William Hodges

Grateful for the opportunity to have interviewed @SacRepublicFC midfielder @Lopez_Roro for @opencup ahead of next week’s Round of 32 match against the Earthquakes. In every sense of the word, Lopez is a legend. #USOC2025 ussoccer.com/stories/2025/0…

What a wild finish.

Minnesota United FC outlasts Sacramento Republic FC last night in the Round of 32 of the 2026 @opencup. My recap below. 👇 capitalcityfooty.com/p/minnesota-un…

With these pictures showing the bond we shared, I almost felt I could get away with saying nothing about you leaving. It’s been an honour to be your teammate and your friend. You’ve won it all and you leave as a legend. I’m sure we will meet again.

Rounding things out with the Kasey Keller Group! @SacRepublicFC 🆚 @MNUFC @SJEarthquakes 🆚 @PHXRisingFC

Gerrard was my favorite Red until Mo Salah. I am going to miss this dude running down the wing. Thank you, Mo, for all the memories. 🔴⚽️

Mohamed Salah is to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career with Liverpool Football Club at the end of the 2025-26 season. The time to fully celebrate his legacy and achievements will follow later in the year when he bids farewell to Anfield ❤️

Sacramento Republic FC announce new stadium has been expanded to seat 20,000. Abridged with the scoop. 👇 abridged.org/news/exclusive…

.@SacRepublicFC advance 2-0 over @elfarolito_npsl Wednesday night in Round 1 of the 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was a chippy match. My recap below. @opencup @usopencup capitalcityfooty.com/p/2026-open-cu…

That’s quite the accomplishment. Congratulations, @dannyvitiello_ ! 👋

@DanielJamePhoto @WeAreTheFSA Same. So incredibly disappointing.

@WeAreTheFSA I have been denied the opportunity to even buy overpriced tickets via the FIFA lottery 3 times. They clearly hope people will kick in for even more ridiculously priced “hospitality” packages. It’s insane.

Unsold tickets for this summer's World Cup are vindicating what the FSA and others have long said: that FIFA’s pricing strategy for the World Cup 2026 will force many to stay away and damage the spectacle. thefsa.org.uk/news/fifa-must…

A moment in history.

Letttssssss goooooooooooo!!! #49ers

@AnnouncerScott What. A. Game.

Bang Bang.

Niners win! #49ers

Two of Diogo Jota’s children - Dinis and Duarte - as well as family members, are mascots ahead of the match between their father’s English clubs ❤️

I didn’t get to write much about soccer in 2025, but I thought I would end the year with a story on former @SacRepublicFC midfielder (and Club legend), @Lopez_Roro. williamhodges.substack.com/p/republic-fc-…

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This is such an exceptionally sad, depressing turn in Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool story. Feeling like the club have thrown him under the bus, admitting he no longer has a relationship with Arne Slot, that it “seems like someone does not want me” at Anfield, and is strongly hinting at being forced out in the January window is not the treatment, legacy, nor conclusion his history-making contributions deserve. It just wasn’t meant to be like this. His hurt is evident, and he’s clearly succumbed to his emotions by revealing all of this publicly, but Liverpool do not need more harm right now. And this is damaging. It will also understandably impede how many will view him. Crisis feels a soft description. Salah seems particularly vexed by being framed as Liverpool‘s problem when that is counter to the truth and players in worse form keep their places in a system and approaching that is heavily flawed. He also seems annoyed that his talks in private with the manager and club haven’t answered why his situation has changed so drastically. “I asked but I didn't see an explanation. I knew I wasn't going to play.” Reading between the lines, there‘s a sense he’s being scapegoated and sacrificed to remedy some recruitment errors that have led to an unrecognisable Liverpool on the pitch. However much Salah is hurting and whatever he is feeling, this doesn’t tally with ‘The Liverpool Way.’ And goodness, he deserves infinitely more than this mess.

What is G. Love and Special Sauce! Thank you @Jeopardy and @KenJennings for the category shout out on last night’s episode. SO COOL!!