I've never been prouder to be in someone else's bio, go follow @notaleobutleo.bsky.social for Thorns content 😁

I'll do it. I'll coach the Washington Commanders.

Suárez missed some time with a knock early & has 19 starts. Not going to actually add up the minutes they've played together vs not, but ballpark it's around 70% of the possible minutes in MLS play

Asked if there was any chance for Louis Munteanu to be fit for Wednesday, & Weiler says no. No word yet on the severity of the knock Hosei Kijima picked up tonight.

René Weiler noted that DCU did have the game's first chance, & that it was "a really bad moment" to concede to Miami due to their hunger to get better results. "The moments when they scored goals were horrible" for DCU, adds Weiler, citing that goals 2 & 3 came right before & after halftime.

DCU let their guard down a few times against Inter Miami, who landed haymakers each and every time they did. Messi and Suárez both struck twice as United fell to a 4-0 loss to the Herons. Your Green Line Soccer gamer is live:

I mean, they're gonna play Messi and Suarez together regardless, the manager's job in Miami is to write their names on the team sheet and say nice things to them. Lesser players would have scored 3 of the goals tonight. DCU's defending was the bigger problem than chance generation.

Orlando doing them a favor to take a late lead over Columbus, though obviously the 6-point gap is the bigger deal by a lot

Losing 4-0 is bad, but losing 4-0 while Cincinnati & the Red Bulls are winning, & while Columbus is on course to get a draw...tough night for DCU. Could have pulled into a 4-way tie spanning 8th-11th place, but will likely fall to 13th, with a 6-point gap to the red line.

At the last Austin FC home game, an Austin FC supporter was tossed from the stadium for wearing an Abolish ICE shirt, days after ICE shot a man in Austin a couple miles from the stadium. Supporter groups have tried to have a dialogue with the FO, but are unsatisfied. So tonight…

Well guys I don't know if D.C. United is going to win this one. As with all 5 of the goals they've conceded to Miami this year, it's avoidable. Multiple chances to get out of that spell of danger, but bravery to block shots isn't all you need.

I know we've all been seeing it for months now but the Walmart MLS ad with Bretos and Ortiz on the roof is maybe the most incoherent ad I am exposed to outside of youtube slop

More and more, Miami is dropping Berterame on the left to turn their 433 into a 442, which is a) a nice hat-tip to Kimito Nono's early impact in MLS, and b) slowing DCU's attack down a lot.

Did DCU play badly in this first half? No, not really. Final-third execution lacking, but I think they get that Kijima penalty shout like 95% of the time. But 2 moments — the 1st collective, the 2nd with Messi's only real moment of note — mean it's 2-0. That's life with the talent gap here.

DCU-relevant oddity happening elsewhere in MLS

Miami with a pretty textbook how-to on how to deal with DCU's lower-block 442: pull them one way, swing it the other. The flick-on & finish might have been more hopeful than anything else, but none of it happens if Miami isn't so quick in switching the point of attack.

Thanks! Really appreciate it