Phil Barbier
@raukodraug.bsky.social
Soccer Fan / Sci-Fi Nerd / Sustainability & Urbanism Nerd / UCC Pastor
He/Him
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As someone who sweats when it's 70°, winter games sound wonderful to me.
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As someone who sweats when it's 70°, winter games sound wonderful to me.
He's had multiple suspensions and fines for unsportsmanlike behavior including MULTIPLE issues with biting and, most egregious, numerous instances of racist abuse. If he didn't learn from those prior instances, he won't from this either.
The question is whether Miami/MLS will learn anything.
The question is whether Miami/MLS will learn anything.
September 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
He's had multiple suspensions and fines for unsportsmanlike behavior including MULTIPLE issues with biting and, most egregious, numerous instances of racist abuse. If he didn't learn from those prior instances, he won't from this either.
The question is whether Miami/MLS will learn anything.
The question is whether Miami/MLS will learn anything.
Suarez has a history of biting people (4 times), multiple charges, fines and suspensions for racial abuse, and numerous incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct resulting in suspensions and fines. He's not a player anyone should be admiring, even before this.
September 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Suarez has a history of biting people (4 times), multiple charges, fines and suspensions for racial abuse, and numerous incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct resulting in suspensions and fines. He's not a player anyone should be admiring, even before this.
The whole "questions to refs need to be submitted 10 minutes before the end of the game" rule is RIDICULOUS. It gives an out for any ref to avoid ever answering questions about decisions they make during stoppage time. Refs should have to sit down in front of the press mics, just like coaches.
August 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The whole "questions to refs need to be submitted 10 minutes before the end of the game" rule is RIDICULOUS. It gives an out for any ref to avoid ever answering questions about decisions they make during stoppage time. Refs should have to sit down in front of the press mics, just like coaches.
So if that's the point of contact... then if a player a step and a half ahead of me kicks me with his heel in my knee and then kicks his own foot afterwards... I've tripped him?
There's a reason the ref... who was in a good position to see any contact waived it off and told Laborda to get up.
There's a reason the ref... who was in a good position to see any contact waived it off and told Laborda to get up.
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So if that's the point of contact... then if a player a step and a half ahead of me kicks me with his heel in my knee and then kicks his own foot afterwards... I've tripped him?
There's a reason the ref... who was in a good position to see any contact waived it off and told Laborda to get up.
There's a reason the ref... who was in a good position to see any contact waived it off and told Laborda to get up.
The ref was in a good position to see any contact... as was the AR... and when Laborda went down the ref waived it off. Joyner's stride didn't change either which you would see if there was enough contact to send Laborda to ground the way he did.
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The ref was in a good position to see any contact... as was the AR... and when Laborda went down the ref waived it off. Joyner's stride didn't change either which you would see if there was enough contact to send Laborda to ground the way he did.
Joyner was a full step behind AND a step to the left... but, sure... he tripped Laborda while the ball was 10 feet ahead and to the right of Laborda out of the penalty area. It's such a ridiculously soft foul that the ref, who was in a great position to see it at the time, waved it off.
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Joyner was a full step behind AND a step to the left... but, sure... he tripped Laborda while the ball was 10 feet ahead and to the right of Laborda out of the penalty area. It's such a ridiculously soft foul that the ref, who was in a great position to see it at the time, waved it off.
... and both leagues play MANY matches in higher temps, but games like this are a perfect example of why soccer needs to move to a fall-spring calendar (with a mid-December to mid-February break) or at least a spring-fall calendar (with a July to August break).
August 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
... and both leagues play MANY matches in higher temps, but games like this are a perfect example of why soccer needs to move to a fall-spring calendar (with a mid-December to mid-February break) or at least a spring-fall calendar (with a July to August break).
Most medical professionals don't recommend matches be played when the heat index exceeds 96 degrees, and it wasn't until about 8:45 PM that the heat index dropped below that in KC... and yet the gam started at 6:30 PM.
Both MLS and the NWSL prioritize playing matches over player safety. 1/2
Both MLS and the NWSL prioritize playing matches over player safety. 1/2
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Most medical professionals don't recommend matches be played when the heat index exceeds 96 degrees, and it wasn't until about 8:45 PM that the heat index dropped below that in KC... and yet the gam started at 6:30 PM.
Both MLS and the NWSL prioritize playing matches over player safety. 1/2
Both MLS and the NWSL prioritize playing matches over player safety. 1/2
... liability for defective guns) and nationalism (that equates guns to liberty). And it is those same idolatries that gun manufacturers, lobbyists and organizations use to target men, and particularly young men, with the idea that guns and violence will solve their problems. (2/2)
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
... liability for defective guns) and nationalism (that equates guns to liberty). And it is those same idolatries that gun manufacturers, lobbyists and organizations use to target men, and particularly young men, with the idea that guns and violence will solve their problems. (2/2)
It's certainly men... but possibly more than that, it's Americans. There's a problem with Americans... our idolatry of individualism (that says I can only rely on myself and my gun to keep me safe), capitalism (that allows a state like New Hampshire to pass a law to limit manufacturer... (1/2)
July 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It's certainly men... but possibly more than that, it's Americans. There's a problem with Americans... our idolatry of individualism (that says I can only rely on myself and my gun to keep me safe), capitalism (that allows a state like New Hampshire to pass a law to limit manufacturer... (1/2)
A trench coat with a VERY fashionable belt, I'm sure.
July 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A trench coat with a VERY fashionable belt, I'm sure.
