Ben Brackett

Des Moines, commercial real estate, soccer (@kif_soccer), read/write/listen/consume, etc.

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@Loyola31 Uh can I come over

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@realEstateTrent Dating 101

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@LilChuckleHead bring the squad back to Des Moines for the next round please!!

[Des Moines Menace @MenaceSoccer94]

Former U.S. Olympian, MLS All-Star, and U.S. Men's National team midfielder @SachaKljestan signs for the club ahead of the @opencup!

How the heck?? You'll wanna read this..
📰 - https://t.co/pT4Iu7X3Xa

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@ShaunMac21 The fake throw to first 👀 🔥

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@ShaunMac21 Strong submission 👏🏼

[Sioux Falls Live @SiouxFallsLive]

The @SiouxFallsParks and @Dakota_Alliance mini-pitch will move forward thanks to donation through @SFACFoundation / Parks Foundation. Organizers imagine it's the first of many in @CitySiouxFalls
https://t.co/DsAm3l7rmI

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@wavetothekids @nocontextfooty And then you, as the player getting crunched, gets sent off for complaining.

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

This was written over 10 years ago…

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

There are complex, hand-wringing-worthy problems in our social life: deficits and debts and climate change. Gun violence is not one of them. https://t.co/9EiduTNcqy

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@realEstateTrent How did the sublease scenario turn out?

[Maliika Walker @maliikawalker]

Steve Kerr's comments about AAU Basketball.
“Even if today’s players are incredibly gifted, they grow up in a basketball environment that can only be called counterproductive. AAU basketball has replaced high school ball as the dominant form of development in the teen years. I coached my son’s AAU team for three years; it’s a genuinely weird subculture. Like everywhere else, you have good coaches and bad coaches, or strong programs and weak ones, but what troubled me was how much winning is devalued in the AAU structure. Teams play game after game after game, sometimes winning or losing four times in one day. Very rarely do teams ever hold a practice. Some programs fly in top players from out of state for a single weekend to join their team. Certain players play for one team in the morning and another one in the afternoon. If mom and dad aren’t happy with their son’s playing time, they switch club teams and stick him on a different one the following week. The process of growing as a team basketball player — learning how to become part of a whole, how to fit into something bigger than oneself — becomes completely lost within the AAU fabric.”

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@realEstateTrent I know a guy 🤦🏽‍♂️ he values water pressure

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@LilChuckleHead Hard = Good

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

This isn’t the entire season of highlights - just a sample. These boys are absolutely legit. Big credit to @LilChuckleHead and @1DeanJohno (aka Dean-OOOO)🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥fire fire fire fire fire fire fire 🔥🔥

[Des Moines Menace @MenaceSoccer94]

𝙏-𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙨 6️⃣ 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨...

#UpTheMenace | #DefendDesMoines

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

#UpTheMenace

[Des Moines Menace @MenaceSoccer94]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎... (not literally 🤞)

#UpTheMenace | #DefendDesMoines

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@wavetothekids @NoContextHumans 🤣 fucking eagle eye

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@LanceRozeboom 🔥🔥🔥

[Des Moines Menace @MenaceSoccer94]

Lance Rozeboom is named as the @MuscoLighting Man of the Match after a physical battle for a full 90 minutes in the middle of the park.

#UpTheMenace | #Path2Pro

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@MenaceSoccer94 Ew gross

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@LanceRozeboom

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

While the recipient of the tackle probably deserved it, no doubt @LanceRozeboom apologized with a genuine sense of regret and concern for the opponent’s well-being. He probably even said a little 🙏 for him after the game.

[Des Moines Menace @MenaceSoccer94]

26’ | Lance Rozeboom picks up a yellow card for a late tackle… 📒

#Peoria 0-1 #Menace

[Ben Brackett @benbrackett]

@Loyola31 Womp womp