It's Friday on Bluesky and we want to get to know all the soccer fans here. Please state your name, the most random female or male soccer player you can think of, and we will give you a follow!
It's Friday on Bluesky and we want to get to know all the soccer fans here. Please state your name, the most random female or male soccer player you can think of, and we will give you a follow!
I’m Nate. Answer is Justin Moose, DC United/Vancouver throwback and college teammate of Michael Parkhurst 🎩
Ryan Miller Graziano Pelle
James Husband
Elliot Olenchek- Milan Jovanovic
I’m John. Red Bull, Columbus, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver legend, Tony Tchani
parker and my player is BOBBY WOOD
Mike Cornell: Miroslaw Rzepa
Matthew. Whitney Engen: 2015 WWC Champion with the USWNT that no one ever talks about in any way anymore.
I'm Jon. He's Sam Kerr Jr.
Ant. Antonio Valencia
Sean Bobby Wood
Chuk. Taribo West.
Trent Atkins. Won NC Highschool 4A championship. Played a hot second in college. Played with Roy Lassiter, early leading career scorer in MLS until the player from Duke took it over.
Name’s in the handle & for random player I’ll go with Winston Griffiths WG played 14 games in 2002 in MLS, 6 for LA, 8 for us, and was 3 inches from winning MLS Cup (played between LA/Revs), when he hit the underside of the crossbar in golden-goal extra time Galaxy scored on the ensuing counter 😔
Neb LGP Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
Alain, going with Oliver 'Tsubasa' Atom
Keith Naas. Hooper Vint. (Aka Harrison Afful)
Sam, and my hometown’s own: Brent Richards
J. Ives, former RSL striker Andrés Goméz
Scott And Drew Moor is my favorite Colorado Rapids player ever and also (was) my body double (before I went and got old)
My name is Travis and the most random soccer player I can think of is Michael Nelson, GK drafted by the Houston Dynamo back in 2018.
Adam. Georges-Kévin N'Koudou
Howdy, I’m Scott. Random player: Mark Semioli
Ubriaco (aka FCDrunk) Hatem Ben Arfa
Name: Chari Random Player: Blackpool legend Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Chari, I'm so glad to make your acquaintance! You and I are probably the only two people in the world who like Syracuse and have strong opinions of West Lancashire soccer teams
Very narrow! Ha. Truth be told I'm an Arsenal supporter but have been following English football widely for the last 15ish years. Nice to meet you as well.
Dustin. Lionard Pajoy
Dang… @mynameisdon.bsky.social beat me to it lol Chris Rolfe.
Elias, and my player is DARIO DUBOIS (RIP)
Steve I'm currently thinking about Patrick Nyarko terrorizing fullbacks in a Quaker Oats era Fire jersey.
Jakob Jarecki. David Estrada always lives in my recent memory.
Steve here, always thinking about Diego Gutierrez
Charles, recommending Missael Espinoza
I'm Dennis. Stefani Miglioranzi 👋
Jared Kight, Alexander Hleb
Dave…. And Liverpool legend Divock Origi.
Hi, I’m Phil, and today let us celebrate Beto Avila, the Austin Bold turned El Paso Locomotive player who very nearly single-handedly knocked Austin FC out of this year’s Open Cup (but they live)
I’m joe and the answer is always Ben Marshall
I'm david and Nick DeLeon was a classic
Atlanta United fans are shuddering seeing this remembering of a guy.
hucklebuckets. Preston Burpo
Jacob & Riley Tanner (random)/Hal Hershfelt (not random)
Hal is not random but we do hope Hal is having a great day.
Me too! Thanks guys :)
Y’all know me. Denis Stracqualursi
Wait no. Jizz Horncamp.
Mike, are you trying to hide your posts from your UK followership?
Remembering two guys is too much for a Friday. You're disqualified Mike.
Harsh but fair.
Ben. Timo Pitter.
Chris. Jack Jewsbury!
Hi, I'm James and my childhood hero was KC Comets legend Jan "The Goose" Goossens. (Also a front-runner for laziest nickname of all time.)
Kyle Emmanuel Emenike (FIFA 12 legend)
My name is Adam and Rodney Marsh is pretty random, unless you lived in Tampa, FLA in the mid-70s.
Bryn Ian Arkwright
Timi, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Simon. Rafael Scheidt.
Dan Wade Greg Ranjitsingh
Molla Wagué, remembered for all the wrong reasons.
I'm Cale and I used to be afraid of Jose Bosingwa's eyebrow.
Hi my name is Matthew and I’m thinking about Stephan El Shaarawy who I had an inexplicable connection to as a child after putting him on my Fifa ultimate team
Jason. Amy LePeilbet.
I'm Nick and I immediately thought of Fabian Espindola.
Hi, I’m Tim. Mix Diskerud.
Such amazing hair. @susannahfuller.bsky.social is the ultimate judge, but we'd give Mix an 11 for the flow.
Elite flow😮💨
Hi, I’m Nate and I’m thinking about Finnish international Robert Taylor.
