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Eric V
@rhodyeric.bsky.social
Upstate New Yorker turned Rhode Islander via Atlanta.

Dad life 👧👶
Sports ⚾️⚽️🏀🎾🏎️
Music 🎺
Reading 📚
Bourbon 🥃

Be curious, not judgmental.
We, as a country, do not appreciate nearly enough that Lionel Freaking Messi plays in MLS. What a treat.
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
1A! 1A! 1A!
The US Open is back
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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𝗥𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗖 enjoyed a dream expansion season, becoming a threat in the East and making the USL Championship Final.

Can Maxi Rodriguez take this squad to new heights?

Read up on Rhode Island in @usltactics.com's 2025 season preview ⤵️
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Rhode Island FC 2025 USL Championship season preview
We’re taking you through Rhode Island's offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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With the 2025 MLS season kicking off this weekend, we have in-depth previews for 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟑𝟎 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 dropping this week 🔎

Plus, we're running a 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 for new subscribers between now and the start of the season!

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2025 MLS Season Previews, Day 1: Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati & Colorado
With a new MLS season starting this weekend, we’re dropping in-depth previews for all 30 teams.
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February 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Very excited about this. Miggy’s first stint in Atlanta made him one of my favorite players in the sport. Works hard on both sides of the ball, always smiling, scores some wonder goals.

Miggy is back. Atlanta United is back.
🔴⚫️ Atlanta United have officially signed club-legend Miguel Almiron from Newcastle.

Almiron is BACK.
January 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The writer of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer writing a song about George Washington:

Well of course you know Millard Fillmore and James Garfield and William Howard Taft and Gerald Ford …
BUT do you recall the most famous president of all??
December 21, 2024 at 4:50 AM
I think the NBA Cup is good and better than not having it.

But I think the neutral venue kills the vibe of the final. Could get a “playoff atmosphere” at a home arena instead of the Vegas crowd.
December 18, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Guess I should have posted this here this morning too instead of just texting my dad but hey, nailed it.
December 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I can’t fathom why Soto (or anyone) is getting close to Shohei money. Shohei is two players in one roster spot, that kind of value can’t be matched.
December 7, 2024 at 12:58 PM
So… the Big 12 might miss the playoffs entirely?
November 24, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Good morning, it’s USL Championship Final day!
November 23, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Introduce yourself with four footballers
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
I have to admit, I was not for playoff expansion at all. For the purpose of crowning a champion, top four seemed like enough.

But there are so many intriguing storylines here. Including more teams is more fun and less damaging to regular season stakes than I thought it would be.
Check out the full College Football Playoff selection committee rankings for games played through Saturday, November 16.

It's going to be an exciting couple of weeks as we near closer to Selection Day!

#CFBPlayoff 🏈🏆
November 20, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Good morning from the 2024 Eastern Conference Champions 🏆
November 17, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Following RIFC has been so fun this year. Slow start but they have become one of the best teams in the league, and they walk the walk when it comes to community connection. Our little state has a gem of a soccer team. Thanks for shining a light on USL @usltactics.bsky.social

Up the tide!
"What type of team do you want to be?" Rhode Island FC coach Khano Smith recalls asking after a brutal start in the USL Championship.

With RIFC in the Eastern Conference final, @usltactics.bsky.social examines how an expansion club became a trophy threat 🏆

Read ⤵️
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How USL expansion club Rhode Island FC built a trophy contender in their debut season
“We didn’t just want a track team. We needed players that could play football, too.”
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November 14, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Things people don’t tell you about parenting: How much time you’ll spend having ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA where your kid is as they giggle under a blanket right next to you
November 13, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Sports, ranked by how much of an upgrade it is to attend in person vs watching on TV:

1. Basketball, sitting close
2. Hockey
3. Soccer
4. Baseball
5. Football
6. Basketball, not sitting close
November 12, 2024 at 2:53 PM
First attempt at pan pizza in the cast iron
November 11, 2024 at 11:41 PM
As a former Atlanta United season ticket holder and current Rhode Island FC season ticket holder, that was a heck of a night.
November 10, 2024 at 4:35 AM
I see sports Blue Sky is posting favorite teams, so this is as good of a first post here as any:

MLB: San Francisco Giants
USL Championship: Rhode Island FC
Premier League: Arsenal
MLS: Atlanta United
International soccer: USMNT/USWNT
College sports: Syracuse, Marist
November 7, 2024 at 9:29 PM