Soccer reporter at The @Guardian. Photographer, mechanic, total jerk. Writing about 🇺🇸 soccer & all of its wild, weird history. hello@pablomaurer.com !

Washington, DC
I say this about once a year - if anyone has information, tips, questions, comments, compliments or criticisms, find me at hello@pablomaurer.com !!
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is it normal to disable comments on a post like this? 😂
November plans are penciled in. 📅
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A quick hate-read for my remaining DC United followers in this morning’s edition of our Guardian soccer newsletter. Sign up using the link within: theguardian.com/football/202…
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I helped make a killer social video that includes Henry's extended answer to this question - unfortunately, MLS wanted literal thousands of dollars for the right to use the footage of Miller's free kick from 2012, so... we'll leave it there for now. I tried!
Them: "Ok, great Pablo, you've got time with Thierry Henry! You can ask him anything you want about UCL, CBS, global football - all of it." Me:
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Congrats to Stl City SC, deserving Open Cup champions. Somewhere out there, Wee Willie McLean is smiling warmly at the latest chapter of St Louis' rich, wonderful soccer history.
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“Corgi-pies down, yorkie-pies to go!” i’m sorry that’s all i’ve got rn
John Strong announced as new voice of Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show awfulannouncing.com/netflix/…
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I wish folks out there could see how difficult some (well, almost all) men’s & women’s soccer teams & leagues in 🇺🇸 make themselves to cover at this point. Even when it comes to stories that will truly benefit them. It feels like a war sometimes!
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More like Matt *FREEZE* amirite (leaves internet forever)
SCREAMER FROM @LAFC'S WALTA 🚀🚀🚀
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Having one of those days where I remember that US Soccer CEO JT Batson dated disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in college. From John Carreyrou's excellent post-mortem, "Bad Blood":
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"So you're saying we can advance past the round of 16?"
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Do you guys think there’s an MLS equivalent to Tomlin’s minecraft city? “hey guys it’s bruce arena, a lot of you guys have been asking to see my rollercoaster tycoon 2 theme park”
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Mauricio Pochettino with some extreme (and deserved, IMO) praise for Sebastian Berhalter:
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More: "Being the son of a former coach, it was difficult for him. I know how difficult it was also for his dad, no? For us when we saw him playing in Vancouver and then when we met I think it was more than we expected. That’s why he’s with us and we hope it continues that way."
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I certainly won't get lost in any hype machine nonsense here — what I'll say after watching these USMNT newcomers for 1.5 matches is this: these kids are fun, on energy alone. I've enjoyed myself.
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Just passed Iván Zamorano in the hallway here at Energizer Park in St Louis - probably the closest thing to starstruck I've been in years. I idolized the dude when I lived in Madrid in the mid-90s. Absoulte beast of a player back then.
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Up in The Hill, killing a little time before dinner. The neighborhood that produced four players from the 1950 USMNT World Cup squad. No city in the US has the soccer heritage St. Louis does - for my money it isn’t even close. Such a deep, rich history.
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Five players! Four starters. Crazy.
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My guy Wee Willie McLean is here at the bar with us!
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