you can see me in the actual video not even reacting because I couldn't see it behind the flags 🤦♂️
oh boo they did not crop it so you can see Rahsing’s second penalty nearly bean me 😂
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you can see me in the actual video not even reacting because I couldn't see it behind the flags 🤦♂️
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This is one of the last pictures of us together — my CS graduation in 2016. His wretched disease essentially locked his mind into a non-functional body in the years after. Dad, you’re free. I love you. I’m glad the last thing we talked about was the Ryder Cup and the Nats. Psalm 18:28.
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is one of the last pictures of us together — my CS graduation in 2016. His wretched disease essentially locked his mind into a non-functional body in the years after. Dad, you’re free. I love you. I’m glad the last thing we talked about was the Ryder Cup and the Nats. Psalm 18:28.
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I arrived in Cardiff — literally the second I sat down and put on The Chase on ITV (always gotta trivia) — to a phone call that my dad passed away this morning.
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I arrived in Cardiff — literally the second I sat down and put on The Chase on ITV (always gotta trivia) — to a phone call that my dad passed away this morning.
I only remember this one 💀
(either that or ironically listening to Rush Limbaugh 😂)
September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I only remember this one 💀
my name was handwritten on next to my parents, which my mom thought was hilarious
the Iowa side of my family is wasting their time and money sending us invitations to my cousin's wedding (we don't have a great relationship and for sure none of us are going to another wedding in fucking Des Moines)...
apparently they straight up forgot to send me one 😂😂
apparently they straight up forgot to send me one 😂😂
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
my name was handwritten on next to my parents, which my mom thought was hilarious
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my brother and I watched the Spirit play UVA women on an bone-chillingly freezing March night at a random youth/pickup soccer field in Leesburg (this was before Segra Field existed)
IIRC it ended goalless and we spent most of the time watching the ACC men’s basketball championship on my phone 😂
IIRC it ended goalless and we spent most of the time watching the ACC men’s basketball championship on my phone 😂
It's Followback Friday at Kickback!
Today's prompt is courtesy @empiregass.bsky.social, and in honor of Argentina playing...Puerto Rico in Chicago?
Please state the strangest or most random soccer match you can remember, and receive a follow!
Today's prompt is courtesy @empiregass.bsky.social, and in honor of Argentina playing...Puerto Rico in Chicago?
Please state the strangest or most random soccer match you can remember, and receive a follow!
September 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
my brother and I watched the Spirit play UVA women on an bone-chillingly freezing March night at a random youth/pickup soccer field in Leesburg (this was before Segra Field existed)
IIRC it ended goalless and we spent most of the time watching the ACC men’s basketball championship on my phone 😂
IIRC it ended goalless and we spent most of the time watching the ACC men’s basketball championship on my phone 😂
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unironically I love that the camera caught me and @rarthen.bsky.social immediately debating whether it was going to stand or not ☠️
August 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
unironically I love that the camera caught me and @rarthen.bsky.social immediately debating whether it was going to stand or not ☠️
somehow survived a 34 mile ride on some busy roads without many car people doing dumb shit 🤦♂️
lol I was on the corner at Vernon and Raymond — one step away from being in the street — and some asshole tried to blow the stop sign!
literally came to a full stop in the crosswalk and then looked at me like I was insane
guess it’s too much to expect people to stop at stop signs now 🙄
literally came to a full stop in the crosswalk and then looked at me like I was insane
guess it’s too much to expect people to stop at stop signs now 🙄
August 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
somehow survived a 34 mile ride on some busy roads without many car people doing dumb shit 🤦♂️
in which I get the title of "contributing author" for the first time
2025-26 Premier League Preview, Part I | Uni Watch
Here’s Part 1 of the Uni Watch 2025-26 Premier League Uniform Preview…
uni-watch.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
in which I get the title of "contributing author" for the first time
turns out astronomy is useful for bar trivia
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
turns out astronomy is useful for bar trivia
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Dog Riley has delivered a gold medal performance in the sploot this evening
July 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Dog Riley has delivered a gold medal performance in the sploot this evening
real good start to spelling her name right in the graphic, guys 🤦♂️
June 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
real good start to spelling her name right in the graphic, guys 🤦♂️