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Dennis Pope
@DennisPope
Husband | Dad-dad x 3 🙊🙈🙉 | Sportswriter | Gaffer @InlandFC 🐺 | @SoCalPremier & @SWPremier ⚽️ | @opencup🏆| @ProtagonistPods🎙| Riverside Sport HOF Board 📢
SoCal, USA
Joined March 2011
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    It's pretty well over for me here. I've moved over to dennispope.bsky.social and will be closing this account until ownership changes. Follow me there or on Instagram/Threads at my gov't name. Or do a quick Google search and write me at one of my numerous emails.
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    Like @WrexhamFX? Falling in love with @Wrexham_AFC? Did you know there is (likely) a local level club near you to actually, viscerally support? And yes, I mean going to matches, eatin' scran & buyin' proper club gear! If you don't know how or where to look, please ask me.
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    The kid - Marcus Lee - started his third consecutive @opencup match for @CalUtdStrikers and put on a show in the first half, outpacing @LAGalaxy defenders left and right. Here's a great photo of Lee in action last night, courtesy wonder man @TmesisFC!
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    Quite the U.S. ⚽️ cultural tipping point for a Friday news dump. Could ultimately pave the way for USL to gain D1 status, or at least an easier CCL entry route for a USL-C or NISA side. MLS doesn’t often hurt itself like this. Smart ⚽️💵 will see this as a time to strike.
    NEW: On Friday afternoon, #MLS announced that it will have its Next Pro developmental teams participate in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup instead of its first teams. The league will reassess participation for future iterations next winter. Report: theathletic.com/5141003/2023/1…
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    .@pavement_band @dronecoma @BNastanovich last night in Glasgow. I wasn't there but my brother & SIL were, front row, and they sent me this:
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    Vacuum of leadership (2016-'20) allowed fear to consume the masses.
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    "We don't control the brand." - Don Garber @thesoccerdon is so disingenuous at every turn. MLS/SUM had control of the brand for more than a decade but practically/intentionally ignored it. But now it's a problem? Will the Fed ever have enough of the lies & misdirection?
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    Replying to @k_halles
    New Mexico might like a word
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    Finally, someone willing to talk about this SoCal phenomenon out in the open! Are these franchises? Hell no. Are their menus the same? Basically.
    How many variants of Alberto's are there? Albierto's, Rigoberto's, Aliberto's, Juanberto's, Philberto's.... what else?
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    Last day of transfer window & all! UPSL (@UPSLsoccer) announces partnership with Maryland Major Soccer League (@MarylandMajors)! @APyramid_Blog @MidfieldPress @SoccRoundTable upslsoccer.com/news/united-pr…
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    From a friend & former American sports journo (NYT among others) talking about the American lower divisions, especially @UPSLsoccer: "This eruption of local clubs all putting themselves under the same banner is beginning to remind me of England." (Cont.)