Charles N'Zogbia
Call me Ozzie, Paulie Primetime aka Paul Rothrock
Greetings! I'm Robert I still think of Anthony Ampaipitakwong on occasion, given it took me until halfway through his rookie season to pronounce his name correctly!
Legendary Zip Attacker Anthony Ampaipitakwong.
That's a great kit.
Me: Kris Nordstrom Rando: Dirk “the Pornstar” Lehmann
My name is Andrew Weber, and while it's tempting to go with my namesake, who was also on "The Amazing Race," I'll have to go with Tawni Epperson. (Go Scots!)
Jeff Bull, who still carries a torch for Brent Sancho. And, hey, look who's thriving! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_S...
I’m Ben, and I’m here to remind everyone of the Ballad of Joe Nasco
You had to bring him up… 🤦♂️
You took mine
steve former mls journeyman gk steve Cronin
I'm Jason, and I'm a lifetime Ian Feuer fan
Scott Beppe “the flying squirrel” Galderisi. If you ever saw him play for the Revolution, you’ll know why I call him the “flying squirrel”!
Alex Campbell And my Chicago specific stock answer to this: David Arshakyan
Mitch, Gideon Zelalem
He's going to be back in the USMNT picture before we know it.
Gedion Zelalem! I saw him as a youth in Maryland like 15 years ago
Bethesda legend!
prob the only person itw who has a Zelalem Arsenal kit lol
I was so convinced about him
I’m David Lucas Melano
Tim, not actually random but definitely the first I thought of… Andrew Wenger.
Lori here. Michael Owen
Guthrie and my player is Dejan Ljubičić
Hi I’m Matt. Lance Watson.
That's nominative determinism in soccer form.
Hi Kevin Wallace here, Djiby
Cat- Tom Cairney
McKinley Tennyson
Creedence Clearwater Couto
I'm Neil and Rhett Harty AKA "Mr. Clean"
Mark and it's Kevin Wimmer.... It's always Kevin Wimmer.
Remembering a guy that admin doesn't remember. Well done Mark.
Nic, Chandler Hoffman
I’m Brian, and my answer will always be Jose Andres Martinez. He barely spoke English, but knew through and through to his core what it meant to be a Philadelphian. Long live el Brujo.
Rob here. Big fan of fellow W&M alum Wade Barrett.
Supermac!
Jo here, huge Everton fan. So many good ones to choose from, but I'll go with Apostolos Vellios
Adam West (not Batman)
I’m Steve. Tommy Thompson
Ben Antonio Carlos Pecorari aka Tatu.
Hey there Ben here 👋 Attached you will find one of the first modern Charlotte soccer legends. A player with a song so infamous it had to be censored. Even though the original version is way more fun.
Alyssa, Po, let’s go lesbians!
Jeremiah Kulani Prescott. ATLUTD fan. So Jake Mulraney.
Jacob, and has anyone said Bryan Meredith yet?
We're trying to catch up but no! And that's a good answer.
Hello, I’m Nathan. I think about Kevin Lasagna far too often.
Arturo Former New York City FC player Tommy McNamara
I’m not giving my name to a machine! Gary “Ginger Pele” Doherty
Where’s my goshdarn follow you liars
THANK YOU [unfollows kickback]
I'm Joe - and we must remember how Birahim Diop closed the book on the Kansas City Wizards era youtu.be/BnNgUkCGGWk?...
I'm Donald Gale Agbossoumonde
THE BOSSMAN
Musings here. Edmilson.
Biff/Frothy/JD/Douglas. Credence Clearwater Couto
I'm Nicola. Not super random but she did just officially retire....Tobin Heath.
MONTGOMERY. Kenny Foggo (Norwich City)…
Rob here and I fondly remember Milwuakee Rampage legend Digital Takawira
I'm Callan, Bafetimbi Gomis
Howdy, I'm Timbo. And, Shefki Kuqi
I’m Katherine, and Adam Buksa crossed my mind on this one
I'm John, and my answer is always Johann Smith.
I've been reminded that my answer is actually Dilly Duka. Apologies to Dilly and his family.
Still regret, at one time on my life, not dropping everything to go see Dilly Duka play in a Tirana derby.
The thing about Dilly is I still think he was on the cusp of being a USMNT player. When he was on, he'd be the best player on the pitch.
isa :) & paige metayer <3
hi, I'm Zach Jaap Stam
Daigo Kobayashi
Chelsea legend Yossi Benayoun
Hi, I’m Andrew The LA Riot Squad still to this day sings Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend” in honor of Rob Friend, who played for us for exactly one season a decade ago
Shadow, Pál Dardai / Hope Solo :)
I am Ap. Kees Kist of AZ67
Colin Kazim-Richards
John Windass
Do we hear @tombogert.bsky.social's music?
Messi and InterMiami
Dave. Washington Rodriguez
I’m Cramer and I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about Joe-Max Moore.
Harrison and my go to answer since 2003 is Javier Saviola (cc: @jpsoccer3.bsky.social)
Brian and I’ll go with Faryd Mondragón
My name is Rich. Salif Fofana
Bojan Krkić
Matt Hrdlicka Vlad Chiriches
Mike Tommy Reasoner
Erik Friberg
Gabe from Cincy. Jorian Baucom,
I'm Travis, and my random soccer player is Shalrie Joseph, but only when he's playing as a striker.
