About

I'm a writer based in the Twin Cities, and I love sports - including soccer.

For that, I can thank some combination of Paul Caligiuri, Sports Illustrated for Kids's undying love for the 1994 World Cup, and future Men In Blazers co-host Michael Davies's ESPN Page 2 columns at the 2002 World Cup. In order, they made me a fan of the USA national teams, a fan of international soccer, and a fan of club soccer - and it just so happened that I was growing up during the development of the internet, which made it possible for me to become a fan of any soccer team in the world.

I don't want to talk about any soccer team in the world, though. I want to talk about Minnesota. Anywhere you go in Minnesota, you can talk Twins and Wild and Lynx and Gophers. My over-arching goal is to do the same, for the Loons, and for Minnesota soccer overall.

Credentials: I covered Minnesota United FC, as a freelancer, for the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2024 to 2025, after being a regular contributor to Loons and soccer coverage at the paper for many years. I've also written nine children's sports books, including histories of men's and women's professional soccer in the USA, and a history of MLS overall. And I'm one of the creators and co-hosts of The Sportive, an award-winning Minnesota/comic sports podcast.

I assert that there is no one anywhere on the internet who is more likely to compare Gary Gaetti to Wil Trapp, with examples.

I'm going independent now to try to make it so that I can keep writing about MNUFC and about Minnesota soccer, without needing the support of another publication.

You can email me using my first initial and last name, without spaces or other special characters, at Gmail.