Henry Bushnell

@HenryBushnell

Senior ⚽ writer, @TheAthletic. Now at... henrybushnell.bsky.social Email: [email protected] Signal: henrybushnell.03

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Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Aug 29
U.S. Youth Soccer members today voted overwhelmingly (not unanimously) in favor of the bylaw amendment, multiple sources tell @TheAthletic. Beginning Sept. 1, U.S. Soccer will effectively take control of USYS, with a view toward fully absorbing the org by 2028. More ⬇️
Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Aug 28
U.S. Soccer is on the verge of taking over the U.S. Youth Soccer Association. A significant, historic step toward a re-wiring of America's youth soccer system — but it comes w/ many unknowns. News, details, explanations, etc. free to read @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/75457…
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Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Aug 28
U.S. Soccer is on the verge of taking over the U.S. Youth Soccer Association. A significant, historic step toward a re-wiring of America's youth soccer system — but it comes w/ many unknowns. News, details, explanations, etc. free to read @TheAthletic:
U.S. Soccer nears takeover of U.S. Youth Soccer. This is what it means for the sport’s future (Gift...
From nytimes.com
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Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Jul 21
From ticketing to the halftime show, FIFA made the 2026 World Cup an intensely American one. The question, now, is whether it will try to make some of these changes/choices permanent... Here, free to read @TheAthletic, is a first attempt to answer:
FIFA Americanized the World Cup in 2026. Are hydration breaks, halftime shows here to stay? (Gift...
From nytimes.com
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Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Jul 20
Brilliant column. @JerryBrewer sums up the World Cup like only he can. It's such a powerful event. And an exclusive, problematic one... but the "problems were never in charge." The people who give it its power — players, the masses, basically everyone not wearing a suit — won
The Athletic | Football
@TheAthleticFC
Jul 20
Something would threaten the 2026 World Cup — a visa denied or some bluster from the United States government; a preposterous cost that no fan should have to pay or an officiating controversy; a geopolitical standoff or a sky turned the color of bruises that refuse to heal — and
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Henry Bushnell
@HenryBushnell
Jul 18
Critics said Messi came to MLS to essentially retire. At Inter Miami, they quickly realized that was so far from the truth. And now the whole world is realizing. @PaulTenorio, who literally wrote the book on Messi, tells that story — ft. this anecdote from a preseason friendly
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