Jon Arnold

Soccer writer @usatodaysports.usatoday.com. Eternally Getting CONCACAFed.

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2026-09-30 19:21:16 UTC

If I were Ronaldo, I would simply retire & spend the next 40+ years of my life swimming through my piles of money that make Scrooge McDuck's stacks look like a kid's allowance.

2026-07-04 01:55:16 UTC

A pair of 🐐🐐
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2026-04-07 23:00:00 UTC

The world's best continental club championship returns tonight!
Let's take the temperature of all eight teams left in the quarterfinals:
open.substack.com/pub/getconca...
📈📉 Who's hot and who's not hea...

2026-03-29 02:53:52 UTC

If you wondered if tonight repaired the relationship with the supporters, Mexico fans sarcastically shouting "olés" as Portugal moves the ball in a match that is 0-0 & yelling the p word at their own keeper.
Sooooo, not exactly

2026-03-04 15:45:50 UTC

I saw the 1-1 split on the map and thought, 'This can't be right,' but turns out King County has a population of 265.
So...who's sending me to Guthrie to find the two Democratic primary voters & work out why they split? @texastribune.org@bsky.brid.gy? @texasmonthly.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy? Call me.
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2025-11-30 22:03:06 UTC

After taking the team to the World Cup playoff, Stanley Menzo has resigned as Suriname national team manager.
"I am immensely proud of what we have achieved together, and it has been a great honor for me to be part of this extraordinary journey," he wrote in a statement.
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2025-10-20 15:54:23 UTC

On the ones and twos at @espn.com for the MLS PLAYOFF POWER RANKINGS.
I love a hipster pick as much as (OK, more than) the next guy, but anybody notice what these Inter Miami guys are doing?
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
MLS Cup playoff Power Rankings...

2025-08-08 06:14:41 UTC

A Leagues Cupdate:
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2025-05-06 13:54:16 UTC

Looks like we’re headed for an América-LAFC playoff for a Club World Cup spot with TAS rejecting appeals from the Grupo Pachuca clubs & from Alajuelense.
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