Nick Holmberg

Passionate soccer fan | Former writer and podcast guest covering #Rapids96 for @mlsnowpodcast

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

At the airport and World Cup buzz is riding a high!! Met an energetic new fan fresh from Atlanta who shared something beautiful:

“everyone’s loving this World Cup, everybody’s happy… we need more soccer for everybody!”

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

What a fun game to watch. Even as a neutral, it was thrilling, and emotional, and chaotic! And definitely Morocco deserved it.

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

Need this Chicago dude singing before every game! Feelin’ the feels after that one. Atmosphere and vibes looking solid. LET’S GO! 🇺🇸 🍻

[Box State Footy @boxstatefooty]

We’ve created a list with the best places to watch the World Cup games in Denver :)
Check it out!!

https://t.co/SFnWJXKEkt

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

🇺🇸 BREAKING: United States World Cup roster info, per sources w/ @PaulTenorio:

✅ Players informed they are IN
- Gio Reyna
- Seb Berhalter
- Brenden Aaronson
- Mark McKenzie
- Matt Turner

❌ Players informed they are OUT
- Diego Luna
- Zavier Gozo
https://t.co/l6FkNIocQQ

[Keith Richards @5280Keith]

These Rapids salaries are wild:

-Dante at $168,022 guaranteed was surprising
-Georgi's contract is even more friendly than expected
-Yapi got PAID
-Murphy is making a lot of money to not be in the plans at all
-A lot of big numbers that might be unjustified

Offseaon will be fun

[Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew]

It has completely consumed NCAA Men's soccer. The teams are loaded with foreign academy player who do not get offered professional contracts by their clubs at age 19 -- so they come to US colleges to play.

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

Wow what a match and nice W for the Rapids. Nico with an outstanding performance in the net tonight. Keegan got the final penalty to seal it. Highly entertaining I-25 Derby in the Open Cup!

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

Could feel that dagger coming from the Rapids. What an awesome goal!

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

Best pair of books you’ll read this year. Cannot recommend this combo enough.

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

GOLAZO RAFA!!! VAMOS RAPIDS!!!! 🇧🇷

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

The defending champs take the stage in front of 70,000. 👀

@ColoradoRapids host @InterMiamiCF and Lionel Messi at the historic Empower Field at Mile High!

4:30pm ET on Apple TV. 📺

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

What makes this so gross is they’re not just pricing seats. They’re pricing families out of memories

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

My expectations of FIFA were low, but holy shit you guys. This is vile. Dressing up monopoly power as “the market” is some truly shameless spin. Thread.

[Semafor @semafor]

Are World Cup tickets too expensive?

"The main, and so far the only, revenue-generating event for FIFA is the World Cup," Gianni Infantino tells @maxwelltani. "We generate money in one month — the 47 other months until the next World Cup, we spend that money."

[Nick Holmberg @nickholmberg11]

And this is the part that really hurts: I’ve been lucky enough to go to a World Cup. I always imagined taking my family someday and sharing that magic. Instead, they’re turning it into a playground for the wealthy, not the people who actually love this sport.