usmnt

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ppl don't like klinsmann

klinsmann out

arena in?

bradley will be available soon...

miguel herrera ftw

arena getting lots of talk on twitter, ives galarcep calling him to be the replacement already

anything that takes the galaxy down a peg is okay with me

the fact that the Klinsmann revolution has culminated with the return of Bruce Arena is pretty fkn hilarious

otm

https://twitter.com/mexicoworldcup/status/801103552714149889

theyre not booing theyre yelling brooooooooce

Pulisic is fun to watch

Michael Bradley cabrones

Lol we had 26% possession?

Arenaball! Saw a tweet where he was quoted as saying they've been practicing this way for this game since camp began.

lol

Huge difference between US tie and loss. Loss would likely force US to win last 2 games just to make the playoff.

— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) September 5, 2017

lol

perhaps given all that's happened in this stupid country in the past year or so, it'd be better if we sat Russia out

was at the Panama game the other night. p electric atmosphere, and not gonna lie it was fun watching Pulisic toying w/ em for 60 minutes

lolsob

usa is over, they cant be a county anymore

country, either, heh

Honestly there's a pretty big part of me that is okay with not having a big nationalistic event in the current climate.

Bringing back Bruce Arena felt like a step backwards imo

Yeah but the problems are much deeper than him.

Big Sam for usmnt coach

I've been busy, has anyone been fired or resigned yet?

Nobody out yet, but it has to be coming. This was pretty spot on from Wahl: https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/10/11/us-soccer-sunil-gulati-president-usmnt-world-cup-qualifying-failure

The idea of Julie Foudy at the top of the organization is very interesting. Our women know how to win.

ok this is great

This tweet is very funny to a specific set of soccer fans. pic.twitter.com/F75m2NCidy

— Shawn Francis (@TheOffsideRules) October 12, 2017

This was pretty spot on from Wahl

Sure, but at this point it's not a whole lot crazier than anything else people are suggesting.

Arena out, Gulati sticking around.

“It’s not the proper day to talk about my personal future with the federation,” Gulati said.

really?

The next elections are in February, the position is unpaid, and he allegedly makes a shitton of money off his travel business (which, surprise, does most of USSF's bookings) and his position with the Revs.

The one good thing I've noticed is more and more of the top journalists covering the federation (Wahl, Goff, the Howler guys, etc) getting much more critical with their coverage of his roles.

Setting aside the fifth-most lucrative sport in the country stuff, would Americans find the European academy system of development palatable? Taking 8-year olds out of school for academy schooling and booting them if they don't improve enough, etc..

In youth baseball there's a movement to make it less of a year round sport - are soccer parents going to be okay with turning it INTO a 10-month sport?

Serious soccer parents are already off the deep end imo, adding months to the season doesn’t seem like a tipping point for that crowd, at least not to me.

those academies are kinda morally questionable, idk if 'maybe we just need to be throwing young kids into a machine so 1% come out good at soccer' is a great solution.

AFAIK there are already Euro style academies here, the problem is they've only existed for a few years and they're competing with pay-to-play clubs and coaches who have been around a lot longer, and hence pull more weight. The goal for a lot of people is getting a college scholarship, not becoming a pro.

I agree about the academies but I'm also not invested in the USMNT being particularly competitive - I'm happy enough supporting some other country I have a vague rooting interest in when the World Cup rolls around.

Big Sam for usmnt coach

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:01 AM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sam Allardyce has put himself forward to be the next U.S. national team manager.@MarkOgden_ https://t.co/LcoXStpUur pic.twitter.com/dsrctE20o8

— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) October 17, 2017

There's a module ready to be delivered.

this is getting silly

Sam Allardyce is your betting favorite to succeed Bruce Arena as USA coach with Cabbage Man Capello on offer at a tasty 25/1, per BetVictor. pic.twitter.com/1A1lgZTx3T

— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) October 19, 2017

Tab Ramos or Peter Vermes have to be the favorites from that list

they should go with an outsider, like bob dylan.

To recap:

USSF has lame-duck president with 8 possible replacements and no clear front-runner

A caretaker in charge of #usmnt for foreseeable future

No World Cup this summer

And now a promising young MF from junior national teams jumping to archrival Mexico

Good times

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 8, 2018

although nicely done eric lichaj, mentioned in the OP

Out of his mind! 🤯 @EricLichaj nets a beauty to bag his brace vs. Arsenal.https://t.co/nYWgudbL2x

— U.S. Soccer MNT (@ussoccer_mnt) January 7, 2018

A friend works for USSoccer's PR office and put a lot of work into making these videos which imo are very good and worth watching.

https://www.ussoccer.com/RISING

Eric Wynalda lost his home in the latest SoCal wildfires

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/sd-sp-eric-wynalda-house-fire-westlake-village-20181109-story,amp.html

Just when you think USSF couldn't get any weirder: https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/12/06/us-soccer-foundation-federation-lawsuit-ussf

The U.S. Soccer Foundation, an independent charitable organization that has invested $125 million over the last 25 years to provide access to soccer, largely in minority and low-income communities, sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ed Foster-Simeon, the president and CEO of the U.S. Soccer Foundation, told SI.com he was stunned in August when U.S. Soccer requested a meeting in which it said it was ending the relationship between the two organizations—the federation president has always sat on the foundation’s board—and demanded that the foundation abandon the name “U.S. Soccer Foundation” and its logos.

Also, new coach!