Reports say the referee is recovering, though he is still struggling with “language difficulties.”

I could explain the rabbit hole which connected the dots to arriving at this video, but instead, just enjoy

Huh, Germans reacting violently to punishment. Where have I seen that before?

This is not the first instance of violence against referees in amateur soccer in Germany. In fact, this past weekend, the council of amateur football referees declared a strike due to the Berlin Football Federation’s apparent lack of support for them in light of a number of violent on-field incidents recently. 1500…

What a sauerkraut 

A brilliant financial move. He either becomes a star in Europe or he’s guaranteed a ton of money as a big-name USMNT Designated Player in MLS in a few years.

It was Ajax that released the video. It’d be a big surprise if it wasn’t in Dutch.  The English subtitles were a nice courtesy. 

They’re playing the Berhalter system down there now too. Lots of meaningless possession with predictable attacks. Easy to defend against, easy to counter attack against. We need to eliminate this influence from US Soccer as quickly as possible.

“... vaunted _______ attack that’s more than enough for the USMNT”

Oh yeah.

is that possession stat for real?

They absolutely are at least from a player development standpoint. 

I guess Koeman doesn’t know about them?

Did anyone else watch the U-17 World Cup match against Senegal yesterday? Those boys looked absolutely ready to carry the legacy of the USMNT into the future.

It’s funny that, on a US soccer discussion board, every time this is mentioned, some Dutch fans come in and give us a list of 45 other players who are ahead of Dest for LB or RB on the Orange.

Champions League semifinalists Ajax?

Once he comes to MLS, he can really blossom at that point.

Releasing the video in Dutch was the ultimate troll job. If they had left off subtitles, USMNT soccer Twitter would have melted down. 

Great, the last thing we need is a clog in the development pipeline.

I hope he knows that he will also be expected to run backwards.