I can't stop laughing at "Curtis Wenis" either.
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Sometimes they do. it is hit or miss. I have to think it is particularly difficult to go from one partner to the other in a short period of time.
I was going to mention that too. I found it refreshing when he pointedly observed that the teams were stylistically dissimilar. I just think most of the analysts [US analysts in particular] were wedded to the narrative that the US was playing Nigeria specifically as preparation for the Ghana match that they had given…
As of this year, they start at Under 13/14.
Nobody should be a douche to somebody for not liking something. I can support that. At the same time, soccer has been singled out for years with derision and dismissiveness by old crusty sports writers, pundits, and non-fans. When the Daytona 500 or Stanley Cup or World Series or anything else come around, there are…
The best thing college soccer could do is change its rules so that games are 90 minutes with 3 subs. Other than that, the role of college soccer, which has played an important role, will be supplanted by minor leagues and expansion.
Most of the things people are suggesting are in place or in the works. These things do take time, however. The folks at USSF, MLS, SUM and elsewhere know what they are doing. It is not always perfect but there are myriad, competing concerns and issues.
"...to make the sport work in America.."
17k fans were clearly not giving a shit about the Montreal Houston game.
Argentina scares me less than Belgium. Don't get me wrong, they would be deserved favorites and certainly have more talent and, of course, Messi. But Iran and Nigeria [and Bosnia] showed that they have flaws and are beatable. We can beat anyone and need to realize collectively that the USMNT is better than we think…
EDIT- someone already mentioned Ozil/Khedira...
Beasley is much more positionally sound than Chandler. Against Turkey, Chandler was repeatedly out of sync with the left centerback [first besler then brooks] it was costly. While Beasley is imperfect, he never let Atsu beat him to the inside and instead yielded poorly delivered cross after cross, which Cameron and…
I don't know anything about the sport but cricket uniforms are pretty sweet. Particularly when placed alongside the absurd pajamas that baseball players wear.
Can we get Brian McCann in here to weigh in?
Yes, Bradley was culpable on this play (on the day, he had 2 big mistakes, this and the poor attempt. There was one other giveaway earlier but it wasn't huge]. But my big issue is why were there 7 US players in Portugal's half with under 2 minutes to go [under a minute]? This is inexcusable. Wondo and Yedlin, fine,…
interesting unrelated side note: I grew up watching NFL and hoops and baseball like most. Soccer simply wasn't on other than on SIN (now Univision) or rare early 80s World Cup game. But I played soccer and hoops mostly. Now, I have become almost a one sport guy in soccer, due in large part to the availability nearly…
Whether a person finds a sport boring or exciting is subjective, obviously. The scoring argument is a canard as both the NBA and MLB on either end of the spectrum can attest.
One thing I have never understood about the "not enough scoring" argument is at what point scoring is dispositive? I mean, basketball has lots of scoring but the relative value of each basket is diminished. Assuming football has more scoring, is it calibrated correctly? What is the relationship between scoring and…
The "Finals" designation is not an ESPN thing and is fairly widely used by UK pundits and journalists as well in order to distinguish between the qualification phase and the finals phase.