I mean, not OK to invade someone’s privacy, but that’s a man using a woman’s bathroom.

So.... the Scott Baio of US Soccer.

Get Maradona. America is ready to party.

You know that per capita, the US creates a middling amount of medals right? That the US regularly imports people to win medals? That the US is 1/20th of the world’s population? You create the best athletes in sports the world doesn’t care about...

Alexi Lalas is the “ gum you stepped in a week ago, but only noticed stuck to your shoe today” of American soccer. Easy to forget about, hard to get rid of.

Technically, no. They just didn’t renew his contract after 2006.

In a semi-related note, and kinda underscoring Haisley’s point about U.S. soccer being a “don’t hurt MLS!” circle-jerk, Bruce Arena’s ascension to top dawg in the USMNT for 2018 WCC means...they’re gonna give the Galaxy job, best in American soccer (including the USMNT), to his assistant coach.

Arena again? Jeebus, wasn’t last time bad enough? What, are we going to see Jeff Agoos back in the line-up? Arena got an overblown reputation in the US league because he could always buffalo the refs into pulling his nuts out of the fire with a well timed if specious penalty shot. International refs don’t give him…

If I was trapped in a room with those two and had a gun with only one bullet, I’d shoot myself.

I will point out one acceptable MLS name, Oscar Pareja. He’s familiar with the system, but not originally from America, and has shown with FC Dallas that he can nurture young talent and work on a shoestring budget (which, relative to the rest of the world, the USMNT is on). He’s not my first choice (Hi Bielsa!) but…

Mourinho’s bound to be fired eventually. Just hold out with an interim coach until then.

The rehiring of Arena is a pretty clear sign that we’re done trying to improve and are ok with mediocrity.

100% agree. Soccer, like nearly everything else on the planet, is made better by sharing knowledge and enthusiasm and love across borders.

I’m telling you, call El Piojo!

Swansea were once considered a model club in the Premier League; integrated into the community, affordable for fans, sustainable financially. Since the takeover, fans have been getting pretty upset (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/sports/soccer/manchester-united-swansea-bob-bradley.html). This, coupled with the…

What I think is complicated, I admit, and not entirely clear even to me.

“Who knows what the future holds. Maybe Swansea will sign Hamid and not long after that start him in goal and this will be remembered as the first step along what would undoubtedly prove to be a long and prosperous (and American-heavy) journey.”

I profusely apologize. As is now the standard of punishment for posting facts in Trump’s America I will self-flagellate myself 10 times and swear I won’t enjoy it.

The weird pseudo-ironic jingoism of American soccer fans is gross and needs to stop. In 2016, there’s no such thing as “chauvinist, but in a winking way.”