Jeff P. I’ll shout out Qendresa Krasniqi, attacker for FC Basel and the Albanian Women’s National Team. Honorable mention to MLS greats Dipsy Selolwane and Digital Takawira
Those are some fantastic names.
I’m Phil. And Birahim Diop.
Minge - the female German international
My name is Nick. My player is Shep Messing.
these two face-off tonight
Willem, my random soccer player is Harry Decheiver (‘90s from the Netherlands)
Josh Hensley and Selmir Pidro.
Jesse, been thinking of finding a Milan Borjan jersey.
I’m Millie, and the first name that came to mind was Tori Huster.
My name is Andrew, and this is Mixu Paatelainen.
Steve, and the first pro player I ever met in person as a kid, Atlanta Silverbacks legend Macoumba Kandji
This is quality US Open Cup focused remembering a guy.
Jason. Kaylee Hunter.
We’re PIDCAST & we always have to bring up The Gambler. No, not Steve Miller. Our beloved Max Alves.
I’m Jon and here’s my chance to mention a South African legend in Minnesota who is neither Ace Ntsoelengoe nor Bongokuhle Hlongwane: Two-Boys Gumede
I'm Steve, and while Yasin Ayari is probably not sufficiently rando, Yasin Ayari is my answer.
Gil Ivan Rakitić, Sevilla edition. ✌🏽
I'm Jason. Ugo Ihemelu. Thanks.
USMNT legend Ugo Ihemelu is his full name.
I’m Timothy. Gotta give a shoutout to my Swiss countryman and current Chattanooga FC goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic, still going strong at 40. Fun fact: I was one of the player mascots the day Jakupovic got his first and only national cap.
Our follow backs will end for today, but they'll return on future Fridays...and please, don't ever stop remembering players.
I'm Eric and taking a moment to remind everyone that Cle Kooiman had the best damn hair on the all-hair team that was the 1994 USMNT. That is all I remember of him.
I'm Mike Crugnola, and the guy I think about more than a reasonable amount is Erik Lamela.
Bill Nottingham, and let's go with Katie Taylor and Andrew Shue.
I'm Jamon and Sanna Nyassi
Admin is still holding his Nyassi stock from his Revs days.
John McCarthy - the only person who's been both USL Championship Goalkeeper of the Year (2014) and MLS Cup MVP (2022).
Assuredly the only MLS Cup MVP to come on after the 100th minute as well.
Becca - Terrence Boyd
Matheus, rocking with Geovane Jesus of FC Dallas injured reserve fame
I’m Alex. Florentin Pogba. Paul’s brother. No, no, his OTHER brother.
Andrew Drake and Des Moines Menace legend Ezra Hendrickson
Jeremy peterman, Ishmael yartey
I’m Pearson, and today I am remembering Danny Szetela
I’m Andrew, and I’m going with Quincy Amarikwa
👉🏾🙂↕️👈🏾
Not so random, but along with Sinc, this is also a Nadine Angerer stan acct 🤘🏻
Tomek ….Manuel Arboleda
Neven. Ademola Lookman.
I am James, a founding member of the Church of Craig Tomlinson.
Hi, I’m Colin Christopher Samba
My name is menno And my player is Jan Wouters.
Paul. The living legend Kwadwo Poku.
This is great remembering. We'd have Poku on our 5-a-side any day.
Hi I'm Bernadette De Joya and I want to say that Heung Min Son is one of my favorite Tottenham Hotspur players of all time
Paul. Danny Mwanga.
I’m Dave. Shoutout to former Real Madrid goalkeeper Bodo Illgner.
Andy and soccer and lacrosse legend Zach Thornton
I’m Garret Santino Quaranta fan here!
Hello! Khalif Alhassan
Whoa, I was also going to do Khalif Alhassan! Glad I pivoted to backup keepers!
Alejandro GK Eldin Jakupović: Hero of the LAFC v Monterey Bay FC 2023 US Open Cup match
Matt Rife and Chris Henderson is my most random soccer player. We attended the same high school about 10 years apart
Matt. Jo Inge Berget.
Hi my name is Tom! I just want to give some total love & shouts to Adnan Januzaj the absolute FIFA legend Thank you.
Girair here. Judah Cooks.
I’m Connor Jetro Willems
I'm Ryan, thinking about Tommy Thompson
My username is Benikage and that's all I go by (Beni for short is good). Random player? My favourite all time: Gary Speed but if you want random random I offer you one Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu.
Tom Finney and Lily Parr! (both played at a world-class level in Preston)
Hi guys! Gresko, former FC Internazionale Milano player in the 2000s, from Slovakia.
Hi Cafe Futbol! Thank you for reminding us of Gresko.
Adrianne! 👋🏼 Best left-footer to ever play the game, ‘94 Ballon d’Or winner and former Chicago Fire man…one of my family’s all time favs (we actually met him when the Bulgarian Men’s National Team came to St. Ed’s University in Austin, Tx to train for WC- he’s SO NICE!) Hristo Stoichkov!