"old conservative white"... interesting assumption. Of course Leo is actually of Louisiana Creole (specifically Haitian) descent, but don't let that stop you from inadvertently making assumptions based on how others look.
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"old conservative white"... interesting assumption. Of course Leo is actually of Louisiana Creole (specifically Haitian) descent, but don't let that stop you from inadvertently making assumptions based on how others look.
1. Impressive defensive effort
2. Just can't finish
2. Just can't finish
April 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
1. Impressive defensive effort
2. Just can't finish
2. Just can't finish
Well, as a preacher I’ve definitely had a couple of sermons like that.
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Well, as a preacher I’ve definitely had a couple of sermons like that.
I wish MLS clubs could get kits from Hummel and weren’t stuck with Adidas.
March 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I wish MLS clubs could get kits from Hummel and weren’t stuck with Adidas.
Fans in the stands at Snapdragon know who was chanting. The ultimate pressure is notifying security and getting bigots tossed rather than allowing the match to be forfeited.
As for the draft, you’re right… but MLS would have to change the draft rules from the way they’re currently written.
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As for the draft, you’re right… but MLS would have to change the draft rules from the way they’re currently written.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fans in the stands at Snapdragon know who was chanting. The ultimate pressure is notifying security and getting bigots tossed rather than allowing the match to be forfeited.
As for the draft, you’re right… but MLS would have to change the draft rules from the way they’re currently written.
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As for the draft, you’re right… but MLS would have to change the draft rules from the way they’re currently written.
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Yes there has to be pressure to stop it… and that pressure would come from other fans who would be at risk of losing hundreds of dollars every time a group is loud enough to get warned.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Yes there has to be pressure to stop it… and that pressure would come from other fans who would be at risk of losing hundreds of dollars every time a group is loud enough to get warned.
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Do you really think that will make them learn? So what if they drop points in a forfeit? There’s no actual penalty for being at the bottom of the table… heck the less points they get the better the draft pick.
They need to vacate the stadium and play a closed door match after each instance.
They need to vacate the stadium and play a closed door match after each instance.
March 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Do you really think that will make them learn? So what if they drop points in a forfeit? There’s no actual penalty for being at the bottom of the table… heck the less points they get the better the draft pick.
They need to vacate the stadium and play a closed door match after each instance.
They need to vacate the stadium and play a closed door match after each instance.
Docking points does no good if there is no repercussions for ending up at the bottom of the table. The penalties red to be financial or closed door matches.
March 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Docking points does no good if there is no repercussions for ending up at the bottom of the table. The penalties red to be financial or closed door matches.
"What's more important their faith or Trump?" For many of them Trump. Evangelical Christians are calling Jesus' own word in the Sermon on the Mount too "liberal"... so, while they may call themselves Christian, they're actively turning their back on the faith.
newrepublic.com/post/174950/...
newrepublic.com/post/174950/...
Christianity Today Editor: Evangelicals Call Jesus “Liberal” and “Weak”
A former evangelical leader is sounding the alarm about the direction his religion is headed in.
newrepublic.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"What's more important their faith or Trump?" For many of them Trump. Evangelical Christians are calling Jesus' own word in the Sermon on the Mount too "liberal"... so, while they may call themselves Christian, they're actively turning their back on the faith.
newrepublic.com/post/174950/...
newrepublic.com/post/174950/...
Neither Trump nor Musk are Christian, so I don’t think Christian values… or really ANY values beyond the monetary value of what can line their pockets… are at play here.
February 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Neither Trump nor Musk are Christian, so I don’t think Christian values… or really ANY values beyond the monetary value of what can line their pockets… are at play here.
My original point was a QUESTION about whether it would help… not a CLAIM that it would.
So, no, I haven’t proved ANY point… because, again, it was a QUESTION for Matt & Phill.
Where I have disagreed with you is that no one cares about the USOC. Last year’s boycotts show that is flat out wrong.
So, no, I haven’t proved ANY point… because, again, it was a QUESTION for Matt & Phill.
Where I have disagreed with you is that no one cares about the USOC. Last year’s boycotts show that is flat out wrong.
February 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My original point was a QUESTION about whether it would help… not a CLAIM that it would.
So, no, I haven’t proved ANY point… because, again, it was a QUESTION for Matt & Phill.
Where I have disagreed with you is that no one cares about the USOC. Last year’s boycotts show that is flat out wrong.
So, no, I haven’t proved ANY point… because, again, it was a QUESTION for Matt & Phill.
Where I have disagreed with you is that no one cares about the USOC. Last year’s boycotts show that is flat out wrong.
So, because Italy’s national cup isn’t seen as important, national cups aren’t important anywhere?
Since you’re not in the U.S. you might not be aware of the boycotts last season by MLS fans in support of the USOC. So the national cup was important enough to get fans to walk away from LC games.
Since you’re not in the U.S. you might not be aware of the boycotts last season by MLS fans in support of the USOC. So the national cup was important enough to get fans to walk away from LC games.
February 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So, because Italy’s national cup isn’t seen as important, national cups aren’t important anywhere?
Since you’re not in the U.S. you might not be aware of the boycotts last season by MLS fans in support of the USOC. So the national cup was important enough to get fans to walk away from LC games.
Since you’re not in the U.S. you might not be aware of the boycotts last season by MLS fans in support of the USOC. So the national cup was important enough to get fans to walk away from LC games.
So, as an MLS fan I’m being dismissive of myself because I also understand the importance of the USOC. Got it.
February 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So, as an MLS fan I’m being dismissive of myself because I also understand the importance of the USOC. Got it.