Justin Horneker

@hornekerjustin

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Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· 28d

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Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· 28d

The beautiful game.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· 28d

Me when I’m totally above board:

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 14

My toxic trait is thinking that all of these players should be first teamers right now.

ASA Goals added chart:
Arif Kovac 5th
Zach Zengue 6th

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 13

Oh cool. www.bluewin.ch/en/sport/foo...

Have you actually received any feedback from Donald Trump yet?

Yes, we're in touch regularly. Almost every day—he's happy and really enjoys the tournament. He watches all the games on TV.

Why wasn't he at the stadium yet? Too many security concerns?

No, no, I suppose he still has a few other things to do … And when he’s at the stadium, people will ask, “What’s he doing at the stadium when there’s so much going on in the world?” I’m always in touch with him and his government, which is doing a great job with the World Cup.

But the plan for the final is for you to present the trophy to the winner together with Trump.

Yes, hopefully we'll present the trophy together in the final. That's always been the plan, and that's how it's always been done in the past—the president of the country where the final is held presents the trophy together with the FIFA president.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 7

July 6th, 2026: Romelu Lukaku scores in what could be the USMNT’s final competitive match under Mauricio Pochettino and celebrates by mocking the Trump dance after he turned the entire prematch into a complete circus and potentially sparked UEFA’s revolt.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 7

Last night was another full circle moment for the Christian Pulisic: November 14th, 2024: Pulisic scores in the US’s first competitive match under Pochettino and celebrates with the Trump dance as the USMNT win 1-0 over Jamaica.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 7

Dest and Pulisic were really poor through the first 45, mostly going backwards, no defensive wins in the attacking third.

Christian Pulisic 1st half Futi.live map.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 6

Strong statement from the RBFA, it's very possible that FIFA does another about face with UEFA on the edge of revolt. www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda...

After learning through media reports of FIFA’s decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter to FIFA requesting a copy of the decision, an explanation of the process that had been followed, and setting out its position regarding the applicable regulations.

As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA.

For an appeal to be admissible, FIFA’s own regulations state that the reasoned decision must first have been communicated to the appellant. While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible.

All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFA’s legitimate requests.

Furthermore, during the match coordination meeting, FIFA deliberately removed the section concerning the automatic suspension of players from its presentation. This topic had nonetheless been part of all such meetings before each of the previous four matches. The RBFA questioned FIFA, both orally and in writing, about the reasons for this change, yet once again received no response.

To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 6

Mine's pretty obvious.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 6

Still from ITYSL of Tim Robinson wearing a hot dog suit.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 5

So, what changed between the initial conversations around possible appeals and the decision to suspend the suspension? What changed between Christiano Ronaldo’s initial 3 match ban and FIFA’s decision to suspend it? There’s a pattern:

ESPN Report stating: The FIFA verdict comes six days after Ronaldo met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House for a formal dinner with Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Ronaldo has played in the Saudi Pro League for three years for a club majority-owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth that the prince chairs.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 4

Choose your fighter:

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 4

Looking forward to the dumb way someone is going to drop a point and miss out on a home playoff match.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 4

KC read the scouting report on attacking Denver’s defensive structure but there have been some shaky moments. KC should have made it 0-2 on Lo’eau Labonta’s pen and Denver came a key save away from making the Current pay.

xG chart for KC Current vs Denver Summit.
0.27 - 2.43 xG
0.92 - 1.25 xG on target.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 4

For instance

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 4

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 3

“This do anything for you?”

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 3

Certainly a half of soccer.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 3

I would like to see the man with the head injury properly cared for

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 3

Forza Dawgs

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 3

lol.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 2

Woke up thinking about Folarin Balogun’s @futi.live card.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jul 1

The beautiful game.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jun 30

How I feel watching another cagey knockout match

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jun 29

Anyways, sat around Union Station for a while to decompress and feel some calm. A lovely young family asked me to take a picture of them and then I watched the Koi do their thing. A moment of zen.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jun 29

Final update for the day:

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jun 28

Everything I know about the situation at Energizer Park right now: An incident happened outside of the stadium. I’m told it’s no longer an active situation but precautions are still being taken. Shelter in place is still active.

Justin Horneker@hornekerjustin· Jun 28

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