Where are you getting the idea that she was combative? The news story made it sound like she passed out in the bathroom.

The way I see it, no matter what happens the audience wins. If the overwhelmingly likely result of MacGregor getting his ass beat happens, we all get to enjoy that, and bring it up every time he gets a little uppity. The fight will provide countless gifs and highlights of a hapless MacGregor swinging at air and…

Most national teams are vanilla as hell. You just don’t have that much time to establish unique styles of play and drill the players to be ready for it.When you try to be a tactical wizard, you get beat. I thought Arena managed the last game pretty well; you don’t try to get fancy against Mexico on their own turf; you…

It really didn’t mean much, it was a nice result but most fans were expecting 0 points and making the difference up elsewhere. A loss would have meant little, a win would have meant a lot. A draw is nice.

I agree that finding the right landing spot is vital for an American talent going abroad. Not all European clubs are equal; that’s why I emphasize finding a club that makes its money by developing and selling players. Pulisic was lucky, but more than that he was smart and had good guidance from his parents. I question…

This is a big article, and there’s a lot to unpack about it. I’m a pretty big fan of the USMNT, and since I grew up overseas I’ve never really developed a liking for the MLS. I appreciate the hard work and patience that has gone into establishing a professional soccer league in the USA; I just think that the MLS has a…

Well, sometime around 2034 you should be a pretty happy man.

Caster Semenya has testicles. She’s not just an outlier, she’s intersex. She was able to compete while limiting her testosterone, but obviously never reached the performances she was at before.

How can you say it’s never happened? Did you not read the article? Athlete competes in men’s division until high school then competes against women and dominates. The legitimacy of their gender identity doesn’t change the uneven playing field.

It’s hard to believe that movie ever existed

It’s not fair to cis women to have to compete against phenotypically male athletes. The venn diagram of people who champion women’s sports and champion trans rights must have a lot of overlap, which makes this such a touchy subject. It’s very hard to champion the successes of trans athletes when they come due to…

Yeah, I’m a mac guy who needs a new laptop and I’ve been holding out because I knew that the Kaby Lake MBPs were coming. It was being reported before the last ones were even out.

Freddy Adu had boundless technical skill and athletic ability at 14, and definitely was on track to being the best American player of all time. There is more than one stage to youth development in soccer, though, and he failed in the second one; transitioning from a talented youth to a first team player.

I’m not a fan of either of these teams, but let’s not pretend Game 1 is an accurate prediction of the series. Just like it takes time for a rookie QB to adjust to the speed of the NFL, it’s going to take time for the Cavs to adjust to playing a Western Conference team. They’ll find their feet and we’ll have a series.…

I have 3 of the brides now, getting them literally in 3 straight pulls. Mostly, I wanted Lyn because of her counter-countering is useful in the meta (so long, Vantage Hector/Takumi) and Cordelia because I have no good bow units. I pulled Caeda first and she’s alright, I guess.

Candlestick doesn’t allow an opponent to counter for the entire turn, though, which can be very convenient. I think that’s what Sigfried was referring to.

Turkey needs to step the fuck off. They’re lucky our incompetent weasel of a president didn’t lock up Erdogan’s hired gorillas after assaulting American citizens, they better not push it further.

Mature skill set, yes. Mature work ethic, no. Freddy Adu had technical skill, his brain just never caught up.

4 regular MNT players from one cycle is impressive from any country. Those kids actually overachieved what would be normal expectations, and there are players like Dempsey and Jones who could have played in that team but did not.

Goalies usually take a while but you’re right, there are no Howards in this cycle. Horvath at Club Brugge may be the next great American keeper, but he’s not at MNT level yet.