Michael Bradley cabrones
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Lol we had 26% possession?
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 June 2017 03:39 (six years ago) link
Arenaball! Saw a tweet where he was quoted as saying they've been practicing this way for this game since camp began.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 12 June 2017 04:00 (six years ago) link
lol
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
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
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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
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
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
lolsob
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
usa is over, they cant be a county anymore
― professor of postmalonial studies (m bison), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
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.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
Bringing back Bruce Arena felt like a step backwards imo
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah but the problems are much deeper than him.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
Big Sam for usmnt coach
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 13:01 (six years ago) link
I've been busy, has anyone been fired or resigned yet?
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
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.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 13 October 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
This was pretty spot on from Wahl
― Commandolin Wind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 October 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
Sure, but at this point it's not a whole lot crazier than anything else people are suggesting.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 13 October 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Arena out, Gulati sticking around.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 13 October 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
“It’s not the proper day to talk about my personal future with the federation,” Gulati said.
― mizzell, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
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.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 13 October 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
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?
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 13 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
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.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Saturday, 14 October 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
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 want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
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.
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
Big Sam for usmnt coach― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:01 AM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
There's a module ready to be delivered.
― Tim, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 19 October 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Tab Ramos or Peter Vermes have to be the favorites from that list
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 19 October 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
they should go with an outsider, like bob dylan.
― wmlynch, Thursday, 19 October 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
To recap:USSF has lame-duck president with 8 possible replacements and no clear front-runnerA caretaker in charge of #usmnt for foreseeable futureNo World Cup this summerAnd now a promising young MF from junior national teams jumping to archrival MexicoGood times— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 8, 2018
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 8 January 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 16 July 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
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
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 9 November 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
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.
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!
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
6-0!
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Sunday, 23 June 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
Lol @ that Boyd miss
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:25 (four years ago) link
Lol
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:59 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
Like dear god CANADA?
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
Players don't respect/like the coach, plus most aren't as good as they think they are.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 03:43 (four years ago) link
Berhalter era off to a swimming start.
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
gahh glad i didnt watch
― alomar lines, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 04:46 (four years ago) link
https://www.thenation.com/article/us-soccer-latino-neglect/
Yup
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 21 October 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
https://theathletic.com/1448748/2019/12/17/
There’s a water fountain at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, a Most Dependable Fountains model SD440 that lost its factory luster long ago. After two decades under the Carolina sun, the silvery sheen on this unassuming bubbler has dulled a bit, its age marked by patches of rust. You can push the button on its side, but don’t expect to be refreshed — the fountain now runs dry.The SD440 may be forlorn, but it certainly isn’t forgotten. In the spring of 2002, at the very moment that a 20-year-old Landon Donovan leaned in to let its water ripple over his lips, the fountain took its part in perhaps the most memorable photograph ever taken in the history of U.S. men’s soccer. It’s a photograph — you know the one — that remains a running joke among U.S. soccer fans, part of a larger collection of photos that graced the New York Times Magazine in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup. The photos — highly-stylized fashion shots of Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni, Clint Mathis, Brian McBride, DaMarcus Beasley, Cobi Jones and Kasey Keller — remain notorious to this day. More often than not, they’re derided, reduced to an afterthought or a punchline, fodder for trash talk or parody. And yet they’re still referenced, kept alive in the public consciousness, blown up by fans and brought into stadiums around the country.
The SD440 may be forlorn, but it certainly isn’t forgotten. In the spring of 2002, at the very moment that a 20-year-old Landon Donovan leaned in to let its water ripple over his lips, the fountain took its part in perhaps the most memorable photograph ever taken in the history of U.S. men’s soccer. It’s a photograph — you know the one — that remains a running joke among U.S. soccer fans, part of a larger collection of photos that graced the New York Times Magazine in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup. The photos — highly-stylized fashion shots of Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni, Clint Mathis, Brian McBride, DaMarcus Beasley, Cobi Jones and Kasey Keller — remain notorious to this day. More often than not, they’re derided, reduced to an afterthought or a punchline, fodder for trash talk or parody. And yet they’re still referenced, kept alive in the public consciousness, blown up by fans and brought into stadiums around the country.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2002/05/23/magazine/26fash-slide3.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
Average age: 22 years 48 days, fourth-youngest starting lineup in USMNT history.Average caps: 8.— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) November 12, 2020
pulisic and sargent not included I guess but I'm still actually excited for this
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
My friend who works for USSF is super stoked about this guy, sound like the prevailing opinion is he could be a midfield fixture for years to come.
pic.twitter.com/oOLFHMm2ra— Yunus Dimoara Musah (@yunusmusah8) March 15, 2021
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 15 March 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link