My team in my current league is typically the worst every season - we lucked into winning the post-season tournament in our spring session this year but before that we hadn’t even come close in the six or seven years the league had been running.

I’ve played co-ed soccer exclusively for most of the last 15 years in New England, the midwest, and the southeast; while it’s possible that as a guy I’m blind to some issues that I don’t know I’m blind to, my experiences are completely different. Maybe it’s the rules - all the leagues I’ve been in have been…

Looks like they shot the photo with an open aperture to get the most separation between her and the peons. Pretty much what you’re saying, to make sure that it looks like she’s not in the same room because she’s so much more important.

The money is slightly terrifying, and I hate that neither Karius nor Mignolet have come through so far as they both seem like good teammates (especially Migs, who comes off as wanting to be a Red for life), but I’m really excited to see what a Fabinho/Lovren/VvD/Alisson core might be able to do.

And what I love about this is that my wife abhors mayo in all its forms but will go to town on Cane’s sauce. She has no idea.

Agreed. I’ve been playing it down a bit with my friends due to my Liverpool bias, but I’ve been saying it since the end of their first group match. Firmino’s workrate over the course of their matches consistently opened up opportunities both for himself and for Neymar and Coutinho that never materialized with Jesus,…

I would have figured the French would consider that some kind of delicacy.

I lived in Westchester a long time ago and made the trip down for a few Liberty games back then - almost surely more than I did the Knicks, and I watched a lot more basketball then than I do now. I would have definitely gone to more had they been up there that long ago. Six minutes from my house!

I’m pushing 40 and I still don’t take PKs in my Sunday league due to a traumatic memory of blowing one in high school. Lead scorer of my team but I will not step to the spot. Drew is way off base with this take.

Starred for accuracy.

Yes. This logo legit frightened me when I was around Kindergarten age.

Oh, good, he’s paying his taxes now, according to this!

As someone who has lost market share to a Fandom site over the years I have no problem with Fandom shooting themselves in the foot. Web 1.0 FTW sometimes, I guess.

The team name being “Sirloins” somehow makes it even better.

I think that’s a fair assessment for league success. I’m not sure how much I care about league success beyond it remaining viable and helping US Soccer as a whole - I mean, I watch several games a week but I personally don’t care if it is a better league than the Eredivisie or the Portuguese Primeira at any particular…

You’re arguing against a point I wasn’t making, for what it’s worth. My point is that people seem to have stars in their eyes for Atlanta and LAFC for doing the same kind of team-building that smaller teams have been doing for a while, just with more available money. It’s certainly better than what, say, LA Galaxy do,…

Not for nothing, but I have to actively resist buying a damn cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes every time I drive by the one near me. That looks like a quality investment as far as I’m concerned.

So what about teams that haven’t followed this old-man model but aren’t new clubs in the last two years? Will they too be relegated to the scrap heap under this sparkling “brand-new” idea?

How old is your son? I was just mentioning to a friend that I might see if my daughter is into it at all.