Jacob Bushue

Former Professional Soccer Player & Current Assistant Coach For Indiana University. Climber. Living My Dream

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[adidas @adidas]

In this Backyard, it’s “win or go home,” and this crew hasn’t left since the 90's.

Where there’s a pitch, there’s a legend.

#YouGotThis

[Indiana Men's Soccer @IndianaMSOC]

Welcome back, @JBushue17!

2012 NCAA Champion Jacob Bushue returns to Bloomington, joining the #IUMS staff as an assistant coach.

More: https://t.co/o8kHAlQ19k

[TST @TST7v7]

Soccer the way it should be ❤️😁

It’s just different at TST ⭐️

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

@kevbonobo Not a good situation that’s for sure

[Pat Kelsey @patkelsey]

Big message for Louisville fans! Need you on Saturday.

Love, PK

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

Take it away, gaffer 🗣️

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

@MRekomaa Hyvää kirja

[IM🇵🇹 @Iconic_Mourinho]

62 years of José Mourinho.

Here are some of the best, funniest and most legendary quotes from his 20 year career.

[A thread]

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

@kevbonobo Now I gotta!!

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

This is pretty cool but have you seen how sick the Leagues Cup is?!

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

WIMBLEDON OF THE 4TH TIER KNOCK PREMIER LEAGUE IPSWICH OUT OF THE LEAGUE CUP! 😲

Proud, tenacious phoenix club—founded by the fans when a sulking owner took their team 60 miles down the road—create famous cupset on penalties. 💪

Why we love football 💙

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

Let’s go

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇺🇸 Mauricio Pochettino becomes the new USMNT manager, leading the US to World Cup 2026.

After contacts with several managers, former Chelsea and Spurs head coach says yes to proposal and project, as per reports in US overnight.

Poch’s back. 🤝🏻

[TST @TST7v7]

Hoosier Army have been a team on a mission!

-Made up of former @IndianaMSOC players
-Undefeated so far
-2nd year in TST, first Semifinal appearance

Check out all of their goals so far!

[TST @TST7v7]

ULTIMATE RESPECT BETWEEN CONCAFA SC AND HOOSIER ARMY!! 🤝

[Hoosier Army TST 7v7 @hoosier_army]

You want individual accolades? You want championships? You want professional experience? This next group’s got you covered. They combine for:

- 9 Years of Professional Experience
- 3 All Americans
- 3 All Big 10s
- 8 Big 10 Championships
- 1 National Championship

#tst7v7 #iums

[Stewart Flaherty @stewartflaherty]

"I wanna play pro."

Do you though?

The info below is from a good journalist I met during my time coaching in NISA and I don't doubt the accuracy.

It's an extreme example but the scenario of pay not meeting living standards and needing to sacrifice or take a second job to chase the dream is a very real thing.

"Bridge professionals" is the term I have seen used again and again. There is enough there to look longer, but not enough to invest tight resources into a development project.

Those players that can play on low pay expend their window of opportunity, but for those who need a higher figure or more desirable situation, the dream dies that day.

If you are a coach or mentor who claims to be developing player for the pro game then these realities need to be taught and discussed. Setting a player up with a Utopian mindset does not prepare them for the battle that is an early stage pro career.

Those kids that are pandered too left and right during their development and can't function to an elite level when the realities of life hit fade away.

I've seen Power 5 college grads and MLS academy products step into a NISA tryout and look bottom of the barrel, their perspective such a clear obstacle for them.

They expected a certain style, a certain locker room type, an extended window if time to make an impression.

Pro dreams are great, but make sure to prepare for what the pro game is, not what you want it to be.

These are lessons we teach on our GSP year long residential program, DMs open to those interested in chatting further.

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

In short, soccer is a beautiful game but an absolute shit business ✌🏼

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

On December 28th I agreed to a contract to come back to Las Vegas. On January 10th I received a call from my coach to tell me the club had been sold to new ownership and the contracts were never made official by the club (at the time there were 13 players who agreed to deals)

[Jacob Bushue @JBushue17]

If you’ve met me you know I will be